Videos

March 22, 2016

Guitar Mixing Tips | Thicker Sounds | Paul Simmans

In this tip, Pyramind instructor Paul Simmans shows you multiple techniques you can use to thicken up your guitar sounds. He uses both acoustic guitar and distorted metal to exhibit his techniques. First, he demonstrates the effect of duplicating a track, and why this alone is not sufficient for beefing…

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March 21, 2016

iZotope RX | Audio Spectral Repair

Taken from our An Evening with iZotope event, iZotope product specialist Brandon Carroll walks us through RX, a powerful and essential tool for audio cleanup. He uses the spectral repair function to remove a loud whistle from the crowd in a live show recording. After walking us through the general…

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March 15, 2016

Producing Tropical House Guitar | Ableton Live Tips | Liam Shy

In this tip, Pyramind instructor Liam Shy (aka Mountain of Youth) shows you his technique to get a realistic sounding guitar in a tropical house track. Perfect for the times when you want that vibe but don't have access to a guitar player to record on your session. Using the…

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March 14, 2016

Ableton Mixing Tip | Make it Mono | Will Marshall

In this mixing tip, Pyramind instructor Will Marshall demonstrates the importance of converting stereo tracks to mono tracks, and the most effective way to do this in Ableton. Many producers narrow the width of a stereo track instead of making it mono - Will uses examples to show why this…

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March 14, 2016

Ableton Mixing Tip | Working with Sub Bass | Will Marshall

Book a one-on-one online session with Will: https://bit.ly/2zNYVDp Sub Bass techniques are explored in this Ableton Live tip by Will Marshall. Learn which frequencies will resonate well for the human ear and on large sound systems. Achieve that depth and richness in your productions that makes a big difference. Take…

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March 14, 2016

Ableton Mixing Tip | Bus Compression | Will Marshall

Book a one-on-one online session with Will: http://hubs.ly/H07n6_p0 Learn the basics of bus compression and why it's so important especially to use with electronic drums in this Ableton Live video tip by Will Marshall. Typically the dynamics of even well programmed drums can feel somewhat robotic compared to a live…

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March 11, 2016

Logic Pro X | Guitar Pedalboard | SFLogicNinja

"In this tip, Pyramind instructor Dave Earl aka SFLogicNinja walks you Logic's Pedalboard plugin. For more information about our Online Logic Classes taught by SFLogicNinja: http://hubs.ly/H01rwDk0 This plugin for Logic Pro X allows you to emulate real guitarist's pedal board for a multitude of effects. Overdrive, distortion, fuzz, chorus, octact,…

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March 10, 2016

Logic Pro X | Guitar Amp Designer | SFLogicNinja

In this tip, Pyramind instructor Dave Earl aka SFLogicNinja walks you through the amazingly flexible Logic plugin called Amp Designer. For more information about our Online Logic Classes taught by SFLogicNinja: http://hubs.ly/H01rwDk0 Using a guitar apple loop for this example, Dave showcases the power of this plugin. You can choose…

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March 8, 2016

Rock Guitar Tone Tips | Compression | Matt Donner

Pyramind's Chief Academic Officer Matt Donner shows you how to really beef up the guitar tone in your tracks and make them sit well in your final mix. He introduces you to what he calls the ""Four Dogs of Rock and Roll"" Growl, Roar, Bark and Bite, each of which…

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March 8, 2016

Rock Guitar Tone Tips | EQ | Matt Donner

Pyramind's Chief Academic Officer Matt Donner shows you how to really beef up the guitar tone in your tracks and make them sit well in your final mix. He introduces you to what he calls the ""Four Dogs of Rock and Roll"" Growl, Roar, Bark and Bite, each of which…

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March 7, 2016

The Breakdown | NIMITAE | Liberating Love Remix

Welcome to The Breakdown, our new series that takes an in depth look into a producer's session. Unlock their techniques and tricks of the trade to utilize in your own productions. In this episode, Pyramind's Greg Gordon talks with NIMITAE (aka Bryan Franklin) about his new remix of the Joe…

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March 2, 2016

Trivium | Matt Heafy | Exclusive Interview

Watch this exclusive interview with Trivium frontman, Matt Heafy shot on location at Ace of Spades in Sacramento by Jeff Straw. In the interview, Matt speaks out for the first time about the new Trivium drummer Paul Wandtke since he joined the band in late 2015. In this music production…

