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Sonic Academy’s video music production tutorial How to Make… French Electro House with Cubase breaks down all the parts of a French Electro House track and takes you step-by-step through making your own. Get that sound (a la Justice and Sebastian) with distorted basslines, dirty synth sounds, disco stabs, and plenty of cuts, drops and edits.
In this Ultimate Guide to Reverb, we will show you exactly what you need to know about the different types of reverb, the controls on a reverb unit, applying reverb to your recordings and how to create your own impulse responses. We capture the impulse responses from the amazing Belfast Cathedral and the Sonic building stairwell using both Mac and PC software. We review the Lexicon LXP Native, 2CAudio Aether, Relab LX480 Plugins and look at whats available for free. We’ve also included some great impulse responses for you to use in your own tracks.
Clear your schedules for this eagerly anticipated epic 5hr 50min release from Sonic Academy.
In this comprehensive 37 video tutorial, we take you through the full process of creating a Progressive House track as made famous by Daniel Portman and Jerome Isma-Ae.
We walk you through all the steps from creating beats and synth sounds to mixing, arrangement and mastering and show you from start to finish how to make a prog monster.
Clear your schedules for this eagerly anticipated epic 3 1/2 hr release from Sonic Academy.
In this comprehensive 27 video tutorial, we take you through the full process of creating a Progressive House track as made famous by Daniel Portman and Jerome Isma-Ae.
We walk you through all the steps from creating beats and synth sounds to mixing, arrangement and mastering and show you from start to finish how to make a prog monster.
Clear your schedules for this eagerly anticipated epic 3 1/2 hr release from Sonic Academy.
In this comprehensive 27 video tutorial, we take you through the full process of creating a Progressive House track as made famous by Daniel Portman and Jerome Isma-Ae.
We walk you through all the steps from creating beats and synth sounds to mixing, arrangement and mastering and show you from start to finish how to make a prog monster.
This does exactly what it says on the tin - Kick Ass Kicks. Using Abletons instrument rack to design kick drums by combining the the clicks and whomps to create up to 1400 different combinations! Never want for a kick again!
** Please note that the project files and preset will only work in Ableton 8.1.3 or later
All wrapped up like a yummy big present, Tech Tips Volume 3 is the 3rd part of the very best of Sonic Academy's top insider production tips.
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Learn how to create some ground shaking sub bass coupled with morphing distorted synth patterns in this How To Make Dubstep course.
Sonic Academy Tutor Bryan Spence takes you through step by step how to glitch and chop between basslines, synth parts, vocal stabs and drum crashes to get you on your way to creating the very distictive dubstep rhythm.
This course comes in a bundle of 22 videos and is covered using Steinbergs powerful Cubase 5 DAW.
So put your hoods up and get ready to dance double time as we transport you into this growing underground London sound.
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Camel Crusher - PC / MAC
Over the next 11 videos our beginners guide to making music takes you step by step through Propellerheads groundbreaking software Reason 4.
From a guide round the interface to setting up your session for creating sound through to making drum beats, basslines and pads using Reason's powerful on board devices, synths and samplers including the Redrum Drum Machine, Subtractor and Thor Synths, NN-XT Sampler, Dr. Rex Loop Player and a whole host of other goodies!
This course is the perfect one for those who want to get started making music today, using Reason 4.
How To Make…Nu-gaze is Sonic Academy’s nineteen-part video tutorial on fashioning an epic tune with the underground Nu-gaze sound.
This massive 19 part course will have you recreating the distinctive, ethereal sounds made famous by the likes of M83 , Sigur Ros and taking its cues from the Shoegaze movement of the 90s.
In a Sonic Academy first, Phil Johnston teaches you live instrument recording. We take you through 3 different live guitars sounds, and recording live bass.
Over the next 13 videos we will taking you through the key areas of Ableton Live's Entry level software Intro.
First up we will be taking a look at the main features of the software from its user interface to the differences between the Session & Arrangement views.
We will then show you how to create a drum beat using the Impulse Drum machine,
create a baseline and some synth stabs using the built in Sampler and to finish up add some simple effects, do a quick arrangement and export your song to make it ready to burn onto CD.
Transform your beats into a hard hitting techno sound in this How To Make Techno course for Ableton Live 8. You will be shown from the ground up how to create a driving techno drum kit using toms and distorted kick samples.. followed by synth programming and finishing up with arrangement & FX.
All wrapped up like a yummy big present, Tech Tips Volume 2 is the 2nd part of the very best of Sonic Academy's top insider production tips.
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All wrapped up like a yummy big present, Tech Tips Volume 1 is the very best of Sonic Academy's top insider production tips.
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The Nu Disco is growing rapidly in popularity, thanks to artists like Aeroplane and Prins Thomas. Sonic Academy’s online series of video tutorials will steer you through making Nu Disco tunes using Ableton.
Additional Resource (Convolution Reverb)
MAC - LA Convolver
PC - RevolVerb
Everything you need to know to get you started making music with this amazing music production package – Propellerheads Reason. Sonic Academy’s make Music with Reason tutorials break down all of this brilliant sequencer’s essentials into quick and easy lessons. From making beats to mixing your track - you’ll find it here!
Maybe you’ve just got your hands on Steinberg’s Cubase, maybe you’ve been using it a while and need a refresher: Either way, Sonic Academy’s Make Music with Cubase course is the one-stop shop for learning Cubase, split into eleven clear and simple video lessons chock full of tips and tricks.
In this second installment we look at scales, both major and minor and using these to build a baseline.
A Sonic 'How To Make' course giving you the low down on those mysterious tribal beats. Get to grips with drums used and how to slice loops in both Recycle and Ableton.
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