Really bad at playing keyboards? Lost that creative spark? Here’s a tutorial showing you how to create some cool ideas using a little known object in Logic called the Chord Memorizer. Buried inside the dreaded Environment, this MIDI tool can help you build anything from new musical ideas to complex layered sounds — with one finger!
Play Chords with One Finger Using Logic Pro’s Chord Memorizer
Jan 4th in Composition by Toby Pitman
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How to Map Rex Files in Logic’s EXS24 Sampler
Dec 29th in Production by Mo VolansA short time ago someone asked how to cut up a disco or musical loop and span it across the keys of a sampler, so each slice can be played on a MIDI keyboard. There are numerous ways to achieve this and unfortunately each method is extremely software (or hardware) specific.
In this tutorial I’ll be running though a method that involves using Recycle and the EXS24 sampler in Logic Pro.
Happy Holidays and Thanks for Reading AUDIOTUTS!
Dec 24th in General by Joel FalconerWe at AUDIOTUTS would like to wish all of our readers, subscribers and writers a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, and thank you for your support and for sticking around to read our tutorials since we launched earlier this year.
We’ll be publishing a few more tutorials before the year is out, but we’re excited about some of the things we’ll be offering you in 2009 and hope you’ll stick with AUDIOTUTS as we grow, improve, and teach you awesome audio skills.
How to Create a Dynamic House Drum Intro
Dec 22nd in Production by Mo VolansFollowing my tutorials on creating a house drum track, making electronic basslines, mixing pad sounds and crashes and FX, we are now ready to start the arrangement of our track.
When constructing a house/dance track that is destined for the dance floor or club, it’s really important to include defined, clear drum intros and outros so that the DJ can easily mix your track into the previous one and the next one in his set.
How to Remake Soul Survivor by Young Jeezy and Akon
Dec 20th in Production by Eric ShaferWhen rapper Young Jeezy went into the studio with Akon to create “Soul Survivor,” the concept behind the song was a dark one. Most evident in the music video (based on the Roc-A-Fella film “Paid In Full”), the song is essentially a story about life on the streets.
Thus, when Tha Bizness and DJ Toomp handled production for the song, they needed to create an instrumental that would live up to that feeling. In this tutorial, we’re going to break down just what made the song feel so dark, and also what sort of elements went into creating a #4 Billboard Hot 100 song.
20 Worst Music Videos of All Time
Dec 18th in Articles by Adam BrownIt’s hard to imagine a world without music videos. But there was a time when artists had to rely on, you know, their music to convince people that their stuff was worth buying. Those days are long gone. Nowadays, it’s all about image. If you look right, chances are you’ll probably sell some records. With that much riding on your visual presentation, you would think musicians would go all out when it comes time to make a music video, and most of them do. Except for…
Introducing AETUTS!
Dec 17th in General by SkellieEvery once in a while we like to add a new member to the TUTS+ family. Today we’re launching AETUTS, a fantastic new tutorial site dedicated to Adobe After Effects, one of the most powerful VFX, motion graphics and video editing programs. Our contributors will be teaching you some brilliant motion graphics and special effects techniques. We’ll be publishing 2 - 3 new tutorials each week, so head over to AETUTS and take a look!
Read on to learn more about the launch of our fifth TUTS+ site!
Warping Tunes for Live Sets with Ableton Live
Dec 17th in Mixing & Mastering by Mo VolansAbleton is fast becoming the tool of choice for the digital DJ and has just about every tool you could ask for when putting together a live show or DJ set. One of the most important parts of getting things right on the night is syncing individual beats or entire tracks and if you want to get things 100% locked down the best strategy is to warp your files before the show.
Warp markers are small flags that Ableton uses to cut audio into small portions, these portions can then be shifted back and forth as the tempo of your project is changed. This basically means that the audio takes on an elastic nature and can be played back at any tempo without suffering from the degradation and anomalies related to traditional time stretching.
West Coast? East Coast? Hip-Hop Explained
Dec 14th in Articles by Eric ShaferIn the realm of popular music, perhaps no genre has been as popular in recent years as hip-hop. However, hip-hop is hardly a new phenomenon, so in this article, we’re going to take an in-depth look at its history and try to make sense of it all.
The Beginner’s Guide to Compression
Dec 8th in Mixing & Mastering by Sean VincentCompression is one of those studio processes that is all too often taken for granted and not used to its full potential. Today’s producers think nothing of inserting compressors on every single channel of their DAW when mixing, but old school engineers had to learn to make the most of only a few units of compression—and this made us learn them inside out.
