Drum Processing: Drum & Bass
SUMMARY Nurve displays how he goes about building a drum and bass break from scratch. Starting with a sample loop and then layering with some synthetic drums using the...
Modular 101
Cocktail Party Effect aka Kasket (R&S Records, Nomine Sound, Cold Recordings) is renowned for his energetic modular live performances and regularly utilises an array of amalgamated modules in his...
Riffs & Leads
SUMMARY Ever heard a lead sound in a track and wondered where it came from, wondered what preset or sample has been used? Search, preset bash and guess no...
The Amen Break: Drum & Bass
SUMMARY It is an honour to welcome bass music producer Occult to the Education & Bass instructor tribe. In his debut course Occult shows us how to chop up...
Nomine’s Bass
SUMMARY This will be an ongoing series that covers all things bass including: sub bass sound design, synth bass sound design, acoustic bass, processing, layering, EQ, balance, that all...
A Mix Trick: Kick & Bass
SUMMARY This is a great trick to get a well balanced kick and bass regardless to whether or not you have the luxury of a using treated room or...
The Low End Trick
SUMMARY Innovated by composer, producer and engineer Bob Power, ‘The Low End Trick’ was first used on material that Power worked on with A Tribe Called Quest. Utilising the...
“Smart” Control Processing: Nasty Reese Bass
SUMMARY In this four part mini course, Nomine shows us how to synthesise a nasty Reese bass sound and processes it by means of ‘Smart’ controls. The bass sound...
Nomine’s Kick & Hi Hat Trick
SUMMARY Do you find yourself having a constant battle with yourself over whether the kick is loud enough or not and when you turn it up, it consumes the...
Future Proof! What has been the impact of technology on dance music since the 1980s?
SUMMARY Future-Proof is a lecture that looks at the effect that technology has had on dance music culture. The lecture focuses two key pieces of equipment, the Roland TB-303...
Live Electronic Improvisation
SUMMARY Live Electronic Improvisation is a series of lectures and workshops showing what improvisation is and how it can be applied to live electronic music. Part One uncovers the...
Nomine’s Big Fat Kick Trick
SUMMARY Sick of searching for hours and hours for that big fat kick? Search no more and learn how to make your own with this old skool trick that...
“Macro” Controls: Ableton
SUMMARY In this tutorial, Nurve delves into the world of macros in Ableton, describing what a macro is and how it all works. He demonstrates how to set up...
Sidechain Compression: Ableton
SUMMARY Nurve starts things off with an in-depth introduction on how and why side-chaining is used, Nurve then shows you how to set it all up in Ableton. Next,...
Made In 60 Minutes: Techno
SUMMARY In this 60 minute tutorial Nurve builds a techno track from scratch. This is split down into 6 parts consisting of drums, rhythm/arpeggio, bass, pads/processing, Fx and arrangement....
Made In 60 Minutes: Halftime Drum & Bass
SUMMARY Nomine is often asked for tips on how to “finish” tracks. It is a common problem for procrastination to take over and to overthink the creation process. Nomine...
Bobby Owsinski: New York Compression Trick
In this video we utilise Bobby Owsinski’s “Real New York” compression trick on a 140 BPM bass music track using some UAD plugins and Logic Pro X stock plugin...
Mid Side EQ Processing: Fab Filter Pro Q2
SUMMARY EQ is an incredible tool utilised by audio professionals in every field and is by far one of the most important tools you will use in shaping your...
Beat Repeat: Ableton
SUMMARY In this tutorial from UK producer Nurve, you’ll be shown how to create some really unique vocal cuts via the Ableton live beat repeat. From finding the sample,...
Making A Synth Bass Patch: NI Massive
In this tutorial from the UK producer Nurve, you will gain an understanding of the powerful Massive Synth by Native Instruments.