I’ve been pretty into hip hop lately. It seems to me that good hip hop is some of the most innovative, creative music out there […]
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Music Production Quick Tips: TransMod Basics in FXpansion’s Geist 2
FXpansion’s Geist 2 features functionality known as “TransMod”. I’ve been interested in learning about this for a while, but didn’t get around to it until […]
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Music Production Quick Tips: MacBook Pro 16 Inch Load Test with Studio One and Low Power Mode in Endurance App
Someone posted a question on my video “Music Production Quick Tips: MacBook Pro 16 – Is Fan Noise An Issue When Using External Monitors?” regarding […]
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Music Production Quick Tips: How to set up Xfer Record’s Cthulhu in Studio One
I’ve been playing around with Xfer Record’s Cthulhu a lot lately, and one of the things that was always confusing for me when I started […]
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Music Production Quick Tips: Humanizing beats made in FXpansion’s Geist with Shift Graphs
I was experimenting with FXpansion’s Geist 2 the other day, and was trying to find a way to get the triggers to sound a little […]
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Music Production Quick Tips: Randomize Rhythmic Variation in FXpansion’s Geist 2
FXpansion’s Geist 2 is one of my favorite programs to make beats with. One of the reasons for that is because of the immense variations […]
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Music Production Quick Tips: MacBook Pro 16 – Is Fan Noise An Issue When Using External Monitors?
Prior to purchasing my MacBook Pro 16 inch I had read online that the thermal cooling combined with the powerful CPU amounted to excessively noisy […]
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Music Production Quick Tips: Sidechain Compression in Presonus Studio One
A quick video showing how to implement sidechain compression in Presonus Studio One. What is sidechain compression? When we compress a track we are essentially […]
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Music Production Quick Tips: Routing Geist Pads to Sub Outputs in Studio One
If you use Geist 2 for beat production, there’s a way to route the pads from the Geist instrument out to Studio One so you […]