What Is Pitch-Shifting and How to Use It Creatively in Your Mix
A beginner’s discussion on pitch-shifting and how you can use this process subtly to add life and movement to your mixes.
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How to Warp Audio in Ableton Live
Courtesy of Soundfly’s new Ableton Live course, here’s a lesson on warping and time-shifting audio samples to fit your tempo.
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2 Ways of Creating Bass Lines in Hip-Hop Beats
In this post, an excerpt of one of the lessons in Soundfly’s Hip-Hop Production course, we go over two ways to use bass lines in hip-hop beats.
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How to Get More From Your Samples Using Transposition
+ Learn to create and arrange original, instrumental hip-hop music from sampling pioneer RJD2 himself in his new course on Soundfly, RJD2: From Samples to Songs. Here’s a step-by-step guide to pitch-shifting, finding the key, and warping. When you’re working with samples, the pitch is key! You found that perfect sample, but there’s one problem… It doesn’t fit with…
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What Are Hanon Exercises and Why Should Keyboard Players Practice Them?
Hanon exercises are the source of much debate in the keyboard community. Some teachers love them, and others think they’re useless. Students seem to universally dislike them, at least when they are starting out. It’s not hard to see why; they’re repetitive, they don’t sound cool, and it can be hard to see the practical application.…
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What Is the Saddest Chord Progression in the World?
The next time you’re writing a heartbreaking, gut-wrenching tune, try using this handful of chords to drive your sadness home.
