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Category Archives: Tutorials

Ravenspiral Guide

26-Nov-06

Ravenspiral Guide is a free (licensed under Creative Commons) guide to music theory. It’s fantastic, easy to read, and doesn’t require a Berklee degree to make sense of it. Seriously, it’s quite good.

Vocoder Tutorial Podcast

29-Sep-06

O’Reilly has posted another vocoder tutorial, this time as a podcast.

Fixing Tempo Drift Using Sound Forge

14-Sep-06

While not as easy as using Ableton’s warp markers, Johnny Rofrano’s tutorial on fixing tempo drift using Sound Forge is a great alternative solution. Tedious, yes, but it’ll do in a pinch. Why Sony doesn’t already have warp marker capabilities in their ACID beatmapper is beyond me, though!

"Remashing" with Ableton

05-Sep-06

Blog reader Brad recently wrote in wondering if I knew of any good tutorials on DJing with Ableton Live. I haven’t worked with Live lately as a DJ tool, but I did point him towards some of the tutorials that have been featured on Beatmixed in the past.
As luck would have it, however, another [...]

Remix Hotel Podcasts

07-Aug-06

Interested in getting your music licensed for film or TV? Want to learn more about mastering music and putting that shiny polish on your tracks? Check out these recent panels from Remix Hotel New York. I’ve only been able to listen to the panel on music licensing so far and it’s actually quite interesting. Lots [...]

Laptop DJ Tutorial: The Perfect Mix

06-Jul-06

In this tutorial, you’ll learn to assemble the “perfect” DJ mix using your personal computer — no turntables required! There is a science behind the art, and using a few basic techniques you’ll soon learn to mix like the pros.

Secrets of the Arpeggiator

03-Jul-06

Check out Jim Aikin’s great arpeggiator tutorial over at O’Reilly Digital Media.

Vocoders 101

09-Apr-06

O’Reilly has posted a great vocoder tutorial. Everybody loves vocoders.

Digital Audio Tutorial Archive

04-Mar-06

If you’re a Sound Forge user, you’ll appreciate these five “Sound Forge Lifesaver” tips. There are a ton more tutorials where that came from, including ones covering ACID 5 and Ableton. Check out the full archive on the Digital ProSound web site.

Extract 5.1 Audio

01-Mar-06

DJ John pointed me to this great tutorial on extracting Dolby 5.1 audio off a DVD.