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Re: Tutorial: Dutch house lead synths in Massive
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 1:48 pm
by mmjdw
haha
808 kick drum with Massive
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 5:00 am
by breakitdown
Just spotted this video on You Tube and linked it on my blog.
Really nice video tutorial on making an 808 with Massive.
Great for kicks or basses i guess!
http://www.massivesynth.com/tutorials/e ... m-massive/
Re: 808 kick drum with Massive
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 5:13 am
by amphibian
domain broken?
Re: 808 kick drum with Massive
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 5:35 am
by breakitdown
Works fine here?
Re: 808 kick drum with Massive
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 5:47 am
by amphibian
breakitdown wrote:Works fine here?
yup, seems to work now. Not sure what happened. Whereabouts in oz are you from? Sydney here

Re: 808 kick drum with Massive
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 5:52 am
by breakitdown
amphibian wrote:breakitdown wrote:Works fine here?
yup, seems to work now. Not sure what happened. Whereabouts in oz are you from? Sydney here

Nice! Hong Kong

But from the Uk.
Dark, gritty bass stab with Massive
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 11:17 am
by breakitdown
Hey,
A new tutorial up up on my blog - A tutorial on making a dark, gritty bass stab with Massive.
http://www.massivesynth.com/tutorials/d ... -tutorial/
Charlie May sound design process interview
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 7:43 am
by breakitdown
Hey guys,
As well as tutorials for Massive, i'm going to do short interviews with established producers within the electronic music world about their thoughts and processes on the topic of sound design every month. Although not always relevant to your specific genre, always something that can be learned from other producers i think!
First up we welcome Charlie May.
As the architect behind many of the stylistic blueprint shifts in dance since the early heady days of acid house, Charlie May knows a thing or two about what makes a dance floor tick. One half of revered progressive house pioneers Spooky; the engineer and producer of many of Sasha’s biggest singles and albums; highly respected solo producer in his own right, May has remained at the vivacious beating heart of house since the early ’90s.
http://www.massivesynth.com/useful-arti ... interview/
If you prefer i stick to dubstep etc on this forum, let me know and i'll only post interviews relevant to this genre - thought some of you guys might find it interesting non the less!
Also, i mention in the interview an older interview with these guys talking about Burial being an influence on the second Involver album - in fact in this interview you can hear the unrealed 'dubstep' influenced versions of the Involver2 tracks... very much darker than the released version. Let me know if you want to hear this and i'll dig it out!
Modifiers & hidden modulators in Native Instruments Massive
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 8:40 am
by breakitdown
Hey guys,
No tutorial this week, but thought these might be of use!
Although there are no keyboard shortcuts for Massive, there are some modifier keys...
http://www.massivesynth.com/tutorials/m ... s-massive/
&
The "hidden modulators" in Massive – the internal envelopes.
http://www.massivesynth.com/tutorials/h ... s-massive/
5 questions with DFRNT
Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 1:37 pm
by breakitdown
Hey it's been a while since i updated the blog massivesynth.com - i've been on holiday the past couple weeks... but will be back to business from now on with more tutorials for Massive.
To kick off i welcome DFRNT to answer a few questions on his processes and thoughts.
"DFRNT has an impressive DIY ethic. Producing deep, engulfing synthesized dubstep"
http://www.massivesynth.com/useful-arti ... ons-dfrnt/
Re: 5 questions with DFRNT
Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 9:53 pm
by DFRNT
Nice one Steve - hadn't noticed this till now - I also posted a couple of threads for this!
Re: 5 questions with DFRNT
Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:22 pm
by Crosby
Love the style DFRNT, good stuff

Re: 5 questions with DFRNT
Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 11:23 pm
by Mad_EP
Nice one - looking forward to playing together in Bristol in November.
Noise OSC and performer for hats with NI Massive
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:13 am
by breakitdown
New tutorial up on the blog, this week covering hi hat creation with the noise OSC and the performance modulator.
Whilst the hat's sound is quite basic, with a bit of work you could get some very nice sounds and patterns out it.
http://www.massivesynth.com/tutorials/c ... s-massive/
Working on a load of new ones, sorry - been a bit slow theses past couple of weeks with a new job and been on holiday - writing a pile of new ones this week
Also added a new tutorial for members on using the band reject filter for sweeps.
The subscribers tutorials now include:
- Boards of Canada "Phasing chords" technique with stepper modulator
Routing within Massive
Insert effects in Massive
The Bypass function in Massive
The Band Reject filter for sweeps
More coming soon
Drop in your email on the blog to get these (btw they are a chain of autoresponders, so you will get them as email in order every few days).
More coming soon,
Re: Noise OSC and performer for hats with NI Massive
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:18 am
by contakt321
Always great!
I keep recommending!
PS: Nice tunes on your Soundcloud, listened through all of them the other day. Need to buy the album (I will)
Re: Noise OSC and performer for hats with NI Massive
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 8:51 am
by breakitdown
contakt321 wrote:Always great!
I keep recommending!
PS: Nice tunes on your Soundcloud, listened through all of them the other day. Need to buy the album (I will)
Nice one! Thanks

Glad the blog is a help.
New EP out shortley also !!
you can hear the tracks on soundcloud (Moth and Wet/twilight)
Re: Noise OSC and performer for hats with NI Massive
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 9:56 am
by chewie
Nice one Steve!
Macro controls with NI Massive
Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 9:30 am
by breakitdown
Hey
Next tutorial on my blog
www.massivesynth.com is from Christian Meyer.
His video tutorial cover setting up a bass sound with Macro controls to control key elements.
Although the macros control set up is quite simple in Massive, setting up the controls across multiple elements can really make a difference to patch control - especially in a live environment or for tweaking out live whilst jamming in the studio.
You can find the tutorial here:
http://www.massivesynth.com/tutorials/m ... s-massive/
Hope you find it useful

Re: Macro controls with NI Massive
Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 10:44 am
by Trichome
Cheers for this, I never did know how to use macros!

Re: Macro controls with NI Massive
Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 11:11 am
by ironik
Trainrek wrote:Cheers for this, I never did know how to use macros!
