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BEHIND THE BEAT: PEDDLES

I recently co-executive produced Nappy Nina's new album entitled "Mourning Due". This is an in depth look at the production as well as the full final mix. In this video I discuss everything from my process for generating my own sample content, to drum selection and arrangement to vocal production and mixing.

SAXOPHONE SAMPLING WORKFLOW

In this video I'm trying out some new D'Addario Venn synthetic reeds. I'm also using the opportunity to make some original sample material for some beats. This is a bit of my creative process which includes using the iZotope Nectar harmonizer and resampling in Ableton Live.

HOW I BUILT THE FELT PIANO PLUGIN

This is the complete overview of my process for making my Felt Piano Multisample Instrument Plug-in.

Get the instrument here.

THE FELT PIANO MULTISAMPLE INSTRUMENT

I sampled my awesome, warm, slightly out of tune DIY Felt Piano and made a multisample, multi-mic instrument.
 

SYMPATHETIC RESONANCE WITH SAX AND PIANO

I was playing my sax and noticed my piano was doing something really cool. This is due to what we call
"sympathetic resonance"

FELT PIANO MIC PLACEMENT EXPERIMENTS

Turns out micing the felt piano in different places yields drastically different sounds.

HOW I GOT THE DRAKE PIANO SOUND WITH NO PLUGINS

Exploring the piano sound of 40/Drake/Nils Frahm without any plugins.

FIXING NOISE & HUM IN TAPE RECORDINGS

A bit of the process I used while recording drum loops for my recent sample pack.

BEST PRACTICES FOR MASTERING SAMPLES

A brief overview on mastering for sample composers & creators.

RESAMPLING MIX STEMS

A video explaining a fun part of my work process which includes resampling different stems during the mixing process to get completely unique and new material.

CHOPPING SAMPLES

An in depth look at my process and how I would utilize the samples in my new sample pack - A Bit Of Everything Vol. 1

SAMPLE PACK PLAYTHRU

Check out some audio examples of my first sample pack. 

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