Top 10 Mix Tips!

HiDERA | 16 March 2025 | 420 MB

Ready to improve your mixes but aren’t sure where to start? Start here! This mixing tips video course teaches you 10 indispensable mixing tips that will help transform your mixes in no time at all. Mixing wizard Larry Holcombe breaks down topics like mix organization, sidechain circuitry, low-end control, using a reference track, and more in an easy-to-follow manner with plenty of demonstrative examples. You’ll begin to see notable improvements in your very next mix! These mixing videos are designed for intermediate-level mix engineers looking to improve their mixes. Larry begins by focusing on mix organization, consolidation of parts, and gain staging, ensuring that you’re starting off on the right foot. Then he explains how to group the tracks into busses and add metering to properly visualize frequency and loudness. You’ll also learn how to use internal sidechain EQ to make sure your compressor isn’t getting gummed up by responding to unwanted sounds. Next, Larry focuses on the low end, demonstrating how to obtain a thicker bottom by taming a bass resonance and adding a general low-end boost.

Cubase Automation Explained®

HiDERA | 15 November 2024 | 1.5 GB

Join Cubase expert Gary Hiebner for an in-depth video course on using automation in Cubase to produce more interesting, dynamic mixes, solve issues, and create engaging effects. If you haven’t tried using automation before, you don’t know what you’re missing. This course will provide numerous examples that illustrate the usefulness and creativity of automation. Whether you want to simply create some auto-panning effects or get a bit more creative with delay throws and more, you’ll learn how to do it quickly and easily. These videos are designed for Cubase users new to the subject of automation. Gary begins the course with an overview of everything that’s going to be covered—a bird’s-eye view of automation and some common things that can be done with it. Then he starts to get specific, first looking at panning automation. He presents several possible uses for this idea, such as panning instruments narrower in verses and wider for the chorus. Then it’s on to volume automation, where you’ll learn how to create more interest in the mix by keeping the levels dynamic and fluid. Gary then demonstrates how combining two can yield a range of effects, from subtle to extreme.

Producing Modern Metal

HiDERA | 05 October 2024 | 319MB

.: with Virtual Instruments :.

If you’re a fan of modern metal but you don’t play a stringed instrument or have access to the gear you need, this course is for you! Production guru Gary Hiebner shows you how to create incredible modern metal tracks using nothing but virtual instruments. A feat that was unheard of a decade ago, it’s now possible to realistically emulate all these sounds without ever strapping on a guitar or bass. You’ll learn invaluable tips on maximizing realism with MIDI tracks, most of which will be applicable in any genre, as well as arranging and mixing concepts along the way. These videos are for metal fans who want to create modern-sounding tracks using the tools they have available. Gary begins by providing a concise summary of the topics covered in the series, then delving into the various VIs he will utilize for drums, bass, guitars, and synths. Then it’s down to business, starting with the drums, where you’ll learn valuable information on selecting the appropriate kit, programming realistic parts, and editing velocities for increased authenticity. A demonstration follows, showing you how to route the individual drums to separate outputs for separate processing in the DAW.

Creative Mixing with Clipping Explained®

HiDERA | 05 October 2024 | 216 MB

Join mixing wizard Thomas Cochran for a fun, exciting tutorial series on using clipping in various creative ways. You’ll be amazed at how this technique can elevate your mixes in numerous ways, especially if you’ve always avoided clipping (as instructed when you started recording) and never experimented with the idea. This course covers everything from adding grit and saturation to an instrument to preventing the need for over-limiting on your master bus, among other useful tips. By the end of the course, you’ll be ready to begin using these techniques right away on your very next production. These mixing videos are for those who are new to the topic of intentional audio clipping. After welcoming you to the course, Thomas begins by showing how clipping can be used on electronic drums to add saturation and increase energy. This can really help bring a stale drum beat to life. Next, you’ll learn how to apply clipping to acoustic drums, primarily for taming peaks rather than saturation.

Studio Drummer v1.4.1 KONTAKT

HiDERA | 10 January 2025 | 7.1 GB

STUDIO DRUMMER is the perfect realization of a drummer in software, with everything you need to create realistic acoustic drum tracks — top-of-the-line drum kits, detailed mixing options, and a ready-to-go groove library, packed with authentic beats of all colors and flavors.It’s much more than state-of-the-art sampled drums. Thanks to more than 3,300 authentic grooves, STUDIO DRUMMER makes it easy for anyone to produce lifelike, dynamic drum tracks. And the on-board mixer and powerful effects deliver enough usability, versatility and tweakability to meet the demands of eclectic modern producers.

Cubase: Ambient Texture Sound Design

HiDERA | 11 May 2025 | 462 MB

Looking for some new pad sounds for your ambient-style productions in Cubase? We’ve got you covered! In this Cubase video tutorial series, sound design guru Gary Hiebner shows you how to design your own lush, ambient pads using what you already have in Cubase, including VIs like Retrologue and Padshop, along with sampling/resampling techniques and other tips. By the end of this Cubase sound design course, not only will you know enough to start designing your own unique pads and ambient textures for your very next track, you’ll also be much more familiar with these instruments in general, making sound design quicker and easier overall. These Cubase production videos are designed for Cubase users familiar with Cubase and looking to learn how to create new pad sounds. To kick things off, Gary briefly discusses pads in general, explaining what they are and how they’re typically used in most productions. He then familiarizes you with the virtual instruments in Cubase that he’ll be using throughout the course. Then he concentrates on using pads for a song’s intro, demonstrating how to layer various synth pads together to create a complex, evolving sound.

Playbeat 4 Explained®

HiDERA | 11 May 2025 | 132 MB

Join veteran Groove3 instructor Larry Holcombe for a detailed look at Playbeat 4, the AI-powered drum instrument from Audiomodern. You’ll learn various ways of creating grooves, customizing drum sounds, playing and sequencing the sounds, exporting beats, and much more with this powerful and intuitive beat-making tool. By the time you’re through, you’ll be familiar with all parameters and how to adjust them to get the sounds you want quickly and easily. These videos are designed for new Playbeat 4 users. Larry welcomes you and begins by giving you a tour of the plugin’s interface so you’ll know where everything is laid out as we progress through the course. Then you’ll see how to use various types of randomization (random, remix, smart, temporary) to quickly create grooves and add all kinds of variation.