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Browse our high-quality Logic Pro tutorials covering every part of this popular Mac DAW, including in depth tutorials on all the major parts of Logic as well as 'Make a song in Logic' walk-thru's showing the entire process of making a song from start to finish.
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Garageband tutorials

Browse our high-quality Garageband & Garageband iOS tutorials covering every part of the best free music DAW in the world for Mac, including 'Make a song in Garageband' walk-thru's showing the entire process of making a song from start to finish.
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Eq & Mixing

Our ongoing EQ & mixing tutorial series including full example mix sessions of famous songs.

Garageband iOS

All our Garageband iOS tutorials for the most powerful portable tablet DAW in the world.

Reggae tutorials

Over 30 tutorials on making reggae music. Famous Riddims, basslines & other techniques.

Record your band cheap

Step by step instructions to get band recordings done in your rehearsal room super cheap.

The Busker's technique

The secret technique used by everyone from Dylan to Tracy Chapman to Ed Sheeran.

Budget home studio

Super budget but quality kit list to put together a quality home studio setup.

Arturia Spark techniques

Get a cheap S/H Spark & use it to create drum parts for any 3rd party hardware drum modules, samplers or s/w drums

Behringer BCF2000

The definitive tutorial series for Behringer's super cheap DAW controller & Logic Pro. Including how to use up to three units.

USB interface roundup

College quality lecture on the theory & techniques of using reverberation, covering all the aspects of this essential effect.

Mixers & mixing - SX2442FX walk-thru

Beginners can learn a lot about how a typical mixer like this works from this full walk-thru & explanation tutorial for this popular Behringer mixer.

Reverb for beginners

College quality lecture on the theory & techniques of using reverberation, covering all the aspects of this essential effect.

How to setup a DAW & external MIDI hardware studio

Integrating hardware MIDI synths, samplers & drum machines etc into a computer music studio without a mixer.

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VST32 - review - FX section

Cubase VST 32 - here's some stuff about the new FX features. Check it out.

VST32 - review - EQ section

Yup... the Cubase VST 32 Eq section is all new an' different - here's how and why and what....

VST32 - review - main intro

We checkout the new VST32 from Steinberg, and there's so much this ones in 6 sections !

CUBASE VST CONTROL _1 - MIDI CONTROL

Article for newbies showing how to setup & add/edit controllers in Steinberg's Cubase VST - do stuff like volume fades, auto-pan's, filter sweeps etc. - It's a big load cos there's alot of pic's.

Cubase/VST Drum-Map - how to make one

The title says it all.. How to make a drum-map in Steinbergs Cubase & VST to programme your samplers drums, drum-box drums, and your s/w drums or sampler... and even drums from all 3 together in the s

LOGIC - DRUM MAPS & STEPEDIT

All about creating drum map for use in Emagic's Logic, this same technique allows you to create step-sequencing HYPER-EDIT setups for super drum and controller inputting and creative works !

CUSTOM DRUM SAMPLE BEATS IN CAKEWALK

You can add custom drum sample sounds to beef up your midi drum beat patterns, or create complete custom drum patterns out of raw samples... without adding a s/w or hardware sampler !!!.... Here's how

VST AUDIO-LOOP STARTER

Yup, how to quickly add loops to your Steinberg Cubase VST arrange page. Adjust the tempo to fit the loop. Adjust the loop timestretch to fit the tempo - Use this to fit loops into tracks easily.

Warm Hi Hat Rebirth

kik up your hi hat birth sounds, this article assumes you know how to use SF and make mods for rebirth

Reverberation nation? SF and verb

Reverb is the key between "machine" sound and the real deal, learn how to make SF and reverb kik your bass....

LOGIC - Environment Tutorial

Moron-Speak version of how the Whole Environment Protocol works in Emagic's: 'Logic Audio' - plus some other Logic Tips, (rambling version :)

PC SETUPS - LOOP-BASED STYLES

All about making Loop-based styles on the PC... Ideal for remixing, hi-hop, jungle, drum & bass, in fact any musics where you want to work just with samples & loops... You DON'T have to buy a sampler

PC SETUPS - SYNTH-BASED STYLES

All about basic starter system ideas using a cheap PC to get some synth-stylee musics going.... trance & techno styles etc, where the emphasis is on midi triggered synth patterns more than loops...






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