Widen Your Drum Loops With a Frequency Shifter
Frequency Shifter raises or lowers the frequency of an input signal using a complex amplitude modulation-like technique. Unlike the pitch shifter, it does not preserve the harmonic relationships between the various tones and harmonics in the input signal. In the next...
Making Big Room House – The Complete Guide To Kick And Bass Creation
Big Room House is a sub-genre of Electro-House that established itself in 2010. It grew out of a craving for huge drops when the festival scene really started booming. What makes it Big Room? Obviously it sounds like a big room; but, technically speaking, it’s the use...
Harmonious Synth Pads
In most mixes, the role of a synth pad is to fill in a certain space with harmonic content and noise. They are usually made up of several different sounds and take the spotlight during a bridge or breakdown section. There are countless preset patches for synths and...
Quick Arranging Tips: Song Structure
INTRODUCTION So you have a verse or a chorus and some introduction to it. Now you need another section. There’s not much time so you can’t start from scratch, but you don’t want it to sound repetitive. Luckily, making variations and arranging musical phrases in...
Layering – Create a Massive Sound
You have probably found yourself sitting in front of your project, selecting that favorite preset from your favorite synth again and again. But, when you listen back, the preset doesn't provide the IMPACT you're looking for. By using layering, you can achieve a...
Add Interest to Drum Loops With Reverb
Reverb is one of the most versatile effects out there. You can use it as an insert effect, on a return bus, and in many other creative ways. It gives space, depth, color, and many other attributes to every processed audio. In this tutorial, we will show you how to use...
Color Your Instruments with Lo-Fi Sound
People tend to be nostalgic about the old days when the music was recorded and played over tape mediums like cassettes and reel-to-reel tape machines. There are some genuinely unique characteristics brought by this kind of devices and mediums. The sound of...
An Alternative Way to Tune Your Hi-Hats
Proper tuning is fundamental to getting a good drum tone. As with any instrument, it can take years to develop an ear for what a properly tuned bass, tom, or snare drum should sound like. Tuning your drums is an essential practice, just like tuning your guitar...
Add Power to Your Kick Drum
The techniques for tuning, mixing, and overall processing of the kick drum represent a form of “audio science” in the realm of today's electronic music. There are countless methods used in order to achieve a perfect sounding kick drum. Compressors, EQ`s or distortion...