Academy.FM - How To Write Dark Trap Melodies



TUTORiAL | 49.44 MB

Although seemingly simple on the surface, dark Trap melodies require patience and tasteful writing. Join seasoned Trap producer, Noah, in this tutorial as he creates a dark Trap melody from the ground up in Ableton Live.

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Academy.fm - Purity - How To Make Progressive House: Start To Finish + Ableton Live Project File



MP4 | 1.62 GB

Over the past several years, Progressive House made an enormous impact on the EDM scene. This genre, filled with epic melodies and clearing drops, dominated hundreds of EDM festivals around the world.

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Academy.fm - How To Make 808 Patterns in Ableton Live



MP4 | 197 MB

808’s are a commonly used tool in many genres such as Pop, Hip Hop, Hybrid Trap, and many more. They simultaneously fill the lower frequencies of your track while also acting as a rhythmic drum element.

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Academy.fm - How To Make Your Drops More Exciting with Background FX



MP4 | 236 MB

Background FX play a crucial role in gluing your track together while also adding character and variation as the song progresses. In this tutorial, Noah will walk you through several useful, unique FX applications that will take your drops to the next level.

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Academy.fm - How To Create Tension Using Orchestral Elements



MP4 | 150 MB

Organic, orchestral elements can add a unique, appealing flare to your tracks when used effectively. Many producers know this and take advantage of high-quality orchestral Kontakt instruments that are available from tons of different companies.

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Links update: 08/02/2023

Thomas Cochran presents an in-depth look at Propellerhead’s Grain virtual granular synth. Learn all of its features and functions as well as interesting sound design techniques allowing you to fully command this powerful synth.

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Links update: 22/04/2021

In this Groove3 video tutorial series, sound design guru Gary Hiebner shows you what you need to know to get started on creating audio for the incredibly lucrative gaming industry.

Gary starts by welcoming you and then goes over what is Game Audio and how it differs from other media and sound design, followed by all the different types of sounds found in games.

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Color Source Playful EDM WAV



FANTASTiC | 02 March 2018 | 391 MB

‘Playful EDM’ is the upbeat sun-soaked sample collection by seasoned EDM producer, Color Source. Inspired by legendary artists such as Illenium, Sound Remedy and Flux Pavilion, this pack is feisty, fresh and packing a punch.

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Ask Video AudioPedia 107 Editing and Signal Flow TUTORiAL



SYNTHiC4TE | March 02 2018 | 213 MB

The NLE AudioPedia series, our video-based audio encyclopedia, is an invaluable resource for sound engineers, musicians, students, educators and all audio enthusiasts. This sixth installment is about Microphones.

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Ask Video AudioPedia 106 Microphones TUTORiAL



SYNTHiC4TE | March 02 2018 | 244 MB

The NLE AudioPedia series, our video-based audio encyclopedia, is an invaluable resource for sound engineers, musicians, students, educators and all audio enthusiasts. This sixth installment is about Microphones.

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Academy.fm - Enhancing Your Drums & Mixes With Unconventional Transient Shaper Tactics



MP4 | 97 MB

Transient Shaper plugins are great tools that can be used to methodically enhance or control different transients in instruments – especially drums.

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Links update: 24/04/2019

Discover the remarkable stories behind some of the most popular film music of all time

From Jurassic Park to ­The Lord of the Rings, Vertigo to Titanic, a powerful score can make a movie truly extraordinary. The alchemy between composer and director creates pure cinematic magic, with songs and melodies that are instantly recognisable and eternally memorable. So what is their secret?

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Academy.fm - How To Make Your Bass Translate With Harmonic Distortion



MP4 | 202 MB

When producing a track, it is very important to keep in mind how it will sound on a variety of different speakers and systems. This includes consideration for club systems, generic earbuds, laptop speakers, car speakers, and much more.

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Academy.fm - The Importance Of Proper Drum Tuning



MP4 | 173 MB

Properly tuning your drums is a very important part of creating music and is often overlooked – especially by top tier producers in EDM.

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Pierre Schæffer Treatise on Musical Objects: An Essay across Disciplines



ISBN: 0520294297, 0520294300 | 2017 | 616 pages | EPUB: 10 MB | PDF: 8 MB

The Treatise on Musical Objects is regarded as Pierre Schaeffer’s most important work on music and its relationship with technology. Schaeffer expands his earlier research in musique concrète to suggest a methodology of working with sounds based on his experiences in radio broadcasting and the recording studio.

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