Videos

Nov. 30, 2016

Mr. Bill | Production Techniques | Ableton Live

In this short clip from our Elite Session with Mr. Bill, Bill goes over a unique production technique he applied in one of his currently unreleased tracks. He wrote two MIDI parts - a chord line and a lead line. He then placed the MIDI on multiple tracks with various…

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Nov. 24, 2016

5 Ways to Use the Circle of Fifths | Music Theory

The Artist Music Producer online group program is starting again soon but space is extremely limited! Sign up for the early bird waitlist and get our 4-Part Mixing & Mastering Guide completely free: artistmusicproducer.com In this in-depth music theory tutorial, Pyramind instructor Ryan Rey goes over multiple ways you can…

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Nov. 22, 2016

VR Sound Design Meetup | Video Recap

VR Headsets do a pretty good job of tricking our eyes, but they mostly ignore our ears. We've partnered with FIMVR, a leading Virtual Reality meetup group here in SF, to workshop how to tell incredible stories and create immersive visuals through sound. http://dysonics.com/ http://subpac.com/ http://www.skysound.com/

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Nov. 16, 2016

Announcing: Pyramind Mentorship Network

The Pyramind Mentorship Network connects you to experienced professionals for truly customized private training in music production, sound design, music business, and more. To get started, visit: https://bit.ly/2goMRjw (Music by WolfsOnbience: https://soundcloud.com/wolfsonbience ) Use our scheduling tool to select the type of training you want, pick your mentor, find a…

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Nov. 15, 2016

Mr. Bill | Live Performance Setup | Ableton Live

In this short clip from our Elite Session with Mr. Bill, Bill goes over how he builds his instrument racks for his live performances. He starts with a Drum Rack, and loads the samples he needs. He inserts a pitch plugin before the Drum Rack, so he can automate the…

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Nov. 10, 2016

Sound Design | Reverse Snare Effects | Ableton Live

Book a session with Brandon: https://bit.ly/2goMRjw In this tutorial, Pyramind sound designer Brandon Roos walks us through three ways to build reverse snare drum sounds in Ableton Live. He uses Ableton stock devices to process and create the sounds. First, he takes the snare he used in his song and…

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Nov. 8, 2016

The Chainsmokers - Closer | Theory & Arrangement Breakdown

Back for another breakdown, Matt Donner dissects the music theory behind “Closer” by The Chainsmokers. He builds the chord progression as well as his own rendition of the song in Logic Pro X. Matt uses his favorite concept - “complexity equals simplicity” - to teach students that complex music theory…

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Nov. 2, 2016

Sound Design | Mr. Bill | Ableton Live

In this short clip from our Elite Session with Mr. Bill, Bill goes over one of his common sound design workflows in Ableton Live. A member of the audience asked how he makes his glitch sound effects, so Bill created some on the spot. He used the sounds to create…

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Oct. 25, 2016

Game Audio | Basic Programming - Part 3 | Unity & C♯

Book a session with Brennan: https://bit.ly/2goMRjw In part 3 of our multi-part game audio programming series, Brennan shows us how to create coroutines for more advanced sound programming within a game.

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Oct. 19, 2016

Future Bass Chords | Reason 9

Book a session with Caiti: https://bit.ly/2goMRjw In this sound design tutorial, our Reason instructor Caiti VerBrugge goes over how to achieve big-sounding future bass chords in a drop. First, she shows you how to make the sound in Reason’s iconic Thor Polysonic Synthesizer. The basis of the sound is fairly…

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Oct. 18, 2016

Live Arranging in Ableton | APC40 MKII

In this Ableton tutorial, Pyramind instructor Liam Shy shows us a live song arranging technique utilizing his APC40 MKII, as well as nativeKONTROL’s ClyphX MIDI script. ClyphX makes it possible to use macros on one track to control multiple macros on other tracks. This is especially useful for overcoming physical…

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Oct. 11, 2016

Game Audio | Basic Programming - Part 2 | Unity & C♯

Book a session with Brennan: https://bit.ly/2goMRjw In part 2 of our multi-part game audio programming series, Brennan shows us how to add pitch and volume changes to a sound within a game.

