Category archives: Tutorials

Agoria Masterclass At IMS College: Music Production & Composition For Film

Back in July, we partnered with IMS College Malta as official education partner to lead 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 and DJ performances from the likes of […]

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How To Set Up Your Home Studio

Setting up your home studio correctly is a crucial first step to getting the best out of your productions. There are many factors to consider, from things like speaker placement and room treatment to ensure you are getting the most accurate sound possible to knowing what essential equipment to purchase out of a wide range […]

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Track Deconstruction: Jamiroquai – ‘Automaton’ at IMS College Malta

Last month, Point Blank headed out to Malta to lead a range of masterclasses and workshops as the official education partner for IMS College. In addition to hosting masterclasses with French composer Agoria and Spanish DJ/Producer Uner, Point Blank personnel also held a mixing masterclass mixing whilst Course Developer Ski Oakenfull led a track deconstruction workshop, breaking down […]

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Watch a DVS1 DJ Skills Masterclass Hosted by Point Blank at IMS Ibiza 2017

Earlier this year we headed out to the White Isle to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of IMS Ibiza, with Point Blank involved as part of the event programming. Kicking off the Wednesday afternoon’s programme, Point Blank’s Carly Hordern hosted a very special masterclass with DVS1, with a focus on DJ skills. The Berghain resident discussed his use […]

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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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Sarm Sessions Event Recap: Trevor Horn, Joel Peters (Rihanna, Dua Lipa) + More

Back in November last year, Point Blank teamed up with the legendary Sarm Music Village to create a day of masterclasses and workshops taking place at their Ladbroke Grove studio complex. This sold-out, 50-capacity event was headlined by a deconstruction of the Frankie Goes to Hollywood classic ‘Relax’ by its renowned producer, Trevor Horn, who gave the […]

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Mark Fanciulli Interview and ‘Deviation’ Track Breakdown

At Point Blank we are constantly hooking up with top artists and professionals from the music industry to present you with insightful and informative masterclasses, offering you a unique perspective and a glimpse at how some of the best in the business work. For our latest guest masterclass, we were joined at our London studios […]

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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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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 LA Presents: Masterclass w/ Sample Magic CEO Sharooz Raoofi

Point Blank Los Angeles regularly hosts masterclasses at our Mack Sennett studio complex for our students – recently we’ve had the likes of Mix Master Mike, Sanfuentes & Robot Koch stop by our studios to give an insight into their work and their creative processes. We’re excited to announce that we will be adding Sharooz Raoofi to […]

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