Com Truise: Breaking Down the Synths in “Existence Schematic” (Video)
Courtesy of Reverb Machine this video from Com Truise’s Soundfly course reveals Seth’s synth arrangements for his song “Existence Schematic.”
Courtesy of Reverb Machine this video from Com Truise’s Soundfly course reveals Seth’s synth arrangements for his song “Existence Schematic.”
In this video from Com Truise’s new course on Soundfly, Seth Haley reveals the secrets of his coveted “drum funk rack.” Dive in!
Want your kick drums to cut through your mix more aggressively without making a muddy mess? Here’s how to get that Com Truise-esque punch!
In this tutorial, we apply RJD2’s drum sampling process with the Akai MPC to the widely-used music production DAW, Logic Pro X.
Got 10 minutes to learn about the history of the drum kit as we know it today? We talk about how individual drums, players, and genres helped the kit evolve.
Whether you’re sitting down to a jazz concert, flipping out at a death metal concert, or standing around to watch a group of indie darlings, towards the back of the stage you’re almost always guaranteed to see a drum kit. Rhythm is one of the great unifiers in music and there’s nothing quite like watching […]
Musicians today use audio effects for literally everything. Guitarists, keyboardists, vocalists, saxophonists, you name it. Effects play a huge role in defining your personal sound to achieve the exact, desired impact no matter what instrument or genre you play. Yet, in my experience, drummers tend to be wariest of using effects processing in a live setting. […]
Everyone knows that Jeff Mills shreds on a TR-909, that Egyptian Lover shakes up a room with his TR-808, and that legendary percussionist Sheila E (who worked with Prince, Marvin Gaye, Beyoncé, Diana Ross, and more) makes magic happen with a Linn LM-1. There’s no doubt that these drum machines — and the artists that made them iconic — changed […]
One of the best ways to explore complete drumming versatility when using a percussion pad is to combine it with your Digital Audio Workstation (DAW), such as Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, or Reason. In this article, I’m going to break down the steps to connect your percussion pad to Ableton Live. One thing to note: […]
Becoming comfortable with playing electronic percussion is a vital skill for the modern drummer, especially when playing contemporary, digital-heavy genres such as trap, neo-soul, and pop-rock. Contemporary music production has a tendency to involve a combination of very specific drum sounds and completely electronic sounds that cannot be easily emulated by acoustic drums, and as a […]