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Feb. 29, 2016

Reverb Basics | Theory & Parameters | Steve Heithecker

For our last tip in Mixing Month, Pyramind instructor Steve Heithecker explains the theory behind reverb and walks you through parameter settings commonly found on different reverb units. For more info on our Core Audio Engineer program: http://hubs.ly/H02cB7F0 Reverb is another commonly misused effect so we wanted to take the…

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Feb. 25, 2016

Breakdown | Tron Run/r Remix | Greg Gordon

In this video you can watch and learn time saving tips on how Pyramind producer, Greg Gordon created his remix of Giorgio Moroder and Raney Shockney's original track, "Recursion", for Disney's Tron Run/r using Ableton Live and the Push 2 controller. Pyramind was commissioned by Disney Interactive to create four…

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Feb. 24, 2016

Ableton Live Mixing Tips | Part 2 | Liam Shy

Continuing our Mixing Month theme, next up we bring you Liam Shy (Mountain of Youth) who teaches several of our Ableton courses here at Pyramind. For more information about our Ableton Live online courses: http://hubs.ly/H02bmmB0 In this two part video tutorial, Liam explains his approach to mixing and gives you…

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Feb. 24, 2016

Ableton Live Mixing Tips | Part 1 | Liam Shy

Continuing our Mixing Month theme, next up we bring you Liam Shy (Mountain of Youth) who teaches several of our Ableton courses here at Pyramind. For more information about our Ableton Live online courses: http://hubs.ly/H02bmmB0 In this two part video tutorial, Liam explains his approach to mixing and gives you…

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Feb. 19, 2016

Beginner's Mixing Tip | Effective Use of Stereo | Paul Simmans

In this beginner's tip you will learn about the fundamentals and history of stereo mixing. Pro Tools instructor Paul Simmans walks you through a detailed Pro Tools session to explain where to typically position each instrument in your mix. While panning (like anything in music) doesn't have any rules that…

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Feb. 17, 2016

How a Compressor Works | Part 2 | Audio Examples

In the second half of this all-encompassing compression tip, our Audio Fundamentals Instructor Dan Blum puts the concepts into practice by applying different compression settings to a drum fill. By exaggerating the amount of compression he applies, he is able to showcase how each parameter setting changes the effect. For…

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Feb. 17, 2016

How a Compressor Works | Part 1 | Theory & Parameters

In this tip, Pyramind’s Audio Fundamentals instructor Dan Blum walks you through the theory and parameter settings of compression. There are two concepts he wants you to keep in the back of your mind as you watch - signal flow, and gain staging. Watch part 2 for audio examples of…

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Feb. 12, 2016

Simon Shackleton | Part 2 | Afterglow

We were thrilled to have the opportunity to sit down with Simon Shackleton to talk about his career, the One Series DJ nights that he's becoming increasingly known for, his production process as well as his forthcoming full length record. Through this video Pyramind Director of Marketing Jeff Straw and…

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Feb. 12, 2016

Simon Shackleton | Part 1 | Career Overview

We were thrilled to have the opportunity to sit down with Simon Shackleton to talk about his career, the One Series DJ nights that he's becoming increasingly known for, his production process as well as his forthcoming full length record. Through this video Pyramind Director of Marketing Jeff Straw and…

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Feb. 11, 2016

SFLogicNinja | Mix Prep | Key Commands

“Getting ready to mix is half the battle” In this tip, Dave Earl (aka SFLogicNinja) walks you through his process on prepping a session for mixdown. He teaches you a ton of useful key commands and shortcuts along with way - we call them out on the screen so you…

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Feb. 8, 2016

Elite Session with Joachim Garraud | Video Recap | Part I

Pyramind welcomed world famous DJ and producer Joachim Garraud for our last Elite Session of 2015. Watch part II of the video on our blog: http://hubs.ly/H022NpH0 This lifelong producer and DJ opened up about his career development, talked about what it's like working with world class artists such as Beyonce…

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Jan. 28, 2016

Impact Sound Design Sample Pack Giveaway | Office Space Parody

Download this royalty free sample pack of high impact sounds from our Office Space session here: http://hubs.ly/H01VQSV0 We recently updated the keyboards in our classrooms, replacing all of our M-Audio Axiom 49s with Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol s49s. We sold the old keyboards, but were left with a few that…

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