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Cubase Users - Streamline Your Workflow with The Arranger Track

Aug 10, 2021
1 min

Cubase Users - Streamline Your Workflow with The Arranger Track

Good Tuesday My Friends! How is everyone doing? In this week's Tobisonics, we're taking a look at how to streamline your workflow in Cubase using The Arranger Track. Check out Cubase here: https://new.steinberg.net/cubase/ For more Tobisonics: https://linktr.ee/tobisonics #tobisonics #cubase #cubasetips #cubasetricks #thearrangertrack #musicproductiontips #musicproducertips #diymusic #diymusician #independentartist

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Auto-Pan Plugins Vs Automation: Does it Make a Difference?

Tobi

Aug 3, 2021
1 min

Auto-Pan Plugins Vs Automation: Does it Make a Difference?

Good Tuesday my friends! How is everyone doing today? In this week's Tobisonics episode, we're taking a look at auto-pan. Auto-Pan is a great way to add movement and ear candy to your music productions; and with auto-pan plugins, it's quick and easy. But what about going in there and automating the panning by hand? Does it make a difference? Let's find out. https://linktr.ee/tobisonics #tobisonics #autopan #automation #indiedance #electrodance #electroartist #electropopar

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Simple & Easy Virtual Instrument Automation with Macro Controls

Tobi

Jul 27, 2021
1 min

Simple & Easy Virtual Instrument Automation with Macro Controls

Hey Sonics! How is everyone doing? I hope you're all having yourselves a good summer! In this week's episode of Tobisonics, we're taking a look at how macro controls make it simple and easy to automate virtual instruments. Automation is a great way to bring dynamics and excitement to your productions. To keep things nice and tangible, I'm breaking open a production I'm working on right now for my debut EP [due out in the Autumn]. If you'd like to hear this week's productio

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Will the Fuse Audio Labs VPre-31A Bring a Little Dark of the Moon to Your Productions?

Tobi

Jul 20, 2021
1 min

Will the Fuse Audio Labs VPre-31A Bring a Little Dark of the Moon to Your Productions?

Hey Sonics, How is everyone doing today? I hope you all had a great weekend! In this week's Tobisonics Episode, we're taking a look at Fuse Audio Labs' emulation of a Germanium Preamp, the VPre-31A. Will it add a little Dark Side of the Moon to your productions? Let's find out! We'll be using the breakdown from my new single "All The Little Things" to test out the VPre-31A. You can hear today's production in context on all major streaming platforms and Bandcamp: https://s

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Simple Tips for Beginners to Customize Your Virtual Synths [w/ Arturia Modular V]

Tobi

Jul 13, 2021
1 min

Simple Tips for Beginners to Customize Your Virtual Synths [w/ Arturia Modular V]

Hey Sonics! How is everyone doing? I hope you all had good weekends! The EP is gradually coming together and, hopefully, will be out in the Autumn with - fingers crossed - a new single before that... Virtual synths allow us a fantastic range of customization options, but they can be confusing for beginners. In this week's episode of Tobisonics, we're taking a look at simple tips to customize your virtual synths that anyone of any level can use! For the purposes of this dem

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Fabfilter Pro-G: Simple Tricks to Tighten & Shape Beats

Tobi

Jul 6, 2021
1 min

Fabfilter Pro-G: Simple Tricks to Tighten & Shape Beats

Hey Sonics! How are you all doing? Enjoying the summer sun and/or rain? In this week's episode of Tobisonics, we're taking a look at some simple tricks I use to tightening and tidy beats with the Fabfilter Pro-G. And we'll be using the production for a new track, I'm working on right now, as an example. Check out the Fabfilter Pro-G for yourself: https://www.fabfilter.com/products/pro-g-gate-expander-plug-in Follow my Music on your favorite streaming platform or Bandcamp: h

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How I Use Arturia Pigments in my own Productions [Not a Demo]

Tobi

Jun 29, 2021
1 min

How I Use Arturia Pigments in my own Productions [Not a Demo]

Hey Sonics! How is everyone doing this week? I hope you're all enjoying watching/hiding from the football. It's been a week of two halves with the new productions; one production is coming together nicely, will the other is taking a little longer to figure out. In this week's episode of Tobisonics, we're taking a look at how I use Arturia Pigments in my own Productions. And let me be clear from the get-go, this is not a demo of Arturia Pigments; this is a breakdown of how

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United Plugins Muramasa Electrum Guitar Amp/FXs: Can I Use it for Electronic Music Productions?

