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What’s up my great people? I’m sort of off to the musical races this morning. I have sessions later and I must get two tracks done before. I’m loving Presonous Studio One right now. It’s drag and drop work flow are out of this world. I will surely update to Pro later on this spring or early summer.

Another feature which Studio One makes easy is sidechaining. There is not much routing to do at all. Basically you drag a compressor onto a track and select a few settings, next send the track that needs ducking to it. Here is a video by Tim McMahon Vids which explains:

If your asking why would she need to sidechain? Imagine having a bass and kick drum in the same frequency. You would surely have to cut some frequencies in order to hear them both as clearly as possible. With sidechaining, you can have one sound “ducking” behind the other. This means when the kick plays the bass will stop or vice versa, depending on how you set up your compressor.

Here’s a link to an easy read tutorial all about sidechaining and ducking. You’ll also find a link to a free side chain compressor as well…

sonictransfer.com/side-chain-compression-tutorial

Remember the same concept can be used with most DAWS. You may have to read how to set up each track in your specific program manual. I’m off to try this right away..and wish you luck as well..

Happy Beat Making To All..
Pz Til Later!~

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Happy Friday To All!…it’s beautiful here today woohoo! I’ve been out and about all morning, back inside to get some mixing done. I’m trying out a different DAW today. When I had the Alienware PC, I bought a Presonus Firestudio Mobile because the computer had a firewire port. I keep hearing firewire is better than USB, so I figured why not. I hadn’t gotten around to trying the software which came with it, “Studio One Artist”. After sitting down with it for the last two days, I am pretty impressed.

Presonus has really made an intuitive program. I am loving the drag and drop features as well as quick and easy time stretching. There are many more features even in the beginners Artist version. The Pro software is loaded with more effects and the ability to load vst plug ins. I’m thinking about upgrading later on, until then I’m checking out a few videos.

Mastering With Studio One

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Spring has Sprung! Yay to that… I love nice weather..

I am so excited! I’ve got a new new toy… I received an email from the BeatKangs promoting the new version of Beat Thang Virtual. I have just installed the program and it really looks promising.

I have to get up and running with it, so I am checking out a few getting started and user videos.

Beat Thang Maker Tutorial

Check out Super Producer Rocwilder who works with the Beat Thang Virtual:

To all the Beat Thang Virtual users expect to see plenty of post about it now.

If you’d like to jump ahead and purchase please click the link below. Remember all purchases you make through my links help support the mstrismusic site and keep things free..

Happy Beat making To All!~
Pz Til Later..

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Fl Studio 10 banner from http://www.image-line.com/documents/news.php?entry_id=1301017795

Okay Okay!! Image-line has released a powerful Fl Studio update. I think this is incredible. I know you’ve notice I have used tons of equipment over the years. No matter what I try, use, love, Fl Studio will forever be in my line up. I’ve been hooked since 2002, and it’s my go to program when I need to make extensive tracks inbox.
This update is packed with goodies. My list of favorites is huge; auto saving,larger mixer, and 64Bit plug in support were some at the top of my list.

Here are just a few more new features from www.image-line.com:

#64 Bit plugin wrapper - FL Studio now hosts 64 Bit VST plugins for access to unlimited memory.
# Autosave / Autobackup – Don’t lose a project or data again. (YYyESS!)
# Revised Playlist – Individually resizable tracks. Lock tracks to Clips. Live performance time Marker options (Jump to, Loop, Pause & Skip)
# Revised Mixer – Fully Automatic Plugin Delay Compensation (A-PDC). New waveform meter view.
# Revised Piano roll – Export as sheet music option. Vertical zoom with not properties view. Magic lasso selection & note-handle stretch. Edit ghost notes by double Right-click. Waveform view.
# Pattern Picker – opens from the Playlist, Piano roll or Step sequencer. Select Patterns & Channels.
# Patcher (free) - chain instruments & effects for easy saving of complete instrument & effect chains……

