How to Add a Nostalgic Touch to Your Lo-Fi Music
From sampling crackling vinyl, to tape saturated drum sounds, to jazzy melodies and chords, lo-fi hip-hop beats make us think of our past.
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Logic Pro’s Apple Loops: The Gift That Keeps on Giving…
If Apple Loops can be good enough samples for Rihanna, Usher, and Linkin Park, they can be good enough for us too! Here’s how to use them.
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5 Tips for Getting Punchier Kicks (That Sound Like Com Truise!)
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!
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RJD2’s Journey From MPC to Studio, Student to Teacher
Borrowed from our friends at Reverb.com, this interview with producer RJD2 tracks his progress from student of the MPC to Soundfly teacher.
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“Descended From Myth” — RJD2 on Playing With Loopy Math (Video)
In this lesson from RJD2’s From Samples to Songs course, we learn how RJ approached one of his most beloved tracks with a conceptual mindset.
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4 Classic Breakbeats That Changed Hip-Hop History
We take a closer look at 4 of the most sampled breakbeats in history, and the hip-hop songs they’ve contributed to influentially.
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“Synthetic Substitution”: How RJD2 Samples Soul Records
In this lesson from RJD2’s From Samples to Songs course, we explore how he approaches soul records and one cut in particular… Tune in!
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RJD2 on the Art of Sampling (Video)
In this video premier from RJD2’s new course on Soundfly, he talks about the legacy and art of sampling from a creative, composing standpoint.
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RJD2’s “Smoke and Mirrors:” Crafting a Dramatic Reveal
In this video borrowed from RJD2’s new course on Soundfly, he explains the arrangement mechanism that drives his song “Smoke & Mirrors.”
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How to Add Chopped Drum Samples to a Loop in Logic Pro X
In this tutorial, we apply RJD2’s drum sampling process with the Akai MPC to the widely-used music production DAW, Logic Pro X.
