How to add groove with ReGroove - Propellerhead

Want to breathe a little life into your Reason tracks? then Maybe you should experiment with the built in ReGroove mixer. The ReGroove mixer is a feature that is often overlooked in Reason but it can do so much to help your tracks along and get them feeling a little funkier.

Here's a short YouTube tutorial from the guys over at Propellerhead software that shows of some of the features that ReGroove has to offer.



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

Want your tracks to really groove? Tired of using the same shuffle setting for everything? ReGroove is there for you and product specialist Mattias will help you understand how to do it! Learn how to change the global shuffle, assign a groove to a track, create your own groove templates and some other tips and tricks in this Reason Tips video."

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London Elektricity - Drum Processing Tutorial - Hospital Records

Here's a cool little tutorial from Drum n Bass legend London Elektricity showing you how he beefs up his drum breaks. Anyone that's producing Drum n Bass will benefit from an insight on how the pros work. I'm hoping to see some more future tutorials from London Elektricity and maybe even some of the other guys over at Hospital Records.

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Reason Tutorial: Your first ten minutes in Reason - Propellerhead

Here's one for all you newcomers to Reason. It's a pretty neat video from Propellerhead that shows you how to quickly get up and running with Reason.

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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.



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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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Ableton Tutorial - Sound Design Series (pt2) - Point Blank

Even the most humble sound can be brought to life with some short looping and further modulation. In this video Danny J Lewis shows you how Live's Loop Brace can bring some fantastic possibilities to sound design.

This is a sample tutorial taken from our Ableton Live Sound Design course. Find out more about the course here: http://www.pointblankonline.net/ableton-live-sound-design.php

And watch more free tutorials from this and many other courses on our sample course page: http://www.pointblankonline.net/sample-a-course/ 

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Ableton Tutorial - Sound Design Series (pt1) - Point Blank

In this video Danny J Lewis shows you how to use two amp envelopes, panning each oscillator in a different position to create a stereo image. Here the result is a nice, fizzy contemporary sound that works well for sustained chord sections.

This is a sample tutorial taken from our Ableton Live Sound Design course. Find out more about the course here: http://www.pointblankonline.net/ableton-live-sound-design.php

And watch more free tutorials from this and many other courses on our sample course page: http://www.pointblankonline.net/sample-a-course/ 

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Tips for using send effects - Reason Sound Design - Propellerhead's Reason

Here's another one for Reason users. This tutorial from the guys over at Propellerhead software shows some basic routing tips for setting up send effects in the Reason rack.

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

"In this Reason Sound Design video Mattias shows you a couple of ways you can use the sends and returns in Reason and do a bit more than meets the eye! Do quick and easy parallel processing, make your mixes cleaner and open up new creative possibilities with these tips."

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Logic Environment Tutorial - Create Kaoss Pad style X-Y Fader Effects Unit - Point Blank

This week's video from Point Blank Online is aimed at Logic users. It covers how to use Logic Pro's environment to create a virtual X/Y pad to control effects. This is a little more in depth than most of the videos that are posted on Voltage-Controlled so this might not be for everyone.



"http://www.pointblankonline.net/courses/logic-courses.php This week Paul Yarrow shows you how to use the power of Logic Pro's environment to create an X-Y fader multi effects unit much like Korg's Kaoss pad. 

Learn more about using Logic Pro's environment on our wide range of Logic courses: http://www.pointblankonline.net/courses/logic-courses.php

Check out even more free tutorials at http://www.logic-cafe.com/Please subscribe to our channel to make sure you don't miss future exclusive tutorials from Point Blank Online school."

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Creating a Tech House Track in Ableton Live with Radio Slave Loops - Point Blank

In this weeks video from Point Blank we are shown a few tips and tricks while creating a tech house track using samples and loops. They also have a pretty cool competition running where you can win the sample pack used in this video, a copy of Ableton Live 8 and a place on a Point blank Pro Producer course.





"Win this Radioslave pack, Live 8, and a Point Blank Pro Producer course here: http://ow.ly/c0BAS

In Ableton Live we have a fantastic tool to manipulate, chop and twist loops into your own interpretations all in real-time. This gives you the ability to create limitless unique tracks with the same loops and samples. In this tutorial Danny J Lewis shows some simple but very effective techniques to do this such as adjusting the clip start position and transposing the key up and down.

The pack he is using is one of Ableton's latest partner instruments, put together by Radioslave and Sample Magic. As well as a collection of drum, percussion, and musical hits and loops, the pack contains some great custom instrument and effects racks which, if hooked up to a midi control, can give a really tactile method of experimenting with the sounds. 

Check it out here: http://www.ableton.com/library/radio-slave-live

Racks such as the Kit Creator use macro controls to scroll through the various samples and adjust parameters like attack, decay and low cut to mould the sounds into something new. It is a great example of the type of racks that we teach you to build from scratch on Point Blank's Ableton Live Sound Design courses.

Check out the sound design course here:http://www.pointblankonline.net/ableton-live-sound-design.php

Watch more free tutorials on our sample course page:http://www.pointblankonline.net/sample-a-course/

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Electronic Music Composition (pt 3) - Faithless 'Insomnia' - Point Blank

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In this tutorial Ski Oakenfull breaks down the chord sequences in Faithless' dance anthem 'Insomnia'. Buy here:http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/insomnia-best-faithless/id305775034

Do you have a track that you would like to see Ski deconstruct musically? Then let us know in a comment below or hit us up on twitter with:
#emcrequest @point_blank + your suggested track title

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Logic Tutorial - Turn the Korg Monotron into a Polysynth - Point Blank

My Korg Monotron has been sitting on the shelf for a few months now, not really seeing any action in the studio. This video from Point Blank made me pick it up and have a little mess around with it.

