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In dance music genres such as house, the bass plays an important role – in many cases being the key to a successful track. This depends not only on the bassline arrangement but also on...
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In this tutorial we’re going to dive into the crazy world of impulse responses and convolution reverbs. You’re going to see how modern software reverbs are no longer just for sim...
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A synthesizer is an electronic instrument that reproduces a variety of sounds by generating and combining signals of different frequencies and waveforms. Propellerhead鈥檚 Reason feature...
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Although Arturia鈥檚 Jupiter 8V admittedly isn鈥檛 a free synth, it is arguably one of the best analogue emulations on the market. If you are thinking about investing in a soft synth you cou...
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Absynth is one of my favorite tools for sound design, though I don’t get a chance to use it nearly as often as I’d like. It has an extremely deep and flexible synthesis engine, y...
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The drone is used throughout music and sound design as sonic bed or background upon which other sounds are laid. In the world of sound design, drones are often used to ‘fill out’...
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As with many sound design techniques, there are an infinite number of ways to create compelling creature sounds. However, as with all sound design, the best products generally result from gr...
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FMOD Ex is one of several audio middleware systems that are used in modern game development. It is integrated alongside an existing game engine technology (such as Unreal or Gamebryo) to add...
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The raygun or laser beam has been a defining sound for many a science fiction movie. How many of us can still hear the sound of the Rebel forces as they fend off the Stormtroopers? In this t...
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In the world of sound design and music for media, there are two basic classifications of sound: diegetic and non-diegetic. Diegitic sound or music occurs within the story, i.e. a piano being...
