They have a rare, innate ability to problem-solve and change those around them. If you are a drummer, you’ve probably heard a joke or two about your kind’s intelligence level. You’ve put up with being called a dummy for far too long but thankfully we’re here to clear your name. Prof. Frederic Ullen, from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm concluded that the brain activity of an individual who can keep…
“As many of you will already know, the trick to making a good kick is to layer drum samples together.” – Rob Jones (Plugin Boutique) One of the most important aspects (if not THE most important part) of any electronic piece of music is the good old kick drum. For decades, producers of all genre’s have spent countless hours sculpting and fine tuning this particular instrument to meet the needs of…
“They were sampling those records because they heard something in that music that spoke to them.” When the topic of sampling comes up in modern music, it usually ends in an uproar of controversy due to the legal battles associated with it. But sampling in electronic and independent hip hop music is an essential part of the production process and something that has been going on since the first sampler hit…
“All in all, what I’m really committed to is to provide the electronic music scene with a real festival.” As the launching pad for many successful electronic musicians over the last few years, Mutek has been one of the most notable festivals to promote electronic music and digital arts in Canada. This year they’ve teamed up with Montreal’s digital arts and media festival Elektra. The 5 day festival takes place…
When you upgrade to a newer version of Liquid Rhythm on Steam you may run into this dialog box: Simply click Yes to install the new plugins. If for some reason you click no, you can simply go to the help menu bar within Liquid Rhythm and click on: ” Install Plugins on Next Launch” (see photo below). Relaunch Liquid Rhythm and everything should be up to date. Another reason…
WaveDNA is heading to Metalworks Institute to showcase the latest update to Liquid Rhythm On May 14 2014, WaveDNA will be presenting the latest update of Liquid Rhythm, Beat Generation Software to the staff and students at Metalworks Institute for the first time. Jason Spanu, a.k.a DJ Shine, Ableton Certified Trainer and Liquid Rhythm Product Specialist and Saro Migidirycan, UX Manager at WaveDNA will be demonstrating the latest features in Liquid Rhythm including the Ableton Push…
Percussion Instrument Types in Liquid Rhythm Liquid Rhythm has a built-in system that suggests MIDI patterns according to the instrument type of selected tracks. For example, selecting a bar in a Kick Drum track will cause the BarForm List to display suggested MIDI patterns for Kick Drums. When Liquid Rhythm is bridged into Ableton Live as a Max For Live plugin, it interprets the instrument type for each sample in…
Electronic Nation Reimagines the Digital Dreams Festival Grounds On Canada Day long weekend of last year, Torontonian’s had the opportunity to venture into what would become the largest electronic music festival our country has ever seen. As ticket sales broke records, Ontario Place soon became a tribalistic gathering of 50,000 dancers celebrating our nations birthday over two days of festival activities. This year is no different as Electronic Nation hope…
EM15 Presents The Crystal Interface Audiovisual Creation Contest WaveDNA is excited to be partnering with Mutek for its 15th anniversary event. Elektra and Mutek have come together to present EM15. The event, which takes place in Montreal from May 27 – June 1 promises to be the digital arts and electronic music festival of the summer. To celebrate their crystal anniversary EM15 has launched the Crystal Interface, an international audiovisual…
“Try to find out what it is that you truly wanna hear from yourself. Break it down to a minimum of elements. If you like what you have, spread it out. Be carefully brave.” Harry Bum Tschak has been a part of the German drumming community for many years. He has recorded and/or performed with top acts like Nena, Pohlmann, Right Said Fred, Finkenauer, and international guitar virtuosos like Jerry…
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