Tech Tips with The Squatters

Oliver Portamento and Alex Powell have a passion for music pumping through their veins, from their roles as event organisers to their top level production and unforgettable DJ sets, these two fuse influences from Oldskool retro dance, Hip-Hop vocals and Rave with current genres like House, Electro and Dubstep and whatever else floats their boat. Add into that chopped vocals, colossal breakdowns and you have a true melting pot of anything that they know will lift the roof off!
Former Radio 1 host, Kissy Sell Out, has been a big supporter of The Squatter and other big names in the industry have not far behind in noticing these guys unique and outstanding talent. Tiesto snapped up their remix of “Kryder – K2” to release on his label “Musical Freedom”, they’ve had successful remix releases on Southern Fried, Dim Mak and Champion Records, support from Radio 1, Capital FM and Kiss FM along with a tally of supporters like Armand Van Helden, Judge Jules, Calvin Harris, Plump DJs, Laidback Luke, Kissy Sell Out, Doorly and Steve Aoki.
Here they take time out to share the secrets of their "Squatters" sound in 10 fantastic Tech Tips

Tutor : The Squatters

Reference : www.the-squatters.com

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­Walkthrough­ with Charlie­ May

Tutor : Charlie­ May

Reference : http://soundcloud.com/charliemay

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Understand­ing Compress­ors

In this extravaganza, we will show you the full shebang starting with what compression does, the controls, how to apply it, using compression to get effects such as parallel, ducking and the all important side-chaining compression effect

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Ableton Live Tips and Tricks

"Ableton Live Tips & Tricks" is presented by remixer extraordinaire Timothy Allan, whose remixes have reached #1 on the UK dance charts and placed high on US Billboard, DMC and Australia ARIA charts. In this series, Tim digs deep into his Ableton Live locker and shows you the tips and tricks he uses most when working in Ableton Live.
Tim starts the series out with inspiring effect tricks that will improve your production's sound and impact, then covers cool mixing and production tips designed to open new doors when working in Ableton Live. Finally, Tim wraps up the offering with important workflow suggestions that will speed up your production process and make your life in Ableton Live easier, more enjoyable and productive.
Move your Ableton Live knowledge up a notch and improve your workflow and creativity with these awesome power packed tips and tricks from remix superstar Timothy Allan today.

Tutor : Timothy Allan

Reference : http://soundcloud.com/timothyallan‎

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Working with Live 8

Learn to Create, Produce, and Perform with Live!
Morgan Pottruff is back with a true gem for Ableton Live 8. Morg will explain everything in a step by step, easy to follow style, and show you how to get the most out of Live.

Tutor : Morgan Pottruff

Reference : morganpottruffproductions.com

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Abl­eton Live 8 Video Tutor­ial Course

These Ableton Live tutorials are a complete guide to making music using the Ableton Live 8 Digital Audio Workstation. The Quick Start section presents a grand tour of the functions in Live as well as a review of the new features in Live 8.
The Audio Section contains in-depth tutorials on audio setup, recording, mixing and mastering. The MIDI section features tutorials on virtual instruments, hardware synthesizers, MIDI editing, Rewire, and the Instrument, Effects, and Drum Racks.

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Producing House with Ableton Live

This series is presented by remixer extraordinaire Timothy Allan, whose remixes have reached #1 on the UK dance charts and placed high on US Billboard, DMC and Australia ARIA charts. His remix skills have even landed him a featured spot on an upcoming Madonna production.
The beat is the backbone and foundation of any great House track, and you’ll see the actual creative process unfold and learn exactly what’s going through Tim's head when he creates iconic sounding House beats. Watch Tim create a world-class House music drum loop starting from nothing and finishing with a dance floor masterpiece. See why his House beats rule supreme.

Tutor : Timothy Allan

Reference : http://soundcloud.com/timothyallan‎

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How To Remix in Ableton Live

Get inside the mind of remixer and Ableton expert Phil Johnston to find out how he used (and abused) Ableton Live 8 to put together this massive remix

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Ableton Live 8 Know It All

The Digital Music Doctor Ableton Live 8 Know It All! DVD contains offers a complete instructional guide to making music using the Ableton Live 8 Digital Audio Workstation. The DVD's Quick Start section presents a grand tour of Live 8's functions as well as a review of the new features in Live 8. The Audio Section contains in-depth tutorials on audio setup, recording, mixing, and mastering. The MIDI section features tutorials on virtual instruments, hardware synthesizers, MIDI editing, Rewire, and the Instrument, Effects, and Drum Racks. The Loops & Remix section presents a comprehensive discussion of using loops and the Audio Warp function. The Live Performance section of the DVD demonstrates Live's unique Session View as well as several DJ features.

The Ableton Live 8 tutorials on Live 8 Know it All! are 3 hours and 17 minutes of Adobe Flash interactive videos in data DVD format that you play in your Windows XP or MAC OS X-equipped computers with DVD-ROM disc drive (NOTE: This Data DVD is like a CD-ROM and will not play in a video DVD player). For detailed descriptions of the subjects covered as well as the module timings for these courses see Digital Music Doctor Ableton Live 8, Ableton Live 7 and Ableton Live 6 course descriptions.

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Meldyne Tutorial

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How to Make Deep House

Brand new for 2012 we bring you our updated How to Make Deep House course. Taking in all the latest sounds and techniques that make deep house one of the most popular genres of dance music at the moment. From pulsing and arpegiated basslines using ANA through to found sound percussion, filtered strings and spacey vocal edits, this course goes deeeep!! James Cameron watched this course and stated "My journey to the Mariana Trench was a waste of time, I obviously could've gone deeper."

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Up and Running with Ableton Live 9

Discover how to get started creating and recording music with Ableton Live 9 in just two hours. Author and musician Yeuda Ben-Atar starts this course by showing how to set up all audio, MIDI, and external plugins and prep an initial project for recording. Then he jumps into high gear: making beats with the Ableton drum kits, recording with the built-in virtual instruments, and capturing live performance like vocals and guitar. After your tracks are recorded, learn how to arrange song clips, layer in effects, create and record automation, and quickly mix the tracks with groups, busses, EQ, compression, and other techniques. The final chapter in the course shows you how to save, export, and master your finished song.

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How To Make Tribal House

'How To Make' course giving you the low down on those mysterious tribal beats. Get to grips with drums used and how to slice loops in both Recycle and Ableton.

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Ab­leton Live T­utorial

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Ableton Live 9 - Tips And Tricks

Join Ableton Live expert Mike Kiraly as he dives deep into some of the advanced features that Live offers for unique and creative manipulation of sound. First, discover how to use clip envelopes to create constantly changing transitions between clips. Then Mike demonstrates how to create playable effects and effects transitions with dummy clips, build automated playlists and song arrangements with follow actions, and use dummy clips and follow actions together to generate complex effects.

Tutor : Mike Kiraly

Reference : http://soundcloud.com/mike-kiraly‎

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