5 Great Drum Machines for Beatmakers
5 Great Drum Machines for Beatmakers We live in a world where anyone can be a musician. The technology and innovations of the digital age have made music more accessible. It used to be a significant investment, as you would need to purchase an instrument and invest in lessons to learn how to play it. This simply isn’t the case anymore. As we’ve already discussed in our article on getting into music production, you can start making music with just an iPhone. You can even sign up for online lessons to learn how to manipulate digital audio workstation software such as Ableton. Doing all of that should give you enough to cover the basics and start making tracks of your own. However, we know you continually want to improve upon your craft. So how do you go about doing this? Well, try to recall any great song and they’ll have one thing …
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Why You Should Start Using Ableton Now!
Why You Should Start Using Ableton Now! Workflow Heaven The most important aspect of a DAW is its ease of use. The faster and more efficiently a producer can work in their DAW, the better. With its intuitive layout, Ableton offers a streamlined and sleek work experience that keeps producers of all backgrounds and levels in movement. Even beginners can get up and running making music in an extremely short amount of time. su_divider top=”no” Arrangement View and Session View Ableton Live’s interface consists of two main views, Arrangement and Session. Arrangement acts as a traditional view for recording, programming, and editing, while Session view brings a new, clip-oriented take on production. The addition of Session view gives users a drawing board to test out new song ideas, whether that be a new melody, drum pattern, or vocal take. Some producers use Session view to produce entire …
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Event Recap Round-Up March 2020
Event Recap Round-Up May 2020 We’ve had our fair share of masterclasses at Beat Lab in the past, but we wanted to really make a big splash this year. We’ve had a heck of a year with our live workshops, and we’re still hosting virtual masterclasses until the coronavirus curve is officially flattened. So we wanted to take a moment to summarize a few of our past events for those who missed them. We’ll go over past events, then tell you about a few upcoming! Read on below. su_divider Intro to Ableton Workshops January of this year we started hosting free workshops to entice community members old and new. We’ve always welcomed prospective students in for class visits but felt that a monthly event would allow the whole community to flourish. Our first workshop covered the basics of Live. We’ve held multiple of these each month and have been …
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Audiomovers ListenTo: Zero-latency Streaming from Your DAW
Audiomovers ListenTo: Zero-latency Streaming from Your DAW With all the Live Streaming going on lately, it’s been a time to experiment with Online everything! Courses, performances, workshops, socializing, and now production sessions. Some of the developers from Waves Audio have created this piece of powerful tech, ListenTo. In this article, we’ll do a quick rundown of the plugin, how to set up a stream, and let you know our opinion on it. su_divider top=”no” su_box title=”Audiomovers ListenTo Rating: 9.5/10″ style=”glass” box_color=”#333333″ su_row su_column size=”1/2″ Pros: – near zero-latency streaming – low CPU impact – flexible subscription options /su_column su_column size=”1/2″ Cons: – subscription model /su_column su_divider top=”no” divider_color=”#d2d2d2″ size=”1″ Get your copy on the Audiomovers site now. /su_row /su_box su_divider top=”no” How to Set Up a Stream ListenTo is so darn straightforward it actually was a bit confusing how to get started. That may seem counterintuitive, but the plugin requires …
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Doing it Live! 5 Tips to Improve Your Live Streams
Doing it Live! 5 Tips to Improve Your Live Streams With the insurgence of COVID-19 and the widespread practice of social distancing, conventional concerts have been erased from our near future. The live-music industry has been turned upside down; however, many artists have found alternatives. One of the most popular alternatives is live streaming. Live streaming is so widely accessible by performers that you can do it with just your cell phone or laptop. If you have experience with live streaming, or you are interested in getting your feet wet, below are five tips on how to provide quality live streams to keep your fans engaged and coming back. We’ve placed some Amazon links throughout this article if you are interested in purchasing gear. We aren’t explicitly promoting the products we selected, we just trust their decent ratings, so please do your own research when comparing products. We will make …
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Mixcloud Live: A Streaming Future Free from Copyright Strikes
Mixcloud Live: A Streaming Future Free from Copyright Strikes Are you a DJ Looking to Live stream? Do you have experience live streaming your sets, but you’re sick of having them taken down whenever you play a licensed track? Luckily for the entire community, Mixcloud just worked out the copyright deal of the decade. They just premiered their new service called Mixcloud Live, which promises worry-free DJ streaming. In this article, we’ll give you a quick rundown of the breaking news! su_divider top=”no” Enter Mixcloud Live Mixcloud Live, an extension of Mixcloud Pro, is a new streaming platform that allows DJs to legally play their sets over the internet. Mixcloud Live is RTMP-based, meaning that users will need a broadcast application to stream their sets. There are plenty of broadcast applications available; one that is free and quite popular is OBS. After creating a stream channel name (be careful, this …
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