Category: Producers

will.i.am Sues Pharrell For ‘I Am Other’ Brand

June 26, 2013
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will.i.am is taking legal action against Pharrell for his use of the “I am” phrase. In court documents obtained by Rolling Stone, the rapper/producer claims he owns the copyright to the two words and states that Pharrell’s logo for his creative brand “i am OTHER” looks “confusingly similar” to will.i.am’s “I AM” logo. The “i…

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Bob Owsinski’s 4 Tips For A Great Recording

June 26, 2013
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It’s book excerpt time again, this time from How To Make Your Band Sound Great, a particular favorite of mine. This excerpt contains 4 tips for a great recording, but it’s aimed at artists and bands that don’t have much recording experience and may have unreal expectations of exactly what’s supposed to take place. “Whether…

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The Sound of Monsters University

June 26, 2013
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SoundWorks Collection: The Sound of Monsters University from Michael Coleman on Vimeo. Synopsis Take a trip back in time to when star Monsters, Inc. employees Mike Wazowski (voice of Billy Crystal) and James P. “Sulley” Sullivan (voice of John Goodman) were just two promising young students at Monsters University in this frightfully fun Disney/Pixar prequel….

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Ocean Way Plugin Review

June 26, 2013
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Ocean Way Plugin from Universal audio, a brain dump from Ocean Way room expert Allen Sides with the DSP convolution and Dynamic Room Modelling from UA. How does it sound? [Sonic State]

MacBeth Nexus Synthesizer Inspired By Bowie & Eno’s Berlin Trilogy

June 25, 2013
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Designer Ken MacBeth tests out the prototype of his upcoming MacBeth Studio Systems Nexus touchpad synthesizer. Here’s what he has to say about the demo: As I finalize the design of the NEXUS synthesizer for production- I took it the prototype through to the work bench. Basically- the work/refinements are complete. This recording has no…

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Importing Maschine expansions without rescaning the entire library

June 24, 2013
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Showing you how to add third party Maschine expansions to your library without having to wait forever for the long rescan process. [MachineTutorials]

Alex Da Kid on Renman Live!

June 24, 2013
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Watch Alex Da Kid on RenmanMB! Alex talks about Sound Design, Song Writing, Running a Record Label and more! [RenmanMB]

Live 9 407: Remixing in Live – 1. Introduction

June 24, 2013
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Live 9 407: Remixing in Live by Olav Basoski Video 1 of 30 for Live 9 407: Remixing in Live Having remixed just about everyone, from Armin van Buuren to Moby, Olav Basoski is the virtual wikipedia of remixing: This guy knows it all! Preparing a song for the dance floor is not an easy…

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Pretty Lights Talks About His New Approach To Making Records

June 23, 2013
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Electronic Artist & Producer Derek Vincent Smith Talks about his new approach to making records, taking on a completely new and revolutionary approach to sampling by recording his own records and sampling from his own works. Dare we say, this gentleman right here is pushing the boundaries of electronic music far beyond any limit we’ve…

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Sound Design Tutorial: Layering Drums – Native Instruments Battery 4 w/ Evan Sutton

June 23, 2013
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In this tutorial, Dubspot Sound Design instructor and course designer Evan Sutton (aka Astrolith) shows how to layer drum sounds using Native Instruments’ Battery 4. Layering is the spice of life. There are many reasons to layer drum sounds. We can add rhythmic complexity to a sound, which can lend to the groove and improve…

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