Studio One 7: New Features Explained®

HiDERA | 07 February 2025 | 187 MB

If you’re looking forward to getting the most out of the new Studio One 7 update, you’re in the right place! In this Studio One 7 video tutorial series, Studio One wizard Eli Krantzberg breaks down all the shiny new features and updates, providing plenty of examples and usage scenarios along the way, as well as several tips to help maximize efficiency. From brand new components like Launcher (grid-based music production) and Deep Flight One (virtual instrument) to other updates and enhancements, it’s all covered here in detail, so you’ll be ready to hit the ground running! These Studio One videos are designed for those familiar with Studio One but new to version 7. Eli begins the series by demonstrating the new Splice extension, with which you can work with content from Splice (a huge sample library) directly within the Studio One browser. Next, Eli introduces you to Launcher, a new grid-based production tool that employs a non-linear approach through the use of cells, scenes, and playlists. You’ll learn how to populate the cells by dragging and dropping them from the timeline, Loops browser, or Splice browser, as well as by recording directly to a cell and copying events to other cells.

McDSP ML4000 Explained®

HiDERA | 07 February 2025 | 129 MB

In this informative and engaging McDSP ML4000 video course, mixing and mastering wizard Alberto Rizzo Schettino takes you on a comprehensive journey into the ML4000 Mastering Limiter plugin by McDSP. Considered a modern-day industry-standard mix bus plugin, the ML4000 is a powerful yet musical bus processor that ticks all the boxes. A serious user for many years, Alberto not only walks you through each and every parameter and control and demonstrates their function, but he also imparts decades of wisdom and tips, all born out of his extensive experience with the plugin. These McDSP ML4000 videos are designed for new users. Alberto begins by welcoming you with an overview of the series, detailing his experience with the ML4000 and how it’s affected his workflow over the years. Then he moves on to the interface, familiarizing you with the plugin’s layout and feature set and demonstrating how the various zones and tabs are often interconnected in smart, intuitive ways. Next, you’ll explore the multi-band parameters more closely and learn about the various controls you have in each band for the three processors: Gate, Exp, and Comp. You’ll learn some common pitfalls to watch out for as well as the signal flow inside the ML4000.

The Legend HZ Explained®

HiDERA | 07 February 2025 | 465 MB

In this detailed The Legend HZ video course, synth guru Larry Holcombe takes you on a deep dive into The Legend HZ, the amazing VI from Synapse Audio that builds upon the Moog-emulating predecessor, The Legend. The Legend HZ was designed in collaboration with film-scoring phenom Hans Zimmer and packs an incredible amount of functionality that caters especially well to the needs of a film composer, including an additional three oscillators, polyphony, a modulation matrix, and more! These The Legend HZ videos are designed for new users. Larry welcomes you and provides a bit of background info on what The Legend HZ is, why it was developed, and what sets it apart from its predecessor (The Legend) and the Moog hardware instrument on which it’s based. Then he gives you a quick overview of the interface and main features, followed by a demonstration of how to save and manage presets, so you’ll be ready to start testing out sounds right away.

Novation Bass Station II Explained®

HiDERA | 02 February 2025 | 3.2 GB

Join analog synth expert Albert Rizzo Schettino for a detailed Novation Bass Station II video course! In this Bass Station II course, Alberto will not only familiarize you with all of the synth’s components, controls, and parameters, but he’ll also share many tips and techniques he’s learned during his extensive experience with this legendary modern monosynth. By the time you complete this Bass Station II course, you’ll be well on your way to creating your own custom bass, lead, and arp tones with skill and confidence! These Bass Station II videos are designed for new Bass Station II users, but there’s plenty of info more intermediate-level users as well. After welcoming you to the course, Alberto begins with a brief overview of the synth’s layout and main components. Though it can look dizzying to the synth beginner, Alberto methodically explains each section in an easy-to-grasp fashion that will bring even the complete neophyte up to speed. Then it’s on to some of the most central components of the Bass Station II, starting with the Mixer, which is where you’ll control the levels of the various components, followed by a look at the Oscillator and LFO sections, both of which are hugely integral to the sounds created by the synth. Next, you’ll fully explore the Arpeggiator/Sequencer, which you’ll use when creating those dazzling arp effects or sequenced bass or lead runs. You’ll see how to use the various Arpeggiator patterns as well as create your own custom sequences (up to 32 notes), both of which can add energy and momentum to your productions.

Using AI for Music Production

HiDERA | 02 February 2025 | 280 MB

Join music production expert Larry Holcombe for an engaging, comprehensive video course on using AI for music production. If you’re curious about creating music with AI, this course is definitely for you. Larry covers many different AI sources and plugins, describing how they can be used and demonstrating how to take advantage of their AI tools in numerous ways – from creating new content (lyrics, chord progressions, etc.) or improving/rearranging existing content to replacing vocals, creating samples, and much more. By the end of this music production course, you’ll be ready to start using these AI tools and concepts in your very next production. These music production videos are designed for those new to AI for music production. Larry welcomes you and briefly introduces some of the topics you’ll look at throughout the course, but then jumps right in, showing you how to quickly generate four different song snippets with Udio. You’ll then see ways to extend these ideas and flesh them out with other sections like intros, bridges, and more. Next, you’ll learn how to use Udio’s Remix feature to generate new ideas from an existing track, which can then be bounced out as a stereo WAV file or individual stems or tracks. Larry then demonstrates how to use the previously created sample and generate a new beat in Logic Pro (with Serato Sample) that’s ready to send to a rapper!

Conflux For KONTAKT 8

HiDERA | 14 February 2025 | 1.7 GB

Conflux is the first in a new breed of Kontakt instruments for experimental sound design. Layer organic and synthetic samples and add dynamic movement to static sounds in real time, with original PPG wavetables and techniques like FM, Phase Modulation, and Ring Modulation.

Sibelius Updates Explained®

HiDERA | 23 November 2024 | 426 MB

(11.2024 Updated)

Notation pro brings you a detailed AVID Sibelius video tutorial series! Learn all of the new features and functions found in Sibelius updates and how to use them when creating your scores. These videos cover all the point updates for Sibelius and are designed for those who already know how to use Sibelius, but just want to learn about the new features added. Doug welcomes you and starts of with the cool new features added to Sibelius such as MIDI File Import, Auto-Assign, new articulations and playing techniques for string parts, how to explode a 4 part MIDI brass track to 4 separate instruments, and when naming tracks based on the libraries used, how you can add group naming to make importing into Sibelius a breeze. Auto-Optimize is then covered and you’ll see how this behind-the-scenes feature automatically keeps staff spacing looking great, plus how to both override and remove overrides when scoring. The new dotted and dashed ties, tie into ties and laissez vibrer ties are shown and explained, as well as the new key commands and engraving choices that are available.