The Drum Sample Directory – sure there are a lot of drum kits and drum sample libraries on the market, but are they ready for those authentic Jazz tracks you’re working on? Straight Ahead Samples has released their flagship drum library which is dedicated exclusively to not only capturing the sound of Jazz drums but…

In the 44th “Into The Lair”, Dave Pensado discusses how he uses various different types of reverb effects in various applications.

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Producer Greg Wells returns to join Dave and Herb discuss working with Katy Perry, All American Rejects, Recording Horns, Drums, and much more on the 93rd episode of Pensado’s Place!

Golden Moog Voyager 06:12, Korg Polysix App 14:20, Imogen Heap’s Gloves25:00, Donald Fagen’s Sunken Condos 51:20

Checking out a new royalty free vintage soul sample library from patchbanks, chopping it up and making a beat in Maschine.

In this week’s ITL, Dave shows you how to make sure your kick drum and bass are working well together in the mix.

In this tutorial I show how to setup the Virus TI to record audio directly into Maschine via USB cable. I normally do it via the analog outputs of the synth but for those that don’t have an external mixer or do not have space on your soundcard this works well also.