I've been in the market for new studio monitors for a few years now. I bought my KRK RokIt 5 2nd Generation studio monitors back in 2010 when I was writing music as Dirty Machine Language with my roommate at the time. I was 20, working at a burger place and hustling cannabis on the side. Money was tight and our townhouse was small, so that's what I went with. A buddy had some … [Read more...] about Kali Audio LP-6 Review
Production
Ableton Tips for Owning Your Loop Samples
With the rise of Splice, and more and more sample companies opting for releasing loop heavy packs, producers often find themselves in one of two predicaments: Either you think using loops is cheating and a waste of time. (Hello). Or you use loops but find that just dragging in the basic loop doesn't always add the pizazz to your track that you're looking for. We'll go over a … [Read more...] about Ableton Tips for Owning Your Loop Samples
Ableton 11 Groove Pool Tips and Workflow
If you're reading this, then chances are you're into music that fits a traditional fixed grid system, typically with 4x4 or broken beats, funky bass riffs, and other rhythmic fills. Typically in a 4/4 time signature, one bar of music is broken into four beats, and each of those four beats is broken down into 16th notes. If you were to lay down a note to be played on each 16th … [Read more...] about Ableton 11 Groove Pool Tips and Workflow
3 Tips for Streamlining Your Ableton Workflow
Finishing tracks, especially when you have a full time job and relationship you're also balancing while trying to reach your goals as a producer can be a daunting task sometimes. How often do you click through endless kick drum or snare samples? How much time do you spend writing snare rolls and build ups with synths? Below I describe three techniques that have helped me go … [Read more...] about 3 Tips for Streamlining Your Ableton Workflow
First Days with Kilohearts “Phase Plant”
I've been looking for a new synthesizer that combines my love of modular synthesis with my adoration for Xfer Record's Serum and the possibilities within it. Enter Phase Plant by Kilohearts. This so far has been my dream synth. The User Interface is a little weird at first to get use to but watching some Youtube videos and reading the manual clears up most questions. This thing … [Read more...] about First Days with Kilohearts “Phase Plant”