Turning the Monotron into a poly synth using pitch shifters and tuning effects seems like a pretty cool idea. This tutorial shows you how to get this effect using the built in effects in Logic but the techniques shown can be easily recreated using other DAWs. I managed to get a pretty close sound using Ableton live and a few 3rd party plugins.

"http://www.pointblankonline.net/courses/logic-courses.php This week Paul Yarrow shows you how to open up a new world of performance capabilities for Korg's Monotron by turning it into a polysynth enabling it to play chords.

Learn more techniques like this on our wide range of Logic courses: http://www.pointblankonline.net/courses/logic-courses.php

Check out even more free tutorials at http://www.logic-cafe.com/

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Custom FX Rack Design in Ableton Live - Stereo Width (Free Rack DL) - Point Blank

"http://www.pointblankonline.net/courses/ableton-live-courses.php In this tutorial Danny J Lewis shows you how to create a custom FX rack in Ableton Live to add stereo width to your mix

Download the rack for free here:https://www.facebook.com/pointblankcollege/app_326957207366280

Learn more techniques such as this on our Ableton Sound Design course, an 8 week module that involves the creation of many bespoke effect and instrument racks :: http://www.pointblankonline.net/ableton-live-sound-design.php - get in touch with a course advisor at advice@pointblankonline.net if you want to find out more.

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How to Make Enhanced Podcasts in GarageBand - Point Blank

Now this hasn't really got much to do with music production but it's still useful to know how to put together a professional podcast, especially if you're DJing as well as putting your own music out there. Check out this video from point blank.



"http://www.pointblankonline.net/music-business-online-promotion.php This week we show you how to put together an enhanced podcast in GarageBand to give your DJ output a professional edge.

If you want to learn more about this subject check out the four week Music Business 2: Online Promotion course on Point Blank Onlinehttp://www.pointblankonline.net/music-business-online-promotion.php"

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Recreating a bassline in ableton live - Point Blank

"Go to: http://www.pointblankonline.net/courses/ableton-live-courses.php to check out our range of online Ableton Live courses where you can learn more sound design techniques like this. Please get in touch with our course advisors at advice@pointblankonline.net if you want to find out more.

In this Ableton tutorial Danny J Lewis (Defected/Enzyme Black) reverse engineers the bumpy bassline in the 2011 club anthem Noir & Haze - Around (Solomun remix) 
Out to the original artists. You can buy the release here:http://www.beatport.com/#/release/around/378135"

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Robot Drums emulating Propellerhead Figure - Point Blank

This is a pretty cool idea; the folks over at Point Blank have put together a video showing you how to create a rack in Ableton Live that gives you a Propellerhead Figure style of drum sequencing. This is a cool way of finding some inspiration and creativity when coming up with drum patterns. Check out the video below.



"http://www.pointblankonline.net/courses/ableton-live-courses.php to check out our range of online Ableton Course where you can learn more techniques like this. Please get in touch with a course advisor at advice@pointblankonline.net if you want to find out more.

In this tutorial Danny J Lewis shows you how to create a rack that emulates the mechanics behind the way the drum patterns switch in the recently released 'Figure' app. 

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Native Instruments Maschine Tutorial - Using Saturator on 808 Kick Drum Bassline - Point Blank

"http://www.pointblankonline.net/native-instruments---maschine.php In this tutorial Danny J Lewis shows you how to use a saturator to bring life to an 808 kick drum bassline with Native Instruments' Machine"

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Creating a rise effect in Reason

Here's another nice little tutorial from James Bernard at Propellerhead software. James shows you how to create the perfect rise effect to build up your track in Reason. Check it out.



"Propellerhead's product specialist James Bernard shows you how you can create effective transition sounds so that your build up really does build up! Get that sweep right and people will know when you're about to drop the bass."

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Ableton Live Tutorial - Miami Pool Party Deep House Vibe

Point Blank offer some amazing music production tutorials on their YouTube page. Check them out and remember to subscribe to their channel for their latest updates.

Check out their site to find out about some of the online music courses that they offer as well.

I'm going to be featuring one of their videos each week here on Voltage-Controlled so keep checking back for more awesome videos.



"With WMC 2012 coming up and the prospect of scantily clad revellers raving it up at various pool parties around Miami, this week Danny J Lewis decided to demonstrate how to create that summertime deep house pool party vibe.

As part of the sound he shows you how to twist up a vocal sample using Ableton Live and Native Instruments Maschine as a control device."

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The Fundamentals of Synthesiser Programming (Moog Music Inc.)

I’ve just stumbled across a this series of tutorials that was uploaded to YouTube by Moog Music inc. The tutorials are presented by Dr. Joseph Akin and they cover the basics of analog synthesis. I’m not saying these videos are terribly exiting but if you’re new to synthesis then it might help you get to grips with basic sound design.

Anyway, I’ve embedded all 6 YouTube videos in this post (cue cheesy synth tutorial music).

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Dubspot Animoog Tutorial part 2 of 3

The folks over at Dubspot have uploaded their second tutorial video on Moog's io for the iPad. This video takes you a bit deeper into what sounds are possible with this awesome little synth.

I posted the first Dubspot Animoog turorial back in January. If you missed it click here and watch it.

Here's part 2.

Check out the Dubspot site for more cool tutorials and don't forget to subscribe to their YouTube channel here.

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