Powerful inexpensive DAW for creating music with audio and MIDI

Tutorials for Reaper, an inexpensive and powerful digital audio workstation software program.

A very basic guide to applying automation such as editing volume changes, panning, etc.

Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to create images, animations, and interactions. Initially developed to serve as a software sketchbook and to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context, Processing also has evolved into a tool for generating finished professional work. Today, there are tens of thousands of students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists who use Processing for learning, prototyping, and production. * » Free to download and open source * » Interactive programs using 2D, 3D or PDF output * » OpenGL integration for accelerated 3D * » For GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows * » Projects run online or as double-clickable applications * » Over 100 libraries extend the software into sound, video, computer vision, and more... * » Well documented, with many books available

Advice and information on how to use external microphones for the iphone4, iPad, and iPod touch to record audio.

Video tutorial on how to download a free creative commons licensed sound on FreeSound and then use that as source material for the Simpler in AbletonLive. Includes: -Downloading the sample from FreeSound -Using Simpler to manipulate the sample - Assigning macro controls to the sample - Using a MIDI track to create a part using the samples - Using automation to alter the transposition of the samples

First of a series video tutorials on the process and techniques used to create a remix of Lady Gaga's telephone. The remainder of tutorial videos can be found on YouTube. Organized as a playlist on DJ Vespers YouTube Page.

Tutorial and explanation for designing sounds and matching them to visuals from film.

Video tutorial and explanation of sound design for film (part 2)

Video tutorial and explanation of redoing sound for a film or other visual media in Ableton Live. - Includes discussion of organization and groups - Process for creating and editing sounds to match visual elements

2nd part of a video tutorial on creating a snare sound using found sounds and synthesis

Video tutorial of how to create a snare drum sound by using audio samples (previously recorded). [Some devices may be different depending on what version of Ableton you are using but the process should be similar)

Video example and tutorial of beatproduction using Ableton Live with Ski Beatz. Tutorial starts at 1:52 Includes: - audio sample - using warp markers to chop the audio - Slicing audio track to a MIDI track so slices are assigned to MIDI keys to then be performed on the MIDI controller - Performing the MIDI slices on the MIDI keyboard - Freezing the new audio track and warping - Working the groove of the track - Creating the groove

Video tutorial on beatproduction for drum parts using the Impulse device and an audio file of drum hits.

Video example of beat production using MIDI tracks with KORG nano controllers. Includes: -inputting MIDI material - Mixing levels of the various MIDI tracks - Manipulating the sounds with MIDI Controllers

Basic video tutorial on how to record an audio sample and then use that audio sample to create a drum rack to be controlled via MIDI.

Video tutorial on sound design using Ableton Live Simpler device with an audio sample.

Basic video tutorial on synthesizing sound in Ableton using Operator and the role of oscillators.

Video tutorial of two methods for removing vocals in audio files within Ableton.