Beats with Crisps

March 5, 2020February 18, 2021 LTGuitarist Cubase Stream, Found Sounds & Weird Music, Music Production Tutorials, Music Tech, Production Tutorials bearmaker, beats with crisps, crisps, cubase, cubase tutorial, funny music, livestream, making beats, weird music

Did you know you can bow a crisp? Nope, me neither.

Presets & Templates for Speed Composing

January 18, 2020January 18, 2020 LTGuitarist Production Tutorials, Professional Musicianship cubase, cubase templates, deadlines, make music faster, music creation, music production, nail deadlines, presets, speed composing, speed composition, templates

https://youtu.be/hKwKDxYGVW4 You can take hours off your composition timeline with presets and templates without compromising on originality - here's how. Features a BONUS TIP regarding mastering.

Live Sampling & Radio Walkman

March 2, 2019March 2, 2019 LTGuitarist Production Tutorials aira, aleatoric, cassette player, hainbach, improvised, jam, kaoss pad, korg, mx-1, production, radio, roland, sampler, sampling, synths, tantarul, tape, tb-3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C13vX8HD_wA I recently got hold of a cassette walkman with AM/FM radio, for use in my live synth rig. I can live sample long, evolving pads or ambient effects from cassette tape to give a retro, vapourwave-esque feel to performances. I also discover that I can sample live radio shows for an interesting, but much … Continue reading Live Sampling & Radio Walkman

Writing Realistic MIDI Drums

January 12, 2018 LTGuitarist Production Tutorials

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1laKXixi2E How can you turn your DAW's default drum sounds into something more realistic sounding? With these producer's tricks you can make a MIDI kit sound like it's being played by a real drummer.

Cinematic Hits & Risers

November 5, 2017November 5, 2017 LTGuitarist Production Tutorials cinematic, cubase, fx, hits, kontakt, music, native instruments, production, risers, steinberg, stienberg

Tutorial on making kickass effects inside of Cubase, using some Kontakt instruments and some home-made samples. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVh8VEv1yYM

Creating Music With Found Sounds for Inflated Inspirations

August 18, 2017August 16, 2017 LTGuitarist Bespoke Project Blogs, Production Tutorials balloon, composition, found sounds, inflated, inspirations, ipswich, kerseys, pop my mind, suffolk, waterfront

An installation of Balloon Art, telling the story of Pop My Mind. I was invited to Inflated Inspirations' build days to record audio, and create a musical piece out of the resulting samples.

The Best DAW?

July 22, 2017July 22, 2017 LTGuitarist Gear Reviews, Music Production Tutorials, Production Tutorials best, DAW, music, producer, produciton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRDfzPa-rN0 Some musicians will tell you that all DAWs do essentially the same thing, so it doesn't really matter; others will get angry if you tell them you use anything other than their favourite. Is there a legitimate answer to the question "which DAW is best?" Watch to find out!

Tune all the Strings to B

March 15, 2017 LTGuitarist Music Production Tutorials, Production Tutorials

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSy9FvKnI7c

Cubase Stream #5

February 19, 2017 LTGuitarist Cubase Stream, Production Tutorials

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf6aTX_jkHo Another hour-long production tutorial thing. Watch me make electronic music from scratch! Access the project files along with audio and MIDI stems from Blend.io I've still not upgraded from Cubase 8, but I'm sure you'll cope. Also struggling with some sync and audio issues, but hopefully that's not noticeable.

Granular Synthesis for Guitar

February 19, 2017 LTGuitarist Music Production Tutorials, Production Tutorials

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5_d4KRn1f8 The first of possibly several guitar production & manipulation tutorials, looking at Granular Synthesis.