HYPERNOVA is the new ‘Top of the line’ Kontakt synthesizer from CL-Projects. Based on a well known polyphonic synthesizer from the late 90’s that was capable of emulating Minimoog, Jupiter 8, Juno 106 and ARP 2600 sounds. The Hypernova Kontakt synth is no different. It can also emulate classic synthesizer sounds, making use of sampling technology instead… Read More »
Lowender is a subharmonic synthesizer, reminiscent of classic analog dual-band bass enhancer circuits. While taking classic subharmonic generator circuitry as its core, the Lowender expands on the concept in several ways. First, it offers switchable frequency ranges, so that the low end frequencies generated can be selected to fit the program material. In addition to the “Classic”… Read More »
Universal Piper is a midi virtual instrument. It can be used solely or included in a DAW(*). It responds to midi note On/Off from Ab3 to Bb4 (for the standart GHB presets), which correspond to the natural scale of the GHB instrument; but can be also used with a midi practice chanter. If you want to find… Read More »
G8 is a high-quality noise gate with many tricks up its sleeve. It is both a professional dynamics workstation and an experimental amplitude effect. Use it for noise reduction, AM/granular synthesis, bouncing ball rhythm programming, tremolo, trajectory panning, transient shaping, and much, much more. Features “Cycle” and “One-shot” gating modes give you the ability to use G8… Read More »
TkDelay is a versatile delay plugin designed to produce a large range of sounds, from classic delays to experimental sound effects. KEY FEATURES Main Controls: Host-synced and free delay times (per channel). Delay times modulation (per channel). Feedback gains with infinite loop support (per channel). Frequency shifter (per channel). Reverse mode. Ping-pong (via cross-feedback control). Tap-tempo. Overdrive.… Read More »
Moodal is an audio plugin that modelizes objects and spaces to be excited by the sounds you will run through it. Make your snare deeper, or change it to a bottle. Send your voice through a phone, or slide it on a string. Give your guitar a new soundboard, or throw some notes over a plate and… Read More »
The Unfiltered Audio Sandman is far more than just a delay plugin; it’s a wormhole to the dreamtime states of your sounds. It’s a deceptively simple gateway to a microcosm of sonic dimensions bordering the absurd. It’s a new way to extract loops and grains from a sound that can be as close to or as far… Read More »
KICK 2 is finally here – The Multi Award Winning KICK gets an extensive upgrade for 2016. Easily sculpt, shape, create, manipulate, mangle your way to the perfect kick drum. No longer do you need to rely on sampled and resampled low quality kick drums in sample packs. With KICK 2 you can easily create a perfectly synthesised… Read More »
Sonic Academy announces the launch of its new plugin ‘Kick 2’ The Multi Award Winning KICK gets an extensive upgrade for 2016. Easily sculpt, shape, create, manipulate, mangle your way to the perfect kick drum. New features include 3 fully featured ‘Click’ areas, Drag and drop loading, external sample browsing, 3 new distortions, sub-harmonics control, full graphicla… Read More »
Bouncy Tech House in Ableton Live In Sonic Academy’s How To Make Bouncy Tech House we show from start to finish how to create a unique and quirky take on Tech House Music championed by the likes of Pleasurekraft. We make full use of Sonic Academys ANA soft synth when creating our bass and lead parts and… Read More »
This is a course not to be missed. Conor Dalton from glowcast mastering invites us to a mastering party with all his favourite compressors techniques as guests. Using real world examples he digs deep into this often mis-understood world, showing us that loud and proud isn’t always the best. Covering compression, dynamic range and EQing techniques, there… Read More »
Artist Series – How To Make Techno With Jim Rivers Crossing the many bridges between house and techno with relaxed dignity, Jim River’s, a rare mix of educator and entertainer here on Sonic Academy for the first time gives us a unique insight into his production regime. From the ideas and setup to creating a workflow involving… Read More »
