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Strike RTAS Virtual Drummer (Digidesign) Strike is one of the most powerful, realistic sounding and customizable virtual drum software programs on the market today. No matter what your experience level, users can create amazing, professional sounding patterns using either the 1500 editable presets or creating your own custom sounds. Strike has the ability to create unbelievable human feeling sounds utilizing its proprietary real-time performance engine. By simply using the Style and Kit sliders you can customize this Ultimate Virtual Drummer instantaneously, creating the exact sound and feel that you are looking for. Tags: Drums virtual digidesign plug-in RTAS |
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Digital Audio Clocking You may not be familiar with Digital Audio Clocking or you have avoided it completely because it seems too daunting. Either way, this short video by audio engineer and HowAudio.com master teacher, Jeff Dykhouse, will explain it and leave you with a solid foundational understanding of the subject. Why is it important? If you are running multiple audio interfaces the chances of a sync problem exist. Understanding Digital Audio Clocking will resolve many of the issues that you may face. For more audio related tutorials visit www.HowAudio.com Tags: digital clock audio howaudio dykhouse apogee big ben |
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Torq (M-Audio) :: Setting Cue Points :: Steve Nalepa Taken from the Torq with Xponent tutorial, by HowAudio.com, LA-based electronic musician and multimedia artist Steve Nalepa shows us how to set cue points in Torq. For more information about this and other tutorials check us out at www.HowAudio.com. Tags: Torq DJ Scratch Turntable Nalepa Cue Points Music HowAudio m-audio |
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Big Namba Studio Backpack: PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT by HA! The HowAudio.com PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT series, features gear (for musicians and audio engineers) that we feel you would be interested in. The Big Namba Studio Backpack was created by musician's and dj's to provide an optimum carrying solution for a laptop mobile studio or computer dj. For more information about the Big Namba Studio Backpack or all the video tutorials offered by HowAudio.com please visit us at www.HowAudio.com Tags: music backpack musicians mobile studio howaudio audio |
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Mixcraft 4 Multitrack Audio and MIDI Recording Software If you haven't heard of Mixcraft yet, you probably been hiding under a rock. This very affordable yet surprisingly powerful Multitrack Audio and MIDI Recording Software has been generating a lot of buzz of late. I can liken it to GarageBand for PC's but that's not giving it the justice it deserves. It's worth checking out. And if you interested in learning the in-and-outs and how to get the most of Mixcraft, check out the full-length tutorial by award-winning audio engineer Jeff Dykhouse, available at www.HowAudio.com. Tags: music audio mixcraft recording MIDI loop remix howaudio dykhouse |
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Comparing Compressors on Drums Taken from the "Compression: The Essentials" tutorial by HowAudio.com, audio engineer Jeff Dykhouse compares the Digirack II, Bomb Factory LA-2A, Digirack III, Drawmer Dynamics, Waves Linear Phase Multi-band, Smack, Renaissance, and Waves SSL E Channel compressors on a drum track. You to listen to each and identify the differences. If you are interested in learning more about compression and hearing the strengths and weaknesses of different software and hardware compressors, visit www.HowAudio.com. Compressors included in the tutorial are: Software: 1. Digirack Compressor II 2. Bomb Factory 1176 3. Drawmer GCL 4. Waves SSL E Channel 5. Waves Master Bus Compressor 6. Waves Linear Multi-band 7. Waves Renaissance Compressor 8. Bomb Factory LA-2A 9. McDSP MC2000 Multi-band 10. Digirack Compressor III 11. Digidesign Smack! Hardware: 1. Teletronix LA-3A 2. Smart Research C2 3. dbx 160x 4. Aphex Compellor 5. Behringer Tube Composer T1952 Tags: Compression Compressors Audio HowAudio Digidesign Waves music production |
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Elastic Time: Troubleshooting Analysis Markers and Quantize Jeff Dykhouse shows us how to troubleshoot Analysis Markers and Quantize issue when we are trying to FIX a track and it ends up sounding worse. This is a great tutorial for helping in getting your tracks to match-up in time. This tutorial is taken from HowAudio.com's "What's New In ProTools LE 7.4". Visit HowAudio.com for this and other audio tutorials. Tags: Elastic Time Audio ProTools 7.4 Quantize Analysis Markers HowAudio.com How Music |
