Pro Tools: Designing SFX

Team DECiBEL | 26 February 2024 | 781.6MB

22 Videos / 1h 32m

Blast into the future with Pro Tools’ mind-bending tools and plugins! Buckle up with commander Alex Hollingsworth in this turbocharged 21-tutorial course, and get ready to decode the secrets of sci-fi sound design and transport your projects beyond the frontiers of tomorrow! Sound effects are vital components of every movie, game and multimedia project. In this 21-tutorial course, trainer and sound designer Alex Hollingsworth unveils the secrets of crafting futuristic sound effects using the powerful tools included in Pro Tools. Perfect for sound designers working on games, movies, and various multimedia projects, this course covers a diverse range of skills and techniques in sci-fi sound design. While designed for Pro Tools users, the concepts can be applied to other digital audio workstations as well.

Trailer Sound FX Logic Pro

Team DECiBEL | 01 August 2023 | 463.5MB

21 Videos / 1h 24m

Lights, camera, action! Learn how to create stunning sound FX for trailers, movies, and video games with Logic Pro! This course, led by the talented sound designer Alex Hollingsworth, is your golden ticket to mastering the art of cinematic sound design. Sound effects are essential ingredients of every trailer. They’re like the secret sauce that adds that extra punch of excitement, fear, and even laughter to the picture! Just as a skilled painter uses various techniques and colors to create unique artworks, sound designers carefully apply audio processing, synthesis, and layering techniques to transform raw elements into a captivating sound. In this 21-tutorial course, sound designer Alex Hollingsworth shares his mind-blowing secrets on creating thunderous explosions, heart-racing risers, eerie drones, and so much more, all using the mystical powers of Logic Pro! So be sure to watch this course, and don’t forget to download the included project files.

Designing Cinematic Orchestral Templates

SYNTHiC4TE | March 16 2018 | 769 MB

In this video series, DAW guru reveals the steps to take to build a powerful Orchestral Template that you can use time and time again, as a great starting point when creating cinematic orchestral type productions. Gary begins by welcoming you, and then discusses why you need a template for cinematic orchestral composing and how it can benefit your workflow. Software and hardware requirements are then gone over, plus a look at what will be covered in the series. Starting at the beginning, Gary shows some VEPro specific options and setup tips, followed by some Cubase and Logic setup help, plus the different ways they each prefer to work with VEPro. You’ll then see how to set up and build your Strings, Brass, Woodwind and Percussion sections so they’re ready for action at a moment’s notice, followed by ways to add Choir tracks to the mix, as well as Hybrid elements such Synths, Pads, Soundscapes, Whooshes, Impact sounds, and an emotive Piano.

Reason: Designing Bass Sounds

HiDERA | 19 August 2022 | 200 MB

Join DAW expert for a fun, inspiring Reason video course on designing heavy-hitting bass sounds with Reason. As most electronic genres rely on a solid, effective low end, getting your bass tones right is critical, and this tutorial will teach you how to do just that. From house to EDM and more, you’ll find plenty of applications for the techniques and concepts learned in this course. These videos are for Reason users that are new to the concept of sound design. The first stop on this sonic journey is a Europa Sine Reese bass. Thomas demonstrates how, by using phasing and sine compression, you can create an extra-clean distortion that still packs a punch. You’ll then learn how to tweak that sound to create a soft Reese bass, which will fit perfectly in a breakdown section of an EDM or trap production.

Reason: Designing Melodic Sounds

HiDERA | 22 July 2022 | 185 MB

Join Reason expert for a fun and informative sound design video tutorial using nothing but Reason instruments and plugins. In this hour-long course, you’ll learn several effective techniques for creating memorable melodic sounds, most of which can be applied to other virtual instruments as well, so you can really put your own sonic stamp on your tracks. These videos are for users who have a basic familiarity with Reason and basic sound design skills. Thomas begins the course by creating a resampled keys patch using Europa and the NN-19 sampler. Discover how resampling opens up a vast new world of musical possibilities. Next, learn how to transform a simple Rhodes chord stab into an ambient keys patch with the Mimic creative sampler.

Massive X: Designing Massive Sounds

FANTASTiC | 30 November 2019 | 204 MB

If you you’re looking to get deeper into Massive X, you’re in for a treat… This in-depth course by sound designer will show you how to create massive sounds with Massive X! One of the best way to learn a synth (and synthesis in general) is to learn to design specific sounds from scratch. In this course, you’ll get the chance to learn sound design techniques from synth expert. Together with him, you’ll create a wide variety of sounds, from percussion elements to deep basses and screaming leads… all with Massive X! Rishabh starts the course with percussion sound design. He demonstrates how to create a kick, snare, clap, pitched percussion, and a hi-hat groove from scratch. He then moves to the low end, showing you how to create a variety of basses: a very useful pluck bass, an 808 bass to take care of the sub frequencies, a monstrous dubstep bass, a TB-303-inspired acid bassline and a robotic talking bass sound.

Designing Audio Logos TUTORiAL

P2P | April 21 2019 | 231 MB

Understand what goes into the music production of building up an audio logo for a brand and giving it a sonic identity. Boost Your Brand by Creating an Audio Logo Music Production. Tap into the niche market of creating Audio Logos. In this course from composer/sound designer Gary Hiebner will guide you through the music production process on how to create your own audio logo within your respective DAW’s. This will cover creating your own sound effects, such as hits and whooshes. Then onto how create tonal and sequencer patterns to build up memorable chords and melodies in your logo. And finally he’ll show you how to mix, master, and export out the audio and embed it to the video logo.