Fresh from Dubspot

Dubspot First Look: The Propellerhead PX7 FM Synthesizer In Reason 6.5 w/ Chris Petti

Sound Design

Dubspot curriculum director Chris Petti offers a deeper look into Propellerhead’s new FM synthesizer in Reason. The PX7, which is now available as a Rack Extension for Reason 6.5, is modeled after the first commercially released FM synth the Yamaha DX7.

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Live Streaming Preview of Dubspot’s New Visual Performance Program

Visuals

On Wednesday January 9th, Visual Performance curriculum designers Bainbridge and Bush will be at Dubspot NYC for a preview event to talk about our exciting new visual performance program. The event will be streamed live online, please return to this post tonight at 7pm EST to tune in!

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V.I.V.E.K (DEEP MEDi) @ Dubspot: Dub Influences, Soundsystem Culture, and Dubstep

Artist & Labels

London-based DJ/producer and DEEP MEDi recording artist V.I.V.E.K visited Dubspot in New York City recently to talk about his past, his inspirations and his music. Demonstrating his sound design and production process in our live streaming workshop, V.I.V.E.K. discussed the

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Jnana, Cthulhu, AU/VST – New Generative Plug-ins That Help You Write Music

Featured

It seems like the “Rise of the Machines” has been a recurrent theme in the news lately, with even the New York Times running stories about how robots are taking our jobs and artificial intelligence in various forms is being

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Logic Tutorial: Granular Synthesis w/ Reaktor (1 of 2) Secret Knowledge w/ Shadetek Pt 8

Logic Pro

Dubspot instructor and course designer Matt Shadetek returns with another episode of Secret Knowledge, a Logic Pro video tutorial series full of production tips, techniques, and advice for Logic users. In the first installment of this two-part video tutorial, Shadetek explores the concepts of resampling and granular synthesis using Logic Pro and Native Instruments’ Reaktor.

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Best of Dubspot Blog 2012: Reader Favorites (DJ Tips, Production Advice)

Dubspot Homepage

2012 was a busy year at Dubspot and we look back over a full schedule of video tutorials and articles about electronic music performance and production here on the blog. Now it’s 2013 and we’re excited for what’s in store

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GOTH-TRAD (DEEP MEDi, Japan) @ Dubspot – Advice, Ableton Live, Analog Gear +

Artist & Labels

Last year Dubspot had the privilege of hosting Deep Medi Musik label artist Takeaki Maruyama a.k.a. Goth-Trad for a discussion on his live performance live performance setup, his introduction to Mala, and inspirations for creating bass music.

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Dubspot’s Top 5 Maschine Tutorials of 2012 (Mike Huckaby, Matt Cellitti, Justin Aswell)

Maschine

Native Instruments’ Maschine continued to gain popularity in 2012, and Dubspot launched an official Maschine curriculum for producers wanting to learn this versatile production platform. We also created some helpful Maschine video tutorials for our readers; the most popular are

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Dubspot Ableton Live Tutorials – 2012 Roundup: ‘Did You Know’ w/ Thavius Beck

Video Tutorials

Last year we launched a popular tutorial series called Did You Know? with Ableton Certified Trainer, Dubspot instructor, and recording artist Thavius Beck. In the series, Thavius shared invaluable production tips, tricks, and techniques and examined some of the less explored and slightly hidden features in Ableton Live.

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An Electronic Music Dream Come True – Dubspot Student Spotlight: Lane Hanberry

Featured

In this video, Dubspot student Lane Hanberry talks about rebounding from a brain injury, discovering his passion electronic music and using Ableton Live and Native Instruments’ Komplete to design sounds and arrange and compose music.

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Logic Pro Secret Knowledge – Year End Roundup w/ Matt Shadetek

Logic Pro

Dubspot instructor and Logic Pro course designer Matt Shadetek brought Logic Pro knowledge to the masses in 2012 with his Secret Knowledge series. In this roundup you can catch up on all of Matt’s tips and tricks from the past year.

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Introducing Cubasis, Animoog 2.0, Samplr, Lemur – iPad / iOS Music Production App Roundup Dec 2012

iOS

As the year comes to a close, major iOS app developers like Moog and Liine release updates to their flagship Animoog and Lemur software, Steinberg makes a grand entrance to the iOS game with Cubasis, and indie developer Marcos Alonso brings a fresh take to interface design with Samplr.

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Happy Holidays! Dubspot December 2012 Newsletter

Dubspot

Happy Holidays From Dubspot! Check out Dubspot 2012 December Newsletter for information about Gift Certificates, Dubspot Kids Programs, video tutorials, artist features, job opportunities, and much more!

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Dubspot’s 10 Most Popular Artist Interviews of 2012 (Salva, Mala, Carl Craig, Soom T, Dubfire +)

Artist & Labels

Over the past year Dubspot has had the opportunity to interview dozens of top electronic music artists on our blog and YouTube channel. This roundup brings together our most popular artist interviews from 2012.

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Ableton Live Tutorial: ‘Sound Design w/ Common Objects’ – Chris Petti @ Decibel Festival

Video Tutorials

During our visit to Seattle’s Decibel Festival earlier this year, Dubspot curriculum director Chris Petti presented a workshop on sound design and music production using the sounds of common household objects like kitchen utensils and fruit…

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