This article will show how to setup the Modern Drums Kontakt library. You will have to: Add Instrument Tracks Setup a Multi-Output Kontakt Instance Send Data from 1 MIDI track to Multiple Instruments Add the Drum Map Adjust the Monitoring Settings Save as Template 1. Add Instrument Tracks 1.1. Create an Instrument Track for Mix-Ready …
Guitar Modes Explained Simply
The topic of guitar modes is often poorly explained and therefore misunderstood by beginners. Faced with this initial difficulty, some even give up trying to understand the idea, and conclude that it is an advanced music theory topic that is inaccessible to them. But it doesn’t have to be this way. How It’s Usually Explained …
A Different Approach to Writing Music
A Copy of a Copy? A friend once told me that all interesting music has already been written and no new ideas exist anymore. …that everything is a copy of a copy of a copy. But I told him that many unknown ways of writing music are yet to be found and explored. And that actually, …
The Best Affordable DSLR Teleprompter in Europe
If you live in Europe / European Union, and are looking for an affordable teleprompter to use with your DSLR and smartphone, you may have come across the Padcaster Parrot Teleprompter. I think the consensus is clear that this model is the best for the price, but unfortunately for my fellow European countrymen, it’s not …
Improving Neurotic Perfectionism
What is a perfectionist? Someone competent who likes rigor? Or someone who neurotically stresses over little details? Well, it’s complicated. This, like any concept, can be subjected to polarized (positive and negative) attributes. The line that separates competent perfectionism from neurotic perfectionism may seem blurry enough to let some people say things like: “I’m not …
Ear Training for Sound Engineers and Music Producers
There’s a term used to describe those people with extraordinary hearing skills – they are known as having golden ears. This is true for acclaimed audio engineers like Chris Lord-Alge or Dave Pensado. Additionally, it is also a term used by some medical professionals to describe people who show no signs of age-related hearing loss …
Hearing Loss Prevention – The Ultimate Guide for Sound Designers, Engineers, and Music Producers
I know… what a goddamn unpleasant, sensitive, horrifying topic to talk about. One which begs for any kind of contemplation to be hidden away in a repressed corner of the mind. This is true for anyone who relies on hearing for their art. Especially if they already suffer from some hearing loss. But we have …
Car Horn Drive-By (Free Sound Effect)
Below you can watch the recording of a car horn drive-by sound effect. This sound effect was created by recording an Opel Adam driving-by while honking the horn, creating the Doppler effect. Recorded in stereo in ORTF, the car goes from left to right. This is a free sound effect donated by Sinewave Lab to …
Getting a Good Audio on a Cheap Podcast Setup
Alright, you’re starting your own podcast and that’s awesome! Welcome to the Information revolution of the XXI century! 🙂 I believe that good content should be delivered with the best audio quality possible. The problem is that you’re just like the rest of us and don’t have a big budget to start out… so the …
Modal Modulation Examples in Rock and Metal
Modal Modulation is not a concept restricted to Rock and Metal but since the electric guitar was my first love, I’m biased. As a developer of a software that helps you explore Modal Modulation, I want to show you this cool approach to music with four examples within the genres of Progressive Metal and Instrumental …
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