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Dubspot Student Spotlight! Ink Eyes, Bertioga, Electro Khaki, Conrad Wittkop, Tree Star Moon
Artist & LabelsThis month’s installment of Dubspot Students to Watch features an exciting array of talented young producers and artists offering fresh and innovative electronic dance music. Our March roundup includes Ink Eyes, Bertioga, Electro Khaki, Conrad Wittkop and Tree Star Moon.
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Creative Strategies for Music Production w/ Shadetek: Music as a Team Sport
ProductionIn his latest article on creative strategies and motivation, Dubspot Logic instructor and course designer Matt Shadetek suggests collaboration with others as one of the keys to growth as an artist.
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Ableton Live Tutorial: Trap Beat Patterns – Instrument Rack for Drum Programming Pt 3
Ableton LiveIn the final installment of his three-part Ableton Live video tutorial on how to create a custom instrument rack for trap music production, Dubspot instructor Adam Partridge a.k.a. DJ/producer Atropolis explores the fundamental rhythm of trap. Every genre of music
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Rise of the Machines! Talking Hardware Synths w/ Richard Devine, Drumcell, Arturia +
Music TechnologyOver the last few years, hardware synthesizers, drum machines, and effects seem to be making a comeback. To get some insight into this renewed movement, we speak with music producers, sound designers, instrument manufacturers and boutique retailers about the latest
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Ableton Tutorial: Using The New Glue Compressor In Live 9
Ableton LiveIn this video tutorial, Dubspot instructor and course designer Evan Sutton takes a look at Ableton Live 9’s new Glue Compressor effect, which allows users to “glue” together of the elements of a drum part or an entire track. One
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MONARK: New Virtual Analog Synth from Native Instruments – Dubspot Video Preview!
FeaturedDubspot synth correspondent modular77 brings you a sneak peek at Native Instruments’ newest software synthesizer, Monark: a re-creation of classic analog monosynths like the iconic Minimoog Model D. Native Instruments released a teaser video recently hinting at a new synthesizer
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Producing Music from the Couch!? (TouchAble, Mobile Mouse, iMaschine, Traktor DJ)
iOSTablet computers are everywhere these days, and they are changing the way we interact with our technologies. Touchscreen-based devices like the Apple iPad have brought computers off our desks and into our everyday lives. Has this technology improved our existence as humans and taken us a step forward in evolution? Who cares! The important question is: has it brought us closer to the ultimate dream of spending our lives glued to the couch?
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Sound Design Tutorial: Create Custom Scripts in Native Instruments’ Kontakt
Sound DesignIn this video tutorial, Dubspot’s sound design course designer and instructor Evan Sutton shows you how to add, modify and customize existing instruments in Native Instruments’ Kontakt script editor.
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Dubspot @ WMC 2013: De La Soul + Claude VonStroke @ dirtybird BBQ w/ Flavorpill
EventsDubspot is proud to partner with Flavorpill and Windows this year to promote culture, technology and music at WMC 2013. Come party with us at the dirtybird BBQ (3/21) at Villa221 and the Lazy Sunday BBQ (3/24) at The Standard.
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New iOS / iPad Music Production App Roundup: Arturia iMini, Chordion, LiveFX, Sunrizer 2.5
iOSIn this week’s iPad / iOS music production app roundup, we look at melody tool Chordion’s new MIDI features, Arturia’s new iMini Minimoog app, a four-way effects processor called LiveFX, and an update to the already popular Sunrizer synth.
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Logic Tutorial: Creating A ‘Wah-Wah’ Using AutoFilter – Shadetek Secret Knowledge Pt 11
Logic ProDubspot instructor and course designer Matt Shadetek returns with another episode of Secret Knowledge, our Logic Pro video tutorial series full of production tips, techniques and advice for Logic users. In this video, Shadetek shows how to create the classic
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Reclaiming the Remix w/ Maschine Ep 2: M.O.P “Ante Up” w/ D/R Period (ROCKBOY Records)
MaschineDubspot is proud to present the second installment of Reclaiming the Remix w/ Maschine, our new video series in which music producer and Dubspot instructor Shareef Islam invites noted hip hop producers and remixers to revisit some of their classic productions using Native Instruments’ Maschine and create custom setups
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Inspiring Women in Music Technology: Music Marketing 101 And DJ Mixer Mar 27th
EventsAt our next event in Dubspot’s Inspiring Women in Music Technology series, we focus on the business behind marketing music with two female entrepreneurs who are making a difference in the industry today. Join us Wednesday, March 27th, for this
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Ableton Tutorial: Creating an Instrument Rack for Drum Programming Pt 2 – Trap Hi-Hats
Video TutorialsIn this new three-part Ableton Live video tutorial on how to create a custom instrument rack for trap music production, Dubspot instructor Adam Partridge a.k.a. DJ/producer Atropolis shows how to build an advanced instrument rack in Live using Sampler, a
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Helios Ray: New NI Soundpack for Massive + Maschine – LA Low End Theory, London Broken Beat
Native InstrumentsNative Instruments has released a new soundpack for Maschine, Helios Ray, paying long-overdue homage to the Los Angeles-centered beat music scene and its recent influence on global electronic music. Echoes of Flying Lotus and Gaslamp Killer can be heard in
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