Big Ups to the developers! This is huge for Fl users. Check out the full official announcement:

Fl Studio 10 Release Documents

Remember this is the OFFICIAL VERSION 10 no beta here…does not expire and fully functional!!
Purchase your copy here..W/FREE UPGRADES FOREVER…

Extended Patterns On Two Screens

Click Here To Purchase Fl Studio ** All New Customers Will Receive 10% MsTrisMusic.Com Discount**

My 1st beat idea…I made this yesterday, I haven’t finished the beat but you can see Fl Studio 10 in action. It also gave me a chance to practice a little video editing…the drums aren’t quantized and no mixing was done..but it’s a good start …

Fl Studio 10 Dirty South Beat Construction “Hot Off the Press”

Happy Beat Making To All..
Pz Til Later!~

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Hit N Mix Logo from http://hitnmix.com

(Brr..can we say hurry up Spring? It’s freezing today)…..Great morning to all. I’m working on an artist’s track, a special request that has me a little stumped. Its using an 80′s sample. The song has so many loud snares. I have been filtering like crazy this week trying to remove them as much as possible.

While surfing last month I found a neat little program. If this works all those who sample will want to have it! Made specifically for sampling and remixing, it is software that separates different elements within the track. WoW…Just thinking I could surely use this on the beat I am working on now. Here is a brief description from the official website:

Ground-breaking, unique and fun – Tears apart MP3s/CD tracks and unlocks their basic building blocks – the individual vocals, instruments, percussion & ambient noise!

Let’s look at the video to see what this is all about:
Hit’n'Mix – Tear Apart MP3s & CD Tracks

You can find out more info and get the file at:
hitnmix.com

This could spark a whole new lane in music really. I’m going to download the free version and try it out right now…

Happy Beat making To All!
Pz Til Later!~

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Maschine users will be happy to download the official 1.6.2 update released just a few minutes ago. That’s right the beta testing period is over and we are rolling with the fully functional download.

I read that they are giving away copies of Komplete Elements via email. I haven’t received that yet, as it could take up to 48 hours. You know I’ll be banging out a few new tracks today…so excited!

The new update has the best feature for me, VST hosting yes!!
Here is a complete list of new features from the Native Instruments Site :

* Plugin hosting for VST/AU instruments and effects
* Increased number of effect slots (3 per Sound, 4 per Group, 4 on Master)
* New “Pad Link” function with 8 pad groups and Master/Slave option
* Individual swing setting per sound
* Clip naming
* Sample renaming
* Improved scene duplication
* External audio input/output increased to 16 stereo channels
* Improved Drag&Drop mapping for samples
* Improved Drag&Drop from OS for Maschine files and audio files
* Drag&Drop rearrangement of scenes and patterns
* Snap-to-grid when moving events via mouse
* VST plugin operation under Mac OS X 64bit
* Rex import under Mac OS X 64bit
* Free download for “Komplete Elements” instrument collection

Off to work I go installation complete …hope they send the Komplete email fast….woohoo

Happy Beat Making To All!~
Pz Til Later…

(p.s. ..the Komplete email came while I was writing this post NI is on point!)…

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Great Morning to ya! I’ve been rolling heavy with the production this week…working on music for 4 artist..busy busy..

I absolutely LOVE the new Maschine update. I have been working a lot faster with the addition of vst instruments inside the stand alone version.

I am still working out a few quick start up templates on my own. I found a video which pretty much sums up what I’ve been doing. It’s so much easier to start projects using templates. It really comes in handy when you need to load up general instruments like bass, keys, synths, etc.

Native Instruments Maschine 1.6 Custom VST Chains

I like the tutorial and his studio is awesome! lol Check out more videos from Matt at :mcsg27 youtube channel

Remember you can use templates in all your music production software.. Fl Studio, Reason etc. Have fun with it, but be sure to make templates that help you work smarter …

Happy Beat Making To All!
Pz Til Later!~

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