C&S present another great sample based instrument for Native Instruments Reaktor including 100 presets. This one is playable via keyboard or any other MIDI input and makes morphing / modulating Atmo, Chord, Bass, FX and Lead sounds. The morphing is controlled by an LFO and can be synced to your DAW. The instrument´s heart is a controllable granular sampler and features a spectral stereo equalizer plus two effects (Delay, Reverb). So the presets can be changed in many ways though you... -- read post

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Loopcloud 4.0

The complete solution for browsing auditioning and managing your samples just got e ven more comprehensive with Loopcloud’s new hugely creative pattern editing f unctions. With Loopcloud’s revolutionary new Loop Editor, you can slice, edit and reverse samples into unique patterns, and then audition any loop or one-shot with the same edits you’ve made. All before downloading anything or even touching your DAW. https://www.loopcloud.net -- read post

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Spitfire Audio LABS Series

The Spitfire Audio LABS programme is an infinite series of software instruments, free and easy to use; made by musicians in London for anyone, anywhere. We release one every month, as well as a bimonthly creative compendium, The Notebook. And in case you missed it, they are all FREE. https://www.spitfireaudio.com/labs/ -- read post

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FREE FX Pack - Trailer Tools Vol. 1 from Trailer Music Academy

Trailer Tools Vol. 1 contains a wide selection of sound styles that’ll help you maximize your music’s ambiance at your comfort. Sound designs range from refined booms to spine-chilling atmospherics; as well as tenacious whooshes and of course… the ever-famous impactful braams! All sounds are live-recorded and post-produced using the latest gear by the talented Maks Piszczek – who has also provided these very same sound samples to renowned and professional composers in the cinematic... -- read post

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SynthMaster 50% OFF 2 Days Only

KV331 Audio's awesome wavetable and virtual synths, SynthMaster One and SynthMaster 2.8 are available for 50% (with extra discounts available if you subscribe to their email newsletter and try their demo). So for around $60 you can have two gargantuan sonic tools at your disposal. Includes 1800 or so presets too. And if you're a glutton for presets, you can double that number by purchasing their Everything Bundle which packs all available affiliated 3rd Party sound packs, plus the two... -- read post

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Sell Your Music Online with TuneCore

Sell Your Album Online with TuneCore TuneCore is a low, flat fee service that distributes anyone's music or videos to iTunes, eMusic, AmazonMP3, and many other major download sites, while taking no rights and no revenue from the sale of the music. Artists are building careers, selling significant volumes of music and generating revenue while keeping their rights utilizing the new model created by TuneCore. TuneCore has distributed hundreds of thousands of songs to iTunes and other... -- read post

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GAJOOB Magazine's Archive

I published GAJOOB in print from 1987 to 1994 and then online from around 1990 onwards. Yes, 1990. GAJOOB first went digital as a Mac Docmaker-format zine, complete with sound samples in Unix AU format. -- read post

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Featured Artist Blogs

Getting Your Homemade Recordings on Apple Music and Elsewhere in 2019

I've essentially been away from music promotion for several years after having been involved by way of publishing a magazine and music website from 1987 to now. I haven't been actively reviewing new music for many years, although I've been working on developing music websites and publishing (mostly) archival content as time allows between the day job. From time to time a new album crosses my path, but I've not been exposed to music PR for a long while now. Over the last year or so, I've... -- read post

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Loopers and Songwriting

I find working with loopers can be a helpful tool for songwriting. Check it out on Amazon . -- read post

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Finding Old Lyric Scraps

This morning I was looking for my clipboard so I could fill out a jury notice I received in the mail yesterday. It was on top of a stack of old mail which is sitting on a table in my bedroom which holds a rack of old outboard effects and whatnot. Clipped to the clipboard is roughly 25 sheets of ruled paper, the top paper consisting of the start of a song; one verse (pictured). The lyric reads: So sad, so sadI'm so sadDon't know if ICan be the same againOh, please, Lord, send him back... -- read post

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New Track Discussions

Here we list the latest tracks where featured artists discuss the details of their craft, inspiration and stories behind the making of their art.

Blind Mime Ensemble
Mother Syria
Art Bomb

music by Bryan Baker

I've fallen in love with Spitfire Audio's LABS series of instruments, the magazine and everything about Spitfire. Mother Syria uses Spitfire Audio's cello from (I believe) its Amplified Cello Quartet LABS release as well as a bit of Frozen...

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Blind Mime Ensemble
Self Reflections
reflections vol. 1

This began life while playing around with a newly download freeware synth plugin called Podolski which is made by the folks at u-he. After coming up with the initial pad track I tried a couple acoustic guitars mostly split left and right......

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Bryan Baker
Change Your Space
Change Your Space

Words by Bryan Baker, music by Bryan Baker and Joe Maki.
© Bryan Baker, published by Blind Mime Music, ASCAP. All rights reserved.
Bryan Baker: guitars, bass, synthesizers, drum programming, vocals

This song started when Joe Maki was visiting from Connecticut and we were trying to get back into recording like the old days. I'd just started playing around with recording apps on iPad and we probably spent more time messing than playing,...

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Baby Fred
All Day Long
Homemade Music Vol. 4

Words and music by Bryan Baker.
Published by Blind Mime Music, ASCAP. All rights reserved.
Bryan Baker: guitar, vocal; Joe Maki: guitar.

This is a song I originally created on 4-track on my own. One of those things you come up with that sounds like it might have some promise so you file it away for a later day. I don't do that often, but that was one of those times. Later, I was...

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Instrument Profiles

As time allows we'll add instruments, effects and things that apply here to this list. The idea is that with a HMM account you can can tag your music uploads with instruments and track the usage as well as see what others are doing with your favorite synth, etc.

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