Ableton Live 9 is now fully up and running and available for you to buy or upgrade if you are already an Ableton user. We thought we would look at the key differences in the new version. Live 9 looks to be a fantastic update from earlier versions, and Ableton have really driven the software forward, making it more creative and have added some incredible new features. Ableton has always focused...

In recent years the ‘Loudness Wars’ have meant that time and time again producers and record labels are making the quality of their music suffer so they can stand out in a crowd. Take a look at this image comparing the typical waveforms of an audio file from 1997 and 2013: The dynamic range is the ratio of loudest to softest sounds within a piece of music. As you can...

How do I send a record label a pre-master? So you’ve done the SubBass Logic or Ableton Music Production Course and you’ve had your first track signed, now the label has asked you for a pre-master. So what is this and how do you make sure you are sending them the correct thing… A common misconception amongst new producers is that they have to submit their track to...

Ever wondered how some producers manage to get their drums to realy pump and push through the mix? A little trick you can apply to do this is "Parallel Compression". Parallel compression means you mix your unprocessed or very lightly compressed drums with another heavily compressed drum bus. This technique is great for drums so basically your track should be in a finished...

Welcome to the 2nd instalment of the brand new podcast series from SubBass Academy of Electronic Music. Spring 2013 2 brought to you by former SubBass DJ student Alice Whittington aka AMCW. After taking part in DJ Courses at SubBass and impressing them so much,she was invited to play her first gig at Ministry of Sound, London for SubBass. She absolutely smashed it, so the team at...