Top 12 Free Synths Every Producer Should Know
Top 12 Free Synths Every Producer Should Know With the endless new software and hardware synths out it’s hard to keep some money in our pocket. So we figured we’ll make a list of all the free synths every producer should check out. You can make entire albums with great-sounding synths just with this list alone. There are many more free synths out there that are exclusive to windows or Mac machines but we only included the multi-platform (Windows, Mac and some supporting Linux for all you nerds out there) beasts so everyone can download today and start making some awesome sounds for free! If you find yourself using these synths a lot please consider donating to the developer who put hours on top of hours of writing code, designing and developing. su_youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/ff4JDGjxAmI” width=”400″ height=”200″ rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” divider style=”clear” Surge Surge is an open-source synth developed by Kurasu …
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The Endless Uses of LFOs – It’s not only for Wobbling
LFO or Low-Frequency Oscillator is one of the most used tools in the world of sound design and production. Many of the classic studio effects we can find in any DAW like Flanger, Chorus, Auto-Filter, Auto-Pan, Phaser and others have some use of an LFO. In simple terms an LFO allows us to wobble any parameter we want. Not all LFOs are created equal but there some controls that we will expect to find on most if not all units. A basic understanding of these controls can help us get the most out of the LFOs whether we use them in Synthesizers, effects or with Max for Live/Modular gear. divider style=”clear” LFO Controls Rate – Change the speed of the LFO can be Free (Hz) or Sync (1/4, 1/8, 1/16 etc.) Amount/Gain – Control the amount of modulation. How pronounced is the modulation. Waveform/Shape – Change the movement type …
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Instant Afro – Make Clave Beats Like an Expert (Afrobeat/Reggaeton/Dancehall)
Instant Afro – Make Clave Beats Like an Expert (Afrobeat/Reggaeton/Dancehall)  We can find influences of Afro-Cuban and Latin rhythms in all styles of music. The main rhythm that inspired other cultures all over the world was the clave rhythm. Interestingly enough, the African rhythms they were inspired by came back to Africa. Today, we can hear the clave rhythm in modern African pop music, Dancehall, Reggaeton, and even dance music like big room house and tribal. Clave rhythms and its variation are the backbones for all these beats. Let’s first check out the main clave pattern.   Scroll Down for Free Download  divider style=”clear”  Clave   This pattern is extremely popular in modern African pop music with artists like Maleek Berry, WizKid Burnaboy & Mr. Eazi.  Maleek Berry – Love U  divider style=”clear”  Mr.Eazi – Supernova  divider style=”clear”  Dancehall  …
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How To Use The New Features In Ableton Live 10.1
Live’s new free update to version 10.1 adds many new upgrades and improvements. This update is free for all users. It always amazes us how many free updates Ableton gives their customers between every major release. This update (only 10.1!) features custom wavetables, new Delay and EQ devices, VST3 support and much more! su_youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/GGQN0bhAr08″ rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes” /su_youtube_advanced Custom Wavetable It is now possible to load your own custom audio files to use as wavetables. Simply drag any audio file to the wavetable view and Live will convert that file to be used inside Wavetable. Once you drop an audio file into Wavetable you will get a new button titled RAW… Under the wavetable categories we can now find the User folder. New Devices We got two new devices but we also lost two to avoid redundacy. Let’s check them out. Delay The new Delay audio effect is combination …
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Drum Buss Key Follower – Play the Boom Section (Free Download)
Drum Buss Key Follower  The new Drumbuss Audio Effect in Live 10 is an efficient powerhouse of processing. It has a built-in compressor, clipper, saturation, distortion and Transient shaping. Ableton added to that their secret sauce in a low resonator that can take create some enormous 808-ish bass out of any audio with some low-end content. The best part about it is that you can tune the resonating bass note using the Freq knob.   Now thanks to Max for Live we are able to play the Drumbuss’s Boom section!!! Scroll down for the free Download the tutorial video for a more in-depth look. This device was Developed by Dez. Modded by Yeuda Ben-Atar for Beat Lab. divider style=”clear”  Setup  The DrumBuss Follower is a Max MIDI Effect and thus needs to be loaded on a MIDI track. Create a new MIDI track and load the …
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All About Ableton’s Wavetable – Global Section & Unison (Part 7)
All About Ableton’s Wavetable – Global Section & Unison (Part 7) We continue our series of All About Ableton’s new Wavetable synthesizer. Today we cover the global section and unison controls! As always we included all the previous videos so scroll down for the latest video. divider style=”clear” Part 1 – Oscillators su_youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/H4lL4tSvock” showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes” /su_youtube_advanced divider style=”clear” Part 2 – Filters su_youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/xC-KxDa08us” showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes” /su_youtube_advanced divider style=”clear” Part 3 – Envelopes su_youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/408L71dQqUE” showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes” /su_youtube_advanced divider style=”clear” Part 4 – The Matrix su_youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/fcYyDmIZxVw” showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes” /su_youtube_advanced divider style=”clear” Part 5 – LFOs su_youtube_advanced url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFP79JtVif8″ showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes” /su_youtube_advanced divider style=”clear” Part 6 – MIDI Expression su_youtube_advanced url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KazlYRiyFA” showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes” /su_youtube_advanced divider style=”clear” Part 7 – Global & Unison su_youtube_advanced url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9jvxRFLmEU” showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes” /su_youtube_advanced divider style=”clear” If you’d like to learn more about …
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