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A continually updated list of books, podcast episodes, YouTube videos, and free plugins that we think you’re gonna find extremely helpful in leveling up your skillset as a music creative.
FEMME HOUSE - FREE EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS
ALL ABOUT ABLETON LIVE RACKS
Facilitator: MINI BEAR
January 21, 2022 | Zoom
Learn all about Ableton Live Racks, a flexible tool that’s used for working with effects, plug-ins, and instruments, and which gives you the ability to streamline your production process by giving you easy access to your most essential knobs and controls. This workshop will focus on: the layout of Racks, the concept of chains within Ableton Live (serial and parallel chains), using Racks to stack sounds and create a new instrument, Macro Controls and mapping, creating your own Racks from scratch, how and why Racks can be incredibly useful in your workflow, and more.
For RSVP and more info: https://www.thisisfemmehouse.com/sessions
SONGWRITING + PRODUCTION
Facilitator: MINI BEAR
February 25, 2022 | Zoom
Do you have writer’s block? In this workshop on songwriting and producing, learn how to deconstruct songs and unlock your songwriting potential. We will be focusing on topics such as: arranging a song, different song structures within different genres, composing lyrics and where to find inspiration, the relationship between songwriting and producing, and more.
For RSVP and more info: https://www.thisisfemmehouse.com/sessions
MIXED IN KEY
FACILITATORS: MARY DROPPINZ + LP GIOBBI
March 30, 2022 | Zoom
Covering Rekordbox and intro to CDJs as well as learning how to mix harmonically with the help of Mixed in Key. An expert from Mixed in Key will be giving us a tutorial followed by LP Giobbi discussing her use of Mixed in Key and laying out her organizational strategy when prepping for a DJ set.
For RSVP and more info: https://www.thisisfemmehouse.com/sessions
THE ART OF SAMPLING
FACILITATOR: MINI BEAR
April 29, 2022 | Zoom
In this comprehensive workshop on the Art of Sampling, learn where to source and record your own samples, as well as how to edit, chop, pitch, and transform them into your own unique sounds.
For RSVP and more info: https://www.thisisfemmehouse.com/sessions
BOOKS
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Goals don’t mean shit if you don’t have systems in place to get to them. This book teaches you the tools with which you can actually achieve your dreams through intentional behavioral change.
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
The Artist’s Way is a 12 week, self-guided program of creative rehabilitation.
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
Nurturing your creative spirit is critical to good mental health as an artist. In this book, you’ll find various attitudes, approaches, and habits that you can apply to live your most creative life.
Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy
Time, goal, and priority management are crucial to your success as the CEO of your artist career. With Eat That Frog!, you’ll learn “21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time. “
The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown
If you self-identify as a perfectionist, let this book be your new bible for living. The more you implement the 10 guideposts, the more joyful and creative your experience will become.
PODCAST EPISODES
YOUTUBE VIDEOS
FREE PLUGINS
Three modes, three kinds of distortion character
Great for fattening up drums and bass, adding harmonics to vocals, and more
Modular Ready: works as a native plug-in and as a module in Modular, Softube's Eurorack platform.
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The Free Ranger is based upon the Full Ranger-EQ from SPL’s EQ Rangers series. It features four very useful bands: The 16 kHz center frequency band is great for adding very pleasant brilliance; the 1.8kHz center frequency band really brings out lead vocals and guitars or reduces harshness; the 150 Hz center frequency band adds warmth, making tracks fuller & fatter, while the 40 Hz center frequency band adds that sub thump or reduces rumble.
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Polishing your mix’s low end can be tricky. Bass DI tracks can sound mushy, and kick tracks can lose their “pop.” Sometimes everything below 100Hz can become such an undifferentiated soup of noise that you just don’t know where to start! Start here: The bx_subfilter is just the ticket for adding clarity and definition to tracks that have troublesome low frequencies. There are lots of expensive and complicated EQ plugins out there, but when it comes to shaping your low end, the bx_subfilter is unique for its ease and simplicity. With just a few quick adjustments to its four-knob interface, you can breathe new life into those 808s that have been muddying your mix.
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The niveau filter first gained prominence in the filter section of elysia’s famous mpressor, where it was used to add punch to muffled snares, reduce the harshness from active pickups, or as a sound design tool to create everything from a telephone tone to low-fi loops. This filter provides a super simple way to change the overall sonic character of a signal. It features two comprehensive controllers and is capable of producing powerful results in no time at all. Whenever a classic shelving filter would be too limited and a fully parametric filter would be too much, the niveau filter plugin is the perfect tool.
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Ever wonder why there are Hi-Pass and Lo-Pass filters in every channel of the most expensive analog consoles, like SSLs and NEVEs? The reason is professional mixers rely on Hi-Pass and Lo-Pass filters to clean up the mud from the bottom and the grit from the high end, often as the first stage of the mixing process.
bx_cleansweep is the plugin that should go into every mix channel as the first plugin. This way you can filter out any unwanted hi-end and lo-end, and the result is a clean and tight mix.
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The bx_rockrack V3 boasts eight famous amp models in a single plugin, including the bx_metal 666, an original creation of Brainworx founder Dirk Ulrich and Senior DSP Engineer Igor Nembrini. On top of that, 40 impulse responses are included, offering just the right variety of tone and timbre for your guitar rig. As with all their guitar amps, Brainworx gives you a powerful selection of perfectly recorded boutique cabinets captured with complete effects chains from studios featuring great sounding amp rooms and stellar gear. Each amp was painstakingly recorded by professional audio engineers who make their living by capturing tone. Imagine being able to take your pick of famous amps from Marshall®, Mesa, and ENGL, then running them through any one of several speaker cabinets mic’d and treated with the studio rack of your dreams. bx_rockrack V3 brings this dream to life, right inside your DAW.
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Brainworx created bx_solo to introduce users to the M/S technique for recording, mixing, or mastering. Key features of Brainworx´s famous M/S & Mastering products are included, like their unique Solo Buttons, which allow you to individually listen to all components of a stereo mix or stereo signal.
Bark of Dog 2 is a unique, stereo/M-S low-frequency enhancer that combines a resonant filter and Pultec-style boost-attenuation EQ in a simple, easy to use plug-in.
