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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.

  • Native Instruments announces the Maschine+ standalone production instrument

    MASCHINE+ is a sampler, a drum machine, a synth, and an on-stage superpower. In short, it’s whatever you make it. Leave the laptop behind, jam with your other gear, and create beats in minutes with a wealth of on-board sounds, instruments, and effects. It’s the iconic MASCHINE workflow, with fewer strings attached. Do it Standalone […]

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  • Using sound design to break through writers block

    Using sound design to break through writers block by Jake @ Cryonaut Media That Awful Feeling Writer’s Block. Maybe you’re trying to come up with a good hook to complement the chords you just arranged, or maybe a bridge. No matter what you do though, you can’t seem to come up with anything that works. It […]

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  • Waves Releases New Distortion Plugin – Berserk

    Waves has released a brand new distortion and saturation plugin that will turn heads! It’s called Berserk and the name explains it all. This beast can do pretty much anything and everything distortion enthusiasts desire, extremely well.   Waves are one of the most influential and household names in the entire plugin world. Recently they have […]

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  • Compression – All You Need To Know

    Compressors – All you need to know! by Slade Templeton Whether we are recording, producing, mixing or mastering, compression has its finger print somewhere in the pie. Today we will go over what types of compressors there are, what they are best used for, and some neat tips and tricks of how to use them […]

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