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Everyone That Works With Audio Should Know This Stuff! (Timbre & Harmonics)
You should be able to explain to anyone, in common sense terms, why a piano sounds different from a flute even though they are playing the same exact pitch. Once you understand the concepts of timbre and the fundamentals of harmonic series mathematics (not as scary as it sounds), I promise you that your sound [...]
Ableton Live Tutorial: Matching Clip Lengths In Arrangement View
A customer of mine recently asked how to match one audio clip’s length to another in Arrangement View. I get this question fairly often, so I put together a quick and dirty video on how to achieve this with warp markers in Ableton Live. It’s also important to note that you can do this the [...]
The Sound Design of 1982′s “Tron”
Take a couple minutes out of your day to blast into the past with this featurette on the sound design for the original “Tron” film. It’s a bite-sized look at creative, sample-based sound design. Also: Fairlight! This video has inspired me to take my little Edirol R09HR and crappy mic around the house to capture [...]
How Are You Liking “Operator Ambience Vol. 1″ So Far?
As most of my customers know, I recently released Operator Ambience Vol. 1, a set of Ableton Operator patches and short tutorial videos. Now that a bunch of people have had the chance to pick up the pack and work with it a bit, I’d love to hear what you think. If you have had some [...]
SoundDoodle – A Brief Video Intro To A Free Sound Design Tool For Your Mac
I’m always looking for functional, free, and standalone programs that give me an excuse to turn off the familiar interface of Ableton Live and dive into something different and inspirational. The excellent Paul Stretch is a perfect example of this sort of thing, and SoundDoodle definitely follows in those same footsteps. A Mac-only app (as [...]
Talking About The Upcoming Sound Packs With Elliott Fienberg
I just finished recording a really enjoyable conversation with Elliott Fienberg, the man behind the Wobble Tech Radio podcast. We chatted about some recording industry news and talked a bit about my upcoming Ableton Live packs that I’ll start releasing in the next month or so. Check out the recording here, and be sure to [...]
Any Recommendations For Modular Synth Newbs?
Hey all, just a quick post to register my official interest in building a modular system of my very own. This came up as a response to a really cool interview with the producer “Flood” here: In the interview, he talks about a philosophy which embodies the inability to save patches, forcing the user to [...]
A New Addition To Nick’s Tutorials Is On The Horizon
It’s time to expand Nick’s Tutorials into the realm of sample and device preset packages. The feedback for this idea has been very positive and has taught me a lot about you guys do and do no want to see from the project. Here’s what I have so far: Each pack will be a small, [...]
Gear For Sale – Tascam Field Recorder, M-Audio Keyrig, Rode NT4 Mic, Akai MPD24
Hey everyone, Just doing a little cleaning in my studio, paring down everything to the essentials and also funding some upcoming purchases. To that end, I’m putting stuff up for sale. If you’re interested, feel free to contact me through the “Contact” link in the top menu of the site! UPDATE: All items have been [...]
Ableton Live Quick Tip: Creating Inspiration With The MIDI Devices
Today’s Ableton tutorial is all about finding or creating inspiration on those days when writer’s block is kicking your ass. Anyone that writes music on a regular basis is going to run into this problem once in a while, but for working professionals, simply choosing not to write isn’t always an option. If you have [...]