Monday, July 29, 2013

i love/hate twitter so much. . . . .

Why aren't you listening to Blue Nebula E.P.? Turn these few minutes into something nice!

A favorite work in progress of mine,
 I definitely want to finish this! 
Hope everyone had a great weekend.

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Good article on much overlooked tools for production.


 Drums synthesis
A fundamentally overlooked and neglected part of production, and why it shouldn't be!

drum synthesis is simply paramount if your going to move beyond the norm. Synthesizing your own drums allows you to change fundamental parameters of sound more than any sampler could with a .wav file. Being able to substantially change things such as velocity, timbre, resonance, etc. gives one the nectar of the gods when it comes to having good drums. Ofcourse learning synthesis can be a daunting and usually frightening task.  

Why I think producers should take the time to learn:

  • it's something your going to want to do eventually
  • it's your own sound, not another awesome but frequently used Vengeance soundpack
  • your learning about synthesis in general (skill spills over into making your own leads, etc.)

 Why not?
  •  Taking time to learn synthesis can take away from time that could be well spent on other parts of production such as Arrangement and Mixing/Mastering.
  • Drum VST's can seem expensive for requiring such a commitment to get the most bang for your buck
  • Everyone uses Vengeance packs because they are still very decent and definitely liked
  • Your lazy and don't need another thing to procrastinate about
 
Below is a link to a MusicRadar article on some of the best VST drum machines:


'The 14 best VST plugin drum machines in the world today' from MusicRadar

Monday, July 8, 2013

Like a music production, DJing, or Trance related book?



One book I would highly recommend would have to be Dance Music Manual by Rick Snoman. I'd like to say that I am in no way affiliated with Rick Snoman in anyway other than by owning his book. Don't let that vivaciously generic and innocent  title fool you for one second. Snoman has been a big part of the EDM community for many years and is very well versed. The book is broken into 3 parts and I cannot recommend it highly enough

    -Technology and Theory
  • Sound design
  • Compression and Effects
  • Mixing & Mastering 
  • Programming theory
  • Music theory

    -Dance Genres
  • House
  • Trance
  • UK Garage
  • Techno
  • Hip-Hop (Rap)
  • Trip-Hop
  • Ambient/Chill Out
  • Drum 'n' Bass
    -Mixing and Promotion
  • Mixing
  • Mastering
  • Publishing and Promotion
  • Remixing and Sample Clearance
  • A DJ's Perspective

    -7-part Appendix
  •  Binary and Hex
  • Decimal to Hexadecimal Conversion Table
  • General MIDI Instrument Patch Maps
  • General MIDI CC List
  • Sequencer Note Divisions
  • Tempo Delay Time Chart
  • Musical Note to MIDI and Frequencies
     -And an awesome index too!