T-Pain Intros I Am T-Pain Mic – For All The People That Can’t Afford iPhones

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Does It Get Any Better Than This?

Image: zonkout Saturday Synth Porn: A multi-synthgasmic wall of electronic music power. via the Synthtopia Flickr Group Relative News

Modcan + Zeroscillator bug music

YouTube via dudeohyeahable | January 19, 2011 | "I can't seem to get off the moon when i use the ZO. a small taste of the vocoder can be licked." Relative News

How to Select the Best Acoustic Guitar for You

I am an acoustic guitar lover. I have been playing guitar since I was a kid but it wasn’t until I was 22 that I started loving my acoustic guitar much more than I ever did my electric. Recently I had to sell my acoustic in order to buy a new one. Sounds peculiar but due to travel constraints I couldn’t travel with all my guitars, forcing me to sell my precious acoustic. Since I couldn’t live without a proper acoustic guitar I decided shortly thereafter to buy a new one. Buying a guitar, for me, is an intense project. I absolutely can not buy guitars online and need to weigh every option before I part with my cash. If you are in the same predicament I was, keep these few things in mind when you are deciding on your acoustic guitar. It will get you an amzing axe, regardless of budget. Play Every Guitar in Your Price Range When you go in to buy your guitar, set aside some time in the store to test out guitars. Se aside a budget and play every guitar in your budget. I... Relative News

Synthesize a Mini Pluck with Sylenth1

// Today I would like to show you a mini pluck sequence. I use this sound quite a lot in my productions, and invented the term “mini pluck”. It is used in several trance songs – especially in uplifting trance – but you can use other genres as well In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create a “mini pluck downer” type patch in Sylenth. This is basically a pluck arpeggio with a filter being modulated in a random rhythm. I use Ableton Live to create it. It is suitable for giving backing support to other parts of the song. Other words it’s a backing track just give some feel your tracks. Step 1: Create a Track Let’s insert a MIDI channel in Ableton and insert the MIDI clip. The length of the clip is three bars. Change the grid to 16th notes and draw some notes on C#4, E, G#, A and don’t leave any silence between them. So as you see the notes is rising on the scale. Duplicate this sequence until you reach bar 2.3. So the sequence looks like the following. This will act... Relative News

Two Re-Releases From Less Than Jake

Less Than Jake plans to re-release two classic albums with a bonus DVD and new artwork. Relative News

StudioBLADE - more sounds than anyone else

YouTube via musiccomputing | January 11, 2011 | "This video describes how the StudioBLADE keyboard production stations now ship with essentially an unlimited number of sounds built right in."iKeyDock for Mac Mini, PowerMac and PCs musiccomputing | January 10, 2011 | "The video talks about using the iKeyDOCK - laptop keyboard productions station dock with a Mac Mini, PowerMac and other PC laptops Relative News

37 MiniMoog Testing

YouTube via 7thDanSound | January 11, 2011 | "I just bought another vintage MiniMoog Model D and thought I'd do a video while testing that everything works. It turned out a decent walk through of quite a few of the sounds a MiniMoog can make.I don't really know if one "needs" two MiniMoog but the price was right so I kind of had to. Also, I think there are some cool things that can be done with Relative News

The NAMM List

This is just a reminder to check out The NAMM List daily. You can find the link under the Twitter, Facebook and RSS icons on top of the right section of the site. I posted some updates over the weekend and just posted an update for the KORG Kronos. Don't miss the Access updates and the Digitana Synthi AKS KS Expander Prototype. Just look for the red in the post. Relative News

Master Pitch and Tempo in FL Studio

// In this tutorial we are going to cover how to use FL Studio’s master pitch and tempo tools to create a massive slow down you’ll hear at the end of some songs. This effect first came from records that would slow down as they came to an end and caused a drop in pitch and speed. Soon DJs would emulate this at a club as an effect. In the digital realm these is no record we can put our hands on, but we can automate a slider or two to get the same effect. If your using another DAW, check to see if you have a master pitch or tempo you can automate in your DAW. With all that in mind, let us begin! Step 1: Pick Your Beat Before we can start the slow down we will need something we can slow down first. To really show this effect off I am going to use an instance of Drumaxx and create beat by using a prebuilt pattern in the Drum n Bass genre. Drum n Bass usually floats around 170-190 BPM and is perfect for our purposes. After that I will drag my pattern out for 8 bars in a piano... Relative News