Over the next 2 hours and 50 minutes we show you from start to finish how to make a massive Dutch House track using Ableton Live 8 Contents : Tutorial 0 – Introduction 05m 30s Tutorial 1 – Chords 11m 00s Tutorial 2 – Drums 12m 00s Tutorial 3 – Bass 06m 05s Tutorial 4 – Pitch… Read More »
An absolute monster of a course as we take to the studio with Chris & Phil as they deconstruct the ever popular TRANCE 2.0 sound, picking out the unique characteristics of the genre and recreating each element from scratch. After the initial researching of the idea we then flesh out the concept and create an entire track from… Read More »
Deep House 2012 in Ableton Live Brand new for 2012 we bring you our updated How to Make Deep House course. Taking in all the latest sounds and techniques that make deep house one of the most popular genres of dance music at the moment. From pulsing and arpegiated basslines using ANA through to found sound percussion,… Read More »
Gigi Barocco is no newcomer to the music world remixing for artists such as Benny Benassi, LMFAO & P!NK and featuring on Ultra Records, Ministry Of Sound & Universal to name just a few. Again Sonic Academy have teamed up with Gigi to bring you another full 2 Hour ‘How To Make’ course this time showing you… Read More »
Following on from his hugely popular How To Make Deep Tech House course, we welcome back Vince Watson to Sonic Academy as he delivers a rather stylish Chilled House course. Think poolside party, beach vibes, and sun kissed beats. Vince also delves deeper into the world of chords with a straight ahead look at 7ths, 9ths, Augmented… Read More »
Sonic Academy is proud to kick off 2015 with an almighty bang. We welcome Rob ‘Activa’ Stevenson to take charge in this unprecedented look at ‘How To Make Psy Trance’. With a continuous string of hits for the likes Vandit, Blackhole, Armada and Anjunabeats, Activa has been a mainstay in most DJ record boxes since he exploded… Read More »
Sonic Academy proudly presents ‘How To Make Nu Skool Retro House with Dancing Divaz’. With 20 years experience remixing the likes of Queen, Prince and Baby D and accounting for 20 UK top 40s, the man behind the Divaz brand, Ian Bland, certainly knows how to make hits. Here he uses his Divaz moniker to remix in… Read More »
Returning to Sonic Academy for another monster course, Jupiter Ace serves up a brand new ‘How To Remix’ course. Having remixed the likes of Fatboy Slim, and Flo-Rida, Jupiter Ace, aka Gregory Ferguson knows what he is talking about when it come to remixing. Over the next 13 videos, Gregory shows how to start with the vocal… Read More »
Chris Agnelli and Phil Johnston take an in-depth look at Sound Design in ANA V1.5. Taking you from the fundamentals of creating basses and plucks to more complicated functions, creating some big leads and amazing pad sounds. Be sure to check out the Kick Synthesis video at the end for some seriously massive kick sounds. Contents :… Read More »
This is the big one, an epic 8 hours of ultimate insight into producing a track that has had heavy rotation on Above and Beyond’s global radio show ABGT by uber producer ‘7 skies’. David’s passion and devotion to music production shines through here, as he leaves no production stone unturned. Showing you how to produce that epic… Read More »
Dutch heavy weight of the Nu Disco scene ‘Mason’ returns to Sonic Academy delivering another monster course. Here he rebuilds last years beatport chart smash ‘Nite Rite Five’. Released back in June of last year and tearing up dance floors across the globe, ‘Nite Rite Five’ is the blue print to that Nu Disco sound. Using mainly… Read More »
Sonic Academy welcomes the Berlin based Irish music maker Chymera to the helm for this truly deep and wonderful ‘How To Make Melodic Techno’ course. Chymera’s productions often fit comfortably between house and techno, and range from deeper cuts to more dancefloor focussed tracks, but always with a keen sense of melody. He has released various diverse… Read More »
In this Sonic Academy EQ extravaganza, we will work through the principles of the often misunderstood world of EQ. From the basic filter types and controls to the use of Mid Side EQ and real world mixing examples. Get to know the difference between low pass and high shelving filters and get a visualisation of how you… Read More »
