Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
One of the most consistent and frankly fair accusations levelled at software when compared with analogue gear is that it fails to inject a sense of character to sounds. Sending audio through another piece of solid equipment imbues it with the hallmarks of said equipment and naturally, that is hard to emulate digitally. Software companies have […]
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We welcome another artist into the depths of Orsman Road to deconstruct one of her biggest tracks. Flava D has been on our radar for years with her blend of Garage, House, Grime, Funky and Bassline. With tracks out on labels like Butterz and Local Action, it’s not like we’re the only ones, either. For […]
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Welcome back to another of our guest masterclasses. Following on from our recent session with Gammer, we’ve hit up another Monstercat artist in Stonebank, who covers pretty much all angles of the label’s output with Happy Hardcore, Electro and Dubstep all likely to emerge from the lab. Here, he describes how to make a lead […]
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Welcome back to another of our guest masterclasses. Following on from our recent session with Gammer, we’ve hit up another Monstercat artist in Stonebank, who covers pretty much all angles of the label’s output with Happy Hardcore, Electro and Dubstep all likely to emerge from the lab. Here, he describes how to make a lead […]
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Our fantastically talented Head of Curriculum Ski Oakenfull returns with another deconstruction, this time in a more stripped-back format. The track in question is the new single, ‘Nobody’, by Japanese-American songwriter and performer Mitski. Ski saw her deconstruct her vocals for the website Genius and decided he would make an instrumental accompaniment and deconstruct the […]
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For our latest tutorial video, Sound Design instructor Chris Carter steps up to the plate with a video on creating a morphing bass sound using Native Instruments’ hugely popular Massive synth. Chris has a wealth of industry experience, working with the likes of respected American guitarist and singer Little Axe, Shara Nelson of Massive Attack […]
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The ever-advancing world of DJ software has thrown out some brilliant tools in recent years, with tools allowing more granular detail into the make-up of tracks. While Luddites decry the end of ‘proper DJing’, you and us, dear reader, know the truth. The truth is that these platforms and functions free up time and headspace […]
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Compression plays a huge part in modern production techniques – especially within dance music – and Sidechain compression is a particularly commonly used technique. For our latest Ableton 10 tutorial, we called on our expert instructor Chris Carter to quickly demonstrate how to use a sidechain within Ableton Live to control compression, allowing for some classic effects. Check out our […]
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With the release of the Logic 10.4 update at the beginning of the year, Apple added a host of new features, one of which was a brand new reverb called ChromaVerb. The Logic among us were raving about it pretty early on, so we asked PB expert instructor Ben Medcalf to run through some of the […]
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In a new series, we take a look at Ableton Live 10 in depth with Thomas Glendenning, our resident Ableton whizz in London and one of just 200 (give or take) certified Ableton trainers in the world. For the second video, the focus is on using Ableton’s amazingly intuitive Push 2 controller which is frankly the best […]
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