Book a session with Caiti: https://bit.ly/2goMRjw In this sound design tutorial, our Reason instructor Caiti VerBrugge goes over how to achieve big-sounding future bass chords in a drop. First, she shows you how to make the sound in Reason’s iconic Thor Polysonic Synthesizer. The basis of the sound is fairly…
In this Ableton tutorial, Pyramind instructor Liam Shy shows us a live song arranging technique utilizing his APC40 MKII, as well as nativeKONTROL’s ClyphX MIDI script. ClyphX makes it possible to use macros on one track to control multiple macros on other tracks. This is especially useful for overcoming physical…
Book a session with Brennan: https://bit.ly/2goMRjw In part 2 of our multi-part game audio programming series, Brennan shows us how to add pitch and volume changes to a sound within a game.
Book a session with Brandon: https://bit.ly/2goMRjw October 2016 is Ableton Month at Pyramind! Head to pyramind.com/ableton-month for free downloads all month long. In this tutorial, Pyramind sound designer Brandon Roos walks us through one of his go-to sound design workflow techniques in Ableton Live. He shows us how to make…
It's Ableton Month at Pyramind! All month long, we will be giving out free downloadable content - including Ableton session templates, sampler instruments, and more. All content was made by current students, graduates, and staff. Music by WolfsOnbience: https://soundcloud.com/wolfsonbience
Book a session with Brennan: http://hubs.ly/H06BcGS0 In this first part of our multi part series to basic programming for audio, we are diving into simply playing a sound in the game. There are a lot of terms and ideas thrown out that aren’t explained fully in the video, so head…
Back for another Breakdown, Pyramind’s Matt Donner uses Ableton Live to walk through the music theory behind Runaway (U & I) by Galantis. He builds the chord progression and uses FloatKeys, a Max for Live plugin, to display the notes he plays. Matt uses his favorite concept - “complexity equals…
Book a session with Chris: https://bit.ly/2goMRjw In this sound design tutorial, Pyramind instructor Chris Gear shows us three ways we can emulate analog synthesizers in Native Instrument’s Massive. First, Chris points out that Massive actually comes with two virtual analog oscillators: Pulse - Saw PWM and Pulse - Saw Sync.…
Mastering engineer Mac Vaughn walks us through his personal mastering chain in Ableton Live. This chain of effects is applied to all of the music he masters, and is a mixture of his favorite Ableton stock Devices - as well as third-party plugins. He covers his EQ and compression techniques,…
Watch the live performance of RZN8R - Sterling & Castille feat. Cozmost - shot here at Pyramind in Studio A. RZN8R is an Oakland-raised producer/singer who draws from a wide array of influences - fusing his passions for singing, new thought spirituality, and beats - to craft deep, lush, hypnotic…
Book a session with Derek: https://bit.ly/2goMRjw In this episode of The Breakdown, Pyramind student Derek Buckwalter aka RZN8R walks us through the Ableton session of his new single - Sterling & Castille feat. Cozmost. Every sound in the song was constructed from a human voice - even the drums and…
Back for another Breakdown, Pyramind’s Matt Donner uses Ableton Live to walk through the music theory behind Seven Lions & Myon & Shane 54 - Strangers feat. Tove Lo. He builds the chord progression and uses FloatKeys, a Max for Live plugin, to display the notes he plays. “Complexity equals…
In this music production tutorial, Dave Earl aka SFLogicNinja shows us his favorite song arrangement tricks in Logic Pro X. He goes over how to create, name and navigate between markers in Logic. He also touches on arrangement markers and why they are different from regular markers. Dave also shows…
Electro House DJ and music producer Timotheus ""Timo"" Romme aka MOTi was in town for a show he was headlining, and led a music production tutorial session here at Pyramind. The free event was open to the public and allowed for questions from the audience. MOTi touched on a wide…
Book a one-on-one online session with Will: https://bit.ly/2goMRjw In this Ableton tutorial, Pyramind instructor Will Marshall shows us how he achieves tight-sounding R&B drums associated with acts like Questlove, The Roots, Kendrick Lamar, and Haitus Kaiyote. He also goes over a useful Kontakt drum kit setup that allows you to…
Book a one-on-one online session with Will: https://bit.ly/2goMRjw In this music mixing tip, Pyramind instructor Will Marshall shows us how he uses iZotope Nectar to mix a saxophone part in an electro-funk track he is currently working on in Ableton Live. With its real-time pitch correction and harmony module, Nectar…
Oakland producer and current Pyramind student Skylar Bryant , aka Skytye, sat down to talk with us about his latest single - “I Still”. After a soulful performance of the track on guitar, he walks us through his songwriting philosophy, recording techniques, and workflow in Propellerhead Reason. http://www.skytyemusic.com/ Watch the…
In this tip, Pyramind instructor Ryan Rey discusses mode mixture in EDM using several track examples by Deadmau5, Zedd and Kaskade. First, he explains how to achieve mode mixture using the C major scale. If you write a chord progression in C major, but borrow a chord from C minor,…
Book your DJ Mentor Session Today!: http://bit.ly/2ERHxU3 Scratching has evolved over the years into its own art form. Pyramind was honored to host a true master of the craft for this very special Elite Session with Vekked. Watch the video recap of our event with internationally acclaimed 5-time DMC World…
Book your DJ Mentor Session Today!: http://bit.ly/2ERHxU3 Scratching has evolved over the years into its own art form. Pyramind was honored to host a true master of the craft for this very special Elite Session with Vekked. Watch the video recap of our event with internationally acclaimed 5-time DMC World…
Book a one-on-one online session with Will: https://bit.ly/2goMRjw In this video, one of Pyramind's Ableton instructors, Will Marshall gives you three snare drum processing tricks to make them punch and stand out when mixing in Ableton Live. Throughout this tip, he makes sure to bypass his processing so that you…
Book a session with Caiti: https://bit.ly/2goMRjw In this tip, Reason instructor Caiti VerBrugge shows you how to create a wavetable bass using a resampling workflow. She also touches on three ways Reason 9 makes the process faster and easier. First, she creates a Thor Polysonic Synthesizer and loads up a…
Sign up for our newsletter: https://www.pyramind.com Join our Discord: discord.gg/2jxEWb5 “So it’s one idea - displayed multiple times, multiple ways” Back due to popular demand, Pyramind’s Chief Academic Officer Matt Donner gives us another music theory breakdown. This time, he runs us through the songwriting & arranging techniques used in…
Pyramind instructor Dan Blum discusses drums and the role they play in all genres of music. When it comes to production and arranging, you may have heard some common truisms about drums - they provide rhythm, they help keep time, etc. Dan uses multiple songs as examples to point out…