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Creating 808 Kick style Deep Bass in Ableton Live’s Analog / More Free Sample Packs

Jan 23, 2012  Watch as Ski Oakenfull  shows you how to how to create a deep bass sound using Ableton Live’s Analog. The sound is used to great effect in many productions by UK house/bass...
Posted in Ableton Tutorials, Tutorials

Pick of the Year: Top 5 Free Logic Tutorials

Jan 22, 2012  We have got another run down of our most popular free music production tutorials on youtube for you today, this time its the top 5 Logic tutorials over the past year. So as not to re-post the same videos as in our overall top...
Posted in Logic Tutorials, Tutorials

Island Records A&R Ben Scarr on How to Build a Successful Music Industry Career

Jan 20, 2012  We recently welcomed Island Records A&R and former student Ben Scarr to the studios to give a guest lecture to our Music Business students and answer their questions. Ben took...
Posted in Student Success, Tips & Tricks

Create Your Own Unique Glitch FX with Re-Sampling in Ableton Live

Jan 19, 2012  Watch as Jonny Miller (Sonarpilot Audio) shows you how to create some glitchy sound effects using Ableton Live’s Vinyl Distortion device. This post was originally published in DJ Magazine’s free online...
Posted in Ableton Tutorials, Tutorials

NAMM 2012 Highlights: California 19th – 22nd January

Jan 18, 2012  NAMM 2012 is here! Starting on Thursday 19th January the 4 day trade show in California will bring together every aspect of the music product industry, delivering the opportunity to...
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Audio Mastering Tutorial – Fine Tuning with Waves C1 Compressor, L3 Limiter, LineEQ

Jan 18, 2012  Welcome to the next in our series of tutorials which give you an exclusive look at our new online Audio Mastering course featuring Waves plug-ins which launched this month. This...
Posted in Logic Tutorials, Tutorials

BBC Introducing Masterclass 2012 – Advice from Pete Tong, Wretch 32, Mistajam,...

Jan 16, 2012  This Thursday 19th January, the biggest names in the UK music industry, including a few good friends of ours at Point Blank, will be on hand at Abbey Road and...
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Pick of the Year: Top 5 Free Ableton Live Tutorials

Jan 13, 2012  With the popularity of our post at the end of 2011, giving a run down of our most popular free music production tutorials on youtube we decided to give you another...
Posted in Ableton Tutorials, Tutorials

Looping on the Fly with Ableton Live’s Looper / More Free Sample Packs

Jan 12, 2012  Watch as Ski Oakenfull (above) shows you how to chop loops on the fly with Ableton Live’s Looper. This post was originally published in DJ Magazine’s free online edition DJ Weekly issue 83...
Posted in Ableton Tutorials, Freebies, Sounds, Tips & Tricks, Tutorials

Xtrah (Subtitles UK / Ram Records) Music Production Masterclass at Point Blank

Jan 11, 2012  The new term at Point Blank College is almost upon us and we are very excited at some of the things in store for 2012. We’ve got some fantastic artists,...
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Point Blank Goes Deutsche: New Online Music Production Courses in German

Jan 10, 2012  Bucking the trend of the ailing Euro we are pleased to announce our expansion into Europe with the opening of our new online school in German. Starting in April, German...
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