Check out these two videos of Matt Shadetek talking about the Creative Process.

Dope video of what can be done using the Akai APC40 which has recently become my weapon of choice.

Bonobo, aka Simon Green, explaining the making of the track “Kiara” off of his new album “Black Sands”.

DJing template with Ableton and APC40 from Will Marshall on Vimeo.

2nd video with updates:

DJ Template Redux from Will Marshall on Vimeo.

This is a short walkthrough of …

These were posted on Beatportal but I figured I’d repost them here as a future resource for myself and others.  Enjoy.

Creating a beat in Ableton:

Resource Files

247HH v2 Interview/DJ set: Z-Trip from MCM on Vimeo.

Video of what appears to be Beef Wellington using his new APC 40. He’s basically set up a drum loop on each button and then for each square set up varying effects. I think he has it on a 1/8 or 1/4 quanitization so that nothing he …

EDIT – Download my full zip pack with instructions on installing the APC 40 template.

I just got the APC 40 and so far I’m really digging it.  I did notice that there were some ideas/features that they didn’t include.  I’ve been …

http://www.audiodamage.com/downloads/

http://www.audiomastermind.com/browse-free_vst_plugins-5886988-1.html

http://www.vstplanet.com/

http://free-loops.com/free-vst-plugins.php

http://free-plugin-list.com/

http://www.sadglad.com/freevstplugins6.html

http://freevstplugins.blogspot.com/

Aiki @ LoopCache sent me these tutorials so I thought I would repost them.

Compression. Its the one thing that almost all styles of
electronic music use in spades and yet many people either don’t
really understand it or only get to grips with it
through trial and error.

Here …

I watched a ton of tutorials this weekend.  There are a lot of people out there doing some great work.  Dubspot.com is a school in NYC that has grabbed my attention lately.  They have a great style and their tutorials are super relevant and easy to follow.  Please leave …