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Sonic Academy - HOW TO MAKE Techno with Mac Vaughn

COURSE DESCRIPTION
It's Takeover Time again here at Sonic Academy, and this time we're taking on Techno!

We're proudly welcoming back Mac Vaughn for this epic 'How To Make' as he breaks down and recreates his powerful and dark track Leviathan from scratch in Ableton. Starting with an in-depth look at the features that define a fast bass line Techno track, we begin by building the layered drums, bass rumble and bass lines before moving on to the lead and breakdown. After arranging and automating the basic structure, we dive into some sound design to fill out the track and build on the story before carrying out a mix and master.
This monster of a track is built using solely stock and free plugins - and of course Kick 2 and ANA 2, and packed with tips, tricks and techniques to help you create your own dark, pounding techno floor-filler.

But that's not all...!

To celebrate this event we're hosting another Remix Competition where you can use your newfound skills and make your very own version of this track with some incredible and exclusive prizes up for grabs!

Find out more by clicking on the 'REMIX COMPETITION' tab above!

Contest Ends 20/03/2023 - 23:59 PT

Throughout this event, we'll be chatting with you guys and answering any questions both in the comments section here and over on our dedicated forums page here!

You can also check a Spotify Playlist we've put together here

https://www.sonicacademy.com/courses/techno-with-mac-vaughn

SSL SubGen Synth by Solid State Logic

SSL SubGen is a high-quality sub-bass harmonic synthesizer with support up to 4 independently configurable bands, generating frequencies an octave lower than the source signal - perfect for adding power and thump to snares, kicks and bass. Whether you’re looking to rebuild bass frequencies in thin-sounding or poorly recorded kick and bass guitar tracks or generate LFE content for a film mix or sound design project, SubGen provides an intuitive interface to quickly generate rumble and sub-bass.

Aside from sounding super musical – with a sub-bass generation algorithm that blends naturally with your source instrument – SubGen provides an incredibly easy-to-use interactive interface for controlling the gain, width and frequency for each band as well as workflow enhancements such as per-band solo-ing options, mix lock, and built-in contextual help.

Use the 3 tailored saturation modes (“pre”, “kick” and “bass”) alongside the gain-compensated drive control to easily dial in harmonic character for different sources. Control your sub-bass dynamics using the compressor module. The intuitive all-in-one mix allows you to blend any combination of your wet and dry signals from a single parameter, as well as dial in parallel compression and punch.

Need to tame your sub-bass? Dial in the gentle low- and high-pass filters to control the generated bass or cut unwanted high frequencies and tidy up your mix.

Features
High-quality sub-bass generator

Sub-bass harmonic synthesizer with up to 4 configurable bands

Global filter control with gentle low-pass and high-pass filters

Interactive graph for configuring band gain, center frequency and width

Per-band soloing options for auditioning the generated sub-bass

Dial in harmonics it in with a single, gain-compensated drive control

Choose from three types of tailored saturation characters (“pre”, “bass” and “kick”)

Bass - 70s transistor-style drive and grit with strong harmonics, mild overtones, med-high wet/dry blend with aggressive overtones for adding bite to bass

Kick - 60/70s transistor-style drive with lighter harmonics and subtle overtones for adding distortion to kicks

Pre - 50s valve-style overdrive, with smooth and subtle overtones, emulating a valve pre-amp and ideal for sources other than bass and kick

Built-in compressor with make-up gain and GR meter, for adding ‘glue’ and controlling the generated sub-bass

Quicky A/B the effect of drive and compression using each section’s bypass controls

Use the intuitive all-in-one mix control to blend any combination of wet/dry signal from a single control

Lock your desired mix setting when switching between presets

Built-in help – simply click the ‘?’ and mouseover the GUI to find out more

Cross-platform preset management

A/B for quickly switching between presets

Undo/redo

https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/1-Instruments/4-Synth/10383-SSL-SubGen

Session Recall

Capture the settings of your analog gear

Agony Sample Pack Vol.2 Patreon

tearout dubstep sample pls.

