Category: Engineers

Learning Pro Tools with Tim Hall

In this clip from www.artistshousemusic.org – Learning Pro Tools with Tim Hall is designed to provide a basic understanding of how to use Pro Tools 8. It covers topics such as how to use the mix and edit windows, the different types of tracks, recording, session organization, mixing, effects, automation, busing, editing, and bouncing. Check…


MASSIVE Darkscore II patch library review

http://soundsandgear.com/darkscore-ii-patches-for-ni-massive-reviewed checking out a patch library for NI MASSIVE geared towards cinematic sounds and scoring style fx


Pensado’s Place : Into The Lair #10 – 4 Final tips for widening your tracks!

This week’s Into The Lair is a continuation from last week’s where Dave gives four distinct examples of how to clear out the middle and get wider mixes!


Behind The Rhymes: Midi (2 videos below)

Once again iStandardProducers.com takes you ‘Behind The Rhymes’ and one step closer to the hit-making producers. In this episode, host and Co-founder of iStandard, J-Hatch sits down with Grammy nominated producers (for 50 Cent, Justin Bieber, Fantasia & More) and recording duo Midi Mafia (Bruce Wayne and Dirty Swift) during the iStandard Producer Showcase tour…


Cinesamples CineBrass Pro library review

http://soundsandgear.com/cinesamples-cinebrass-pro-review checking out the CineBrass Pro library from Cinesamples for Kontakt. It’s an expansion for the original CineBrass library, a library dedicated to cinematic and hollywood style brass sections, instruments and fx.


Alex Jones (Hypercolour) Music Production Masterclass – Ableton Live

http://www.pointblanklondon.com/ – We were very excited to welcome head honcho of London record label Hypercolour, Alex Jones, who stopped by the Point Blank studios recently. On top of sharing his knowledge an experiences of running a successful underground record label, Alex provided an analysis of his tech house bumper ‘Disappointing Dancefloors’ which was released in…


Friday Forum Live! 29th June – Moog Minitaur in Logic / Danny J Lewis DJ Minimix

http://www.pointblankonline.net/sound-design-course.php – It is with heavy hearts that we are saying goodbye to Danny J Lewis this week, so in a very special edition of Friday Forum Live! he will be showing you some synthesis techniques with his shiny new toy the Moog Minitaur before spinning some tracks with a live DJ set.


– Pensado’s Place : Into The Lair #9 Widening tracks, Clearing out the middle Methods for Deep and Wide Mixes (2 part video)

This week’s ITL discusses clearing elements out of the middle to make room for vocals, as well as tricks to widen your mixes. In part 2/2 (after the jump)it includes 4 distinct methods for getting instruments to sit better in the mix, as well as get more width and depth to your mixes by clearing…


Native Instruments Traktor Kontrol F1 – Remix Set™ Performance Advanced

This useful tutorial covers essential advanced performance tips and tricks, from how to monitor a Remix Deck™ on headphones, to maintaining a sample’s original key, assigning effects, and reversing a sample. Additional shown techniques demonstrate how samples can be played live while maintaining correct phrasing by using Punch and Gate Override Mode. Remix Set™ taken…


Pensado’s Place #74 – Producer/ORGY Lead Vocalist, Jay Gordon

In the 74rd episode of Pensado’s Place, Dave and Herb are joined by producer, remixer, and ORGY frontman Jay Gordon! This week’s ITL is part 2 of our mic shootout/listening test with Telefunken’s RFT and Diamond series of microphones with Chris Baseford at the Atrium Studio.