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Hey! You mean for audio uploads? 2MB is the artwork filesize. The audio filesize limit is 250MB!
When uploading tracks, you can also select to post it on your timeline.
Or are you referring to a different upload?
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Let us hear you!
Hey! You mean for audio uploads? 2MB is the artwork filesize. The audio filesize limit is 250MB!
When uploading tracks, you can also select to post it on your timeline.
Or are you referring to a different upload?
Dub and dub remix’s
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Not a bad shout Michael. We can hit up Loopmasters, or some of the excellent Dub labels on there. See if we can find someone to do a set of tutorials for us....
Ellie Dixon/Arturia Remix Comp - Win Big Hardware/Software Prizes!
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Hey Producertech Family!
We're thrilled to announce our first remix comp since launching the community site. Gonna be a blast having it all housed in this space!
Livestream announcing the details will be happening in a few hours (18.00 BST) - link in the upcoming Livestreams area. Here's everything you need to know in this post too though....
To enter:
1. Download the stems: https://bit.ly/3gMcTvM
2. Claim your copy of Analog Lab Intro by emailing support@producertech.com to request your code.
3. Make your remix!
4. Upload your remix to your profile page on this site.
5. Post your remix on this thread so we can all check out the entries and provide feedback as we go.
Make sure your entries are in before 10th October. Winners will be chosen in a special livestream with Rob Jones and Ellie Dixon about 10 days after the closing date.
PRIZES
1st Place - Arturia Microfreak Hardware Synth + FX Collection Plugin Suite + 1 Year of Producertech Membership
2nd Place - Arturia Pigments Software Synth + FX Collection Plugin Suite + 1 Year of Producertech Membership
3rd Place - Arturia FX Collection Plugin Suite + 1 Year of Producertech Membership
Good luck!!
updated by @ptmembership: 12/29/21 11:30:50AM
Undercover Funk Sessions Samples - Free Download!
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1GB of Funk Loops now available to download in the samples and presets section of the Downloads area. The pack is split into 4 as it's a big one, with loops divided up by tempo. The last pack also contains Bonus Drums FX loops!
Enjoy!
Would love a tutorial on making dubstep basses and sound FX
Member Content Requests
Also, do you have any particular artists in mind? As reference. Or maybe people we can have make courses for us...
Member Remix Comp Launch Livestream - Tuesday 31st August
Livestreams
Our next Member Remix Comp, in association with Arturia, will be launching in this stream. Tune in at 18.00 BST to find out details.....
Complete beginners forum
DAW or Software Questions
More creative sidechaining is actually a pretty good topic for a livestream, so maybe we'll cover this in one next month....
Complete beginners forum
DAW or Software Questions
Hey Tu!
1. Ableton's stock plugins do the job but other plugins come with extra benefits like multiband for instance (sidechaining/ducking the high and low frequencies in different amounts). Devious Machines Duck is one plug that does this for instance. The reason it's useful is you might not need to duck the whole signal, which can make the sound cut out a bit too obviously, but might prefer to just get the bass out the way and have the highs stay mostly as they are.
Another option is dynamic EQ btw. This is a type of EQ that can be fed a sidechain signal, e.g. kick drum, which then controls an EQ band, like a low frequency band or shelf, which can be made to lower when the sidechain signal is received. It's another subtler and sometimes much more preferable form of ducking. Pretty sure this is covered on the EQ Fundamentals course https://www.producertech.com/staff-picks/148/eq-fundamentals?number=PT001
2. You can find a sidechain on Live's filter and also gate. They can both be used to achieve different things - the filter sidechain allows you to modulate the filter cutoff with the sidechain signal, to bring high or low frequencies (or a band/notch in those modes) in or out, often to create interesting rhythms, e.g. using a drum loop as the sidechain signal on a filter on a bass track. You can learn about that in the Art of Filtering course. https://www.producertech.com/staff-picks/170/the-art-of-filtering?number=PT007
Gate sidechaining is a bit like a compressor one in reverse - the signal being sent to the sidechain opens the gate (in default mode), so makes the sound heard, after which the gate closes and the track is turned down or silenced. You might use this for instance if layering two sounds together, or if wanting to create a 'gated' effect on a sustained sound, e.g. using a drum loop as the sidechain signal for a gate on a noisy, sustained synth track.
So, they all have different effects and you should play around with all of them to get to know them, after which you'll be able to decide for yourself when you might find them useful......
3. That's up to you. The reason people do that is if they want the ducking to occur the whole time, whether the kick in the track is heard or not. If you use the actual kick in the track, and then create a fill where the kick drops out, then the bass and other sounds being sidechained won't be ducking anymore and might suddenly shoot up in level, which might not be something you want!
Hope this helps!
updated by @ptmembership: 08/20/21 04:33:52PM
Pro Mixing Masterclass Out Now
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New masterclass by Jafunk looking at the mixing techniques behind his awesome track 'Fool For You'
https://www.producertech.com/staff-picks/189/pro-mixing-masterclass
Jafunk Livestream Confirmed - Tuesday 17th August 18.00 BST
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Join Jafunk in his studio next Tuesday for more awesome pro production techniques and live QnA session. Check the Livestreams menu option for the link.