FreeBee – A free Kontakt instrument (3d flying insect simulation)
Since I have been working on a set of Kontakt instruments for Audiomotif I became more and more interrested in Kontakt as a sound design tool. While mainly engineered towards the chromatic instrument simulations – Kontakts built in effects and scripting language allows you to create very effective sound design tools. Besides sound design tools designed for post production there is also a new line of synth’s and drum instruments coming out next month. (Audiomotif – Electro Tech Vol 01) What else but a bee would be our simulation? A freebie bee – Right enough with the...
Read MoreManual Granular Bassline Tutorial
Granular synthesis is a great way to make very extreme sounding midrange movements. A more traditional (yet still interesting) and conventional sounding way of granulzing audio can be achieved by selecting one single snippet, and work with that. That’s what we’ll be doing, granular on micro level. Not intended to replace technique explained in my resampling tutoral series tho, nor replacing plugs as the likes of alchemy and other hybrid granular engines. Just a nice way to demonstrate the very basic function of granular.
Read MoreSetting Up DAW Templates (workflow enhancement)
Making templates (in any form) is always a good time saver. So what makes a good template? One important aspect (and much overlooked) is to keep it open – meaning you should not add any colourisation that might not be needed. Sometimes it’s an important part of the work-flow, and you might have some distortion you end up putting on there anyway. Then of course it saves time. A good example of a bad template is the standard FL studio template. On start up a template is loaded with some drum samples in the sequencer, each with their own fx channel. Nothing too fancy. But,...
Read MoreSplitting frequencies in Ableton Live
Splitting Frequencies is an important element in getting a fat ominous sound. Spreading the sound in the stereo field without losing punch, adding FX chains to different bands. It’s all possible with frequency splitting. Imagine using a bass line or other bass heavy sample in a project. You might wanna lose the rumble but excite the mids adding more harmonic content. Adding more harmonics is easy with distortion but you don’t want the rumble to get excited too. By splitting the frequencies over 3 bands you can add any FX chain to your Low, Mid and High Bands. In Ableton this...
Read MoreBass resampling Part 3
While doing my usual routine, lurking on production forums and occasionally posting about production, I got asked to do a tutorial showing my bass resampling technique. So I’ve decided to split this up in 3 parts. Next part we will be using massive to create some fat bass sounds, 3rd will be about layering them. In the 2nd part I show you how to use NI Massive’s Macro Controls, and do a walktrough of a pre resample tage project. Watch in HD for the tiny letters.
Read MoreBass resampling tutorial pt 2 (Macro automations)
While doing my usual routine, lurking on production forums and occasionally posting about production, I got asked to do a tutorial showing my bass resampling technique. So I’ve decided to split this up in 3 parts. Next part we will be using massive to create some fat bass sounds, 3rd will be about layering them. In the 2nd part I show you how to use NI Massive’s Macro Controls, and do a walktrough of a pre resample tage project. Watch in HD for the tiny letters.
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