Ever wanted to have your own drum hit folders show up under Live’s Drums view? You can. If you’re like me and have different drum sounds in different folders, it’s relatively easy.
This takes a little bit of hacking and taking a look at code, but is relatively simple. Continue reading Ableton Live drum hits category hack
I did an exclusive, new All-Fanu Mix for Drum And Bass Arena of mostly unreleased tunes of mine.
Also had a few words with them as well.
Read the interview + listen to the mix.
I recently did a halftempo type of remix for a new artist called Kator for a new label called Defrostatica.
Check the remix and follow the link to buy the very nice vinyl copy while they last.
This article is about compressing a song – I won’t go into compression in general or compressing individual tracks/elements of a song to keep this post on point and brief enough.
(The settings seen in the compressors above are made up – I just wanted to use a pic of Slate VBC because I like it a lot)
The reason I wanted to write about using a compressor to compress a song is that I see that there’s a lot of misinformation being thrown around on music forums (because so many people are doing it these days) Continue reading About compressing your song
I haven’t written that much about mastering (aside from the somewhat exhaustive post about the process for me), so I wanted to write a few words about very attractive mastering prices and competition in the field. As I’ve been entering the field myself, I’ve seen a lot competition, stories about really low prices, crazy package deals, and some of that classic “My mate does it for a few pounds and a hot dog”.
Recently, another potential client got in touch with me and said he needs some songs mastered. He had got a quote from another mastering studio: 8 pounds per song. That’s not a lot. That’s roughly 11 EUR.
You can go for that by all means, Continue reading About “too attractive” mastering deals (and competition in the field)