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Category Archives: Music
Quick Sample Exchange in Kontakt
The buttons to the right of the sample name (highlighted in orange) in the Mapping Editor allows you to switch a zone’s sample for the next sample in the folder that it is located in. Pretty good for exchanging drum … Continue reading
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Self Investment
One day while I was chatting with Nomar Slevik, we got on the topic of “why we are not bigger than we are in music.” We are actually pretty comfortable with our current growth rate but it would be nice … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Music Industry, Productivity
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New Toys
I recently picked up a couple of plugins for my DAWs. I got the Ultra Analog VA-1 synth and the Breverb AudioMidi.com edition. The Ultra Analog was only $15 and the Breverb was $5. “Why not” I thought, “20 bucks … Continue reading
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Tagged Altiverb, Audiomidi.com, Breverb, plugins, Ultra Analog Synth
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Japan-Zine Gaijin Sounds Compilation
I’m in the top 10 of the 20 selected tracks of the Japan-zine’s “Gaijin Sounds” compilation. They also gave me a nice little write up in the magazine and on the website. You can check it out at, http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/jz/2111/Gaijin+Sounds . … Continue reading
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Kick Drum Obsession
I see many posts on forums about how to get a kick drum like a certain artist. Personally, I don’t see what the big deal is. I never really concerned myself with how other people’s kick sound. When I listen … Continue reading
The Trumpet Song Rejected
If you don’t know, I wrote a song called “The Trumpet Song.” It’s in the dub plate section if you want to hear it. It’s one of my favorite songs that I have written. It took a long time to … Continue reading
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Tagged Artistic vision, depths of alpha, Miles Davis, organic, rejection, SIQ Records, synthetic, The Trumpet Song, trumpet sample
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Mystery of Staples Halo mix
If you been following me, you would know that I been handed the task of mixing the vocals for Staplemouth’s forthcoming album. For the past week I been working on this one track called Halo. I started mixing it and … Continue reading
The morning of parallel nothing!
Last night I was flipping through the old Mastering Audio book by Bob Katz and happened across the section about parallel compression. I like to use it to beef up my drums, however in the mastering concept of parallel compression … Continue reading
Finally got some inspiration for Cyrus’ drums
Yay! I finally got some inspiration for the drums for the track that Cyrus FX sent me. About a month (more like 2 or 3) I was talking to Cyrus about maybe doing some kind of track together. We talked … Continue reading
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Tagged BFD Lite, Bus Driver, Cyrus FX, Drums, JD Walker, ProTools, Staple Mouth, T-Racks
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New album coming soon
I have a new album comingout soon on SIQ Records. It was supposed to be released next month but due to a problem with one of the songs it will be pushed back. The main problem was that we (me, … Continue reading
