Fanu/FatGyver

Dope old (rare?) funk break sample (DOWNLOAD)

I sample things all the damn time. There's no end to it.
I hear something great – I will sample it. 

I also go to record stores and buy a bit of this and that.
Sometimes I buy records quite blindly just to support a record store, but in hopes of finding something useful.

I just bought a 1 EUR barg...

Twitch DJ session Jan 1, 2023 [video download]

Got my monthly DJ show rolling via Twitch.

👉🏻HERE👈🏻 is the archive of the January 1 show as .mp4 file.
You can also watch it 2023-01-01 17:10:20 +0000 UTC View Post

Thank you / new year's resolutions / what's ahead

I hope everyone's had a really good and inspirational holiday period!

As the old year comes to a close and a new one is around the corner, I first wanted to say big thanks to everyone who's here and supporting my Patreon.
It honestly means a lot to me, and I think this year has been the best so far.

S...

🥵 Top 10 worst DJ experiences 😰

Every DJ gets some really bad experiences sometimes. Travelling ones especially.

Let's talk about them.

How did I become a DJ?

I bought myself a pair of Technics in January 2000 to learn DJing, and never ...

"Legacy" (Metalheadz) song walkthru [VIDEO]

Merry Xmas – I’ve got some viewing for all you DNB headz for when you’re wildly downing that eggnog!

Here’s a walkthru of my Metalheadz song, Legacy.

It's the song of mine that's got the most plays (if that matters at all).

I’m going thru the project and showing what’s happening,...

Update!

(yeah, correct, it is a bike in that pic – I took it outside the house an hour ago...we've got some snow here!)

So wanted to do a quick update on things to come and what's been.
You may have noticed I've been slightly silent here.
Well, reason is, I was rrrreally fecking sick with some monsterous influenza for a...

20 fresh snares! (download)

You remember Uncle Fanu promised to hit you up with some snares soon?
Well here they are!

20 snares – download
(and no sharing the link)

These are all co...

Pro-Q3 kick/bass sidechain

Pro-Q3 kick/bass sidechain

So in a nutshell, place the EQ on your bass track.
Activate sidechain view to see the sidechain frequencies.
Create an EQ node, and turn its outer (dynamic) ring counter-clockwise.
Click on "auto" and then ...

Amazing speech sample source

Always willing to inspire others, I wanted to let you know about this cool speech sample source site because it's quite unrivaled!

Basically that site allows you to search for phrases of speech in a huge movie database. You also get to s...

Gotta love good EQing! (static vs dynamic EQing)

I'll soon have a new batch of fresh drumsounds coming for you, but check this.  Cutting the audio gunk out of your signal AND then boosting – dynamically! – the good parts of it can make such a big difference to your sound.

Especially useful with noisy and resonant samples.

Can you kick it? Have some fresh kickdrums! (DOWNLOAD)

Who wants some kickdrums?

Grab them HERE!
(no sharing!)

Basically, I was creating some kicks with Steinberg Backbone.
I did a bunch, scrapped some crappy o...

Why should you limit your master?

I got this question:

"Would there be any benefit to temporarily putting a limiter on the master in order to highlight any issues in the mix (I mean would it highlight anything too loud in the mix or annoying frequencies)?"

This is a good question, and I'm happy to answer this. Even if you're not t...

Filthy modular bass action with Ableton Oscillot (Max For Live)

Modular bass growl filth with Ableton Live from scratch? Hold my beer!
Using the modular Oscillot synth (a M4L pack).
Let's build a basic one-osc synth and get growly…the power is in that filter!

Breakbeat session: Rock Dirge [video, 40+ mins]

So let's get this breakbeat thing rolling!
Got lots of requests for that.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hrefo8z49ypnq3b/dirgepatreon.mp4?dl=0
(NO sharing the link! But feel free to tell your friends about...

Breaks content will come…on Patreon

Ez ya'll!

Just letting you know that I've been planning the Patreon horizon, and a lot of the recent requests have to do with jungle and chopping breaks.
I've been into that for some 25 years now...still as fun as it ever was!

Sooooo, letting you know I will be going thru some of that stuff on my Patreon this ...

Denoising a drum loop with new Bitwig Loud Split plugin [video]

Audio enginerding stuff here!

Seems the Loud Split plugin of Bitwig's new Spectral pack is pretty nice for controlling the amount of noise in a signal. 

Making drums less noisy here, and also going super noisy!

It's interesting, as good denoising isn't always a walk in the park, bu...

Vital synth bassics!

A good request was, "Could you show how to create basses with Vital?" so hey let's do just that!
Vital is a great-sounding FREE wavetable-synth you should grab.
So let me show you how to create a nice, moving, Reese-ish bass sound as well as a growly plucky one to get you started with it!

Video here (no sharing):...

Let's create dope new drumsounds from scratch or emulate them with Backbone DrumGAN! [video]

I really want to let you know about this new DrumGAN feature of Steinberg Backbone.
It can create new drumsounds for you from scratch OR emulate a drumsound you drop in.

I've stayed away from synthesized drumsounds most of th...

Let's create techstep DNB beats! (Alien Girl drums) [25-minute video]

I recently did a nice session with a patron using a drumloop he gave me, which is the original drumloop that was used in the classic Alien Girl tune by Ed Rush, Optical and Fierce.

So here's me having a go with it, layering things a bit and doing some analog-modeled processing to glue the drums together more and add so...

Create a healthy sub bass with Serum (fix the Reese bass / two-oscillator sub bass drift problem) [video]

It's easy and fun to create two-oscillator basses such as Reese basses with Serum, as they sound lively due to the movement caused by two detuned oscillators.
However, this often causes a problem with sub bass, which will also drift in and out, which we don't want: we want a solid sub bass level.
This video shows you ...

Clipper vs limiter [20-minute video]

Today, I'm telling you about using limiters and clippers.
Where they differ, what's similar, when you should use either, and so on.
Join me for this 20-minute audio engineering lecture!

WATCH HERE (n...