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Wavetable synthesis is an essential part of today’s modern sounds used in cutting-edge genres of music. Make sure you’re capable of flexing the full power of Live’s new mainstay synth. Our high-quality, straight-to-the-point videos will accelerate your knowledge, allowing you to confidently create the sounds you hear in your head.

If you ask someone to explain audio compression you'll often get very different answers from different people. Well, here at Sonic Academy we go right back to basics to nail this subject once and for all so you can finally fully understand it.

Following on from our popular, Synthwave, House and Trance 'Essentials' series, there was only ever one person to go to when it came to looking at the beginnings of Techno - the man himself Kirk Degiorgio.

Here we look at where it all started for Bluffmunkey and how the Trance genre came about, some of the technology used and how it has evolved. If you're looking to get into creating a classic Trance track and not sure what elements are required then look no further as Tech Tips Volume 60 'Trance Essentials' is here and Bluffmunkey's going to show you everything you need to know!

Studio expert Patrick Coffin presents a comprehensive video tutorial course on how to use external studio hardware with your DAW! See how to incorporate external hardware and analog gear like compressors, channel strips, effects, reverbs, delays and more into your setup, and discover how it opens up incredible sonic doors for your productions and mixes. These videos are designed for those who are new to setting up external hardware processing with their computer DAW.

EastWest/QL Hollywood Orchestra Opus Edition library [front cover] • Antelope Audio Zen Go Synergy Core interface • Tegeler Audio Crème RC channel/remote control • ROLI LUMI Keys Studio Edition • Zoom F6 multitrack field recorder • Arturia Pigments 3 soft synth • Novation Circuit Tracks • Roland JD-800 soft synth • Universal Audio UAFX pedals • MeterPlugs Perception A|B plug-in • RME HDSPe AIO-Pro soundcard • Sonarworks SoundID Reference • SoundGym ear training site • Roland Octapad SPD-20 Pro drum controller • M-Audio Hammer 88 Pro keyboard • Mesanovic RTM10 monitors • Austrian Audio Hi-X65 open-back headphones • HOFA IQ-Series Reverb V2 plug-in • Isla Instruments S2400 sampler • MXL Revelation II mic • Golden Gear: Yamaha NS-1000 monitors — and plenty more!

From its dynamic start at dance parties in the South Bronx in the late 1970s, hip hop and rap music have exploded into a dominant style of popular music in the United States and a force for activism and expression all over the world. So, too, has scholarship on hip hop and rap music grown.

Aural Education: Reconceptualising Ear Training in Higher Music Learning explores the practice of musical ‘aural training’ from historical, pedagogical, psychological, musicological, and cultural perspectives, and uses these to draw implications for its pedagogy, particularly within the context of higher music education.

What exactly is Physical Modeling and what can it do for your music? Join audio expert Joe Albano in this course to find out! Physical Modeling simulates the properties of acoustic sound sources, such as string, brass or wind instruments. With physical modeling instruments, complex mathematical algorithms are used to generate the sound, but thankfully, you don't have to be a math genius to use them. In this course, synth expert Joe Albano takes a look at this unique synthesis method, and gives an overview of different software and hardware instruments that use it.

The music industries are fueled by statistics: sales targets, breakeven points, success ratios, royalty splits, website hits, ticket revenues, listener figures, piracy abuses, and big data. Statistics are of consequence. They influence the music that consumers get to hear, they determine the revenues of music makers, and they shape the policies of governments and legislators. Yet many of these statistics are generated by the music industries themselves, and their accuracy can be questioned. Music by Numbers sets out to explore this shadowy terrain.

Eurgh, music theory... ‘Music theory’ are two dreaded words, carrying with them a sense of intimidation and boredom. As a music producer, you might hear these two words and think: ‘this isn’t relevant,’ ‘I don’t need this,’ ‘It’s all just jargon!’.

Studio expert Larry Holcombe presents comprehensive Plugin Boutique Scaler 2 video tutorials! If you want to learn how to take advantage of all the features and functions available in Scaler and use them to create a world of new ideas, expressions and melodies, this course is the one to watch. Larry walks you through the basics and then dives into the more advanced features and functions, as well as shows you them in action by creating different song ideas from scratch. These videos are for new Plugin Boutique Scaler 2 users.

Ableton Live pro Thomas Cochran presents in-depth Ableton Live 11 video tutorials! If you are new to Ableton Live 11 and want to learn the program from the ground up the right way, this course is for you. Thomas starts at the beginning with the important basics and takes you all the way through to exporting your very first song. Two Ableton Live projects that Thomas creates in the videos are also included so you can follow along on your system. These videos are designed for those who are new to Ableton Live 11.

All music fans harbor in their memories vivid fragments of their favorite works. The starting guitar solo of "Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones, the da-da-da-DUM gesture that opens Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, the lush swelling chords of a beloved movie soundtrack: hearing the briefest snippet of any of these is enough to transport listeners into the piece's sonic and emotional world. But what makes musical motives so powerful? In Musical Motives, author Brent Auerbach looks at the ways that motives the small-scale pitch and rhythm shapes that are ever-present in music unify musical compositions and shape our experiences of them.

This course was created on request of many students wanting to learn how to make beats with a MIDI Keyboard. So, this course was created for those who asked!