Whether you are creating a noise bed, an atmospheric back drop, a fill, a breakdown or a build, the humble noise based sweep can come in extremely handy. It's a staple of the synthesis world and it's
When you have finished a piece in Sibelius, chances are high that you will want to create a recording of some sorts of it, either for yourself or for others to listen to. In this tutorial I will show
Expanding on this series of quick tips that focus on making beats in Reason this tutorial takes a look at how to make a beat by triggering sounds with Reason's excellent CV/Gate system.
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My expectations were not particularly high when I was downloading the rather hefty 350+ MB app to my first generation iPad. After all, as a Logic user, I had been hoping for a iLogic or Logic Lite iPa
Logic has some very useful import features; you can import almost anything that is in any of your other Logic projects - Screensets, Hyper Sets, Video settings and Midi settings. But, most of all, I l
Let's face it, we all get bogged down. I'm not talking about little, "Oh, I forgot to do this one 5 minute errand..." I'm referring to more of a "%&*^$, If I don't get this finished in the next tw ...
Reason 5 has a great collection of instruments and it's routing system is incredibly versatile. The only downside is that once you start get into a busy project things can get a little hectic. Even wi
It's highly likely that everyone reading this uses reverb in their mixes and it's also almost certain that you all have a studio quality reverb processor bundled with your favorite DAW software.
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Ableton Live represents one of the quickest beat creation tools available. It's ability to manipulate both loops and single hits is extremely impressive. If you prefer working with individual drum sa
Vocoders have endured as a popular effect in many forms of music, and have been used by artists as diverse as Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, Kraftwerk and Daft Punk. Originally used in the 1930's to
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Layers in Adobe Photoshop are a powerful, fundamental feature for creating complex images. In this tutorial, I'm going to introduce you to some techniques for creating and working with layers.
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When it comes to controlling hectic mixes Logic is one of the best DAW's out there. You can easily grab multiple channels with one click and change their level but there is one feature that takes this
How many times have you wanted to go back and work on a project that you did a while ago, only to realize that once you open up the folder, you have no idea what the last Logic file you worked on was?
There are literally hundreds of documents out there giving detailed descriptions of how close the mouth should be from the microphone, how close the pop filter should be from the microphone, and what
OK, who's this guy? I don't know either, but I don't think he's really Italian. However, he is going to be useful in helping to introduce you to After Effects' most basic color correction tools.
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Adobe Photoshop has a complete set of keyboard commands assigned by default, but occasionally you will find a feature you may use often doesn't have its own keyboard shortcut. This is mainly because m
You've got your gear all set up, you feel inspired and you feel driven. The house is quiet and it's just you ready to create, but once you sit down at the computer monitor, it can be a little daunting
If you know about Adobe Bridge, then you'll be happy to discover it's younger sibling, Mini Bridge, included as part of Photoshop CS5. Mini Bridge gives us the best features of Bridge, all compacted d
Musicians have documented their compositions on sheet music for possibly thousands of years. In the age that we live in, I feel that the format best suited to modern sheet music is JavaScript. Honestl
Not all of us have a Neumann condenser microphone to run home to when the world seems like a cold dark place, and our vocals sound too thin. In fact, some of us have very limited microphone access, pe