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In this tutorial, Sweatson Klank, the LA beat scene legend and PBLA lecturer, shows how you can make ethereal and ambient soundscapes using Eventide’s effects pedals. Eventide’s intuitive range of hardware pedals is a must to try for any musician looking to experiment with their sounds. Whilst great to use in the studio, these are […]
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If you’re anywhere as obsessed with music production as us, you’ll have heard that Ableton recently unveiled a brand new iOS music-making app, Ableton Note. As is tradition with the release of new production software, we had to give it a whirl. For this, Ski Oakenfull, our Head of Curriculum and Education and Ableton Certified […]
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In this tutorial, Point Blank LA’s lecturer, Adal Jamil, shows how to add Macros to your lo-fi hip-hop beats in Ableton Live. The term lo-fi comes from “low fidelity”, which refers to a low-quality recording with audible imperfections. These can include anything from background noise to performance mistakes and recordings created with inexpensive equipment. Lo-fi […]
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In this tutorial, Point Blank lecturer, Dan Herbert, demonstrates how vocoders work, using our very own free vocoder plugin for Ableton Live’s Max for Live. Homer Dudley initially developed vocoders at the Bell Labs in the 1930s, whilst he was experimenting with speech synthesis. Vocoders work using a modulator signal, like a voice or drum […]
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In this tutorial, Point Blank LA’s lecturer, Adal Jamil, shows how to make a lo-fi hip-hop chord kit in Ableton Live that will add ambient atmospherics to your beats. The term lo-fi comes from “low fidelity”, which refers to a low-quality recording with audible imperfections. These can include anything from background noise to performance mistakes […]
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For this video, we were joined by our online lecturer, Alex Thomen, to showcase how you can make arpeggiated synths like Kavinsky. Kavinsky’s music is best known for blending hypnotizing melodies with vintage synth sounds, giving his tracks that nostalgic 80s synthwave feel. You’ll most likely be familiar with his track, ‘Nightcall’, which was used […]
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In this video, our Course Content Developer Risa T demonstrates some inspiring techniques for creating variations in your tracks. These music production techniques are taken from Denis DeSantis’ book, Making Music 74 Creative Strategies for Electronic Music Producers, and are great for developing full tracks from short ideas. If you find yourself stuck on a […]
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For this video, we were joined by composition and mixing lecturer, John Davies, for a beat-making tutorial using Garageband on iPad. Despite what people say about which DAWs are better than others, it may surprise you to know that GarageBand is a pretty powerful tool. It can do a lot of what Logic can but […]
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In this music production tutorial, Matt Mauldin, one of our Point Blank LA instructors, shows how you can create that distinctive ’90s pumping compression sound. Using the Alesis 3630 Compressor, this technique was made famous over a decade ago by Daft Punk and other French house artists. The pumping sound is created by using the kick drum to trigger […]
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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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