Downloadsamples - fresh samples, audio loops. kontakt libraries, midi files etc. Daily updates of audio samples for free download

Here's the all-new, improved GrandVJ 2 staging. GrandVJ 2 comes with a new interface, making it even more user friendly and straightforward, while integrating new functionalities in it. Manipulate, trigger and mix video clips with sound, animated text strings or live cameras in much the same way as mixing music to create a spectacular audiovisual show. GrandVJ can mix up to 8 layers with a vast library of video effects, transitions and sound driven visual generators.

Blues guitar players have been fascinated with the evocative, vocal-like qualities of slide guitar ever since Sylvester Weaver recorded Guitar Blues and Guitar Rag back in 1923. But today, thanks to artists like Derek Trucks, Sonny Landreth, George Harrison and Lowell George, slide guitar is adding color and depth to virtually all styles of music from country and pop, to rock, soul and jazz.

Creating the perfect 808 is a task many struggle to achieve. It’s a fine art that requires subtle sound design and attention to detail. In this tutorial, Noah will showcase his method for creating the ideal 808. He will cover 4 different plugins, highlighting the parameters and benefits of each one. He will discuss which parameters work best to ensure great results in different situations.

Post processing can dramatically change the way a track is fundamentally perceived to the listener. It can also clean up a mix and offer very unique outcomes. In this tutorial, Daniel will discuss the importance of post processing and how to do so within Cubase. He will showcase his process of processing a vocal and give a comprehensive explanation as to why he chooses to do certain things!

SYMPHONY ESSENTIALS – PERCUSSION offers the same professional sound in a compact library of the 18 most important percussion instruments. A wide range of articulations, powerful performance features, on-board effects, and a unified workflow make this an essential tool for composers and producers of all genres.

Real-time pitch and timbre. The Pitchwheel plug-in freely alters the pitch and timbre of a sound in real-time. It has a large, easy to use dials and simple parameters making it a fast and creative effect unit. It can give fine tuning control from fractions of a semi-tone to huge multi-octave pitch swings.

FL Studio is a complete software music production environment or Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). Representing more than 20 years of innovative development it has everything you need in one package to compose, arrange, record, edit, mix and master professional quality music.

MIDI Modulators allow you to quickly change the contents of a chosen MIDI Clip in Session or Arrange view with a range of modulators inspired by DAWs like Cubase and Logic.

Plugindoctor fills a longstanding gap in the market: a cross-platform and cross-bitformat plugin analyzer for VST and AU plugins. Whether you are a plugin developer yourself who wants to thoroughly test the audio quality of your latest and greatest product, or a power user who wants to understand in more detail what exactly a specific plugin is doing to your precious audio material, Plugindoctor will help you find out!

Creative Extensions, a collaborative effort between Ableton and Amazing Noises, comprises eight tools designed to enhance and expand the punch, color and texture achievable with Live. This collection includes new ways to pitch shift and sequence melodies and delays, creative and characterful studio processing, a device that creates ethereal, reverb-like spaces, and two revamped Max for Live synths.

Working with MIDI can become quite time consuming if you don’t have a firm grasp on all the available keyboard shortcuts and writing tricks within your DAW. Learning these shortcuts is extremely important and will help you produce much more quickly over time.

Compression is a tool that many new producers often struggle to use effectively. To help you understand how compression works and how it can be used to improve your productions in Cubase, Daniel Coscarella will offer his deep knowledge of compressors.

Minihost Modular is a modular environment for hosting/interconnecting VST/AU plugins based on a custom modular engine especially developed for this purpose. As a standalone, Minihost Modular can be used as an advanced VST or AU host with modular routing with some sequencing recording/playback capabilities. As a VST or AU plugin, Minihost Modular can be used to extend the capabilities of your existing DAW software with its powerful modular, recallable, environment. Minihost Modular bares some similarities to FL Studio's Patcher but has an extended capability as a self contained host.

40 Custom Omnisphere Presets designed by Nick Mira.20 Melodies created by Nick Mira using Havoc Omnisphere Bank

This week Sonic Academy proudly welcomes brand new tutor and Hybrid Trap producer Christien Raymakers aka CRaymak. Hailing from Nova Scotia Canada and signed to Circus Records, CRaymak shows us how he made his dope remix of DISKORD's 'Anything U Want'.