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Win 1 of 3 Sennheiser HD 280 Pro headphones or a $300 Black Octopus gift card
THE CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED Congratulations to the headphone winners: Ramtin Moghaddam Mirko Brunn Austun Hudgens and the $300 Gift card winner: Mirko Cysewski Black Friday giveaway special! Win 1 of 3 Sennheiser HD 280 Headphones or A $300 gift card to the Black Octopus Shop! Entry is easy: Enter for FREE by entering your […]
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Women in Music – Amy Kirkpatrick
Today we have a special one for the Women in Music interview series! Our very own Amy Kirkpatrick. She is known not only for being featured in massive media outlets such as Forbes, Billboard, Magazine, MixMag and Grammy Nominated with The Crystal Method, but also for her very own Vocal packs she has done here […]
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Women in Music – Lucia Cifarelli of KMFDM
Welcome to the next interview in the Women in Music Interview Series. We are doing these interviews to highlight the many women in Music and their careers and talents! I am very honored and excited to welcome Lucia Cifarelli! For anyone in Industrial and Rock music scenes, she won’t need an introduction. Her band Drill […]
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Women in Music – Sensu
Welcome back to another interview with a super talented and amazing female artist in the music industry! Today we are sitting down with Universal Records / Quartz Records artist and electronic beat making extraordinaire Sensu! Jasmin Peterhans (born 1992) known by her stage name Sensu, is a music producer, musician and live-act based in Baden, […]
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Women in Music – Jessiquoi
Welcome to the first interview of a massive series filled with loads of talent! Women in Music will be focused on Female talents in Music. They will be talking about their careers, goals, tips for the new generations, and other nuggets of info and experience. We are excited to bring Jessiquoi for the first […]
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Going Deep with Acoustics – Interview with Matt Davis
One of the hardest things for any engineer or producer to get right isn’t the mix, its not even the music… it is the acoustics of the room they are sitting in. It’s a no brainer that this is one of the most important and crucial aspects of knowing what you are hearing and in […]
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Going Deep with Plugin Development – Interview with Marc Adamo
We all use them. We all know about them. But what really goes on behind the scenes (and hood) of plugins and plugin development? Since 1992, with Waves first audio plugin called the Q10 Paragraphic EQ, we have seen a massive rise, and overall must-have scenario for audio plugins. It is surreal to think back […]
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Going Deep with Music Marketing and Management – Interview with Thomas Gerbrands
Today, we are taking the dive with Management and Marketing in Music! This is the perfect ‘tips’ and ‘insider info’ for those coming up, as much as those already established. Thomas Gerbrands is the manager of SHOOK (you may know SHOOK from his legendary Synth Funk style, quirky videos, or his Sample Pack “Shook Synth […]
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Waves Releases MultiMod Rack – Distortion Dreams Come True!
Waves Releases MultiMod Rack Today we will be talking about a brand new plugin from Waves Audio! Well, not entirely brand new because it is actually a rack that involves loads of their amazing plugins. The name of the game, you ask? Distortion. Some of you may have read the previous article about their distortion […]
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Using Reverb Creatively
TOP 5 TIPS FOR USING REVERB CREATIVELY IN YOUR MIX AND PRODUCTIONS Too much Reverb can make a sound feel washed out or too far back in the mix; too little can make an instrument or vocal far too dry without special sauce. It’s about finding balance to bring a mix and song to life. […]
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Win 1 of 3 Sennheiser HD 280 Pro headphones or a $300 Black Octopus gift card
THE CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED Congratulations to the headphone winners: Ramtin Moghaddam Mirko Brunn Austun Hudgens and the $300 Gift card winner: Mirko Cysewski Black Friday giveaway special! Win 1 of 3 Sennheiser HD 280 Headphones or A $300 gift card to the Black Octopus Shop! Entry is easy: Enter for FREE by entering your […]
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Making of a Monster – The Black Octopus Documentary film
Black Octopus Sound is proud to present Making of a monster: The Leviathan story. This film gives an intimate look into the perils of starting a sample pack company from scratch, building a sustainable living in the music industry, as well as the blood-sweat-tears that went into making the iconic product line Leviathan.
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EastWest Hollywood Fantasy wins the NAMM TEC best musical instrument award
EastWest Hollywood Fantasy wins the NAMM TEC best musical instrument award! Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra is the 2024 NAMM TEC Award Winner for best musical instrument software. Now available for $499 5 Star review from SoundonSound magazine BRING FANTASY WORLDS TO LIFE Introducing Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra, a brand-new orchestra that includes everything you need to create […]
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Oberheim announces the OB-X8 analog synthesizer
A Classic — Evolved The OB-X8 is more than just a new OB-series Oberheim. It’s engineered to be the best modern OB ever created. Oberheim has announced the OB-X8 synthesizer, a fusion of the OB-X, OB-XA, & OB-8 Synthesizers all in one. In collaboration with Sequential & Focusrite this legendary collaboration is sure to bring […]
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