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Posted by DigiNut on Oct-19-2005 01:13:

Read This! The Tutorial "Master List"

Greetings! I'm posting every good tutorial thread/webpage that I know of in here and I'll keep it updated as new ones come to my attention. Feel free to post some links in here and I will add them to the master list, but please do not post entire tutorials (or irrelevant comments) in this thread because the idea is to keep it as clean and concise as possible so people have one place to go for information. If you've got a kick-ass tutorial, please create a thread or a webpage, give me a shout and I will add it!

I hope that everyone - but especially those new to producing - can find something in here that's useful to them.


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Before you start scrolling down the list...

If you can't find what you're looking for in here, try this:

Massive, categorized list of tutorials and articles

...and...



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Legend: = Web Page, = Thread, = Video Link

Getting Started
Tweak's Home Studio Guide
Doug Barnes's Music Technology Handouts
SoS: Ask a Simple Question (Part 1)
SoS: Ask a Simple Question (Part 2)
SoS: Ask a Simple Question (Part 3)
Introduction to Digital Home Recording
SoS: PC Music FAQs
If I knew then what I know now. Tips for beginners.
Making the Beat 101 (FL Studio)
Cubase Video Tutorials by SoundMagus

Equipment/Studio
Tweak: Sound Cards ("What sound card should I buy?")
Tweak: The Truth About Studio Monitors
Official Hardware Synth Thread (Compiled by DarkSword)
SoS: Choosing a PC Audio Interface
SoS: Controlling Influence (MIDI Controllers)
SoS: The Truth About Latency (Part 1)
SoS: The Truth About Latency (Part 2)
Ultimate DAW Guide by: david.michael

Drums
The Perfect Kick
Airwave's Kick Tutorial [on trance.nu]
Tweak: Making Drum Tracks
Whippin' Post: Mixing Drums
SampleCraze: The Art of Drum Layering
Mr. Mystery's Percussion Tips
Sampling Kicks
Various Kick Tutorials & Techniques (read the replies!)
Booster's Ableton Bass/Kick Tutorial
Making kicks from scratch (Adobe Audition used in example)
Basic Drum Programming in NI Battery: Part 1 (By SoundMagus)
Basic Drum Programming in NI Battery: Part 2 (By SoundMagus)

Synths/Effects/Plug-Ins
Exploration of Sound
The SuperSaw Thread
The Best Trance VST/AU Softsynths of 2005
Samplecraze tutorials (go to the "synthesis" links)
Noise Sculpture
CM: Analogue Synthesis
CM: Guide to FM Synthesis
Subtractive Synthesis Part 1 - Theory
Subtractive Synthesis Part 2 - Practical Basics
Subtractive Synthesis Part 3 - Modulation and Envelopes
First Steps with Supercollider
SoS: Synth Secrets: Links to All Parts
impOSCar Trance Tutorial
SampleCraze: Reason Subtractor (Part 1)
SampleCraze: Reason Subtractor (Part 2)
SampleCraze: Reason Subtractor (Part 3)

Vocals
CM: Vocal Magic
The Truth About Vocal Eliminators (why you can't just magically cut vocals out of a professional track)
Tweak: How to Record Vocals
Tweak: How to Process Vocals
Fruity Vocoder Tutorial

Chords/Theory/Composition
Derivative's Tutorial
Your Favorite Basslines: The Fight Against Oompa-itis
ThinkQuest Music Theory
CM: Music Theory 1
CM: Music Theory 2
CM: Music Theory 3
Ricci Adam's Music Theory
Piano room (Experiment with chords!)
Max NRG's Acid Quickguide (Basslines for the 303)
Free Functional Ear Trainer
Multimedia Dictionary of Music
Uplifting Sounds and Melody Tutorial
Introduction to Tuning Systems
Principles of Orchestration by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov *** 26 Lessons! ***

EQualizing
Tweak: EQ and the Limits of Audio
CM: Guide to EQ
Samplecraze: Conquering EQ
Equalizing for Dummies
The Recording Project: Mixing 101 (Includes common instrument reference)

