While one can achieve a number of realistic vintage keyboard sounds through sample libraries like the Reason Abbey Road Keyboards refill, there's no beating the genuine article. If you find a vintage keyboard, however, it may need any number of repairs to get it sounding like it should. In this how-to, you'll learn a few quick tips for getting rid of electrical hum on a Wurlitzer 200 Electric Piano. Take a look!
While one can achieve a number of realistic vintage keyboard sounds through sample libraries like the Reason Abbey Road Keyboards refill, there's no beating the genuine article. If you find a vintage keyboard, however, it may need any number of repairs to get it sounding like it should. In this how-to, you'll learn how to get rid of electrical hum in a Wurlitzer 200 Electric Piano. Take a look!
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to manipulate multiple copies of a single track in Traktor, formerly known as Traktor DJ studio, to achieve interesting effects. More specifically, this tutorial looks at phasing, beat repeat, snare fill, drum solo and half-time fill techniques. To learn how to achieve any and all of the above effects, press play!
Have beat up trucks? Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to rethread your skateboard truck axle. There are two techniques to rethread your axle rod on your skateboard truck. You can use either a grinder or a rethreader.
To play music, your hands should be able to do anything your mind asks of them – and rudimental technique is one great way of making sure that can happen. In this installment from his video tutorial series dedicated to rudimental techniques, Mark Wessels will teach you how to play accented 16ths, which are great for the beginner wanting to gain consistency over the sound of the inner beats.
There is no cure for the common cold but you can help the symptoms. Learn prevention tips and common cold remedies from Pharmacologists Joe and Dr. Terry Graedon. Use vitamin D, zinc, or ginger tea to beat that nasty cold.
Chances are if you have heard any Dirty South styled beats you have heard these techniques. Check out this tutorial and learn how to create snare and hi hat rolls of your own in FL Studio.
Portmento is cool. You can't do that famous West Coast worm or Dirty South Synth glide without it. So check out this tutorial and learn how to create portamento (slide, glide or pitch bend) on notes in your FL Studio beats.
NFX shows you one method for mixing drums for beats in FL Studio (Fruity Loops).
One of the most basic starting points of music and music theory is the individual note or tone. In this tutorial you will learn some of the basics of working with notes or tones when making beats in FL Studio.
The peak controller uses the peaks from an audio source to automate the parameters on another controller. In this Fruity Loops tutorial, NFX shows you how to use the peak controller when creating beats in FL Studio.
Most people use the FL Slicer in Fruity Loops on drum beats because it can chop them up real nice but NFX shows you how to use it for some creative sample chopping. Just load a loop and go at it.
If you make beats in FL Studio you may want to incorporate some scratches without needing a turntable. This tutorial shows you how to do it with the Wave Traveler in Fruity Loops.
This tutorial teaches how to play drum roll accents and how to incorporate them into basic beats. This lesson is designed for the beginner drummers.
To unlock Ganondorf you must go to classic mode, choose Link or Zelda/Sheik, as many lives and continues and must be hard level or higher. Now beat the Master Hand, and you'll unlock Ganondorf.
The atomic weave is a fusion of a 3 beat weave and split time opposites. It is also a portal to the wonderful world of 3 dimensional spinning for poi.
Watch this poi dancing video on the theory behind the 4-beat "thread the needle," and how it opens the way to "butterfly weaves" and other yumminess.
The Bossa Nova is one of Brazil's most popular forms of Latin music. It is one of the more simple grooves to play, however it is extremely effective. The Bossa Nova is usually played at slower tempos, and is eighth-note based. You will notice there is a standard "Bossa Nova" clave pattern played within this groove.
Learning how to play the son clave is essential for any serious Latin drummer. In this lesson, you will learn how to incorporate the son clave (a five note pattern) into common Latin grooves.
This lesson includes six challenging beats that include both snare and bass drum comping. These grooves are sure to challenge your limb-independence, and take your jazz drumming to a new level. Work through them slowly at first, and then increase the speed as you become more confident.
You can use your double bass drum pedals for more than just unique drum beats. This free video lesson covers five simple double bass drum fills that incorporate the hands and the feet. They build upon what you've learned in the double bass drum warm-ups section. Watch the lesson for demonstrations of all five patterns.
Learn the parts of the drum kit and play a basic beat. Part 1 of 2 - How to Play beginning drums.
How to set up the RockBand drum kit for the Xbox360 to work with GarageBand. It will act as a basic Midi Controller through Musical Typing. I have used it to trigger drums kits but you could use it to trigger other things. There are 2 small pieces of software needed to make it work.
Today, having a beat-up old guitar is preferable to having a bright shiny new one. Luthier Steve Soest summarizes what he did to relic two guitars. These easy steps will transform your brand new guitar and make it look like it has the scars of a road warrior.
Complete walkthrough for the Dante Theater mission on Rainbow Six Vegas from G4TV.
In mission 7, Caravan Ambush, NAVEC has stepped up its defenses against anything that might tamper with the mysterious Frontier Project. Here's a mission walkthrough from G4TV.
NextGenWalkthroughs.com presents: God of War II (2) Titan Difficulty Walkthrough: How to beat the Barbarian King.
Not really a magic trick but a nice little rigged game you can annoy people with. The goal of the game is to pick from a pile of chips without being the one to pick up the last chip. The other person will never be able to beat you.
If you can't join the club, beat the club. Here's how to pick the club lock on a car with a jiggler set of lockpicks.
Whether you're resurrecting an old, beat-up wooden table or giving that avocado-colored nightstand a new lease on life, a quick coat of paint can update even the most hopeless furniture.
Screening and early detection is the key to beating any form of cancer. Share this with a friend. You may save a life.
Modern music has a drum machine to keep the beat steady the whole time. Old school music might not have the same bpm the whole way through, so it is harder to mix.
In this lesson you will learn how to read and play sixteenth noteson the drums. In order to do this lesson you need to be comfortable with quarter notes & rests, eighth notes and 4/4 time. You will need the beat sheet for this lesson. You can find it here:
The minus and plus pitch bend and the jog wheel on your tabletop CD player will slow down or speed up the music so that you can beat match better.
You asked for it, here ya go! As the discription says, in 201 we start beat mixing with 2 different songs. This uses a controller to mix two songs with the same BPM.
The first lesson in learning to mix is to learn to count Beats per Minute (BPM). Learn the how to count BPM. This method applies to cd mixers, pc programs(but only if they do not already show you the bpm) too!!
Video walkthrough guide for the PCJ Playground side mission in Grand Theft Auto (GTA): Vice City for PC from gtamissions.com.
A video walkthrough of room 18 on Portal for the PC and XBox 360. This game is part of the Half Life: Orange Box.
Watch how you can inflate condoms and make them into dancing decorations that blink to the beat of your party music. Pretty clever if you can figure out what supplies he's using.
Video walkthrough guide for the Gripped! side mission in Grand Theft Auto 3 (GTA) for the computer (PC).
