Perfect Sound For Every Studio

English | 18 pages | PDF | 12 MB

Desktop and home studios are, in most cases, anything but acoustically optimal, which makes an objective evaluation of a mix extremely difficult. How can the most common acoustic problems, such as reflections, be dealt with? How can weaknesses in the room be found? We will not only show you how to optimize your room acoustics, but also which monitoring solutions are best suited to the room and your workflow and how modules and speakers are ideally placed. The BEAT eBooks – Quick Skills for Creators: The BEAT eBooks are all about making: Designing sounds, producing hits, setting up studios, selling and streaming music and much more. Each eBook offers its own individual focus, from synthesizers to recording to performance and sound design, with both technical and creative depth. Also included are solutions for mixing and mastering, enriched with market overviews and interviews for valuable experiences from everyday studio life. With the optional software downloads, you get everything you need to create.

Synth Secrets 2021

English | 14 pages | PDF | 12.56 MB

In our Synth Secrets eBook, we dig deep into the bag of tricks and reveal tips for synthesizers and instruments from everyday studio life that not everyone knows. We show you how to create your own signature sounds with software and hardware synths and with effects, specialised tools and DAWs. Furthermore, professionals like Dada Life, Black Sun Empire, Dirty South, Celldweller and Alex Pfeffer will reveal their favorite tools and techniques for creating unique sounds.

Drums & Groove (2021)

Team DECiBEL | 20 Jul 2021 | 8.3MB

Whether techno, EDM, hip-hop or chillout, drums have to sound crisp, need to be used cleverly and above all: they have to have groove. But what to look for when searching for sounds, how do kick and bass become one unit, how can ready-made loops and samples be combined into a signature sound. How can you even create your own sounds and how does a infectious groove come about? Look forward to all the answers, techniques and personal equipment recommendations from the editorial team.

Beat Mag October 2021

English | 100 pages | PDF | 78 MB

The specialist magazine for music, production and DJ-ing: BEAT combines competent hardware and software tests with committed reviews as well as reports and interviews from music circles and the music business.

Beat Magazine August 2020

English | 100 pages | PDF | 80.87 MB

Whether large studio, home recording or laptop setup… when creative ideas come up, a well thought-out workflow is essential. But what can you do to optimize your hardware and software setup so that ideas can be captured quickly and efficiently when the muse kisses you? And how do you get the best sound when recording? In our large Workflow feature we address these questions and show you how to make the most of your technology to achieve the best possible musical output.

Beat July 2020 English DVD

English | 100 pages | PDF | 78 MB | 8.12 GB

8,5 GB of Valuable Software

Whether large studio, home recording or laptop setup… when creative ideas come up, a well thought-out workflow is essential. But what can you do to optimize your hardware and software setup so that ideas can be captured quickly and efficiently when the muse kisses you? And how do you get the best sound when recording? In our large Workflow feature we address these questions and show you how to make the most of your technology to achieve the best possible musical output.

Selling Sound Beat Specials

English | 16 pages | PDF | 10 MB

It cannot be whitewashed, the current crisis affects us all. Above all, however, music makers and artists are standing on the edge and an end is not in sight for the time being. But do not despair, because every need also holds opportunities and alternatives. Those who have expertise can ultimately use and pass it on in various forms. In this eBook we will not only show you alternative sources of income around music, production and DJing, with which the crisis can be overcome, but also how new, long-term footholds can be build up.