Videos

On December 5th, Pyramind sponsored the SF Youth Arts Summit. This vibrant event showcased youth artwork and performances throughout the day. Providing music for the event gave us the opportunity to showcase a pair of our talented young students Ulloa (David Sanchez) and Zaweizen (Connor Mooldyk) who were joined by…

Pyramind welcomed a true legend to our facility on November 12th, . The one and only Dave Smith, founder of Sequential Circuits and Dave Smith Instruments who is often referred to as the Father of MIDI. Watch the full 90 minute video on our blog http://hubs.ly/H01Sg5f0

Having trouble mixing harmonically? In this tip, Pyramind DJ instructor Shawn Mercado (aka M3RC) walks you through a simple way to analyze your songs and plan your set accordingly. This will be especially helpful for those of you who aren’t very familiar with music theory. For more info on our…

On November 12th, Pyramind welcomed a true legend to our facility. The one and only Dave Smith, founder of Sequential Circuits and Dave Smith Instruments who is often referred to as the Father of MIDI. During An Evening with Dave Smith, which you can watch in it’s entirety, you will…

On November 12th, Pyramind welcomed a true legend to our facility. The one and only Dave Smith, founder of Sequential Circuits and Dave Smith Instruments who is often referred to as the Father of MIDI. During An Evening with Dave Smith, which you can watch in it’s entirety, you will…

In this tip, Pro Tools instructor Paul Simmans shows you some of the new editing features available in Pro Tools 12.3. These features are guaranteed to improve your workflow. He walks you through the new commit feature, which quickly bounces a track or selection to audio while giving you the…

Ever wonder what it's like to come to school at Pyramind in San Francisco? Learn more about The Most In Depth One Year Training Program On The Planet here: http://hubs.ly/H01DKQ60 In this short video our students talk openly about their experiences here at Pyramind. They discuss our community, the studio…

For more information on our DJ Courses head here: https://bit.ly/2FiKmO1 Are you tired of organizing your music on your drive - only to have to do it again in Serato? In this tip, Pyramind instructor Liam Shy shows you how to get Serato to create crates and subcrates for you,…

Learn to control and tame tempo to fit your production needs! In this video, Logic expert and Pyramind instructor Dave Earl (SFLogicNinja) demonstrates a quick and easy way to extract tempo information from a song that isn’t “on the grid”. First he walks you through the popular beat mapping technique,…

In this tip, Logic expert and Pyramind instructor Dave Earl (SFLogicNinja) goes over setting up a vocoder effect and saving the setup (including the required bussing!) as a patch for easy future use. In order to modulate Logic’s EVOC 20, you need to set up a sidechain input. Dave demonstrates…

In this tip, Pyramind instructor Dave Earl (aka SFLogicNinja) goes over the new drummers that have been added in Logic 10.2. He walks you through the new electronic and hip hop drummers and what makes them different and unique from the existing rock, alternative, songwriter and R&B drummers. SFLogicNInja talks…

Book a one-on-one online session with Ryan: https://bit.ly/2zNYVDp Pyramind music theory and piano instructor Ryan Rey shows you how to get more out of a vocal track using iZotope's Nectar 2 plugin. Learn how to add harmonies to a dry vocal track using the plugin's Harmony module, to achieve a…

Pyramind Chief Academic Officer Matt Donner walks you through our process of sampling a Baby Grand piano! Learn the basics of sampling a complex acoustic instrument, as well as different sampling techniques can save you time on the project. We sampled the piano using a pair of Neumann U87s, AKG…

We sit with Nick Pourfard founder of Prisma Guitars for this two part look at his unique custom guitar building. Part 2: Guitar Demo Here Pyramind's Bryan Dale showcases the tones that each of these two handmade guitars create. The first is a surf inspired guitar featuring a single coil…

We sit with Nick Pourfard founder of Prisma Guitars for this two part look at his unique custom guitar building. Part 1: The Interview Combining a lifelong love of skateboarding with a passion for woodworking and guitars, the creation of Prisma seemed a natural fit for Nick. In our interview…

Are your mixes sounding a bit dull and flat? Exciters like the Ozone 6 are a terrific way to add tasteful color, character and depth to your tracks. In this video, Pyramind's Ableton Live instructor and producer Liam Shy walks you through the iZotope Ozone 6 Exciter, a key part…

Mike Morasky came to Pyramind to share his thoughts on the rapidly growing world of Virtual Reality and 3D sound for games. As the lead director and composer at Valve (best known for his work composing scores for Portal, Portal 2, Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead) and with…

Explore the new Synth Patches & Library in Logic Pro X 10.1 • Explore the new Melotron & Cinematic samples recorded from the original source files giving you absolute clarity. • Over 200 new synth patches. • Explore the new wave tables and design your very own waves by importing…

Discover the newly designed mixer in Logic Pro X 10.1 • Get an inside look on the new grouping functions for your tracks • Introducing the VCA fader for grouped track

Get the scoop on how to smart quantize your midi information in the new Logic Pro X 10.1 • See how using Smart Quantize affects the beginning, length & end of your notes. • Using Smart Quantize is a great way to preserve the natural aspect of your recordings.

Explore the new functions of the new brush tool in Logic Pro X 10.1 Update. • Easily click & drag the brush tool paired with the use of simple key commands you can now adjust pitch, velocity & note duration simultaneously or independently from each other. • Learn how Time…

Leverage your time with the new Plug-in manager in Logic Pro X 10.1 • Learn to create custom categories for your plug-ins • Separated by brands • Add most used plugins in the “Top Level” section for quick and easy access to your plug-ins.

Learn about the new Automation features in Logic Pro X 10.2 • Region based automations now let’s you atomate any parameter you desire within the region/clip of your track • See how automations are seamlessly copied when looping regions • Track automations let’s you adjust volume automation in real time…

The compressor reinvented for the new Logic Pro X 10.1 • Familiarize yourself with the new layout • Inside look on the input/output gain meters • New tutorial on gain reduction meter and graph meter mode • Showcasing the new VCA compressor emulating the SSL channel G-bus Compressor