Watch Our Top Sound Design Tutorials of 2017! (How to Create an 808 Bass + More)

We continue with our round-up of our favourite videos of the year, with our collection of the top Sound Design Tutorials! Effective sound design is one of the most essential stages in the creation of electronic music, but it can also be one of the most confusing. To help you gain some clarity, we’ve compiled this highlight reel of tips […]

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Student Opportunities : Rising Sounds, Radium Audio And More

Point Blank always keeps current students and graduates in the loop with all of the best music industry opportunities, so with that said here’s our latest student opportunity round-up. All of these student opportunities come exclusively via PB using our extensive network of contacts, so get stuck in! NB: these opportunities are for Point Blank students and graduates only. Want loads more […]

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Friday Forum Live (FFL!): Creating Classic Synth Sounds

For this edition of Friday Forum Live (FFL!), Point Blank Course Developer and expert instructor Dan Herbert will be demonstrating how to create some classic synth sounds in Massive and Reaktor. Sounds on the shortlist include the reece bassline from Ray Keith’s ‘Renegade Terrorist’ and the classic French electro sounds of Justice. Tune in as we […]

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Point Blank Wrap-up at IMS College Malta 2017

Last weekend, Point Blank headed back to Malta for a second year as official educational partner at IMS College, hosting a day of artist and instructor-led masterclasses. Held over two days, this event brought together a range of music industry institutions, speakers and artists to provide panels, keynotes and masterclasses, as well as holding networking events […]

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Sound Design Tutorial: Using Reaktor as a Plugin

We’re back with a brand new tutorial series to help you get the most out of your productions. In this series, Point Blank course developer and instructor Chris Carter explores a number of sound design tips and techniques to give you a flavour of what to expect on our courses, including as our comprehensive BA (Hons) Music Production […]

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Point Blank Unveils Newly Revamped London Studio in Partnership with Native Instruments

We recently revamped Studio 6 at our London school in conjunction with our close partners Native Instruments, with the refreshed studio look reflecting our first collaboratively branded production studio. Each of the 16 production stations features Maschine MK II and Jam units, together with Komplete Kontrol S keyboards. Alongside Komplete 11 software on each iMac station, this reflects the true integration of Native […]

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Sound Design Tutorial: How to Process External Audio in Absynth

We’re back with a brand new tutorial series to help you get the most out of your productions. In this series, Point Blank course developer and instructor Chris Carter explores a number of sound design tips and techniques to give you a flavour of what to expect on our courses, including as our comprehensive BA (Hons) Music Production […]

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Monthly Round-Up: Fred P Remix Comp, Sandunes Masterclass, Pirate Live Session & More

June was especially busy at Point Blank, with us hosting masterclasses at Sonar +D in Barcelona, Spain and Seazone Music & Conference in Sopot, Poland as well as gearing up to head out to Malta for IMS college – all whilst still curating the huge range of tutorials, events and opportunities you’ve come to expect from us. […]

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Point Blank Sound Design Tutorial Series: Create 808 Bass in Massive

We’re back with a brand new tutorial series to help you get the most out of your productions. In this series, Point Blank course developer and instructor Chris Carter will be showing us the basics of sound design, focusing on different elements of synthesis and going into detail as to how they work and how they […]

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Point Blank Sound Design Tutorial Series: What is a LFO?

We’re back with a brand new tutorial series to help you get the most out of your productions. In this series, Point Blank course developer and instructor Chris Carter will be showing us the basics of sound design, focusing on different elements of synthesis and going into detail as to how they work and how they […]

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