Dynamics/Compression
CM: Using Effects: Compression
CM: Guide to Dynamics
Tweak: All About Compressors
PcMus: How to Use an Audio Compressor
The Whippin' Post: Compressors
Compression, Gating & Limiting for Dummies
Side-Chaining with C1 Compressor (By SoundMagus)

Mastering
Exploration of Mastering
CM: Mastering for Beginners
Tweak: Mastering in the home studio
Ozone Mastering Guide (PDF)
Mixing it Up in Mastering
Bob Katz - The Secret of the Mastering Engineer (PDF)
Various mixing/mastering articles by Bob Katz

Producer Interviews
Conducted by Future Music and originally collected by Cetra³. Because these are a series, I'm putting them in their own section instead of organizing them by production area.
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Sandy Rivera (Kings of Tomorrow)
Benga - Part 1
Benga - Part 2

Other
Huge Free Software and Music Resource List


Posted by retrobyte on Oct-19-2005 02:56:

For mastering, there's the Ozone Mastering Guide - it's specific, but it's pretty easy to apply the concepts of the program and mastering in the guide to other plug-ins and applications. I uploaded it to yousendit.com over here, if someone could host it that'd be awesome:

http://s24.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=...AZ1T21QR7L5NBWE

I'd also include a link to KVR under Synths - that's where I send everyone for synths and plug-ins. Speaking of - add a plug-in section. I know a bunch of random sites to get some awesome (and free) VST effects.


Posted by DigiNut on Oct-19-2005 03:18:

quote:
Originally posted by retrobyte
I'd also include a link to KVR under Synths - that's where I send everyone for synths and plug-ins. Speaking of - add a plug-in section. I know a bunch of random sites to get some awesome (and free) VST effects.

That's a good thought. I think it's best implemented with a separate plug-in thread (since it's a huge topic in and of itself), and I will post a link to that thread near the top of the "synths" section (and change the heading to "synths/effects/plug-ins" perhaps). How does that sound to you guys?

Ozone mastering guide appears to be available online at izotope's site... I will add that to the list.


Posted by IDarkISwordI on Oct-19-2005 03:54:

+1

Hey. Great layout on this FAQ. Isnt of huge use to me but I'm pretty sure that if I didnt already know just about all of it, it would be an easy to follow tutorial list. You might also add my hardware thread on there. It badly needs a good update but I think its a decent single page resource. Just a suggestion though .

Cheers,
Zac


Posted by retrobyte on Oct-19-2005 04:19:

quote:
Originally posted by IDarkISwordI
+1

Hey. Great layout on this FAQ. Isnt of huge use to me but I'm pretty sure that if I didnt already know just about all of it, it would be an easy to follow tutorial list. You might also add my hardware thread on there. It badly needs a good update but I think its a decent single page resource. Just a suggestion though .

Cheers,
Zac


I agree, great guide for hardware.


Posted by DigiNut on Oct-19-2005 22:18:

quote:
Originally posted by IDarkISwordI
+1

Hey. Great layout on this FAQ. Isnt of huge use to me but I'm pretty sure that if I didnt already know just about all of it, it would be an easy to follow tutorial list. You might also add my hardware thread on there. It badly needs a good update but I think its a decent single page resource. Just a suggestion though .

Cheers,
Zac

Updated! Oh, and may I suggest adding the Mackie Control products to the MIDI controller section, because they kick ass (I'm saving up for one right now).


Posted by IDarkISwordI on Oct-19-2005 22:42:

quote:
Originally posted by DigiNut
Updated! Oh, and may I suggest adding the Mackie Control products to the MIDI controller section, because they kick ass (I'm saving up for one right now).


Hey. No problem there . I had completely forgot about Mackie's controllers . They defininatly have good stuff . In the next update of the thread, I should have a lot better pictures plus a bunch of new stuff.

Cheers,
Zac


Posted by moore on Oct-22-2005 12:14:

Airwave's kick tutorial posted at t.nu should be here! Here it is:

Click Here


Posted by djsphere on Oct-22-2005 12:39:

omg...this is the thread of the year. i'm just starting out so i am realy excited about this. i've done some reading about synth programming and drums but now i have so much more to read about.

thx.


