Us Reason cats spend a lot of time slinging those cables all over the place and stacking effects to get that unique sound that makes a lead, bass, loop, or whatever you're working on. But, with all...
If the aims of mixing a band could be summed up in a few words, they might be clarity, balance and blend. But mixing with these aims in mind can be a frustrating experience. One instrument in...
Have you been following the ongoing drama of the "Flash vs HTML5" battle over the past few years? As a software educator, I really try hard to remain agnostic towards technology, but because I love...
Rather than run multiple instances of a virtual instrument to access multiple sounds learn how to use them in multi-timbral mode. Toby Pitman unravels the mystery behind how to set these up in Logic.
TempoRubato is the developer of NLog Synth, which was among the first high-quality performance synthesizers for the iPhone. They've also recently updated their product line with NLog MIDI Synth and...
Who doesn't love keyboard shortcuts? They increase your speed and productivity, so let's take a look at five advanced keyboard shortcuts to make your Photoshop workflow fly! Here we go!
What are pads anyway? You probably know them as the droning quarter note, half note, whole note progressions you'll hear low in the background of slower songs to fill up more space. You may have heard
As every touring DJ knows, minimizing the gear you depend on is crucial. Wouldn't it be great to have a Stutter Effect for your live show, without having to bring a keyboard along to trigger it?
It is typical for vocalists to perform each phrase and the individual words and syllables within them at a wide range of volumes. They move around and they express what they perform '" it's only human!
Daft Punk's synth sounds, simply rule (a comment I'd like to make about their music in general). Let's find out how to re-create the sound used in Robot Rock using Logic's ES2 analog synth plugin.
I've written quite a few tutorials recently on Photoshop, and while most have "how-to" pieces, focused on pulling off certain effects, a handful have been more on the productivity side of things, like
Virtual Analog synths aren't just great for creating bass patches and pads, they can also be put to work on drum and percussion sounds too. Creating these sorts of patches is...
Optimise Your Mac's Performance: Using Terminal to Run OS X Maintenance Scripts So what we're going to do here is lead you through running those scripts manually through Terminal, OS X' UNIX command l
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.