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SUCCESSION ASSIGNMENT

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Hello Members!

Today we're kicking off our next member assignment - to rework the theme tune of the popular TV show Succession

Check Rob's intro HERE for the rules. 

The MIDI he refers to (if you need it) can be found in the DOWNLOADS area.

DEADLINE: Monday 18th March

PRIZES....

1st PLACE - NI KOMPLETE 14 SELECT

2nd PLACE - D16 GROUP DEVASTOR

Some useul YouTube links...

Original Theme Tune

Nicholas Britell talking about the music

GOOD LUCK!!

updated by @ptmembership: 02/02/24 10:15:26PM

Vocal Production

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Nice one Tone!

VOCAL MIXING TUTORIAL

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This week's bonus content is a tutorial showing tips for improving vocals in a mix, mainly focussed on the importance of the other sounds going on and how to improve the mix in general, whilst allowing more space for vocals (through static and dynamic EQ and filtering), but also a cool technique for providing the vocal with extra presence.

Check the tutorial HERE.

Beginners coming to this may want to learn more about some of the subjects covered to help with general understanding, such as...

EQ Fundamentals 

The Art of Filtering 

Music Mixing Fundamentals 

Compression Fundamentals 

updated by @ptmembership: 01/29/24 09:51:05AM

Vocal Production

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Hey Tone, just to further clarify the points above, HERE's a video for you about the importance of other sounds in the track and frequency handling when mixing vocals, along with a nice tip for layering too.

Req: Progressive House + Deep House + Melodic House + Melodic Techno course(s)

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On the Melodic front btw, I generally enjoy the tracks Gabriel Ananda plays on his Soulful Techno pod.

Req: Progressive House + Deep House + Melodic House + Melodic Techno course(s)

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Numerous 'Melodic' genres are appearing these days. It probably indicates a yearning for more musical/emotive dance music to break up the mindless monotony of a lot of House and Techno. Sometimes less musical is exactly what a dancefloor needs mind!

That Max Freegrant track is pretty lush. I love the breakdown especially!

Did you check Simon Shackleton's EPIC 21-hour tutorial journey on the Producertech site starting HERE?

We can definitely put some more Melodic House/Techno tuts together though... I will make them a priority over the coming weeks...

Bonus Tech Samples!

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Hey y'all!

We've got some bonus Tech loops courtesy of My Digital Enemy via Loopmasters this week! 

There's plenty of sick synth leads in particular, as well as some useful bass and drum layers. You can find them in the downloads area.

Enjoy!

Self Releasing Music

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Good question. I don't personally, but a good friend of mine set up their own label that we used to release on back in the day - Acidphonic. The label technically isn't going anymore but you can still find the music on Beatport etc.

I've known quite a few label bosses in my time too, so I'll try to garner some nuggets of wisdom from them to share...

Vocal Production

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Nice one Tone! Good luck with it and feel free to send stems if and when you need... I'll maybe look at some vocal processing tips for one of the bonus tutorial series in the next month or so too, as I can think of a few different techniques that have been covered in various courses but not compiled anywhere.

Bass Tuning Bonus Tutorials

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Yes, it's a surprisingly common but not very often talked about issue! I had a great reply from one of our members asking about whether it's possible to remove harmonics from Wavetables in Serum and I'm still investigating this to find out whether it's possible - it seems like it's not due to the slightly limited processing options being based around basic filtering rather than specific harmonic removal. We'll keep looking into that though.....

Also, @seppa may know more about this?