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B3 Drawbars in Solo Situations The B3 is an amazing and much misunderstood instrument. By misunderstood, I mean, most people are hit and miss in regards to the drawbars. Taken from the Demystifying B3 Drawbars title, master musician PJ Morgan demonstrates applying drawbar settings in a solo setting. Demystifying B3 Drawbars is paired with the B4 II (Native Instruments) tutorial taught by Tim Carmon (eric clapton). For more information about these and other tutorials, check out www.HowAudio.com. Tags: B3 Organ Drawbars PJ Morgan HowAudio Music Tim Carmon |
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Cubase 4: Stacked Mode 2 Recording Cubase 4 Audio Cycle Mode Recording - taken from HowAudio.com's Cubase 4 tutorial, Matt demonstrates the power of Stacked Mode 2 Recording. This feature allows for recording on multiple tracks while playback can be taken from segments of each individual tracks. For more information about Cubase 4 or any of the other numerous tutorials offered, visit us at www.HowAudio.com. Tags: Cubase Steinberg Recording Music Tutorial HowAudio Stacked Cycle |
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ProTools Elastic Audio (Elastic Time): Changing Song Tempo How can you change the tempo of an entire song? Utilizing Digidesign ProTools 7.4's newest feature Elastic Time (Elastic Audio), not only is this process easy but it sounds fantastic. Join Recording Engineer and HowAudio.com author Jeff Dykhouse as he demonstrates the powerful and amazing feature of Pro Tools - Elastic Audio. For more information about this tutorial or any of the dozens of other titles offered, check out www.HowAudio.com. Tags: Elastic Audio Time ProTools Digidesign Dykhouse HowAudio HowAudio.com DAW temp |
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Don't Drop The Mic: Tip From A Pro Taking a microphone on and off a stand too often results in dropping the mic. In this Tip From A Pro, Roger Cole (Steve Vai, Little Feat) demonstrates an easy way to reduce the chance of dropping a microphone when removing it or placing on a mic stand. For more information about this or other tutorials from HowAudio visit www.HowAudio.com. Tags: microphone HowAudio.com Cole drop mic vai tip pro howaudio |
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NRV10 - 10 x 10 FireWire Digital Audio Interface | 8 x 2 Ana The NRV10 by M-Audio. Is it a mixer, an interface - do you use it in the studio or live. The short answer is YES. HowAudio.com chose to do a tutorial on this powerful tool because of it's versatility and quality. Since it is unlike any other "mixer" we thought it would be a benefit to our members and visitors to demonstrate what it has "under-the-hood". In this tutorial Jeff Dykhouse shows us how the signal flows through the NVR10. Top Features: high-quality 8 x 2 analog mixer with integral 10 x 10 24-bit/96kHz FireWire S 400 audio interface; 4 mono channels, 2 stereo channels (including 5 XLR mic inputs); headphone output with flexible source assignment and DJ-style pre-listening; compatible with all major DAWs including Pro Tools M-Powered 7.3* (demo included). Tags: NVR10 MAUDIO m-audio music howaudio dykhouse mixer digital interface |
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Using Elastic Audio in ProTools 7.4 In this tutorial, Jeff Dykhouse demonstrates how to use the power of ProTools 7.4's - Elastic Audio. Elastic Audio allows you to easily change the tempo and timing of your sound files without cutting up your tracks. Here Jeff uses Elastic Audio to fix an "out-of-time" guitar track. This kind of fix would have taken longer using the old Beat Detective or manual cut and nudge methods. Elastic Time makes it really easy. This tutorial is taken from the upcoming ProTools 7.4 tutorial. For this and many other tutorials visit us at www.HowAudio.com. Tags: Elastic Time Audio Music ProTools pro tools dykhouse time shift |