Xfer Records Serum 1.35b1 (Mac)

https://xferrecords.com/products/serum

Can someone work on this please?
New presets are not working on older version of Serum

Sweet MIDI Player

Plays midi files on 64-bit Macs. Would be really useful.
https://macdownload.informer.com/sweet-midi-player/

Slap House Essentials Reloaded Volume 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edqb4QrrQcI

Ragged slap house - reloaded essential V3

Slap House Essentials Reloaded Volume 3

dropgun dark slap house

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz7iRu9Z58o

dropgun slow slap house

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifHbnviwd8s

Silverplatter Sound Effects

https://silverplatteraudio.com/collections/all

Cymatics - Pristine Collection

Explore Every Era of Cymatics Favorites With 35 GB+ of Samples
We had our entire production team do a deep dive to find our absolute best samples from the past 7 years of releases.
This also includes personal samples from every producer on our production team.
And the idea behind this was to give you a massive library of inspiration for making years worth of new music.
It’s essentially like a Cymatics discography, detailing our favorite samples from every single era of Cymatics releases.
This includes hand selected libraries of our favorite Basses, Drum Loops, Vocals, One Shots, & FX.
If you want to increase your workflow & explore all of our go-to samples we’ve made over the years, Pristine was created for exactly that.
*The first 500 people to get Pristine, will receive a $50 Cymatics Gift Card + Cymatics Mystery Crate loaded with 20 premium packs.

LifeStyleDidIt - GLOOM (Analog Lab V Bank)

GLOOM is an Analog Lab V Preset bank. There are 53 unique presets ready to go. All patches were created to have a dark vibe to them. This is the most versetile bank for trap beats. This bank is packed with huge synths, dark pianos, eerie leads, ambient pads, heavy sub basses, guitars, a flute, a saxaphone, strings, and more!

*Requires Analog Lab V (only compatible with Analog Lab V)

Serato Studio 2.0

Can you please upload Serato Studio 2.0 or higher. Thanks

Audio Dynamics: Compression Techniques for Modern Mixing and Mastering

Audiolounge E Funk Synth and drum machine bundle

Audiolounge E Funk Synth and drum machine bundle please.https://www.audiolounge-pro.com/plug-ins-2/e-funk-synth/

Patchworx 53: Histibe Dubstep and Grime Massive Presets

Histibe Dubstep and Grime is a powerful collection of highly tweakable NI Massive sounds including Basses, SFX, Pads and Synths complete with macro controls and full Native Instruments Library integration.

CL-Projects Triode

Truefire Gil Parris' 50 Smooth Jazz Licks You MUST Know

Truefire Gil Parris' 50 Smooth Jazz Licks You MUST Know
Learn how to play smooth jazz guitar licks inspired by the genre's greats
Countless top-notch guitarists, from many different genres, have released records in the radio format known as Smooth Jazz. And why not?! Smooth Jazz has a wide and enthusiastic audience and it’s also commercially successful.

That’s why so many of our guitar heroes dabble, if not specialize in the format. And that’s also why we asked NYC-based recording and performing artist, Gil Parris to put this versatile collection of 50 Smooth Jazz Licks You MUST Know together for your playing pleasure.

Smooth Jazz favors melodic lines played over down-tempo grooves with an ear-pleasing palette of jazz, funk, blues and pop feels and textures. Gil’s handpicked collection of licks pay homage to the best in the biz…

“The collection features many versatile licks and moves from guitarists such as George Benson, Pat Metheny, John Tropea, Chuck Loeb, Earl Klugh, Phil Upchurch, Larry Carlton and many others. But I’ve also included great lines from sax and keyboard players like Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Norman Brown, Gerald Albright, Rick Braun, Red Garland, Cannonball Adderly, David Sanborn, Kim Waters and David Mann.”

Speaking of hit-maker and monster Grammy nominated sax player David Mann… kudos and much thanks to David for providing the killer rhythm tracks that Gil uses to demonstrate over and that you get to practice with on your own.

Gil demonstrates the licks over the rhythm tracks for musical context, and then breaks them down with special emphasis on the correct right and left-hand techniques required to play the licks just like the artists who inspired them. All 50 of the licks are also tabbed out and notated, plus you’ll get Guitar Pro files as well (Windows & Mac compatible).

50 Smooth Jazz Licks You MUST Know is a virtually bottomless resource of lines, licks and moves that you can draw on across jazz, funk, R&B and pop. Combine them, speed them up, slow them down, change the feel or timing and tweak them to your heart’s delight — they’ll serve you for a lifetime.

Heartbreak SZN

'Heartbreak SZN' may just be one of the best R&B kits any producer could dream of having in their arsenal. This Kit contains five jaw-dropping R&B and Pop style beats for which any top tier artist could land a worldwide hit. Sounds inspired by artists like Drake, The Weeknd, Rihanna, Bryson Tiller, Fetty Wap, Beyonce, Chris Brown, Niki Minaj, Kehlani, Justin Bieber and more, this Kit is a sure way to create an instant hit.

https://www.producerloops.com/Download-Producer-Loops-Heartbreak-SZN.html