Chop Shop Halloween Special, Alphatheta's new DJ controller, Phantogram spotlight
Studio Tool You Need 🎹
Waves CLA Epic is an all-in-one reverb and delay plugin created in collaboration with legendary mix engineer Chris Lord-Alge. This plugin combines multiple types of reverbs and delays, each modeled after Chris’s favorite hardware units. CLA Epic allows you to blend these effects in creative ways, making it easy to achieve professional-sounding mixes with depth and space. Whether you're working on vocals, instruments, or full mixes, CLA Epic provides a versatile and powerful solution for adding ambiance and character to your tracks. Check it out here!
Production Sauce 🎵
Stranjah teaches us how to automate tempo changes in Ableton Live. He uses a recreation of Push by Skrillex and Hamdi, detailing how to set the parameters so it shifts from dubstep to DnB. This can be useful for your DJ sets, especially when you need to shift the mood! Stranjah also demos how he recreated the bass sound for this track. Check it out here!
News You Should Hear About ⚠️
Alphatheta's new DJ controller is slated to release this month with some exciting new features!
Alphatheta, the parent company of Pioneer, is elevating their game– allowing DJ's to freely manipulate drum parts and create original grooves with a new Groove Circuit feature. The corporation announced earlier this year that its new DJ-focused products will now come with the AlphaTheta name, reserving the Pioneer DJ name solely for old products.
The DDJ-GRV6 4-Channel DJ Controller is compatible with Serato DJ and Rekordbox and includes a minimalistic display, smart rotary selector, and the ability to manipulate stems using the Stems FX feature.
Check out the video above to learn more before it releases!
An Industry Secret They Don't Want You To Know 🤫
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Artists We Love 🎤
One of our favorite bands or a long, long time, Phantogram, has a new album that released today! Their hip hop, electronic, indie/alternative influence delivers such a unique sound, that you can always know when someone is playing one of their songs around you. Please do yourself a favor and check out their new album, Memory of a Day, on Spotify and Apple Music! Go listen, you won't regret it!
What's Happening at 343?
We've got the Chop Shop Halloween Special coming up this month!
Join this month's remix competition– participants can submit their beats, receive feedback from special guest judges, and win prizes!
This event is a great way to see our new studio space, connect with other artists and gain valuable feedback on your music! It also includes live performances from 343 students and the opportunity to add your track to 343's Mixtape if you win!
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