http://dnbbeats.com Drum & Bass Production Tutorials & Secrets Sat, 05 May 2012 02:03:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://dnbbeats.com/hot-dnb-plugin-tip/ http://dnbbeats.com/hot-dnb-plugin-tip/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:49:39 +0000 admin http://dnbbeats.com/?p=1417 Okay, this tip is not really a new one. The plugin I’m referring to here is the PSP Vintage Warmer 2 by those Polish boffins of Audio Software PSP. If you had the chance to check out the latest CM mag with heavy weights Icicle, Reso and the Qemists then you’ll know what I’m talking [...]


]]> http://dnbbeats.com/hot-dnb-plugin-tip/feed/ 2 http://dnbbeats.com/a-note-on-synthesis/ http://dnbbeats.com/a-note-on-synthesis/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 06:25:37 +0000 admin http://dnbbeats.com/?p=1405 Listen, in this day and age of unlimited downloads, torrents and cracks its easy to have a VST folder that’s jammed packed full of synths that you have absolutely no idea about what they do or how they sound. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. STOP Go back into your folder and [...]


]]> http://dnbbeats.com/a-note-on-synthesis/feed/ 0 http://dnbbeats.com/21-drum-n-bass-production-mixing-tips/ http://dnbbeats.com/21-drum-n-bass-production-mixing-tips/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:45:49 +0000 admin http://dnbbeats.com/?p=756 Ask any drum n bass producer what’s the hardest part of drum n bass production and 9 out of 10 will tell you its the mixdown. So with that in mind I thought I’d share a few mixing tips I’ve managed to pick up along the way. 1. Compression, now before everyone gets their knickers [...]


]]> http://dnbbeats.com/21-drum-n-bass-production-mixing-tips/feed/ 6 http://dnbbeats.com/mixing-audio-by-roey-izhaki-review/ http://dnbbeats.com/mixing-audio-by-roey-izhaki-review/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:42:29 +0000 admin http://dnbbeats.com/?p=392 I’ve had Mixing Audio Concepts and Practices by Roey Izhaki for quite a while now. (truth is I wish I had it way earlier!). There ain’t that many books on production so I when one pops up you gotta give it a look, right? For many drum n bass producers the mixdown IS the hardest [...]


]]> http://dnbbeats.com/mixing-audio-by-roey-izhaki-review/feed/ 0 http://dnbbeats.com/kmag-special-science-of-sampling/ http://dnbbeats.com/kmag-special-science-of-sampling/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:33:40 +0000 admin http://dnbbeats.com/?p=657 Hi peeps, just a heads up on the whats going down over at kmag.co.uk. They got an awesome series started called the  “Science of Sampling”. They’re going to cover pretty much everything to do with sampling like “what is sampling?, analog samplers, digital samplers, the future of sampling etc”. If you know me at all [...]


]]> http://dnbbeats.com/kmag-special-science-of-sampling/feed/ 2 http://dnbbeats.com/drum-n-bass-production-tools-of-the-trade/ http://dnbbeats.com/drum-n-bass-production-tools-of-the-trade/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:42:14 +0000 admin http://dnbbeats.com/?p=626 Well, I’m back but this isn’t gonna be that another latest drum n bass production wonder vst plugin article. That was last week! You can check it out here just in case you missed it. No, this one  is gonna be an article on the other programs I like to use to help me out [...]


]]> http://dnbbeats.com/drum-n-bass-production-tools-of-the-trade/feed/ 0 http://dnbbeats.com/drum-n-bass-production-mastering-tutorial/ http://dnbbeats.com/drum-n-bass-production-mastering-tutorial/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:52:35 +0000 admin http://dnbbeats.com/?p=515 Simon V Mastering Tutorial Our favourite Santorin producer Simon V gives us some excellent drum n bass production tips on how he masters his tracks for commercial release. Simon kindly gives up audio snippets to download at various stages in the production so that we can hear hear the processes he applies and how they [...]


]]> http://dnbbeats.com/drum-n-bass-production-mastering-tutorial/feed/ 0 http://dnbbeats.com/favourite-drum-n-bass-production-vst-plugins/ http://dnbbeats.com/favourite-drum-n-bass-production-vst-plugins/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:44:33 +0000 admin http://dnbbeats.com/?p=502 VST PLUGINS POWER! Howdy, well its a few months on from my last post about drum & bass plugins, so for all of you that missed the 4 part series you can check them out here but click here for all other drum & bass production goodies.  A lot has happened in the last few [...]


]]> http://dnbbeats.com/favourite-drum-n-bass-production-vst-plugins/feed/ 2 http://dnbbeats.com/loopmasters-mistabishi-drum-bass-vol4-review/ http://dnbbeats.com/loopmasters-mistabishi-drum-bass-vol4-review/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:07:53 +0000 admin http://dnbbeats.com/?p=485 Mistabishi – Drum & Bass Vol.4 Sample CD Review So you’ve been trying to write Drum n Bass for a while now but your tunes just don’t seem to be getting anywhere, right? You’re bass sounds weak and your drums just don’t have that punch and weight that most commercial drum n bass does right? [...]


]]> http://dnbbeats.com/loopmasters-mistabishi-drum-bass-vol4-review/feed/ 0 http://dnbbeats.com/drum-n-bass-and-logic-9/ http://dnbbeats.com/drum-n-bass-and-logic-9/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:48:53 +0000 admin http://dnbbeats.com/?p=395 New Drum n Bass Production Standard? Logic Audio was always a favourite DAW for drum n bass production but does Logic 9 stand tall? Its an interesting question since I’m a die hard Cubase user, however,  every now and again I find myself wandering around and checking out what’s happening with the other sequencers out [...]


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