Production Tips

How to program midi flams for your drums and drum fills
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How to program midi flams for your drums and drum fills

#AudiotentTip 283. How to program midi flams for your drums and drum fills.A great way to add an organic feel to your grooves is to add a flam. Essentially a flam, is a ghost note (low velocity), f...

bounce audioWhy you should bounce your MIDI to audio

Why you should bounce your MIDI to audio

#AudiotentTip 272. Bounce MIDI to Audio.MIDI is vital in today's digital audio workstations for triggering instruments or synthesisers. However, once you're happy with your patch/loop, we would adv...

midiCreating realistic piano MIDI

Creating realistic piano MIDI

#AudiotentTip 254. Realistic Piano Midi.If you’re not a classically trained pianist or prefer to draw you MIDI notes into the piano roll, that humanised feeling gets lost. Try this technique when ...

delayMIDI Delay

MIDI Delay

#AudiotentTip 114. MIDI Delay.Try using a MIDI delay and experiment with pitch variations over time. This tool allows you to come up with complex rise/falls. Since the source is MIDI it doesn’t eff...

midiMIDI Sweetspot

MIDI Sweetspot

#AudiotentTip 107. MIDI sweetspot.Once you have the musical idea for your track ready, try transposing the entire MIDI to a different key signature. This can spark a different mood and energy for y...

midi3 Great tips when using MIDI

3 Great tips when using MIDI

#AudiotentTip 91. MIDI Ideas.Idea A) Velocity is often overlooked, try altering it to increase dynamics in your drum, synth patterns or orchestral samples.Idea B) Instead of locking your notes to a...

loopsCreative Loop Length

Creative Loop Length

#AudiotentTip 66. Loop Length.Once you have your audio sample/midi looping try changing it’s length. This way you will come up with interesting, evolving patterns.

bassNote Spacing

Note Spacing

#AudiotentTip 38. Note spacing (voicing).Try to leave a larger gap between the notes to achieve an open sound. This works great on low instruments, where doubling the notes in octave creates a nice...

midiMIDI Sweetspot

MIDI Sweetspot

#AudiotentTip 107. MIDI sweetspot.Once you have the musical idea for your track ready, try transposing the entire MIDI to a different key signature. This can spark a different mood and energy for y...