Track of the Week: Manni Dee – ‘The Remedy (feat. Di-Vincent)’

For this week’s Track of the Week, we’re spotlighting Manni Dee’s recent track, ‘The Remedy (feat. Di-Vincent)’. Each week we will be sharing a track, album or mix which deserves your attention. Tune in below. The World Goes On Without You by Manni Dee For this powerhouse of a track, Manni Dee enlisted the Chinese-Nigerian-UK […]

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Student Spotlight: Sublime Sound (Remmah / Anhad + Tanner)

Here at Point Blank, we pride ourselves on the success of our students. We’re spoilt for choice when it comes to success stories and that’s why we publish a monthly Student Success feature. For this instalment, we are shining a spotlight on the Point Blank student, Anhad Khanna aka Sublime Sound. He specialises in breakbeat, drum […]

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Tutorial: How to Create Dark Techno Atmospheres Using Reverb

In this tutorial, Point Blank’s Course Content Developer, Chris Martin, demonstrates how to create dark techno atmospheres using reverb in Ableton Live as well as the DAW’s effects chain. This technique can be used across a range of genres when creating hard hitting tracks with atmospheric elements. Taking inspiration from Maya Jane Coles’ track, ‘Burning Bright‘, Chris shows […]

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55% Off Roland Cloud Membership for PBLA Students: Sign Up Now!

Great news for Point Blank LA students! Roland Cloud is offering a subscription to their Ultimate Membership for only $89, which is a 55% discount on the annual price. In addition, this special membership offer lasts the length of your course, plus a full year after you graduate. Roland Cloud is an evolving cloud-based suite of software synthesizers, drum […]

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How To Make a Techno Track w/ Captain Plugins & Mixed In Key 10 with Sara Simms | FFL

For this special live masterclass, we were joined by DJ/producer Sara Simms to showcase how to make a techno track using Captain Plugins and Mixed In Key 10. Point Blank alumni, Sara Simms, is a captivating DJ, turntablist and multi-instrumentalist electronic music producer who’s known for her love of music technology. In addition to being championed for her techno […]

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Student Spotlight: Sara Simms (Mixed in Key, Ultra Music Festival)

Here at Point Blank, we pride ourselves on the success of our students. We’re spoilt for choice when it comes to success stories and that’s why we publish a monthly Student Success feature. For this instalment, we are shining a spotlight on a certain Point Blank alumni you may be familiar with. Sara Simms is a Toronto-based […]

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Masterclass: Techno Production Tips with GNTN at ADE 2019

Whilst at ADE last year, we joined the techno duo GNTN for an exclusive masterclass packed with techno tips. Specifically, the duo demonstrates creative ways you can slice audio to MIDI in Ableton Live and make your own shakers, hi-hats and FX using organic sounds, vocal samples and more. If you’d like to learn more about chopping, slicing […]

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Masterclass: Tom Hades Answers Techno’s Biggest Questions at ADE

Last year, we made our way to the Amsterdam Dance Event where we hooked up with one of our favourite techno producers, Tom Hades, to film an exclusive masterclass. This masterclass was hosted by the techno platform 50:HERTZ and sees the Belgium-based producer take a much more fluid and direct approach to sharing his wisdom. He led a Q&A style show and […]

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Learn How Mau5trap’s Rinzen Perfects His Mixes in This Techno Masterclass

We’re back with another track breakdown, this time delving into the magic behind Mau5trap signee Rinzen’s weighty collaboration with Marbs and Evan Casey, ‘Torus’. Whilst stopping over in London to play a string of shows including Creamfields festival, Villiage Underground’s Mau5trap party and more, Rinzen swung by the Point Blank studios to give us a masterclass on […]

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Techno Sound Design: How to Make A Dub Chord w/ Danny Linton aka Funk Ethics

We’re back again with another video tutorial from Danny Linton aka Funk Ethics. This time Danny demonstrates exactly how to make techno dub chords which will instil atmospheric ambience in your tracks. If you’d like to boost your production game even more, be sure to check out our previous video with Danny which focusses on creating a blistering techno kick […]

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