Tobi

Jun 22, 2021
1 min

United Plugins Muramasa Electrum Guitar Amp/FXs: Can I Use it for Electronic Music Productions?

Hey Sonics! How is everyone doing today? I hope you all had a good weekend and had a chance to relax. In this week's episode, we're taking a look at a brand new plugin from United Plugins and Muramasa, Electrum. Electrum is described as a state-of-the-art guitar amp and FXs plugin, but can I use it for Electronic Music Productions too? Let's find out... Demo Electrum via the United Plugins Website: https://unitedplugins.com/Electrum/ If you'd like to hear this week's epis

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How to Prepare & Send Multi-tracks to a Mix Engineer

Tobi

Jun 15, 2021
1 min

How to Prepare & Send Multi-tracks to a Mix Engineer

Hey Sonics! How is everyone doing today? I hope you've all had a chance to enjoy the summer sunshine. It's been a hot week in the studio, so I've been working around the heat. I'm a little worried I'm not getting enough radio submissions in for "All The Little Things"; but on the plus side, I'm well into production on two more tracks. In this week's Tobisonics Episode, we're doing something a little different from our usual topic, we're taking a look at how you prepare and

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Tobi

Jun 10, 2021
1 min

Adding Movement, Space, & Ear Candy to Your Productions with Auto-pan

Hey Sonics! How is everyone doing? Enjoying the summer sun? Apologies for the late upload this week, I've been chasing it all week long. The great news is we made Artefaktor Radio's Top 50 of 2021 so far with my new single "All The Little Things" landing the #41 spot. And the production for the next single is with Wee Scots Poet. In this week's Tobisonics, we're adding movement to your productions with Auto-Pan. We're going to be using the stock Auto-Pan that comes with

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Using United Plugins Orbitron to Create Width, Depth, Movement, & Analog Texture.

Tobi

Jun 1, 2021
1 min

Using United Plugins Orbitron to Create Width, Depth, Movement, & Analog Texture.

Hey Sonics! How is everyone doing today? Enjoying the sunshine? The production for my next single is almost done [if Cubase stops crashing long enough to let me finish it]. All I need now are some vocals... In this week's Tobisonics episode, we're taking a look at how I used the United Plugins Orbitron to create width, depth, movement, and analog texture in my latest single, "All The Little Things" with Wee Scots Poet. We'll take a look at creating depth for a lead synth,

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Fabfilter Timeless 3: Is the New Interface Intuitive? Does Timeless 3 Give Me Something Different?

Tobi

May 25, 2021
1 min

Fabfilter Timeless 3: Is the New Interface Intuitive? Does Timeless 3 Give Me Something Different?

Hey Sonics! How is everyone doing? I hope you all had a good weekend and the week has started well for each and every one of you. In this week's episode, we're taking a look at the latest upgrade of Fabfilter's delay plugin, Timeless 3. In honesty, although I have used Timeless 2 in productions, I find the interface fussy and difficult to work with; so, before I buy the upgrade, I need to know that the new Timeless 3 interface is intuitive and easy to use. And I need to kn

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Is Baby Audio's Spaced Out Too Convoluted To Be a Practical Tool for Adding Width, Depth & Movement?

Tobi

May 18, 2021
1 min

Is Baby Audio's Spaced Out Too Convoluted To Be a Practical Tool for Adding Width, Depth & Movement?

Hey Sonics! How is everyone doing? The last few weeks have been nonstop with promotion for my new single "All the Little Things" with Wee Scots Poet. And we've been lucky enough to land on a number of Radio Top 10 lists/charts. A big thank you to everyone who has been listening! https://songwhip.com/tobisonics/all-the-little-things In this week's Tobisonics, we're taking a look at a plugin from the good people at Baby Audio, Spaced Out. And what I want to know is, will S

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Can United Plugins Expanse 3D Give You Width, Depth & Height and Maintain Phase Consistency?

Tobi

May 11, 2021
1 min

Can United Plugins Expanse 3D Give You Width, Depth & Height and Maintain Phase Consistency?

