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Recording guitar made easy: a Roland Planet event!
Want your technique for guitar recordings to be made easy? Then get yourself down to Red Dog Music for Roland Planet's 'Recording Guitar Made Easy' event! Read more »
Novation Launchpad S: universal, faster, brighter
The original Novation Launchpad was an instant success; from affordable grid-based control of Ableton Live to bespoke software monome-like emulation, the Launchpad proved itself to be a versatile controller, as many online videos attest. Now, Novation update the Launchpad and present the Launchpad S. Choosing not to mess with the tried-and-tested formula [...] Read more »
The best free plugins for Mac and PC- Part 1
If you're just starting out, or you just want a cheap way to find some inspiration, we highlight some of the best free plugins for Mac and PC Read more »
Reason 7 on its way: nice rack!
With Reason 7 announced and in public beta, we can start to get excited about it's new features. Control your outboard noisemakers with MIDI out anyone...? Read more »
Music production hardware: how to escape your computer
Produce exclusively on your computer? Maybe a change will inspire you. In this post we discuss the potential of using dedicated music production hardware. Read more »
The seven days of Ableton Live 9 : 1 day to go
Just one day to go until Ableton Live 9 is with us, in this last post, the Red Dog Team say how Live is perfect for virtually every genre of music... Read more »
The seven days of Ableton Live 9 : 2 days to go
While specialist applications such as Traktor and Serato may the ‘go-to’ choices when it comes to digital djing, Ableton Live can offer some very powerful tools for inspiring and enabling creativity in the dj booth. As the release of Ableton Live 9 is just around the corner, we turn today [...] Read more »
The seven days of Ableton Live 9 – 3 days to go
Up until now, we’ve looked at some of perhaps the more obvious ways of using Live, making loop-based music and dance music in particular. However, as we continue to count down to the release of Ableton Live 9, today we look at bringing Live into your band, electronic-based, indie, jazz [...] Read more »
The seven days of Ableton Live 9- Friday 1st March: 4 days to go
Given the ease with which you can throw audio and MIDI loops together and have them instantly sync to the current tempo and the way you can adjust the key with the turn of a knob, it’s not surprising that Ableton Live very quickly became the darling of the 4/4 [...] Read more »