Leap Progressive Trance For KONTAKT 8

HiDERA | 22 May 2025 | 360 MB

Fast and fun loop control

Leap is an ultra-fast and playful way to play and manipulate loops. Spark fresh ideas, sprinkle in expressive performance effects, or just jam. Breathe new life into your sample collection or try something totally fresh with our new Leap Expansions series, starting with 12 curated packs for specific genres and styles.

Building Instruments: Ableton Live Samplers

HiDERA | 21 December 2024 | 303 MB

Join Ableton guru Stephen O’Connell for an engaging course that teaches you how to construct your own instruments using Ableton Live. Understanding the intricacies of Ableton Live’s three samplers will equip you with the skills to craft unique custom sounds for your productions, enabling your music to stand out from the crowd. From different sampling playback modes to filters, modulation, and more, it’s all covered! These videos are designed for Ableton Live users who are interested in sampling. Stephen begins with an overview of the three samplers we’ll be talking about in this course (Simpler, Drum Rack, and Sampler) and discusses the goal of the series. Then it’s off to the races, and he starts covering Simpler, beginning with the interface and showing how to load your first sample. You’ll then learn about the different playback modes, the ASDR envelope, loop position, and more.

Cascadia Explained TUTORiAL

HiDERA | 21 December 2024 | 80 MB

In this Cascadia video tutorial course, production wiz Larry Holcombe takes you on a deep dive of iZotope’s powerful plugin Cascadia, an intelligent delay effect with an unmasking module that’s guaranteed to help improve mix clarity. If you’ve struggled with things feeling too cluttered when using delays in the past, Cascadia can be a godsend, and this video course is the quickest and easiest way to learn how to use it with confidence and authority. From basic controls like feedback and time (synced or not) to unique features like the Unmask module, it’s all here. These videos are designed for new Cascadia users. Larry starts off with a brief overview of the plug-in and a tour of Cascadia’s interface, so you’ll know up front where everything is located. Then you’ll learn to explore the top header and see how presets are managed, so you can save, recall, and browse your favorites. Specific controls are then demystified next, like the internal bus system, feedback, width, and time (tempo synced or manual).

Sibelius Updates Explained®

HiDERA | 19 May 2025 | 464 MB

(05.2025 Updated)

Notation pro brings you a detailed AVID Sibelius video tutorial series! Learn all of the new features and functions found in Sibelius updates and how to use them when creating your scores. These videos cover all the point updates for Sibelius and are designed for those who already know how to use Sibelius, but just want to learn about the new features added. Doug welcomes you and starts of with the cool new features added to Sibelius such as MIDI File Import, Auto-Assign, new articulations and playing techniques for string parts, how to explode a 4 part MIDI brass track to 4 separate instruments, and when naming tracks based on the libraries used, how you can add group naming to make importing into Sibelius a breeze. Auto-Optimize is then covered and you’ll see how this behind-the-scenes feature automatically keeps staff spacing looking great, plus how to both override and remove overrides when scoring. The new dotted and dashed ties, tie into ties and laissez vibrer ties are shown and explained, as well as the new key commands and engraving choices that are available.

Control for Pro Tools Explained®

HiDERA | 19 May 2025 | 367 MB

Studio pro Doug Zangar presents in-depth AVID Control video tutorials! Learn everything you need to know to use the free iOS AVID Control app to control your Pro Tools sessions, including mix and edit windows, transport controls, writing automation, toggling folders open and closed, keyboard shortcuts and more. These videos are designed for both new and intermediate AVID Control users. Doug greets you and starts at the beginning with how to find the free iOS app on Apple’s App Store, and the free Eucon Control software download on AVID’s website, and how to install them correctly. Once that’s done, you’ll then get a detailed overview of the AVID Control interface, as well as how to customize its look and feel via its many settings. Doug then goes through all the different available pages throughly, including the Mixer View, Tracks View, Channel View, Meters View, and Soft Keys, showing what they do and how to use them effectively in your Pro Tools sessions. Not stopping there, you’ll watch and see how to toggle folders open and closed in Mixer view, Tracks view, and with Soft Keys, as well as how to arm and record multiple tracks with AVID Control, and record volume, pan and send gain automation using AVID Control as the controller.

Elysium Explained TUTORiAL

HiDERA | 16 February 2025 | 204 MB

In this Elysium video tutorial series, synth expert Larry Holcombe will show you how to create amazing, unique textures and sounds for your own productions with this collaborative virtual instrument from Native Instruments and Wide Blue Sound. You’ll learn how to blend different sounds from the two main layers (Perc and Synth), add all kinds of otherworldly built-in effects and modulations, bring the sounds to life with ever-evolving modulation sequences from the Phrase Sequencer, and more. These Elysium videos are designed for new users. Larry begins by welcoming you and providing a brief overview of the interface, so you’ll quickly gain an understanding of Elysium’s basic layout and structure. Then he moves on to the Perc channel, which is where you can select the percussion sound source with the Morph and Bass layers and tweak further with the Filter, Pitch, and Flux controls. The Synth channel follows, and you’ll see how to select the sound sources to layer together and customize further with the Pan, Tone, and Pitch controls.

Logic Pro Delay Plugins Explained®

HiDERA | 16 February 2025 | 117 MB

Join Logic Pro guru Eli Krantzberg for an in-depth look at the delay plugins of Logic Pro. Eli examines all the parameters and controls for each plugin and provides plenty of demonstrations, so you can hear everything in context and get a good idea of each effect’s possibilities. Whether you just need the simplicity of Echo, the character and vibe of Tape Delay, or the routing functionality of Stereo Delay, it’s all covered here and more. These Logic Pro videos are designed for users new to these delay plugins. Eli welcomes you to the course and begins by looking at common elements to all delay plugins followed by an examination of the simpler Echo plugin in Logic Pro. Then you’ll see several uses for Sample Delay, including both creative (to stereoize a mono track by slightly offsetting the timing of one channel) and corrective (to fix frequency cancellation due to multiple mics). Next, check out how to add some retro flavor to your tracks with the Tape Delay plugin, with which you can simulate a tape-based delay unit, including parameters like tape saturation, pitch modulation, and tape speed fluctuation, etc. You’ll get to hear it in action on a Rhodes track, vocals, and bass.