Mass Overflow is starting up
For some time now I’ve been walking around with the idea of setting up my own record label, focusing on anything remotely related to breakbeats. And now the time is right to execute the plan. As of now (well actually as of last week), Mass Overflow is in operation.
The distribution deals have been done, I’m working on a few releases of my own and I’m starting to receive demos from other artists. The site is lacking content a little, but it should be filling up in the next couple of weeks.
If you think you create interesting breakbeat music (or D’n’B, dubstep and / or triphop) just send me links to your demos through info@massoverflow.com or use the label dropbox on SoundCloud.
Read MorePreSonus adds Exchange to Studio One with version 2.0.4
While NAMM is in full force, PreSonus have released version 2.0.4 of Studio One and with this version they have introduced a new feature called Exchange.
A community hub for sharing user-created content. Instrument and effect presets, FX Chains, Soundsets, and much more are easily shared, with user ratings and comments showing the way to the best content the community has to offer.
I think having something like Exchange as part of your DAW is a great feature to exchange content between users. Of course this also offers a great starting point to offer commercial content directly into your workspace at some point. No news has been published to indicate such a move in the future yet, but the foundation is there.
If you are using Studio One, you’ll be able to access the Exchange through the Files Tab in your Studio One browser.
As soon as I’ve learned about the Exchange I’ve started uploading some content as well. So far there’s four sound sets from my hand:
- Got Kicked – A large collection of dynamic kick samples, which was previously released as a commercial sample pack.
- Snared Up – A large collection of snare samples, which was previously released as a commercial sample pack.
- MPC Grooves – A collection of groove templates extracted from an MPC60 and a MPC3k
- High Impact – A preview collection of seven kits for Impact, based on various genres. There will be a larger collection of Impact kits later this year.
In the next couple of weeks I’ll be going trough my personal preset for various plugins and will start uploading them to the Exchange.
Read MoreNights Are Cold In The Winter
Every day in the morning I wake up to your smile,
Aware that my heart is beating,
Laying and staring at your face for a while,
Before leaving until another day.
Chasing after teenage dreams and childish simplicity for only a moment,
Staring endlessly,
Working my way back closer to myself,
While nights are cold in the winter.
Studio One workshop in Sound On Sound Magazine
In the June issue of Sound On Sound the first part of my Studio One workshop was published. And as far as I can tell it got received pretty well. It even got syndicated by the Sound On Sound edition in Brazil. So I might even be building up a fan base there, which is a good thing if I ever decide to go there on holiday.
But after part 1, there’s usually a part 2 and also in this case. The August issue of Sound On Sound features the second part of the Studio One workshop and in this part I take a look at creating your own sound collections and working with the File browser and Pool tab.
Hopefully the workshop was successful enough for Sound On Sound to continue publishing them.
Read MoreFXpansion Artists at NAMM 2011
Before FXPansion released Geist I had a chance to take it for a little test drive and made a short sequence using some of the factory content. The demo ended up as 03_Geist in the audio demo player on the Geist product page. The little the sequence was also used as background music in the following clip (starting at 5:18).
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