20 Best Apps for Making Music
Making music, mobile style No doubt many musicians will be receiving a shiny new tablet device for Christmas this year. If it’s your first foray into mobile music-making then you’re in for a real...
View ArticleUsing Your Computer In A Live Situation
Tips for getting the most out of your set… With the sheer amount of sounds, instruments and effects stored on computers these days, it’s only natural you’ll want to investigate how you could...
View ArticleBuild An iPad Recording Studio
Create a studio you can use on the move There’s a lot to be said for portability when it comes to recording your music. Sure, it’s great having a dedicated space setup to capture ideas, but every now...
View ArticleAcoustic Treatment Basics
Tame those wild frequencies For those of us who have home studio setups, or a recording rig at their band room, the issue of acoustic treatment is one which perhaps goes under the radar slightly. Sure,...
View ArticleDifference Between USB and MIDI Controllers
Make the right connection… If you’re creating electronic music of any kind, chances are you’ll come across a USB and a MIDI keyboard or controller. However, when you want to get a little more serious...
View ArticleUsing 3 Programs to Show You How to Convert Audio to MIDI
The programs that will allow you to convert Audio to MIDI (almost) effortlessly. The ability to convert audio to MIDI is something recording artists really rely on, whether they’re a home studio...
View ArticleRecording In Your Hotel Room – Portable Studio Solutions
Some of the best portable recording options for a touring musician When writing music, the Muse strikes when it feels like, not when you want it to, so you need to be able to get ideas down as quickly...
View ArticleRecording Great Backing Vocals At Home
Original article published on Dawsons MusicBlog. Pop, Rock and everything in-between – we look at how to record backing vocals at home Adding backing vocals to your recordings, whether at home or in...
View ArticleRecording Multiple Instruments At The Same Time
Original article published on Dawsons MusicBlog. Tips and techniques for simultaneous recording We’ve all been in the situation where we need to record something quickly. Where you don’t want to mess...
View ArticleBest Apps For Guitarists
Original article published on Dawsons MusicBlog. Second screen help for six stringers Guitarists are pretty fortunate these days. Aside from the unbelievable number of toys and tools on offer to...
View ArticleUsing Creative Automation In Your Daw
Original article published on Dawsons MusicBlog. Making the machine do the work If you read the newspapers you would probably assume that automation, in the wider sense of the word, is coming to take...
View ArticleTaming Your Amp Simulation Software
Original article published on Dawsons MusicBlog. Deconstructing the digital beast Amp simulation software (aka amp sims) offer guitarists digital approximations of pretty much any sound you could...
View ArticleHow To Make Hip Hop Beats
Original article published on Dawsons MusicBlog. Fire in the booth As a genre, hip hop has become something altogether more sprawling and diverse than it was 20 years ago. Where the early pioneers...
View ArticleHow To Sound Like Todd Terje
Original article published on Dawsons MusicBlog. We’re all gearing up for the summer over here at Dawsons, and whose sound screams out summer more than “King of the Summer Jams” Todd Terje....
View ArticleCreating A Summer Sound
Original article published on Dawsons MusicBlog. Sun drenched synths and hot hooks Much like the weather, the change in seasons brings out a change in musical tastes for many. With the padded jackets...
View ArticleFive Obstacles You’ll Face With Your DAW
Original article published on Dawsons MusicBlog. Know the pitfalls before you hit them As musicians and producers, we love the chance to record. Now, with all the super shiny amazing tech which is...
View ArticleGetting Started With Ableton Push 2
Original article published on Dawsons MusicBlog. One controller to rule them all Ableton is best known for its DAW (digital audio workstation) juggernaut Live. Now in its ninth iteration, Live has...
View ArticleCreating A Summer Sound
Original article published on Dawsons MusicBlog. Sun drenched synths and hot hooks Much like the weather, the change in seasons brings out a change in musical tastes for many. With the padded jackets...
View ArticleFive Obstacles You’ll Face With Your DAW
Original article published on Dawsons MusicBlog. Know the pitfalls before you hit them As musicians and producers, we love the chance to record. Now, with all the super shiny amazing tech which is...
View ArticleGetting Started With Ableton Push 2
Original article published on Dawsons MusicBlog. One controller to rule them all Ableton is best known for its DAW (digital audio workstation) juggernaut Live. Now in its ninth iteration, Live has...
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