Posted by moore on Oct-22-2005 13:36:

^ Great work on the thread DigiNut!


Posted by Vizay on Oct-27-2005 09:54:

This is what I've been waiting for for over a year now, great that someone could get it done finally!


Posted by T-Soma on Oct-28-2005 13:26:

Soz if i wasnt ment to post broken links coz u wanted to keep it clean but just thaught u should know.

Tweak: Sound Cards ("What sound card should I buy?") << aint working.


Posted by DigiNut on Oct-28-2005 14:15:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ 00 Tommy
Soz if i wasnt ment to post broken links coz u wanted to keep it clean but just thaught u should know.

Tweak: Sound Cards ("What sound card should I buy?") << aint working.

Whoops, I put two "http://"s in that link, haha.

It's fixed, thanks for letting me know. And yes, please post if you find a broken link, it's certainly not "clean" if there are any of those.


Posted by thesuperfunk on Nov-02-2005 22:41:

This could well be of use to some ...

http://www.soundonsound.com/forum/p...llapsed&sb=5&o=


Posted by DigiNut on Nov-03-2005 00:59:

quote:
Originally posted by thesuperfunk
This could well be of use to some ...

http://www.soundonsound.com/forum/p...llapsed&sb=5&o=


Nice - lots of good stuff there, I picked out a few good links and added the main forum page to the "getting started" section.


Posted by david.michael on Nov-03-2005 17:59:

Just noticed this thread... great job. Thanks for this.


Posted by Mr.Mystery on Nov-06-2005 09:43:

Here's a link to my perc tips thread if you find it helpful at all:

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=224021


Posted by Adambomb337 on Nov-07-2005 10:56:

I really appreciate this DigiNut. It is very organized and must have taken you a while! Thankyou!

Here are some sites that can go uner "Chords/Theory/Composition" if you want to use them:

http://www.lucytune.com/ - shows you how to tune practically anything and develope your own scales

http://home.scarlet.be/~abenbass/fet.html - Free Functional Ear Trainer program. One of the best programs to use and is even recommended by students of Berklee. Having a trained ear helps get the songs from your head into the program so much easier.

http://www.xtec.es/rtee/eng/teledmu.../vocabulary.htm
This is a dictionary of musical terms



And here are a bunch of places to get Acapellas:

http://www.acapellas4u.co.uk/forum/
http://www.hqsamples.com.ua/
http://www.vocalsonly.com/index3.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blast/music/faq/faq53.shtml - the dangers and advice on acapellas


Posted by thesuperfunk on Nov-07-2005 13:25:

quote:
Originally posted by DigiNut
Nice - lots of good stuff there, I picked out a few good links and added the main forum page to the "getting started" section.


cheers ... there should be a few decent bits on this site too ...

http://www.theprojectstudiohandbook.com/directory.htm


Posted by DigiNut on Nov-09-2005 23:51:

Mr. Mystery: Added your percs thread, good stuff.

Adam: Thanks for those, I added a bunch of them.

thesuperfunk: That link is what the big green text at the beginning of the thread points to. Very useful site.


Posted by Liran-A on Feb-11-2006 13:09:

WoW!!

I realy appreciate you! Great job!!
Every producer have to know those things!!

Thanks!!


Posted by wrzonance on Mar-01-2006 10:43:

DigiNut: Made a tutorial.

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=328170


Posted by crazedonee on May-24-2006 02:54:

you had an article on breakbeats and psychtrance in this master tutorial post but now its gone can you send me the link

thanks


Posted by DigiNut on Jul-31-2006 01:39:

Apologies for the infrequent updates, I've been stupidly busy lately. I've now merged a couple more requested links into the list.

Also note: I haven't removed any links from the list and won't remove any unless they're dead.

Cheers!


Posted by *InVeRs3* on Aug-06-2006 08:22:

Diginut, you are the greatest.

MOD THIS MAN!!!


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