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Sampling – An interview with Mako, the man behind the ‘Utopia Pad Pack’

  Sampling – An interview with Mako, the man behind the ‘Utopia Pad Pack’ We sit down with the owner of Utopia Music, Steve Mako who is a regular site in Bristol when he finally drags himself out of the studio.. Part of an exciting group of producers including Break, DLR, Mikal, Throwing Snow, Hydro, War making waves in the Bristol scene with their nostalgic yet future thinking take on producing music. He is definitely

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Field Recording – Music Production

Leaving the house for once – Field Recording  We’ve been super busy over here at Labsamples, working hard to provide you guys with great sample content, coupled with an insight into our production process and how we go about creating our sounds and samples. For this particular blog post, we’ve decided to give the studio tan a break, and venture outside for some field recording goodness. Sometimes the most interesting and unique field recordings can

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Recording Drums – Our Experience

Recording Drums – The experience of two less than professional professionals So… Finally, here at labsamples we are pulling our fingers out, and starting to step things up. We can only say that the first 2 packs were received in nothing but the best way possible. You the customers bought, used and enjoyed the packs in your numbers far surpassing any expectations i originally had. Meaning that out devotion to Labsamples is no short term

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Top 5 Plugins

DLR – Top 5 Plugins TAL – Chorus  Made by an amazingly talented programmer Patrick Kunz, this plugin is absolutely essential, not only if you want that thick wide old school chorus sound, but also if you are interested in ironing out the rough edges, or generally bringing a sound back to life! I love the way it irons out the harsh edges of distortion, especially when i am making basses and end up really

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Extra Analog Bass Processing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJoyimX5VvYIn this video I show you what I do to process my bass with a little added extra analog character. You can also do this with any piece of equipment that has a nice signal path, especially older or quirky analog pieces of gear. Try something new you might be surprised. You will be able to purchase the sample pack shortly on labsamples.co.uk – keep your eyes peeled.

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