FXpansion shakes up the world of drum machines with this incredibly powerful variation on the beatbox theme. That’s because Tremor is a unique virtual instrument capable of creating beats with incredible new features and some never-seen-before flexibility. Hollin Jones takes you through Tremor and shows you all you need to know to create your own amazing beats.

What make Tremor so cool is that it allows you to use 8 distinct sequencers, each with its own synthesis engine!Hollin guides you, step by step, through the creation of sounds and patterns in Tremor. He'll show all the ins and out of Tremor's interface and the unique way it approaches drum sequencing, as well as its super powerful modulation system, TransMod. Once you have a killer beat, you can go ever deeper: Tremor gives you envelopes, LFOs and FX section to further enhance and morph your sounds!

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"This tutorial is one of our finest Logic tutorials ever! With the addition of the Pedalboard and Amp Designer plugins, Logic’s virtual guitar arsenal is capable of overheating transistors, blowing out tubes and stomping out the most awesomely realistic or warped 6 string soundscapes anywhere! I’ve already started using many of these awesome techniques in my tracks and now you can too!”

Want to recreate that vintage British sound? How about hi-octane metal stacks or edgy leads? Maybe you want to create a combination of pedals and stacks that would be impossible in the real, hardwired world? With Logic’s Pedalboard and Amp Designer anything and everything is possible!

In this amazing tutorial, Logic’s Guitar Recording Toolbox, master guitarist, producer and educator, Toby Pitman, shows you everything you need to know about getting the perfect guitar sound in Logic. He explores every detail of the virtual amps, explaining their design, EQ, circuitry and history while simultaneously performing first class style-based examples on several of his collectable guitars. Tony teaches us how and why his guitars sound the way they do. Then Toby dives deep into the stomp boxes exploring their functionality and demonstrating routing techniques that best show-off the sonic power of Pedalboard.

But there’s so much more! Toby teaches us about impedance, the different kinds of pickups, the power of parallel microphone techniques and even how to create killer percussion parts using the electric guitar as the the sound source! He even amps the drums!

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Cakewalk has done it again, this time taking their flagship DAW SONAR to the next level, adding tons of new features and functions. SONAR X2 is here and Eli Krantzberg is the man with the plan, showing you all of its ins and outs. 

Eli begins with the basics such as basic audio and MIDI hardware setup and settings, interface overviews, bussing and auditioning loops, using the Synth Tab to browse and load soft synths and cool Time Ruler & Transport tips. Next, Eli goes deeper and gets into recording MIDI and Audio, customizing your workflow, editing in Track View, using Markers, the Track Inspector and Clip Properties.

Eli then shows you how to work with Groove Clips, the Piano Roll View, Auto-Punch Recording, Loop Recording and working with Take Lanes. Mixing is next on the menu with lessons on customizing the Console View, Multi-Port Instruments and Track Folders, working with real-time effects and effect chains. He then wraps up the series with advanced mixing techniques such as using Sends and Busses, EQ and Compression, Automation Modes and Lanes, the ProChannel and final mix and fade out.

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Just upgrade to the latest version of Cubase? Cubase guru Doug Zangar shows you all of the new features and functions contained in the awesome new Cubase 6.5 update. You'll learn to get the most out of this update and how to apply it to your productions. 

Doug starts off tearing into Retrologue, leaving no stone unturned, then breaks down Padshop, step by step. Next, Doug gets detailed with the new Comp Tool and shows you the streamlined Audiowarp function.

Doug then demonstrates the newly improved Amp Rack and demystifies the DJ-EQ and MorphFilter plug-ins. Lastly, Doug shows how you can now record and export using the FLAC format as well as easily share your creations via SoundCloud.

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