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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'.

A Hugo Award-winning author and music journalist explores the weird and wild story of when rock ’n’ roll met the sci-fi world of the 1970s As the 1960s drew to a close, and mankind trained its telescopes on other worlds, old conventions gave way to a new kind of hedonistic freedom that celebrated sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll. Derided as nerdy or dismissed as fluff, science fiction rarely gets credit for its catalyzing effect on this revolution.

Musicians have often wanted to change the world. From underground innovators to pop icons many have believed in the political power of music. Rulers recognise it too. Music has been used to challenge the political and social order - and to prop up the status quo.

After having released on labels such as Suara, Toolroom, Yoshitoshi, Kraftek, Great Stuff and having his own Mainground Music imprint, BELOCCA wants to share some studio treasures in this massive first pack stuffed with: