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F9 Audio music Apps folder blog post

Logic Pro X - A very important folder

If you use Logic Pro X then you need to know all about this folder and its contents. Its where we ask you install any F9 content, where you can add 3rd party sampler files and patches, and given a...

How to Make 80's Retro Electric Funk

Love Retro Funk? Watch this multi-part trick-heavy tutorial on how to create 80s funk and soul inside modern DAWS. Learn the history of some of the devices used ( including the infamous MPC swing ) and how we can humanize our beat-making with...

Free F9 Mix reference Pre-master files

So many of us now use Mix referencing software. The trouble is we often seem to use fully mastered tracks giving us a completely skewed reference point. We present the very first set of professionally mixed Pre-mastered WAV files so...

K-Metering and professional gain staging

K-Metering changed my mixing life. I always ended up mixing too hot in digital systems and often felt rudder-less. Let me show you how you can easily re-purpose part of the K-system ( from Bob Katz) to give yourself a...

F9 Definitive guide to vocal remixing

F9 Definitive Guide : Full Vocal remixing

Our finest Free tutorial to date - 3 videos take you through an entire vocal remix from start to finish and we cover everything from the technicalities to the politics. Essential watching if you love to work with vocals.

Kontakt Quickload - The F9 Definitive Guide

Kontakt's excellent but often overlooked Quickload Features allows any user to build up a customisable database of their favourite instruments that are always easily and speedily available. Its also the perfect way to use your F9 Kontakt patches . Watch...

F9 Free Production Kick drums

After chatting to a number of producers on Reddit we saw that one of the most common issues facing you guys is getting the bass end right. We hope this early Xmas gift will help

Style Guide With Point Blank : Techno

Our second style guide with Point Blank featuring the worlds most revered 4/4 genre : techno . In this 2 part video special we discuss the history and origins of the genre and then move onto an experimental method of sound...

Style Guide with Point Blank : House

A two part Video Special with Point Blank on the history and production style of House music Featuring a very special Original 909. First we discuss the History of House music and some of the technology used by the 80s'...

10 Logic Pro Tips You can't live without

Logic Pro - One of the most import pieces of production Software ever written. These are 10 of the finest tip Tips I've learnt over the many years of using it . I guarantee you'll find something in here to...

Music Industry 101 - The Money Pt 1

If you are thinking of Working in or around the modern music industry this F9 industry 101 video is a must see !

10 Ableton Live Tips you can't live Without

10 of the finest Ableton Live tips . James Wiltshire of Freemasons has been using Ableton for over a decade and these are direct from his trick book

Hardware - Can You Hear the Difference ?

Hardware - Can you really hear the difference - Try this Quick Playlist test and see if A classic English Pre amp and EQ rocks your world

Are you destroying your music with Limiters?

Are you destroying your mixes with Limiters ? See and hear the difference when you allow your audio to breathe a little more - level is everything these days , but clarity is just as important !

6 Common EQ mistakes in DAW production

Are you making any of these common EQ Mistakes in your DAW ?. I've made every error possible over the last 15 years so here's my solutions and tips on getting better at this Vital Skill

F9 Audio : The Secrets of Swing Part 1 - The History

Swing - That irresistible modern rhythm technique , Vital in the production of Hip hop, House, R+B, Jazz, Funk and Pop. Follow us on the History of Swing from the early Jazz scene right up to modern day via the Beatboxes...

F9 Audio : The Secrets of Swing Part 2 - The DAWS

How to Apply Swing in Popular DAWS - Now we know the theory lets see how we can put it to use in Logic , Ableton , Reason and Pro Tools with midi and audio parts

F9 Audio : The Secrets of Swing Part 3 - Composition

Putting it all together - See swing in action as we build a modern house track from the Drums up!