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Wave DNA- Painting Music

Wave DNA- Painting Music   The inhibiting forces of writers block fades away when they are faced with Liquid Music, Wave DNA’s sequel to Liquid Rhythm. The Ableton-geared plugin uses a completely original workflow that allows you to paint melodies and chord progressions effortlessly. Instead of dabbling with a multitude of ideas, you can easily draw inspiration from the melodic patterns you create in minutes.   su_youtube_advanced url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjb4U-cUGSE” showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes”   Liquid Music has five different musical controls: sketch, key, chords, voices, and rhythm. With these five key elements you have an intricate control over what you create. Sketch is the most powerful tool of the five, which you use to draw out your musical notation, choosing whether you want it to be anything from a bass line, to a accompaniment, or a chord progression. You can choose what types of chords you would like, (minor, major, diminished etc.,) and shape …

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Izotope Ozone 7- Essential Mastering Tools

Izotope Ozone 7- Essential Mastering Tools   Izotope is a Cambridge, Massachusetts, based software company that creates award winning mastering and production software programs. Their latest release, the Ozone 7, is offered as standard or advanced version. Most of the upgrades you see on the advanced version are vintage emulators: vintage tape, vintage EQ, vintage compressor, and a codec preview; the Ozone 7 essentially has a load of throwback effects. Ozone 7 Standard, (also included in the Advanced version,) is geared with a vintage limiter, alternate export formats, and an upgraded maximizer.     One of the most notable features is the codec reviewer and the upgraded maximizer. The codec preview allows you to listen to what your mastered tracks would sound like in different high-end ‘industry-standard,’ codecs. You can preview within your DAW, so you can avoid endless exports and re-exports. You can make adjustments as to where your master …

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Livid DIY Midi Kits

Livid DIY Midi Kits   One of the most fascinating aspects of electronic music is the world of DIY projects that can follow behind. There are thousands of products designed to enhance your production, but nothing can compare to the sentiment of a homemade controller. Livid provides two starter kit for those who have no experience with creating hardware: the button box and the fader box. The controllers you create can be used for audio, video, and lighting, and are designed to be”plug and play,” controllers: meaning you can use them as soon as they’re built. The kits are loaded with everything you need: buttons, faders, sleek casing, an omni board, plus more. Each box is about 5 inches by 5 and about 2 inches thick, and is powered by a Brain Jr. motherboard, which makes for a small, compact, powerful little toy. To get yourself started into the DIY world …

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Skoove- Learn Piano the Easy Way

Skoove- Learn Piano the Easy Way   If you’re trying to step into the world of music production, but don’t have formal knowledge of music theory or proper technique, you may be interested in Skoove. Skoove is an online tutorial app that teaches you piano and music theory. Developed by Dr. Stephen Shulz and Dr. Florian Plenge, the program is geared for simplicity, aiming to stray away from conventional and classical forms of training, and to teach you in a relaxed and efficient manner. Learning a Language The program jumps right to. You set your midi controller, get briefed on how the app works and from that point on you’re playing the piano. The lessons workout in a ‘show and try,’ system, as in, you watch a video showing you what to do, then you’re given a chance to try. While you play, a scroll of notes roll along, on beat, and …

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KINK Live Controllerism Routine

KINK Live Controllerism Routine   Among the numerous, seemingly infinite, ways to put together a live performance in Ableton is the art of live beat making. In the video below watch KINK, the Bulgarian based, broken beat virtuoso, put together a twenty minute live set. Mind blown. Hands down.   su_youtube_advanced url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WRfEKQYOJ8″ showinfo=”no” rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes”

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Dehumaniser- Realtime “Monster” Voicing (Friday the 13th)

Dehumaniser- Realtime “Monster” Voicing (Friday the 13th)   Dehumaniser is a vocal processor that morphs your voice into beast like sounds in real time(!). Plug in an audio interface and hear a high quality vocal manipulation. Dehumaniser comes with various presets, like Mammoth, Rage Monster, King Kong, T-Rex and more.   Tweak your voice by altering the point position of a circle graph between five chosen presets. That way you can get more T-Rex than King Kong, or visa versa. The layout is generally pretty simple and after messing around for five minutes, or so, you can work your way around the processor pretty easily.   Record your voice and use it as an affective sample in any production. You can try the Dehumaniser Demo for a fixed fifteen minute use time, by downloading it from the link below. Check out the video for a sneak peak. Dehumaniser is available …

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