Groove3 Virtual Instruments Tips & Tricks [TUTORIAL]
Join veteran Groove3 instructor Thomas Cochran for a look at some handy tips and ideas for getting better sounds from your virtual instruments. Whether it’s problem-solving, such as removing an annoying click from a sound’s transient, or ways to vary a sound by way of modulation or other means, you’ll gain a fresh perspective on VSTi use and what exactly they’re capable of. These virtual instrument video tutorials are for those with basic VI familiarity.
After welcoming you to the course, Thomas begins by demonstrating how to tame those pesky clicks that can show up at the beginning or end of a sound. Learn this simple fix and never have to deal with this annoyance again! Then learn how variations in note velocity can help bring a dull instrument to life in several ways. This is especially useful when you’re going for realism with your virtual instrument.
Next, Thomas demonstrates how to properly gain-stage a virtual instrument via its internal volume, which is especially crucial when dealing with distortion or dynamics. Then learn about the often-overlooked settings that deal with monophony or polyphony as well as some creative applications of portamento.
There’s much more to come, including changing timbre with filters, altering an instrument’s shape with envelopes, adding movement with LFOs, using built-in effects, keyboard tracking, thickening sounds with unison, and more! By the end of the course, you’ll be armed with a wealth of ideas for transforming your tired VIs into something much more inspiring.
The virtual instruments used in the video tutorials are the following, but similar results can be had from any similar virtual instrument:
- Serum
- Kontakt – THE MAVERICK
- Kontakt – STUDIO DRUMMER
- Omnisphere
- Arturia Wurli V2
- Ableton Analog
- Ableton Simpler
- Ableton Sampler
- Native Instruments – MONARK
If you’ve grown tired of your same old VIs and are wondering if they have nothing left to offer, this course is the one to watch. What’s better, the strategies you learn in this course are applicable to any virtual instrument and in many other scenarios as well. See the individual virtual instrument video tutorial descriptions for more information on each topic and other ways in which you can benefit from the lessons. Don’t settle for lackluster VIs any longer… watch “Virtual Instruments Tips & Tricks” today!
What You Will Learn:
- Strategies for dealing with problems commonly found in virtual instruments, such as pops/clicks, etc.
- Proper gain-staging for different virtual instruments
- Using filters to alter the timbre of an instrument in various ways
- Adding movement with LFOs and enhancing the sound with built-in effects
- And much more!