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Axiom 61 Keyboard MIDI Controller by M-Audio In this tutorial, Jeff Dykhouse demonstrates how to use the powerful Enigma Editing Software to assign MIDI message to all the different controllers that the Axiom 61 keyboard has at its disposal. Jeff covers: Downloading Presets, Creating User Banks and Loading and Creating Presets. In Axiom tutorial, in its entirety, will also show you how to use the Axiom 61 with Reason, Ableton Live, Pro Tools and even GarageBand. To view this tutorial in its entirety, or any of dozens more, please visit us at www.HowAudio.com. FROM THE AXIOM TUTORIAL - Jeff Dykhouse demonstrates the power and flexibility of the Axiom 61 advanced 61-key USB mobile MIDI controller. This cool tool has semi-weighted action and assignable aftertouch. The eight rubberized trigger pads are ideal for creating drum tracks and firing samples. Nine sliders and eight endless rotary encoder knobs put you in total control of your software studio. There are also 15 MIDI-assignable buttons—including six transport controls—assignable wheels, foot pedals and more. Jeff shows us how to program the Axiom Programming utilizing the free Enigma editor/librarian software, in addition to Reason, GarageBand, Ableton LIVE and ProTools. Tags: Music Axiom MIDI Controller M-Audio Keyboard HowAudio Dykhouse |
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Reason 4: Thor Polysonic Synthesizer [Controller Panel] Taken from the "What's New In Reason 4" tutorial, (available at www.HowAudio.com), Jeff Dykhouse goes through the Controller Panel in the Thor Polysonic Synthesizer. For an in-depth tutorial on Reason, check out Jeff's tutorials on Reason 3 and What's New In Reason 4 available at www.HowAudio.com. Also check other titles on Propellerhead software as well as tutorials on Ableton LIVE, Line 6 and M-Audio products, EQ's, miking techniques, Podcasting, MOTU Digital Performer and the most comprehensive ProTools available. Tags: Reason Propellerhead Thor Polysonic Synthesizer Dykhouse music HowAudio Audio tutorial |
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Propellerhead ReCycle - Chopping Up A Complex Loop Traditionally, incorporating loops and grooves can translate into hours of hard work just to get the loop to fit your song's tempo and timing. Help is on the way from the Propellerhead's ReCycle which gives you full creative control over utilizing your looped material. Join electronic recording artist David Alexander as he shows you how ReCycle has revolutionized using sampled loops. In this episode, David shows us how to Chop Up A Complex Loop. To view David's entire title on Propellerhead ReCycle, please visit www.HowAudio.com. Tags: music loops recycle propellerhead how audio howaudio david alexander |
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Antares Auto-Tune: Targeting Notes and Creating Harmonies Us Targeting Notes and Creating Harmonies Using MIDI - Jeff Dykhouse shows us how to use MIDI to tell Auto-Tune which notes to tune. In addition, you can use this technique to create harmonies. Antares Auto-Tune is the fastest, easiest and highest quality tool for pitch correction. To view this tutorial in its entirety and/or to view hundreds of other tutorial movies, check out www.HowAudio.com. Tags: auto-tune antares harmonies MIDI dykhouse howaudio |
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Woodwind/Brasswind: Maintenance & Quick Fixes From the title "Woodwind/Brasswind Maintenance & Quick Fixes" master repair technician Jeff Peterson demonstrates some Quick Fixes for your flute so that you can make it through your gig. Jeff's full title is available at www.HowAudio.com and covers flute, saxophone, trumpet, clarinet and trombone. Jeff Peterson owns Horn Improvement, which not only specializes in quality instruments and accessories, but also has the reputation of being one of the finest repair shops for brasswind and woodwind instruments in Southern California. It has been Jeff's attention to detail and old-world craftsmanship that have earned him a devoted clientele. This clientele includes notable professional musicians from the jazz, orchestral and studio worlds as well as music educators and student musicians. Tags: Woodwind Brass Repair Fix flute saxophone how audio howaudio |
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DJ CD Player - Pioneer CDJ-200 LA DJ, Kazell, walks us through all the features of the Pioneer CDJ-200, a fantastic tool for DJ's. This episode is from the HowAudio.com title "DJ Equipment Basics". For these and other titles, please visit us at www.HowAudio.com Tags: DJ Kazell HowAudio Pioneer CDJ-200 DJ'ing |
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How To Relic A Guitar Today, having a beat-up old guitar is preferable to having a bright shiny new one. Luthier Steve Soest summarizes what he did to relic two guitars. These easy steps will transform your brand new guitar and make it look like it has the scars of a road warrior. This episode is from the HowAudio.com title "How To Relic A Guitar". For these and other titles, please visit us at www.HowAudio.com WIN ONE OF THESE RELIC'ED GUITARS - VISIT HOWAUDIO.COM TO REGISTER TO WIN!!!!!! Tags: Relic Guitar Vintage Rust HowAudio.com How Audio Luthier Soest |