Creating Dynamic Effects Busses This tutorial looks at a few different techniques you can use to make your effects returns live and breathe. I'm using Logic Pro here but
In the first part, we showed you how to create the basic stencil layer and paint on the spray paint in real time. In Part 2 of this tutorial, we'll be setting up the masking for the spray paint stenci
With the such huge list of effects plug-ins in Ableton Live it can be a bit of a task keeping track of all the preset patches available. If you need to audition your own patches or just want to quick
It's been just over a year that the macProVideo.com Blog first took form. In that time it quickly became a massively popular resource for written software tips and tutorials. Now, we're pleased to...
In this 2-part Quick Tutorial, we're going to show you how to animate the effect of a logo being stenciled onto a surface with spray paint in After Effects.
IK Multimedia are one of the companies that have stepped up to fill this gap and their iRig Mic has gone on to be a huge hit since it's release. So I decided to put it through it's paces...
There are plenty of ways to create cool looking grunge effects in Photoshop; and if you have some textures or custom brushes handy, you can really achieve some spectacular results.
If you've read my article on Google Tasks, you'll know that I'm fond of clicking off those little check boxes. Indeed, the thrill of finishing an accomplishment is a wonderful thing to not only me, bu
When producing sequenced patterns for any style of music, one of the main challenges is introducing perceived pace and energy to your work. Luckily there are a few simple tricks we can use here...
In this exclusive interview I caught up with Peter Schwartz over Skype to find out more about the enigmatic man behind the forum mask, his music career to date and his brand new tutorial on MIDI!
There are tons of virtual instruments out there that excel at any number of tasks. But one thing I've noticed is that there will always be one plug-in that will start a trend, then there will be hundr
In an ever-increasing world of emailed documents and cloud computing, one thing is for certain: The tree population can breathe a sigh of relief because paper is becoming obsolete.
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A while back I was wrestling with trying to correct phase for my microphone set up. The microphones all had a different distance between one mic to another. This would not have been such a big deal wi
The Dr.OctoRex is a great update to one of my favorite virtual instruments. Amongst the many updated features is an innovative new graphical editing system. In this quick tip we'll take a look at how
I'm at a gig, djing with Ableton Live. Half way through my set, I suddenly can't cue tracks. I push the button on my Native Instruments Audio Kontrol 1, nothing. Oh boy. Good thing I know my clips wel
Over the coming weeks I'm going to go over some of Logic Pro's quantizing features and hopefully shed some light on some of the more advanced aspects of these powerful time correction tools.
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It seems like there are two camps of people. People that use loops, and people that don't.
The people that use loops like them because they can quickly flesh out a song with percussion, guitar riffs,
There are a huge amount of drum libraries available now and these feature just about every style of drum hit you could imagine but one thing I find is that they are often lacking in basic stereo width
After seeing one of THE best live bands (RUSH!) this week with one of THE world's best rock drummers (Neil Peart), it's only fitting to be inspired and do a tutorial on recording drums with Garage Ban
Setting up tiled backgrounds via CSS is a great way to add visual appeal to your website and to layout components that make up your overall design. The good news is, it's super easy, and there are som