Watch the video recap of our Elite Session with producer & DJ Simon Shackleton. Simon has had a long career in the music industry - dating back 25 years ago when he left Exeter University with a Masters Degree in classical composition. A man of many pseudonyms, he has gone…
Watch the video recap of our Elite Session with producer & DJ Simon Shackleton. Simon has had a long career in the music industry - dating back 25 years ago when he left Exeter University with a Masters Degree in classical composition. A man of many pseudonyms, he has gone…
“Complexity equals simplicity” In this tip, Pyramind’s Chief Academic Officer Matt Donner runs us through the songwriting & arranging techniques used in Disclosure’s hit, “Latch”. Before digging in, he wants you to keep this concept in mind - complexity equals simplicity. He notes that a lot of his students struggle…
Watch the latest episode of The Breakdown, our new series that takes an in depth look into a producer's session. Unlock their techniques and tricks of the trade to utilize in your own productions. In this episode, Greg Gordon sits down with Pyramind alumni Liam Levinson (aka Lamb Dub) to…
Pyramind's "Planning for Success" guest lectures are designed to enhance the learning experience with unique perspectives on success and relationship building opportunities from the front lines of the industry. Guest lecturer Bryan Franklin (aka electronic music artist NIMITAE), co-author of The Last Safe Investment and founder of FranklinMedia, walks us…
"Having this onboard DSP... where I can record with compression, with gating, with an EQ, and not need to rely on internal processing for that from my computer, it’s a really big help - especially in a live performance scenario.” - Thavius Beck on the K-Mix An Evening with Keith…
Watch the latest episode of The Breakdown, our new series that takes an in depth look into a producer's session. Unlock their techniques and tricks of the trade to utilize in your own productions. In this episode, Greg Gordon interviews reggae artist Rocker-T in support for his release of the…
Watch Erin Barra (Mamma Barra) re-create her take on Paul Simon's Graceland from scratch. This video was an excerpt from her Elite Session in 2013. Erin builds the rhythmic foundation of the track from the ground up using the Ableton Push. Kick, claps, bongos, bass line and chords that she…
Watch Erin Barra (Mamma Barra) perform Broken Banks from her Undefined EP using Ableton Live and the Push and an Akai LPK25. This soulful throwback style track gets a different treatment for her live sets than the version on the album. With lyrics inspired by a slam poet, an old…
In this video we get an inside peek into the musical life of Erin Barra. She brings us fresh insight on things like turning a studio recording into a live performance with Ableton's Drum Rack and the Push, and using the Chain Selector in a live application. She also offers…
Book a one-on-one online session with Will: https://bit.ly/2zNYVDp Pyramind instructor Will Marshall shows you a track analysis technique he teaches in our Mixing & Mastering in Ableton class here at our ground campus. Using Fab Filter Pro-Q 2, he demonstrates how you can isolate certain frequencies to better understand where…
Watch the latest episode of The Breakdown, our new series that takes an in depth look into a producer's session. Unlock their techniques and tricks of the trade to utilize in your own productions. In this episode, Pyramind's Jeff Straw sits down with alumni Brandon Roos (aka Smoltron) and Cole…
To kick off arrangement month, we've got a cool excerpt for you from the Elite Session with K Theory. In this tip, Dylan Lewman and Pyramind alumni Dustin Musser (aka Frost-RAVEN) from K Theory walk us through a couple of their personal templates in Reason. They talk about why templates…
In the latest episode of The Breakdown, Pyramind students Diego Perez and Connor Mooldyk walk us through their remix of Recursion, the Giorgio Moroder and Raney Shokne original track used in the brand new game Tron Run/r. Pyramind was commissioned by Disney to create four remixes, some of which were…
From our event, An Evening with iZotope, product specialist Brandon Carroll walks us through the new features in Iris 2, iZotope's sample based synthesizer, and showcases its powerful sound design functions. It can be used as a plugin within your DAW or separately as a standalone application. Iris 2 comes…
Watch the new episode of The Breakdown, our series that takes an in depth look into a producer's session. Unlock their techniques and tricks of the trade to utilize in your own productions. For info on our online classes: https://bit.ly/2zNYVDp In this episode, Pyramind's Greg Gordon talks with M3RC (aka…
Taken from our An Evening with iZotope event , this in depth video overview, iZotope product specialist Brandon Carroll walks us through Ozone 7, a widely used mastering tool that can be used as a DAW plugin or separately as a standalone application. Ozone is an incredibly extensive tool that…
Watch this exclusive interview with Trivium guitarist, Corey Beaulieu shot on location at Ace of Spades in Sacramento by Jeff Straw. In the interview, Corey talks about their current US tour for Silence in the Snow and what it was like recording that record. We asked him about multi-tracking guitars…
In this tip, Pyramind instructor Paul Simmans shows you multiple techniques you can use to thicken up your guitar sounds. He uses both acoustic guitar and distorted metal to exhibit his techniques. First, he demonstrates the effect of duplicating a track, and why this alone is not sufficient for beefing…
Taken from our An Evening with iZotope event, iZotope product specialist Brandon Carroll walks us through RX, a powerful and essential tool for audio cleanup. He uses the spectral repair function to remove a loud whistle from the crowd in a live show recording. After walking us through the general…
In this tip, Pyramind instructor Liam Shy (aka Mountain of Youth) shows you his technique to get a realistic sounding guitar in a tropical house track. Perfect for the times when you want that vibe but don't have access to a guitar player to record on your session. Using the…
In this mixing tip, Pyramind instructor Will Marshall demonstrates the importance of converting stereo tracks to mono tracks, and the most effective way to do this in Ableton. Many producers narrow the width of a stereo track instead of making it mono - Will uses examples to show why this…
Book a one-on-one online session with Will: https://bit.ly/2zNYVDp Sub Bass techniques are explored in this Ableton Live tip by Will Marshall. Learn which frequencies will resonate well for the human ear and on large sound systems. Achieve that depth and richness in your productions that makes a big difference. Take…
Book a one-on-one online session with Will: http://hubs.ly/H07n6_p0 Learn the basics of bus compression and why it's so important especially to use with electronic drums in this Ableton Live video tip by Will Marshall. Typically the dynamics of even well programmed drums can feel somewhat robotic compared to a live…