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Oct. 7, 2016

Resampling | Hands-On Sound Design | Ableton Live

Book a session with Brandon: https://bit.ly/2goMRjw October 2016 is Ableton Month at Pyramind! Head to pyramind.com/ableton-month for free downloads all month long. In this tutorial, Pyramind sound designer Brandon Roos walks us through one of his go-to sound design workflow techniques in Ableton Live. He shows us how to make…

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Oct. 5, 2016

Ableton Month | Free Downloads

It's Ableton Month at Pyramind! All month long, we will be giving out free downloadable content - including Ableton session templates, sampler instruments, and more. All content was made by current students, graduates, and staff. Music by WolfsOnbience: https://soundcloud.com/wolfsonbience

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Oct. 4, 2016

Game Audio | Basic Programming - Part 1 | Unity & C♯

Book a session with Brennan: http://hubs.ly/H06BcGS0 In this first part of our multi part series to basic programming for audio, we are diving into simply playing a sound in the game. There are a lot of terms and ideas thrown out that aren’t explained fully in the video, so head…

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Sept. 27, 2016

Galantis - Runaway (U & I) | Theory & Arrangement Breakdown

Back for another Breakdown, Pyramind’s Matt Donner uses Ableton Live to walk through the music theory behind Runaway (U & I) by Galantis. He builds the chord progression and uses FloatKeys, a Max for Live plugin, to display the notes he plays. Matt uses his favorite concept - “complexity equals…

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Sept. 20, 2016

NI Massive | Analog Emulation | Sound Design

Book a session with Chris: https://bit.ly/2goMRjw In this sound design tutorial, Pyramind instructor Chris Gear shows us three ways we can emulate analog synthesizers in Native Instrument’s Massive. First, Chris points out that Massive actually comes with two virtual analog oscillators: Pulse - Saw PWM and Pulse - Saw Sync.…

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Sept. 13, 2016

Mastering in Ableton Live | Mac Vaughn

Mastering engineer Mac Vaughn walks us through his personal mastering chain in Ableton Live. This chain of effects is applied to all of the music he masters, and is a mixture of his favorite Ableton stock Devices - as well as third-party plugins. He covers his EQ and compression techniques,…

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Sept. 11, 2016

RZN8R feat. Cozmost - Sterling & Castille | Live Studio Performance

Watch the live performance of RZN8R - Sterling & Castille feat. Cozmost - shot here at Pyramind in Studio A. RZN8R is an Oakland-raised producer/singer who draws from a wide array of influences - fusing his passions for singing, new thought spirituality, and beats - to craft deep, lush, hypnotic…

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Sept. 11, 2016

The Breakdown | RZN8R | Ableton Live

Book a session with Derek: https://bit.ly/2goMRjw In this episode of The Breakdown, Pyramind student Derek Buckwalter aka RZN8R walks us through the Ableton session of his new single - Sterling & Castille feat. Cozmost. Every sound in the song was constructed from a human voice - even the drums and…

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Sept. 6, 2016

Seven Lions - Strangers | Theory & Arrangement Breakdown

Back for another Breakdown, Pyramind’s Matt Donner uses Ableton Live to walk through the music theory behind Seven Lions & Myon & Shane 54 - Strangers feat. Tove Lo. He builds the chord progression and uses FloatKeys, a Max for Live plugin, to display the notes he plays. “Complexity equals…

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Aug. 30, 2016

Arrangement Tips | Logic Pro X | Dave Earl

In this music production tutorial, Dave Earl aka SFLogicNinja shows us his favorite song arrangement tricks in Logic Pro X. He goes over how to create, name and navigate between markers in Logic. He also touches on arrangement markers and why they are different from regular markers. Dave also shows…

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Aug. 21, 2016

Music Production Workshop with MOTi

Electro House DJ and music producer Timotheus ""Timo"" Romme aka MOTi was in town for a show he was headlining, and led a music production tutorial session here at Pyramind. The free event was open to the public and allowed for questions from the audience. MOTi touched on a wide…

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Aug. 17, 2016

Mixing Tips | R&B Drums | Kontakt

Book a one-on-one online session with Will: https://bit.ly/2goMRjw In this Ableton tutorial, Pyramind instructor Will Marshall shows us how he achieves tight-sounding R&B drums associated with acts like Questlove, The Roots, Kendrick Lamar, and Haitus Kaiyote. He also goes over a useful Kontakt drum kit setup that allows you to…

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