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Video: Learn Ableton Live @ Dubspot NYC or Online w/ Thavius Beck
Does music drive technology? Or does technology drive the music? In this coming age of singularity this line is blurring and the tools we use to create music are changing as fast as the music itself....
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10 DJ Tips & Tricks from Dubspot Instructors: Shiftee, Endo, Badawi, Shadetek
DJ Shiftee, 2X DMC Champion and Dubspot Instructor What makes a great DJ? There is no single answer to this question. At Dubspot, we want to help you figure out and achieve what great DJing means to...
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Video Tutorial: Using Traktor + Ableton to Beat Grid Disco, Live Drums...
Click here to view the embedded video. As the art-form of DJing evolves, one of the biggest trends is using controllers rather than turntables to DJ “Internally.” Usually when a DJ says they are...
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Top 5 Dubspot DJ Video Tutorials of 2011
2011 was a strong year for the world of DJing. Native Instruments released Traktor 2 & the S2 controller, iPads took on new capabilities for mixing, and music production software like Maschine and...
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Dubspot NYC Has Grown! Time-lapse Video – 4 New Classrooms, Student Lounge w/...
Over the past few years, Dubspot has grown from a single classroom in New York City’s West Village to a global institute, attracting students from all around the world. This rapid growth has led us to...
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10 DJ Tips & Tricks from the Dubspot Teachers: Shiftee, Huckaby, Endo, Kiva,...
What makes a great DJ? We addressed this question with our staff last year and the article became one of our most popular posts of 2011. We’ve decided to follow up with the Dubspot team in an effort to...
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Tips for Opening DJs – Josh Wink, Hector Romero, Mike Huckaby, DJ Dan, Shiftee +
Once again we revisit one of our most popular discussions on the art of DJing. This time we’re focusing on the warm-up set, with advice from some A-list professionals such as Josh Wink, Hector Romero,...
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12 DJ Tips + Techniques To Improve Your Live Sets / Performances
As part of our ongoing discussion of the art of DJing, here’s a list of ways to raise your DJ game to the next level. Figuring out the basics of DJing is one thing, but learning how to work a room with...
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Going Digital? 5 Tips to Help You Make the Transition + Enhance Your DJ...
Making the switch from turntables to software for DJ performance? Here are five tips that can help you make the transition with ease. Use Physical Control Ditch the mouse or trackpad for laptop DJ...
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Native Instruments Traktor 2.5.1 Update: Using Pioneer CDJs As Soundcards and...
Click here to view the embedded video. Two of the industry leaders in DJ technology, Pioneer and Native Instruments, have recently begun working on some amazing new projects together. Pioneer is known...
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DJ Survey: Just Press Sync? w/ DJ Craze, Dubfire, Lee Burridge, MSTRKRFT,...
In our ongoing conversation with professional DJs we address important questions of the moment. This week we address the much-debated issue of using sync to match beats during a DJ set. DJs Craze,...
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Controlling Traktor w/ Pioneer CDJ2000s Pt 1- Dubspot Video Tutorial w/ DJ Endo
In this new series, Dubspot instructor and Native Instruments product specialist DJ Endo explains how Pioneer’s new CDJ2000 integrates directly with Traktor, offering sound output though the CDJ unit...
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Controlling Traktor w/ Pioneer CDJ2000s Pt 2 – Dubspot Video Tutorial w/ DJ Endo
In our second video on using Pioneer’s new CDJ2000s with Native Instruments’ Traktor, Dubspot instructor DJ Endo shows how to control Traktor’s features directly with the 2000s and take advantage of...
View ArticleDubspot’s YouTube Channel = 100K Subscribers! Free Electronic Music Education...
Click here to view the embedded video. The Dubspot YouTube channel is 100,000 subscribers strong! Our YouTube community has grown tremendously over the last couple of years, and we’d like to thank...
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Ableton Live 9 Tutorial: Convert Audio to MIDI from a Live Guitar w/ Matt...
In this video, Dubspot instructor and course designer Matt Cellitti offers a glimpse at one of the most exciting new features in Ableton Live 9, the option to convert audio to MIDI. In a...
View ArticleDJ Muggs (Cypress Hill / Soul Assassins / Ultra) @ Dubspot! Guest Artist...
While on a brief East Coast tour in support of his new album Bass For Your Face, acclaimed music producer and DJ Lawrence Muggerud a.k.a. DJ Muggs stopped by Dubspot for a interview touching on his...
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Ableton Live 9 Tutorial w/ Thavius Beck: Session View Automation + Drum...
Dubspot instructor and Ableton Certified Trainer Thavius Beck is back! In his very first video tutorial for 2013, Thavius takes a look at one of the new features in Ableton Live 9–the ability to record...
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Logic Tutorial: Use Your iPad As A Second Monitor + Streamline Your Workflow
In part one of this new two-part tutorial, Dubspot instructor and course designer Matt Shadetek shows some new ways to streamline your creative process and workflow in Logic, using the iPad as a second...
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Tricktakular: Trick Mixing w/ DJ Spictakular Pt. 1 – Double Ups
Dubspot instructor and turntablist champion DJ Spictakular kicks off a new video tutorial series entitled Tricktakular: Trick Mixing. In this series, DJ Spictakular will explore basic and advanced...
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Sound Design Tutorial: Create Custom Scripts in Native Instruments’ Kontakt
In this video tutorial, Dubspot’s sound design course designer and instructor Evan Sutton shows you how to add, modify and customize existing instruments in Native Instruments’ Kontakt script editor....
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