Academy.fm - Obtaining Professional Sounding Vocals With This Sidechain Technique



MP4| 160MB

As the focal point of the track, lead vocals should sound clear and powerful. Many great vocals, however, lose their effectiveness through poor post-processing. In this video, Shanahan will guide you through a clever sidechain technique that will help your vocals cut through the mix and sound professional!

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Academy.fm - Making Progressive House in Logic / How To Submit Music To Labels with Shanahan



MP4| 654MB

Join Shanahan as he deconstructs one of his Progressive House tracks and learn how he got his music released on Revealed, Enhanced, and Sony Records!

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Academy.fm - How to Market Your Music + Branding Q&A with Steven Cymatics (Marketing)



MP4| 269MB

Learn exactly how you should market your music with Steven Cymatics, one of the founders of Academy.fm.

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Academy.fm - The Importance of Email Marketing with Steven Cymatics



MP4| 205MB

Learn exactly how Cymatics grew their email list to over 400,000 real subscribers and how to use an email list to connect with your fans.

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Academy.fm - Experimenting With Envelope Looping in Ableton



MP4| 158MB

Ableton’s Operator is packed with features that can be extremely effective when used properly. In this video, Frequent shows you how to take advantage of Operator’s envelope looping feature to create some awesome rhythmic sequences.

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Academy.fm - How To Use Wave Candy



MP4| 185MB

In this video, Eric Kauffman showcases Wave Candy – an FL Studio native plugin used for analyzing and visualizing your sounds. This plugin includes an Oscilloscope, Spectrum Analyzer, Vector Scope, and Peak Meter. Eric will guide you through all its features so you won’t miss a single detail of your mix!

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Academy.fm - How To Create Random and Forever Changing Soundscapes



MP4| 379MB

In this video, Tascione will teach you how to create continuously evolving soundscapes using Ableton stock plugins – including Operator and various effect racks created by Tascione. These soundscapes are perfect tools that will add cool and unique atmospheres to your tracks!

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Academy.fm - How to Make Huge Pads with Stock FL Plugins



MP4| 217MB

In this video, Eric Kauffmann will create beautiful, lush pads with nothing but stock plugins inside FL Studio. These pads are made from Harmor, Sawer, and 3xOsc, and are processed with various stock effects including Fruity Reeverb 2, Fruity Compressor, and more.

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Groove3 - Producing an Epic String Arrangement from Score



ilfsn | 3.5 Hours | 1.49GB

Studio guru Marcus Huyskens gives you an in-depth look at how to take a string arrangement composed in notation software and bring it to life inside your DAW using virtual instruments and more. Shot with Presonus Studio One and Notion, the ideas can also be applied to any DAW and score software!

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Groove3 - UJAM Drummers Explained



ilfsn | 40 Mins | 285MB

Studio wiz Eli Krantzberg reveals the new virtual drummer instrument from UJAM! Learn all about its features and functions, as well as see it in-action in a real world session.

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Links update: 25/08/2020

This week Sonic Academy proudly welcomes a brand new tutor, Scott Lowe, one-third of House maestros Deep Matter to bring us an awesome course in How To Make Future House.

With a dance floor filling groove laden with dope bass lines, sweet vocals and synth-heavy lead chords this track is a belter and in this course, Scott guides you through every step of the way of how it has been built from the ground up.

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Sonic Academy How To Use Mastering The Mix EXPOSE with Rory Webb TUTORiAL



SYNTHiC4TE | Jan 12 2018 | 361 MB

This week Sonic Academy welcomes back Hyper Production's Rory Webb for a look at How To Use Mastering The Mix - EXPOSE.

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Sonic Academy GAWP Interview TUTORiAL



SYNTHiC4TE | Jan 12 2018 | 466 MB

Chris catches up with a British based producer who released on some of the worlds coolest labels, think Dirty Bird, This Anit Bristol, Cr2 and Perfect Driver. Having already had a successful career with UK act "The Squatters" This time, Oliver from GAWP is aiming for premium quality with every release with his productions having gained support from a huge spectrum of established artist like Claude Vonstroke, Chris Lake, Billy Kenny, Kyle Watson, Will Clarke, Bot just to name just a few.

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The Complete Guide to Intermediate DJ Mixing with Turntables and a Mixer, Part 1: Vocal-Based Music



ilfsn | 1.5 Hours | 809MB

In this video course, world-renowned DJ Shortee teaches you how to find all your possible mix points in your vocal-based music so that you can quickly create your DJ sets, both planned and improvised on the fly. She shows you how to dissect your vocal-based song structures, step by step and in multiple ways, so that you can easily identify all the ways you can mix your songs together and ultimately speed up your entire mix creation process. Every lesson is taught clearly, making it easy for anyone to understand.

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The Complete Guide to Intermediate DJ Mixing with Turntables and a Mixer, Part 2: Instrumental-Based Music



ilfsn | 1.3 Hours | 764MB

In this video course, world-renowned DJ Shortee teaches you how to find all your possible mix points in your instrumental-based electronic dance music so you can quickly create your DJ sets, both planned and improvised on the fly. She shows you how to dissect your instrumental-based song structures, step by step and in multiple ways, so you can easily identify all the different approaches you can take to mix your songs together and ultimately speed up your entire mix creation process. Every lesson is taught in a clear and concise way that is easy for anyone to understand.

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