Fresh from Dubspot

DJing w/ Friends – How to Sync 2 Traktor Systems w/ DJ Endo Pt 3: Networking 2 Macs

DJ Tips & Tricks

In this tutorial Dubspot’s DJ Endo shows you how to sync two instances of Traktor Pro running Mac OS X over a network connection for a double DJ setup…

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Traktor DJ for iPad from Native Instruments: Taking iOS DJing to the Next Level

DJ / Producer

Native Instruments have taken the possibilities of DJing on iPad to a new level with the release of their new Traktor DJ app. Dubspot’s DJ Endo gives us a look at some of the key new features… NI dropped a

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Creative Strategies for Music Production w/ Shadetek: Don’t Should Your Music

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In this new series directed at the motivational side of music creation, Dubspot Logic instructor and course designer Matt Shadetek offers some creative strategies that will help you be more productive in the studio and more effective in promoting your

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Abe’s Road Test: Ableton Live + Keith McMillen’s QuNeo 3D MIDI Controller in Japan

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Dubspot instructor and resident beat samurai Abe Duque puts Keith McMillen’s QuNeo to the test during a recent visit to Japan and finds the multitouch controller to be a solid companion for performing live with Ableton.

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The Hong Kong Bass Music Scene w/ Sessions HK, Heavy, DJ Nerve, Blood Dunza

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Dubspot’s John von Seggern recently returned to Hong Kong looking for the local bass music scene and discovered a small but flourishing network of venues, promoters, fans and DJs keeping the music alive…

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Mixing & Mastering Tutorial: BASS Sounds – EQ, Saturation, Limiting w/ Decapitator + Alloy 2

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Dubspot Mixing & Mastering course designer Daniel Wyatt is back with the next episode of his video tutorial series Mix / Master. In this series Wyatt shares tips and techniques for improving and enhancing the quality of your final mixes,

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Logic Tutorial: How to Create Rave Stabs Using ES2 Synth – Shadetek Secret Knowledge Pt 10

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 this installment, Shadetek shows how to create rave stabs by layering multiple detuned saw waves, using Logic’s ES2 virtual analog synthesizer.

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Dubspot Student Spotlight! LN, Robzilla, Tomeeo, Bearings Jammed, Party Foul

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Our February installment of Dubspot Students to Watch features an exciting lineup of artists and DJs producing and releasing some top-notch new music. Our goal with this series is to shine some light on a few of the outstanding emerging electronic music artists, DJs, and producers who regularly come through our doors.

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DJing w/ Friends – (Pt 2) How to Sync 2 Traktor Systems w/ DJ Endo: Syncing With A MIDI Cable

DJ / Producer

Solo DJ sets are great, but playing with another DJ can take performance to a whole new level. In this tutorial Dubspot’s DJ Endo shows you how to sync two instances of Traktor Pro using a MIDI cable for a

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Blond:ish (Kompakt, Get Physical, NM2) @ Dubspot! Guest Artist Profile / Video Interview

Artist & Labels

DJs Vivie-Ann and Anstascia of Blond:ish stopped by Dubspot recently to chat about their musical beginnings in Montreal, a move to London to find their sound, and how they put their music together with Ableton Live and Logic Pro. Blond:ish

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Trap Water Music: How to Synthesize a Droplet Sound w/ Native Instruments’ Massive

Sound Design

The synth “water droplet” sound has been popular recently in trap and hip hop.  This droplet or bubble-like sound is fairly easy to create, and also provides a great opportunity to examine the attack and decay functions of an envelope

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Study Logic @ Dubspot – Live Streaming Course Preview w/ Matt Shadetek

Events

On Wednesday, February 13th, Dubspot NYC will host a live streaming preview of our Logic Pro courses with course designer / instructor Matt Shadetek and curriculum director Chris Petti.

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New iOS / iPad Music Production Apps: EDGR808, Arpeggionome Pro, Audulus Modular, ST-S01

iOS

In this month’s iOS / iPad music production app roundup we take a look at the Audulus modular synthesizer, a re-creation of Roland’s TR-808 drum machine called the EGDR808, the ST-S01 step sequencer and a robust iOS arpeggiator app called

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King Britt @ Dubspot! Ableton Live Video Tutorial / Creating Custom Sample Packs

Artist & Labels

King Britt is one of the best-known and most influential DJ/producers to come out of the Philadelphia music scene. In this Dubspot video interview he discusses his new loop/sample pack project Fragments

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