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New Course! Essential Music Foundations: Learn the History of Electronic Music
DubspotTrace the path of electronic music from its origins in the lab to its evolution on the dance floor – and look to where it will go in the future with Essential Music Foundations Level 1: Electronic Music Appreciation
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Ableton Video Tutorials Week 4: Beat Repeat – Drums & Performance
ProductionIn this week’s Ableton Live tutorial, Professor Nalepa shares some tips on using the built-in Beat Repeat effect. Beat Repeat is great in the studio for creating interesting drum fills.
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Emch (Subatomic Sound) Talks Production Tips, Dub, Dancehall, Dubstep +
Artist & LabelsEmch talks technology, production tricks, history, and spirituality. He goes from detailed technical discussion of ‘reverb bombs’ to the importance of allowing your spirit to communicate with others when in the studio.
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Ableton Live + Maschine Video Tutorial Pt 1: Sync & Route Audio
FeaturedDubspot Instructor and Ableton Certified Trainer Mike Hatsis shows you how to route audio from Ableton Live into Native Instruments Maschine in the first part of this two-part video tutorial focusing on the synchronization and creative possibilities of using Live and Maschine.
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Mike Slott Talks Collaboration w/ Martyn (All City Records) & Hudson Mohawke
Artist & LabelsMike Slott offers his perspectives on collaboration. He recently worked with Martyn for the first installment of All City Records new collabo series.
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Ableton Live Video Tutorials Week 3: Mixing w/ Live’s Utility Plug-In
Mixing & MasteringIn the latest edition of Ableton Live Production Tips with Steve Nalepa, Professor Nalepa shares mixing techniques using one of his current works in progress as the example. Ableton’s built-in Utility plug-in has a width setting that adjusts how wide
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Binaural Beats = Synchronize Brainwaves & Alter Consciousness
FeaturedToday, most of us have a favorite playlists, tracks for different states of mind and we use a lot of our productive time compiling these moods and grooves for future use. But what if we could take this one step further – into the realm of affecting your consciousness (painting the brain, so to speak) through sound?
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Bob Marley Tribute ‘9 Mile Music Festival’: Mala, Thievery, Major Lazer +
Artist & LabelsSixty-six years ago Sunday, Nesta Robert “Bob” Marley was born. This Sunday marks the 66th anniversary of the legendary reggae musician’s birth. Bob Marley is a pivotal musical figure of the 20th century, not only responsible for the popularization of
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Native Instruments Absynth Video Tutorial: Sound Design w/ Aetherizer
ProductionDubspot Instructor and Sound Design & Synthesis guru Heinrich Zwahlen takes you on a journey into the wonderful world of Native Instruments Absynth in this tutorial video. Heinrich offers tips and techniques for utilizing the Aetherizer filter effect, a powerful
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New Portable Mini-MIDI Controllers: Korg, Akai, Vestax, Numark +
Music TechnologyThe size of your music studio today has become as small as you’d like it to be with the use of a laptop (or netbook) and a USB controller. Last year saw the rise of micro-sized USB MIDI controllers with
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Mixing & Mastering Video Tutorial Pt 1: Use A Limiter – Ozone & Ableton
FeaturedDubspot Instructor and Mixing & Mastering engineer Daniel Wyatt teaches you How To Use A Limiter using Ozone 4 from Izotope in this two-part video tutorial series offering tips and techniques for polishing your tracks, and give them a finished,
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Mishka’s ‘Keep Watch’ Mix Series Vol. XXIII w/ Dubspot’s DJ Shiftee
The latest edition of Mishka’s Keep Watch mix series comes from none other than Dubspot Instructor and 2X DMC Champ Shiftee. After blazing dance floors around the globe, delivering dope mixes, and writing some great articles for Dubspot blog (including
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Native Instruments Maschine 1.6 Public Beta: Exclusive Preview!
Music TechnologyHere is an exclusive brief overview of the new and improved features of Native Instruments Maschine from Dubspot Instructor and Synthesis & Sound Design expert Heinrich Zwahlen. If you are interested in a more detailed presentation you can check out
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DJ Kool Herc :: Hip-Hop Founding Father Needs Your Help
EventsKool Herc, born Clive Campbell, widely-recognized as the father of hip-hop – a true pioneer in the world contemporary popular music – is in need of financial assistance to cover pressing medical cost. We encourage you to send donations to Kool Herc’s family.
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Ableton Live Video Tutorials Week 2: Slice To MIDI – w/ Nalepa
ProductionIn the second installment of Live Production Tips with Steve Nalepa, Professor Nalepa investigates the Slice to MIDI function in Ableton Live in a two-part video tutorial. Slice to MIDI is ideal for isolating individual sounds out of a drum
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