Reason 6 Micro Tutorial: Pulveriser Demolition
Reason 6 introduces three new creative effect devices: Pulveriser, Alligator, and The Echo. In this micro tutorial we’ll take a look at the Pulveriser. Pulveriser is a sound demolition unit capable of destroying your signal but before you turn those knobs up to eleven, I wanted to show you that Pulveriser also excels at being an audio sweetener. In today’s world of pristine digital recording, meticulously sampled instruments, and quantized MIDI it’s sometimes necessary to add a little color and grit to your otherwise perfect material.
Pulveriser can do that for you. So before you blow up your sound with Pulveriser, take a look at some of the other ways it can make your tracks sound more analog, more beefy, more gritty… more Pulverised!
* vocals on Smorgus Sword by Sebastian Storm
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Native Instruments REAKTOR’s Massive: We Are In Control
Time to blow the doors off stale drum programming by going nuts with Massive’s powers of modulation. You owe it to your drums to check this out.
The Modulation Section looks like a step sequencer, and, in fact, it functions like one as well. The difference here is that you are not programming hits but modulation instructions. (In the sequencer tracks, the bar height in each step determines the velocity of the hit; in the Modulation Section it determines the intensity of the modulation). We are presented with three modulation lanes—MOD1 (blue), MOD2 (green), and MOD3 (orange). There is also fourth modulation source, which is sequencer lane velocity (yellow, to match the color of the steps). These sources give you flexibility in creating modulation patterns, since you likely more than one modulation source for the many destinations available.
The gray boxes you see next to various parameters are Modulation Source selectors (in other words, they tell you that the nearest parameter is modulatable). Click and drag up or down to match the color of the modulation lane (MOD1, MOD2, or MOD3) of your choosing. Once you’ve set up the modulation, you’ll need to tell Massive how much you want to modulate the parameter. That is, you won’t notice any difference in the sound until you dial in a Modulation Amount (as a positive or negative value); do this by clicking and dragging up or down on the numbered field below the (now-colored) box. As illustrated by the video, one of the most interesting parameters to modulate is the Sample Select (SELECT) in the Modulation Section. With this, it’s possible to create dynamic kits that cycle through a wide variety of samples over the course of the pattern. Try it yourself and see if you don’t blow your own mind.
Cubase 6 Tutorial – Creating an Acid Bassline
In this Cubase tutorial Danny J Lewis (Defected, Enzyme Black) gives you a quick demo of the classic acid bass sound using the Monologue synth and step designer in Cubase 6.
For more information:
http://www.pointblankonline.net/cubase-course.php
Trifonic: Making Pads with Spectral Dronemaker
Electronic music production tutorial by Trifonic for NextStepAudio.com
REAKTOR’s Massive – working with delay
Unleash the power of delay in Native Instruments REAKTOR’s Massive to take your sounds in wild new directions. Seriously powerful stuff…
How To Make A Massive Supersaw/Trance Synth
Background info:
I use this sound in nearly every song I make. Lots of people have asked me to make a tutorial on how I make it – so this is for you. Using this tutorial you will be able to produce the Supersaw/Trance Synthn
Korg iMS-20 Tutorial: Total Input & CV Output – Wind sound design
Simple tutorial to demonstrate a couple of the, less obvious, features in the Korg iMS-20 app. Then I show you how to use them in practical sound design.
Drinking Game: Everytime I say “interesting”, take a shot.
(Hard Mode: Don’t die of liver failure before the end of the video.)
I recommend Mark Doty’s hardware MS-20 videos if you’re looking for more tutorials: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B_Wvk1Z6SU&feature=list_related&playn…
Editing modes in REAKTOR’s Massive
Part 2 of Bluewater VST’s Massive Essentials puts you in the driver’s seat with Edit Modes, the basis of total drum-computer domination…
Let’s dig in with Massive’s Control Section, starting with the Edit Modes at the left of the panel. The chooser offers four distinct ways of editing the sequencer and modulation patterns that make and sculpt Massive’s sound.
- Copy – Click and drag your cursor (from left to right) across the modulation/sequencer lane that contains the pattern you want to copy. Notice that the edit buffer top right will follow your mouse movements, recording all of the step/velocity data you cover.
- Paste – Enable Paste after you have copied your desired pattern to the edit buffer. Now click and drag your cursor across the destination lane (where you want to place the pattern).
- Remote – Use Remote mode when you want to use your computer or MIDI keyboard to copy and paste patterns (Remote mode activates separate copy and paste buttons to the right of the chooser). Hold down the key—[C] to copy and [V] to paste—while moving your cursor across the sequencer/modulation lane. If you are using a MIDI keyboard, key 52 enables the copy function and 53 enables the paste function.
Lock –When you want to make subtle changes to a particular step in a sequencer or modulation track, activating Lock will keep your cursor from straying into the lanes on either side. Because very small changes in step velocity often result in large changes to the resulting sound (especially if velocity is set to modulate sample pitch), this is a surprisingly useful feature.
Maximizing viewable area on your screen
Ableton Live Tutorial Video, hiding browsers & maxing your screen Vespers, Ableton Live Certified Trainer, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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The Final Song
Dance pop tutorial in Reason 5
In this video:
This Reason 5 Tutorial is for producers looking to get into Chart-tastic Dance Pop like Lady Gaga, Ke$ha, Katy Perry, Taio Cruise… basically anything produced by Max Martin or Dr Luke. Incredible producers.
If you use fruity loops or garage band or logic, protools, ableton or any other DAW I’m sure you’ll find something in here you can learn from, since I try to explain *why* I do things rather than just *what* I do.
Let me know what you think of this 7 day song!
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