Fresh from Dubspot
Dubspot @ SXSW Interactive 2013 – Flavorpill Sanctuary: DJs, Yoga, Tech + Reggie Watts
Dubspot HomepageDubspot is proud to partner with Flavorpill and Windows 8 this year at South By Southwest Interactive 2013 by presenting Sanctuary: a music technology, and wellness oasis featuring refreshments for body and mind as well as performances by Classixx, The Juan MacLean, Neon Indian, Reggie Watts and Dirty Projectors…
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March Newsletter 2013: Students to Watch, New Tutorials + Courses, Traktor for iPad
DubspotMusic from Dubspot students, tutorials on visual performance, Traktor DJ for iPad, room correction tech and more…
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5 Spring & Summer Festivals We Love: Mutek, Movement, Communikey, Lightning in a Bottle, Together
EventsIt’s finally warming up again and we’re ready to get back out and dance. If you’re looking for quality music event experiences this that rise above the cut this summer, check out these five stand out events that are happening across North America in 2013
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Sasha @ Dubspot – Live Streaming Workshop! ‘Involver 3′ w/ Ableton Live (Wed March 6th)
WorkshopsOn Wednesday March 6th, 2013 Dubspot NYC will host a live streaming workshop with legendary DJ/producer Sasha who will explain Ableton Live techniques used to create his upcoming Involver 3 mix.
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Tutorial: Performing Live w/ Visuals Using VDMX + Akai APC 40 MIDI Controller
VisualsIn this video tutorial, Dubspot course designers Benton-C Bainbridge and V Owen Bush take us inside Vidvox’s VDMX software–the application at the center of our new Visual Performance Program–and offer a glimpse at some of the concepts and techniques that will be explored in the course.
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Music Licensing for Film, TV, Video Games w/ Barry Cole – Shadetek Creative Strategies
Dubspot HomepageThis week in Creative Strategies, Matt Shadetek interviews Grammy-nominated music supervisor and Dubspot consultant Barry Cole about licensing opportunities for music in today’s media landscape… A lot has changed in the music business since the Internet came along. In the
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Ableton Live 9 + Push Preview @ Dubspot NYC – Live Streaming on Google+
EventsDubspot is proud to present a very special evening of our Ableton User Group on March 4, 2013. Instuctors Dan Freeman, Adriano Clemente and Chris Petti will demonstrate the new features of the eagerly awaited Live 9 update as well as Ableton’s brand new hardware instrument Push.
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Fix Your Mix! How to Find the Sweet Spot of Your Home Studio – Room Correction (IK, JBL)
Music TechnologyMost producers are familiar with the problem: the track that sounded so great in your home studio sounds badly mixed and EQed when you play it at a friend’s studio or (worse) in a club. What’s going on and how
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Sound Design Tutorial: Using Ableton Live’s Effects Racks w/ Native Instruments Guitar Rig
Sound DesignIn this video tutorial, Dubspot’s sound design course designer and instructor Evan Sutton shows you how to build intuitive and fun effects in Native Instruments’ Guitar Rig and control them using Ableton Live’s Effects Racks.
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Dubspot Original Programming: ‘Paul vs Paul’ Pt 4 – Dance Styles, Auto-Tune, Reverb +
Artist & LabelsDubspot presents Paul vs. Paul–a series of humorous father and son debates about pop culture, lifestyle, and music production. In this episode the duo debate important topics such as dance styles, workouts, slang, mustaches, Auto-Tune, and analog vs digital reverb. In this Dubspot
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Cielo, Legendary NYC Nightclub: 10 Years of Proper Sound (Funktion One) + Great Music!
FeaturedNYC’s Cielo nightclub—which celebrated its tenth anniversary this year—is one of the last of its kind, a now-historic Lower Manhattan venue designed specifically for underground dance music and its devotees, providing pristine sound in an intimate atmosphere.
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Visual Performance Tutorial: How to Sync Audio + Video Using Ableton Live and VDMX
Video TutorialsIn this video tutorial, Dubspot course designers Benton-C Bainbridge and V Owen Bush take us inside Vidvox’s VDMX software–the application at the center of our new Visual Performance Program–and offer a glimpse at some of the concepts and techniques that will be explored in the course.
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iOS / iPad Hardware Spotlight: DJ Mixer for iPad – IK Multimedia’s iRig Mix
FeaturedIK Multimedia have found success in recent years with their ever-expanding line of software, gear and accessories for iOS musicians. Dubspot takes a look at their tiny DJ mixer, the iRig Mix, and finds more than meets the eye…
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Ableton Live Tutorial: Trap – How to Build an Instrument Rack for Drum Programming
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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Ableton Live Rack Roundup: EvilFish 303, SH-101 for Simpler, Taiko Drum Rack, eightKNOBS
Ableton LiveSupercharge Live 8 with instruments, racks, patches, devices, and effects that have been created by the program’s vast user community. Below are a few favorites that we turn to for inspiration in our Ableton creation sessions.
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