Hey Sonics! How is everyone doing? The response to my new single, "All The Little Things" with Wee Scots Poet has been incredible. We've had fantastic write-ups from music blogs Listen to Monger and If It's Too Loud. We made the Artefaktor Radio Weekly Top 20, landing the #12 spot. And we were named Record of the Week by Macca on the Radio. Not to mention, so much support from radio shows and playlist curators. If you haven't heard it already, why not take a moment to lis

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Baby Audio Smooth Operator: Practical & Creative or Easy & Lazy?

Tobi

May 5, 2021
1 min

Baby Audio Smooth Operator: Practical & Creative or Easy & Lazy?

Hey Sonics! Happy eh... Tuesday? Yes, I'm running a day late this week. Apologies. I've had a very busy week of promotion for "All The Little Things"; as we enter the final week before its release. The great news is we've already had a really great response from radio stations! Shout out and thanks, The Warp Factor via Channel One Radio and Revenge FM, Trust The Doc, Exile FM, Artefaktor Radio, RKC Radio, Casimir Engine show via Kinetic 7 FM, Limbo Podcast, and Indie Live

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One Snare Sample - Lots of Flavors Part 2: Signal Generator, Reverb & Side-chained Compression.

Tobi

Apr 27, 2021
2 min

One Snare Sample - Lots of Flavors Part 2: Signal Generator, Reverb & Side-chained Compression.

Hey Sonics! How is everyone doing? I hope the week has been kind to you. Now the blogs are done, I've started submitting "All The Little Things" to radio and podcasts. And I've been listening to Peter Gabriel, and specifically his use of the CMI Fairlight; I'm in need of some inspiration, the next production is eluding me at the moment. Lots of ideas - none of them cut it. Remember, you can catch the exclusive first play of "All The Little Things" with Wee Scots Poet on

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One Snare Sample - Lots of Flavors Part 1: Gate, Panning & +1 Oct Dub

Tobi

Apr 20, 2021
1 min

One Snare Sample - Lots of Flavors Part 1: Gate, Panning & +1 Oct Dub

Hey Sonics! How is everyone doing today? I'm deep into promotion for "All The Little Things" which means blogs are currently trying to fleece me for "pay for review scams". The joys of the independent music scene! In this week's we're diving back into the production for "All The Little Things" and taking a look at how I built variety and contrast into the snare sample; through the changing parts of the track, from verse to pre-chorus, pre-chorus to the chorus, and from the

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Using Saturation to Add Width, Depth & Warmth in my New Single "All The Little Things"

Tobi

Apr 13, 2021
1 min

Using Saturation to Add Width, Depth & Warmth in my New Single "All The Little Things"

Hey Sonics! How is everyone doing? How is the weather where you are? Here in Luxembourg, it is all the weather, all the time. My new single "All The Little Things" has been sent to Distrokid and everything checks out; we're uploaded to Spotify and you can pre-save the single via the link below - plus catch a sneaky peek. 🤫 https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/tobisonicsandweescotspoet/all-the-little-things In today's episode, we're going to be taking a look at how I used d

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Adding Width, Depth & Dynamics to Loops: Part 2 Hi-Hats, Synth & Drum Automation

Tobi

Apr 6, 2021
1 min

Adding Width, Depth & Dynamics to Loops: Part 2 Hi-Hats, Synth & Drum Automation

Hey Sonics! How is everyone doing? I hope you all had a great Easter break. Recovered from the post-chocolate sugar-rush? In today's Tobisonics Episode, we're picking up from where we left off last week; we're using simple production techniques to add width, depth, and dynamics to loops; and in part 2, we're tackling Hi-Hats, a Synth, and adding variation to our drums with automation. Check out my latest release "Eye of the Storm" with UK rapper/poet Costi. #tobisonics #el

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Adding Width, Depth & Dynamics to Loops: Part 1 Bass, Kick & Snare

Tobi

Mar 30, 2021
1 min

Adding Width, Depth & Dynamics to Loops: Part 1 Bass, Kick & Snare

Hey Sonics! How is everyone doing? It's been a funny old start to the week. I've mainly been putting the artwork together for my next single, "All The Little Things" which should be out at the beginning of May. In today's Tobisonics episode, we're adding width, depth & dynamics to loops. My intention was to do this as one video, but it was going to be too long, so I've split it into two parts. Part two will come out next week and tackle Hi-Hats & Synth. In part one, we'r

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