This a little Pro Tools tip I picked up from an old interview with Junkie XL that was in one of the 2004 issues of the Digidesign Digizine. In the interview, Junkie XL talks about a range of things important to the production of dance music. One of these things is the importance of [...]

Have you heard the Grey Album from Danger Mouse? The ground breaking mash up the pits Jay-Z’s classic Black Album against The Beatles classic White Album? If you haven’t… shame on you! If you have, then you’ve probably wanted to create mash ups of your own. Well, it can be pretty freakin difficult, sampling, beat [...]

It’s always good to know that someone reads what you right, so today I thought I’d help out a reader with a Pro Tools question that they have.
Joe wrote:
I posted here for help with pro tools crashing and I was helped so I thought I’d try again. I don’t know if this is the right [...]

Here is a useful video tutorial on home to make the most of Impulse when programming drum loops in Ableton Live. Runs for about 10 minutes, and even if you usee Ableton Live quite a bit, there still might be something new for you to take away from this.

Let me start by saying I have purchased a lot of stuff from ebay. It can be a fantastic source of weird and wonderful old music gear as well as a good place to get a decent price on some new stuff. With that being said, I have also noticed a huge number of ‘too [...]

A Pro Tools crash is usually accompanied by an unhelpful error message. Luckily some of the errors or crashes aren’t as bad as they first seem and can be easily fixed. Here’s an example.
If Pro Tools crashes repeatedly every time you try to launch it, and keeps doing this even after restarting the computer, then [...]

You’ve installed Pro Tools and have it up and running. Now you’d like to optimize it’s performance, but where do you start?
Not surprisingly, the Pro Tools performance optimization settings are a good place to start. These can be found on the Playback Engine page. You can get there via the Setups drop down menu.
The [...]

In terms of messing up sounds, Reason gives you limitless possibilities. That’s what it excels at, and that’s why I love it. You can start with a basic four on the floor beat and turn it into something unrecognizable, ugly or brilliant.
The beauty of Reason is, that even if you have no experience in creating [...]

Here’s another one of the good ‘ol “how to” articles, this one from Keyboard Magazine. If your a Prodigy fan, then I’m sure you’ll like it. It’s not ground breaking, but interesting none the less.
Breaking Down the Beats
The main drum groove for “Girls” is a tough, modern take on the classic electro beat in the [...]

Here is an interesting track by track, blow by blow description for “How to sound like the Killers”. This may have come from Computer Music site, but I can’t actually remember where I found it now. All songs are from the Killers debut album, Hot Fuss.
Track 1
“Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine” opens with a [...]