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Summary

Tech Tips - Volume 1 

Get the production knowhow and make those productions shine like the pro's. From vocoders to extracting grooves, through to the awesome Melodyne and that all important side chain compression. All the tips and tricks in one place.  

Course features:

• Learn to make music online, in your own time and at your own pace;

• Learn quickly from our high quality video tutorials, presented by industry professionals;

• Get the most from your equipment – there is nothing more frustrating than having kit and not being able to use it. You want to make music and Sonic Academy tutorials show you how!

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Videos Overview

Tutorial 1 - Using a Vocoder in Ableton Live

This Sonic Academy Tech Tip will expand Ableton Live for you. We show you how to add and use a third-party VST Vocoder (TAL Vocoder), vocode audio tracks and use a MIDI track to change the pitch of the notes.

Topics Covered - Vocoder, Vocal Processing,

Software - Ableton Live, TAL Vocoder, Ableton Live Intro,

Tutorial 2 - Sweeps & Risers

Sweeps and whooshes form the perfect accompaniment to a tune’s build-up. For those of you not content with sampling and wondering how on earth you could create your own – this tech tip will show you how. This Sonic Academy tutorial is all you need to construct personalised sweeps and risers.

Topics Covered - Risers & Sweeps, Resampling, Build up,

Software - Ableton Live, Sylenth 1,

Tutorial 3 - Isolate a Kick Drum

Free and user-friendly audio editor Audacity is an excellent tool to sharpen for your production arsenal. In this tutorial, Sonic tutors show you how Audacity can quickly isolate and extract a kick drum from a drum loop. Once you’ve dug out the drum line you can use it in your own tracks!

Topics Covered - Drum Synthesis, Drum Processing,

Software - Audacity,

Tutorial 4 - Gates & Sidechain

Sonic Academy’s Tech Tip on matching up your synth line and bassline comes with a pair of solutions. Method one: We use the sidechain input from Ableton Live's gate. Method two: Reversing the compressor’s sidechain function will get it pumping your synth line in time with your bassline.

Topics Covered - Gating, Side Chain,

Software - Ableton Live, Ableton Live Intro, Sylenth 1,

Tutorial 5 - Extract Logic Swing Patterns

Find out how to extract Ableton Live groves from audio and how to grab Appe Logics famous 16 swing grooves

Topics Covered - Groove - Swing, Drum Programing,

Software - Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Ableton Live Intro, Logic Express,

Tutorial 6 - Extract Groove In Ableton Live 8

Learn how to extract and apply grooves to various sources in Ableton Live 8

Topics Covered - Groove - Swing,

Software - Ableton Live, Ableton Live Intro,

Tutorial 7 - Melodyne Plugin in Ableton Live

Sonic Academy shows you how to utilise Celemony’s Melodyne plugin in Ableton, focusing in particular on showing you how to record a vocal.

Topics Covered - Vocal Processing, Vocal Editing, Auto-Tuning,

Software - Ableton Live, Ableton Live Intro, Celemony Melodyne,

Tutorial 8 - Creating Stereo Width in Cubase

In this one we show you how to create a stereo width effect, great for giving vocals that extra pazaz!!

Topics Covered - Vocal Processing, Stereo Widening,

Software - Cubase, Cubase Studio,

Tutorial 9 - Warping a Song in Ableton Live 8

In this Tech Tip we explain quickly and concisely the changes in Ableton’s warping feature used to warp material for use with Ableton Live 8, and outlines the steps for warping full songs.

Topics Covered - Warping,

Software - Ableton Live, Ableton Live Intro,

Tutorial 10 - Transient Gating in Ableton Live 8

Use Abletons new transient detection feature to create gating effects in your clips.

Topics Covered - Transients,

Software - Ableton Live, Ableton Live Intro,