Tech
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Moon Boots Interivew: IMS Engage 2014
Point Blank talk to the cosmic maestro Moon Boots aka Pete Dougherty is one of dance music’s most reliable producers, consistently producing killer...
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Point Blank Tutorial – Drum Production and Sound Design in Ableton Live
Ableton Live is renowned for its sampling creative capabilities, excelling at quickly allowing you to put ideas together with drag-and-drop ease. Throw in Live’s...
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Mixing Sub Bass
Point Blank explain how to get clean and powerful bass Sub bass is one of the most difficult aspects of a mix to...
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Zombie Disco Squad Producer Masterclass
Creating a killer track in Cubase Halloween is only a few weeks away now, so who better to recruit for Point Blank’s latest...
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Music for Media: Creating Locators
Point Blank explore creating markers when composing Point Blank tutor Kevin Kerrigan has over 20 years’ experience working in music for picture...
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Point Blank – Creating A Tempo Track In Ableton Live 9
Ableton Live is generally known for its production and live performance capabilities, but it’s also equally capable as a composition tool when writing...
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Caribou – Can’t Do Without You Deconstruction
After a brief summer break, Friday Forum is back at Point Blank London with another deconstruction from Electronic Music Composition (EMC) course tutor Ski...
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Mixing Dance Music: Ableton – Mix Deconstruction
Point Blank have a brand new course called Mixing Dance Music in Ableton, or MDMA for short (just a coincidence, honest!). It looks at taking...
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Brodanse: Behind the Scenes Of Their Live Performance
Point Blank speak to the brothers Brodanse about their new live performance setup As live performance in electronic music develops with synths, sequencers...
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Tuna Knobs – Physical Controls For Your Touchscreen
Music performance is one of the fastest moving and most innovative areas of dance music, with innovations such as the sync button, touch...
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Q&A: Sebastian Heinz (Patchblocks)
We got in touch with Belfast based Sebastian Heinz, the man behind the innovative and not yet released, Patchblocks. Patchblocks are small hardware meets software...
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Microphones
Brief Introduction To Microphone Specifications Microphones are one of the most important things to think about when setting up a recording studio, the quality of...
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Studio Monitors
When recording or mixing in a professional or home studio monitors are essential to get a true sound of your recording and listen to it...
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16 Music Production Tips
I took to Facebook last night asking 16 producers for one bit of simple advice they would give to someone starting out on their music...
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Understanding MIDI
MIDI stands for Musical Interface Digital Instrument. It is used to connect devices such as MIDI controllers, sound modules and a PC together so they...
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Apple announce new Mac Pro design
The new Mac Pro announced for a late 2013 release. What can only be said looks like a household bin is to feature next-gen Xeon...
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Interview: CHLOÉ talks remixing Pantha Du Prince and more
Parisian DJ, producer, composer, and label owner CHLOÉ has had a particularly fruitful and impressively consistent career up to now, releasing several studio albums, scoring for film, and running...
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Premiere: Dan McKie – Kanga Pouch
European club music imprint My Techno Weighs A Ton return for the release of another brand new VA sampler, this time in the form of their ‘Barcelona Megamix’ EP....
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MIX349: Captain Mustache
Since launching the project in the midst of a global pandemic back in 2020, Parisian selector Captain Mustache has seen his release catalogue fill up quite fast, and with...
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UMEK & Sam WOLFE return for ‘Aktivate’
UMEK and Sam WOLFE are back on 1605 with their second collaborative production, titled ‘Aktivate’. The label has become an imprint that’s helped launch the careers of aspiring techno...
