Voltage Controlled & Point Blank Competition winner

Congratulations to Emilia Badaracco for winning a place on one of Point Blank's excellent online pro producer courses.

Here's the winning track, it will also be featured in the right-hand sidebar of Voltage-Controlled for the whole of October.



I have to say, all of the tracks that were sent in for the competition were good and it's a shame that I can only  pick one overall winner.

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How to make an aggressive dubstep bass - Reason Tips

Here's a pretty cool video from the good folks over at Propellerheads softweare. It shows how you can easily create an agressive Dubstep style bass patch using only the devices avalible in reason 6.5 (no 3rd party Rack Extension devices). Perfect for those looking to add a harder edge to their Reason productions.



"More info on Reason: http://www.propellerheads.se/products/reason/

Max Rehbein (aka Dorincourt) joins us for a guest video, showing you how to create an aggressive, hard hitting dubstep bass. Using the standard Reason devices, learn how to really get your sound to roar by using effects and how to make it sit well in the mix.

After this, you'll be able to make that love-it-or-hate-it dirty wobble bass we all know!"

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Interview with AudioCube Creator/Founder Bert Schiettecatte

"AudioCubes are wireless smart blocks for sound design, composition, live performance, music education and music app development.

They can sense your fingers and hands as well as each other's location and orientation. They have built in RGB lighting for visual feedback.

They communicate with your computer over high speed USB, and have custom high speed infrared sensors. A built in rechargeable battery keeps the cubes running wirelessly for up to 4 hours." -Taken from www.percussa.com

When Audio Cube founder and designer Bert Schiettecatte contacted Voltage-Controlled I was more than happy to pick his brains and ask a few questions about these awesome little cubes.

Click here to continue to the full interview...

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Free samples: Animoog Soundscapes and FX

The Moog Animoog for iPad has got to be my favourite iPad synthesiser of all time. I especially love it for some of the weird and "out-there" sounds that it can produce. That's where the inspiration for this sound set set comes in, there's 95 sounds in this pack ready to be loaded into your sampler or DAW. The sounds are completely royalty free so you can use them in any project you like, free of charge.

Download the samples HERE (.zip)

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