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Logic Pro tutorials

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.
"This the best tutorial I've watched for logic pro full stop"
"Your videos stand out head and shoulders as the best"

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.
"I've seen a lot of GB tutorials. This is hands down the best"
"Honestly the best Garageband tutorial on the net!"

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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Cubase SX for beginners - Part 2 - [video]

New Cubase SX tutorial series in video format for beginners - Part-2 - Intro to the Key Edit area (piano edit) - working with Snap & Quantise & tools - Notes & controllers.

Cubase SX for beginners - Part 1 - [video]

New Cubase SX tutorial series in video format for beginners. Part-1 - Intro to the arrange-page area - adjusting grid display - working with Snap & Quantise on the arrange-page grid etc.

The Bellrays - Live @ The Barfly - 29th April 2005

Live gig report - The Bellrays / Sunshine

Windows XP install - [video]

Yup - you can watch an XP Pro install in episodes - EVERYTHING is covered... XP install & disk partitioning, inc' creating audio-partitions with large clusters - Service-Pack 1a & critical VIA chipset

Build a Budget Music PC - AMD 2400 - [Video]

Yup!... the video age is here. Well, we thought why not make a nice video for noobs showing how to build a PC for music using common PC-fair parts. AMD 2400 + GIGABYTE GA-7VT600(-L) m'board.

Build a Music PC - XP2400 - super-cheap!! [pt1]

Here's another pc build for peanuts - This time an Athlon 2400 - Another really powerful PC for peanuts using common PC-Fair components!!

Plugin formats

Just a basic page of info about the types of plugins around for Mac & PC.

Guitar Pickup wiring diagrams

If your pickup/control wiring is broke or disconnected, here's some diagrams showing how they should be wired

LOGIC - Instruments CC numbers

CC numbers for various Emagic Logic synths, plus a couple of 3rd party synths

Build a Music PC - XP2000 - super-cheap!! [pt6]

part 6 - final bios tweaks & XP tweaks

Build a Music PC - XP2000 - super-cheap!! [pt5]

Part 5 of an easy to follow guide to build a dedicated music PC on the cheap. This section is Win XP install - 'Plug & Play' and 'Standard PC' mode details.

Build a Music PC - XP2000 - super-cheap!! [pt4]

Part 4 of an easy to follow guide to build a dedicated music PC on the cheap. This section is boot to bios, detect drives, final tweaks before OS install

DFreqTIP – Automatically Empty the Cakewalk Picture Cache

DFreqTIP – Automatically Empty the Cakewalk Picture Cache

Build a Music PC - XP2000 - super-cheap!! [pt3]

Part 3 of an easy to follow guide to build a dedicated music PC on the cheap. This section is booting to BIOS for first time, adding drives & Pre OS install stuff.

Build a Music PC - XP2000 - super-cheap!! [pt2]

Part 2 of an easy to follow guide to build a dedicated music PC on the cheap. This section Adding cpu, ram, board. All prep prior to first BIOS boot.

Music Live 2002

Music Live 2002 - All things Music under one roof for three days.

Logic 5 track automation tips

a mini article we'll add to from time to time offering some tips on using the automation for newbies.

DFreqTIP - Encode Your Sonar MP3s For Free!

Mores tips, this time on encoding mp3's in Sonar free.

Build a Music PC - XP2000 - super-cheap!! [pt1]

Article about building an Athlon 2000xp power system on a budget. First documented Dancetech PC build. We're checking out a new KT333 chipset board on this one. [part-1]

Logic - rows of notes

how to use the quick 'Copy midi events' function to quickly create rows of perfect 16th, 32nd, 64th etc notes... make cymbel crescendo's etc real fast!






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