Volca FM Explored TUTORiAL

SYNTHiC4TE | March 24 2017 | 457 MB

FM synthesis was a major turning point when it was popularized in the 1980s, and now it’s back in a small but powerful form: volca fm. Electronic artist G.W. Childs is here to show you everything you need to know about this amazing little box! FM synthesis always had a reputation of being very difficult to learn, but fear not… our volca expert, G.W. Childs, will show you how easy (and fun!) it is to create music with volca FM. G.W. starts this course with a tour of volca FM’s interface. You learn all the basics: how to power it, how to hook it up with your equipment, and how to use the gold and black keys to play sounds and access additional functions. Next, he explains how to load presets, how to start building your own patterns, and how simple it is to create dynamic sequences with pattern chain mode.

Volca Beats Explored

SYNTHiC4TE | May 19 2015 | 441 MB

Korg’s volca beats is a full-featured beat-making universe squeezed into a small, live performance rhythm machine. Watch this course, by G.W. Childs, and see how to create original and innovative beats …with volca beats! Analog beat-making is where it’s at and Korg jam-packs tons of beat-making fun into their hardware rhythm machine: volca beats. This course takes you through all of the volca beats controls, signal flow and touch interface so that you’ll be able to quickly perform, record and modify your volca-induced rhythmic inspirations! Before you can get the most out of this machine you’ve got to learn the basics. G.W. starts this course with a section introducing you to the volca beats interface, the ins and outs and how to hook everything up. From there, you’re plunged, fingers-first, into the drum sounds. You then learn cool performance techniques and how to record your inspirations either live or in step-record mode. But no performance is perfect, so G.W. takes you through the editing process where you modify and add cool stutter FX to your patterns.

Volca Sample Explored

SYNTHiC4TE | March 23 2016 | 237 MB

It’s time to learn the Korg volca sampler. Electronic artist G.W. Childs is back with a 22-tutorial “explained and explored” course that’ll teach you everything! We’ve taught you keys, beats and bass… so now get ready to sample! Our Korg volca series just keeps getting better and better. And with the addition of “sample”, the initial quartet of volca courses is complete. Sample is, perhaps, the most creative volca to date because it’s an instrument where you really get to create and control the audio content of your performance.

The FX Collection 2 Explored

FANTASTiC | 03 September 2021 | 1 GB

FX Collection 2, with new effect plugins “you’ll actually use”! Learn to enhance your music with these plugins in this in-depth 3-hour + course! With a total of 22 iconic effects, ranging from vintage modulation and delay effects to recreation of rare bus processors and compressors, the Arturia’s FX Collection 2 offers incredible value for the money. These “Audio effects you’ll actually use” are authentic emulations of legendary audio processing hardware units with added modern features. Version 2 introduces seven new effects, new presets and various improvements. Discover all that this comprehensive FX bundle has to offer in this in-depth course. The course starts with an overview of the common features shared by these effects, like the toolbar, the advanced panel and the preset browser. Joe then dives into the preamp plugins, where he explains how these three effects can be use add a subtle (or not so subtle if that’s what you’re looking for…) vintage flavor to your recordings, as well as how to get precise control over the stereo field using M/S Processing . The vintage compressors are next. Joe demonstrates the specific features of the UREI 1176, DBX 165 and Gates STA-LEVEL emulations, and he shows you how and when to use them.

The FX Collection Explored

Team DECiBEL | 08 Feb 2021 | 790.7MB

19 Videos / 2h 10m

The FX Collection is a bundle full of software effects “you’ll actually use”! Discover how to enhance your music with these plugins in this course, by audio expert! Marketed as “Audio effects you’ll actually use”, the plugins included in the FX Collection are authentic emulations of legendary audio processing gear with added modern features. To create these effects, meticulously analyzed, modeled and reimagined classic studio processors that are now part of music history. The bundle includes compressors, preamps, delays, reverbs, filters… 15 effects in total that can be used in the box in your favorite DAW. But to “actually use” these legendary effects, you’ll first need to learn how they work. The course starts with an overview of the common features shared by these effects, like the toolbar, the advanced panel and the preset browser. Joe then dives into the preamps plugins, where he explains how these 3 effects can be used to EQ and add a subtle vintage flavor to your recordings. The vintage compressors are next. You learn about the specific features of the UREI 1176, DBX 165 and Gates STA-LEVEL emulations.

ARP 2600 V Explored®

FANTASTiC | 20 June 2020 | 1.6 GB

ARP 2600 V is a faithful recreation of one of the most versatile and iconic synthesizers of all time. Learn this semi-modular synth inside and out, with this in-depth course by trainer and producer Rishabh Rajan! Created in the early ’70s by Alan R. Pearlman (his initials is where the name ARP comes from) with David Friend and Lewis G. Pollock, the ARP 2600 is considered by many to be the holy grail of analog synthesizers. Heard on countless records (Stevie Wonder, Genesis, The Who, Jean Michel Jarre, Depeche Mode to name a few), this semi-modular analog monster was even used to create the voice of R2-D2 in Star Wars. And now you too can use the ARP’s synthesis power directly in your DAW. But let’s be honest, this powerhouse synth has quite a steep learning curve. That’s why we asked synthesis master Rishabh Rajan to create this in-depth course and demystify this super deep instrument. Rishabh begins the course with an overview of various modules and explains the normalled routing of the synth. Then, he focuses on the oscillator section, revealing the differences between VCO 1, 2 and 3 and explaining how oscillator sync works. The further you dive in the course, the more you discover its infinite sound design possibilities. The Filter, the Envelopes, effects and mixer are all covered in detail and demonstrated with numerous patching examples. You also get a detailed look at the sequencer, the LFO section, the Global section and a lot more.

Melodyne 5 Explained & Explored

SYNTHiC4TE | June 28 2020 | 347 MB

When it comes to pitch manipulation and time correction,  Melodyne 5 is so good it’s magical. Watch this course now, and get ready to master Melodyne’s powerful features with trainer and audio engineer. With its sophisticated algorithms, Melodyne makes it possible to manipulate pitch, time, note length, attack time, formant shift and more in a very transparent way, with little or no audio artifacts. Thanks to its DNA (Direct Note Access) technology, it even lets you delve inside chords and adjust pitch for polyphonic instruments, like piano, synth and guitar. This course, by Melodyne expert Joshua Carney will show you everything you need to know about this Grammy-award-winning audio editing tool, from basic vocal tuning and quantizing to innovative sound design! Joshua starts off the course by revealing how Melodyne communicates with your DAW. He explains how to transfer your audio into Melodyne and start editing quickly. You learn about Melodyne’s six algorithms and how and when to use them.