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Make Noise René is a very powerful and complex "Cartesian" sequencer. Watch this course by modular expert Rishabh Rajan, and you too will be able to say, "I sequence, therefore I am”!

Make Noise’s DPO is a monster Eurorack oscillator! Its West Coast, Vactrol-based, Buchla-inspired design provides limitless timbre control. See it in action in this in-depth course by synthesis expert Rishabh Rajan!

Future Sound of Retro 80s Pop is a new soundset for the u-he Repro synthesizers and sets the focus on the golden age of electronic pop: the 1980s. The soundset is a complete collection of everything you need for producing 80s analog style pop: mellow basses, popish leads, lush pads and of course inspirational sequences and arpeggios.

SideKick Extended 6 is the easiest, yet most comprehensive side-chain compressor that works in your VST and/or AU compatible host on Mac and Windows. With Side chaining you change the volume from one sound by the volume of another sound. It is most commonly used to duck (bass) sounds on each kick punch. Creating room in your mix for maximum fatness.

Halcyon is a collection of 100 cinematic ambient patches for Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2. Celebrating the delicate side of film music, this collection is perfectly suited for film, TV and game composition, but would also add an interesting twist to any electronica track.

Al Schmitt has mixed records for some of the world’s most influential artists, such as Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis, Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, and Barbra Streisand. Now it is your turn to sit next to one of the greatest mixing engineers of all time and see how it’s done in the control room of the world famous, Studio A at Capitol Studios.

Since the 1950’s, Al Schmitt has been an integral part of creating the world’s most famous recordings. In this 90 minute tutorial, watch as twenty-two time Grammy Award-winning engineer, Al Schmitt, tracks a full band from start to finish. First, Al’s assistant engineer, Steve Genewick, will give us a tour of Capitol Studios and show how Al sets up his Neve 88R, patches and sets up the outboard gear and manages complex headphone mixes.

Getting a clean and professional mix is often what newcomers to production struggle with. In this course Jake Shanahan will offer the assistance needed.

White DZ is a Zebra 2 soundset that contains 128 patches and a Dark Zebra version where the original 128 patches have been enhanced and given a more analog and richer feeling to be fully used with the ZebraHZ version. The sounds have a lush, ambient and light mysterious character. This soundset found its inspiration also in the works of Salvador Dali, Vincent Van Gogh and the classical and hugely rich music of Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy and Ralph Vaughan Williams and with this soundset I try to capture the rich evolving sound worlds these masters have created and translate them into an electronic palette.

Black soundset for Zebra 2 contains a total of 128 patches. All patches have modwheel control and the 4 XY pads assigned to control various elements. The set is also available in a Dark Zebra version where the original 128 patches have been enhanced and given a more analog and darker feeling to be fully used with the ZebraHZ version.

It's very rare for a young musician to achieve worldwide recognition and earn mega respect from both peers and fans early in their career. Andy McKee has accomplished just that by pushing the boundaries of what is possible on acoustic guitar, and he's done so with explosive impact.

Each program has a handful of useful shortcuts. Using these shortcuts can drastically increase workflow.

Learning a new DAW can be daunting and exciting at the same time. Gary Hiebneri puts you to ease by explaining everything you need to know when opening Cubase for the first time.

Everybody knows that the blues comes out of the south, and was played on acoustic instruments. Then the blues migrated to the cities, and the urbanization of the blues brought about a lot of changes with all the influences that were there. The most radical was the electrification of the blues - the use of amplifiers and electric guitars gave rise to a variety of tones and signature voices.

Playing solo guitar arrangements on the gig, or even just for family and friends is something every guitarist aspires to be able to do. Most players think you have to learn how to play bass lines, rhythm, and melody simultaneously like a fingerstyle or classical guitarist does. But there’s another very effective approach that any player can master and that’s what Fareed Haque’s Solo Guitar Handbook is all about.