Chris catches up with Snatch Records, This Ain’t Bristol, Dirtybird Records, Insomniac Records producer Sacha Robotti.

Groove3 Cubase 9 Know-How: New Features screenshot Cubase guru Dave Askew presents an awesome series all about the new features found in Cubase 9. Explore all the new features as well as see them in action!

Learn the Maschine STUDIO, OS 2.4, from Native Instruments, with these 3 DVDs and over 4.5 hours of lessons on every feature on the software and the hardware. We cover the Display, the Transport controls, all buttons, and knobs, Volume, Tempo and more. You'll learn how to do it on the Hardware and the software with our step by step approach. We'll teach you each section in the software from the Browser where we can load any Project, Group, Kits, Instruments, samples, to the Arranger Section where we can setup the sections to our song movie score, background music, etc.

Platinum producer / engineer Kenny Gioia returns with his most in-depth video series yet. Follow along with Kenny as he mixes a complete song from beginning to end, leaving NOTHING out. At over 8 hours long, you'll hear and see Kenny's every move, including the mistakes, thought processes, and ultimately all his secrets for getting a pro mix!

Recording engineers and music producers encounter many ways to adjust gain along the recording and mixing signal path. Knowing the best practices for setting levels in your DAW, processors, and other gain stages will allow you to avoid distortion and noise in your productions.

Logic Pro's Vintage Electric Piano allows you to dive in and modify every aspect of its digital model. Learn how to roll your own virtual electro-acoustic sounds in this laser-focused FastTrack™ course by Logic expert Booker Edwards.

Ableton Live trainer/performer Brian Funk explains and explores the mysteries of Ableton Live’s Groove Pool in this laser-focused, 15-tutorial FastTrack™ course. Get your groove on!

This week we proudly welcome back Canadian house virtuoso Soundprank for another in-depth course in How To Make French House. From the processing of the drums to creating your own Daft Punk style samples, this course has it all - and after watching, you'll be creating your very own French House groove!

Cubase master Paul Ortiz reveals the new Cubase 9 Sampler Track in all its glory, covering all the nuts and bolts, as well as how to use it creatively!

Studio super genius Dave Askew breaks down the things you need to know for a solid foundational understanding of room acoustics, and how to set up your studio for better sound and mixes!

Logic expert Doug Zangar has the low end covered in this series about Bass Amp Designer in Logic Pro X. Learn about how to use, manage and get creative with the endless tonal options available in this killer amp simulator!

Eli Krantzberg delivers the low down on IK Multimedia's new MODO Bass, a virtual instrument that delivers incredibly realistic bass guitars for your songs and productions!

Logic Pro X has a bunch of distortion plugins and it’s hard to know, at first glance, just what flavor of distortion they actually produce. No worries, Joe Albano is here to explain them all in this detailed, super-focussed FastTrack™ course!

Here at Sonic Academy we proudly welcome back vintage synth royalty, King Unique. In this 'How To Use' tutorial, Matt shows us the intricate workings of three timeless organs modelled by Arturia - the Hammond B-3 , the Vox Continental, and the Farfisa Compact Deluxe.

This week's interview heads back to the hotbed of the progressive scene Tele Aviv, where Chris catches up with Lost and Found's Khen. Having just released his debut album on Guy J's imprint 'One Day of Independence' here Khen chat to Chris about the album making process, his favourite bits in the studio and how working and collaborating with his label boss was a dream come true.

Building on the skillset from Orchestration 1, this class talks more in-depth about choices, techniques and colors. Full of practical examples and tricks!

Make better music: Before he was deadmau5, all Joel wanted for Christmas was old toasters to take apart. Now, in his MasterClass, watch him take his music apart. Joel teaches you how he approaches melodies, mixing and mastering to make unique sounds you can’t find in a cookie cutter sample pack. You’ll get not only his lessons, you’ll learn how to create your own music without spending money on million dollar gear.

Create Custom Future Bass Drum Grooves From Scratch. Future Bass drums can be one of the more intricate elements of the genre – learn how to create these drum grooves from scratch!

Eli Krantzberg reveals everything you need to know about the awesome new reverb plug-in from FabFilter, the Pro-R! Learn all about its features and functions as well as how to use it on your tracks.

Transitional FX are a staple of every genre whether you’re an EDM producer or a Hip Hop producer or even in a band. Transitions prepare the ear for change and help guide the listeners expectations and emotions during a song. Knowing how to create these types of sounds both from a sound design perspective as well as a production stand point will give you the utmost control.

There is no question modern house and 4/4 styles have been influenced by other bass heavy genres, giving rise to some of the beautifully rounded and weighty productions we hear today. Gotsome are a perfect example of evolution in motion, they favour “raw sounds, tighter, simpler” with huge impact and low end presence.

Recorded Live at our annual Music Production Seminar, Luke Beavon aka LSB drops an incredible 80 minute session walking us through two of his recent releases – ‘About Tonight’ and ‘Leave’, as well as a remix he did for Lenzman.

A veritable cornucopia of tips, tricks, techniques across a huge range of topics; from the technical aspects of writing and developing ideas, to producing, recording, and realizing music on virtual instruments. The most popular class!