Should I Buy It? – Guitar Rig 6
Should I Buy It? – Guitar Rig 6 Native Instruments are back with their Komplete 13. One of the most notable additions is the long waited Guitar Rig 6! Now offering new design, 3 new amps, 15 new effects and a revamp browser. This multi-fx plugin is not only for guitarists. Let’s check out if we should buy it. Breakdown Guitar Rig Pro has been around for years as a one of the most customizble plugin for guitarists and bassists out there. With the surge of other guitar Amp plugins, the popularity of Guitar Rig dwindled down. But now with version 6, it’s trying to grab the spotlight once again. Version 6 features the same layout and functionality but with a new design. The browser was completely revamped we can now tag our favorite presets, filter by input type, FX types, Amplifiers, Genres, and Artists. The …
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EboSuite Update 1.7! Masterclass with EboSuite and Yeuda Ben-Atar
EboSuite Update 1.7! Masterclass with EboSuite and Yeuda Ben-Atar We’re back with ANOTHER free Masterclass featuring our beloved Beat Lab Head of Education and Ableton Certified Trainer, Yeuda Ben-Atar. In this collaboration with MaxforLive developers – EboSuite – Yeuda and company go over the newest features in the device and blow our minds. Watch the awesome Masterclass below, and check out our original article on EboSuite here.
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Doing It Live Again! More Tips to Improve Your Live Streams
Doing It Live Again! More Tips to Improve Your Live Streams A few weeks ago, we posted an article with 5 tips to step up the quality of your live streams. Well, we’re back with more pointers to further improve your streams. Today’s post covers techniques to increase your audience size, and keep people watching longer! Read below for some more tips to improve your live streams. Get Weird With Visuals Life is stimulating. Very stimulating. Consider the last time you went to a relatively big concert (when was the last time one of those happened?). Were there lights and visuals? My guess is that there were. Visuals have become a major part of live music experiences. Although the industry has temporarily shifted to streaming platforms, fans are still used to having visuals complement the performance. Read below to see a couple of ways to get some cool …
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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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Should I Buy It? – DS Thorn Synthesizer Review
Should I Buy It? – DS Thorn Synthesizer Review DS Thorn is a Spectral synthesizer plugin designed by Dmitry Sches (hence the DS before Thorn). Yeuda goes over the synthesizer and boy it seems amazing, we think you’ll be excited too. Watch the video review below, and read the walkthrough below that. General Interface Thorn’s interface leans heavily toward a utilitarian aesthetic, favoring skeuomorphic design (the knobs look lifelike) over the alternatives. This results in a plugin that looks cluttered with all the many parameters you are able to adjust, and a bit dated. One of the best parts of Thorn is that you can map every single parameter to a modulator! Unfortunately, the plugin lacks visualization of those mappings so it can hard to keep track of everything as your routings become more complex. What we have are five major sections of the plugin. On …
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EboSuite – Next Level Video in Ableton Live
EboSuite – Next Level Video in Ableton Live This week we’ll take an in-depth look at an amazing video manipulation plugin called EboSuite. EboSuite is a suite of MaxforLive devices that you can use to edit, cut, and manipulate video within Ableton Live. Technically it is operated through MaxforLive devices but the actual application runs outside of Ableton Live. This genius tactic is what makes is so darn useful in avoiding the common fallbacks of MaxforLive and video. Most MaxforLive video devices give you the fun ole’ start-stop-start-stop clunkiness we’ve grown to love but EboSuite bucks that trend. In this article, we’ll run through the initial steps of setting up video with the plugin, then cover the large swath of devices and FX you can use with it. Read below! Setting Up Video with the eConvert Device Setting up video for EboSuite is pretty easy, but for 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. Part 1 – Oscillators Part 2 – Filters Part 3 – Envelopes Part 4 – The Matrix Part 5 – LFOs Part 6 – MIDI Expression Part 7 – Global & Unison
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All About Ableton’s Wavetable – MIDI Expression (Part 6)
All About Ableton’s Wavetable – MIDI Expression (Part 6) We continue our series of All About Ableton’s new Wavetable synthesizer. Today we’re covering the MIDI Expression! As always we included all the previous videos so scroll down for the latest video. Come back thursday for part 7! Part 1 – Oscillators Part 2 – Filters Part 3 – Envelopes Part 4 – The Matrix Part 5 – LFOs Part 6 – MIDI Expression
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