Please visit this page which lists the hardware and software you are required to own for programmes taught by Point Blank. Note that you have access to our facilities 7 days a week during term time for the length of your course (excluding scheduled breaks). However, if you are able to attend classes on-campus, this equipment will be available to use either in-class or by booking practice time. To help with your independent learning and assessment work, you will need to have access to this equipment outside of the campus.
Point Blank is proud to be ahead of the curve in delivering a fantastic student experience whether on campus or online and are happy to include all the exclusive features for students listed here.Ĭourse spaces are limited to ensure every student receives ample 1-2-1 time with their lecturers.ĭepending on your programme, certain pieces of hardware and software will be essential throughout your studies at Point Blank. At Point Blank, we make it our priority to connect our students to the music industry to give you a head-start in your career. Our facilities feature the best industry-standard hardware and software including SSL Duality Delta and Audient mixing consoles. After stepping into our state-of-the-art studios in Shoreditch, you’ll be joining a global alumni community with the likes of Aluna Francis and Claude VonStroke. This course provides an exciting and practical journey through the creative process of music production. You’ll gain a broad understanding of music production elements such as creating sounds and programming drumbeats, to writing melodies, use of effects and mixing and mastering your tracks. It also includes studio mentoring sessions with A&R Director Kwame Kwaten who’s worked with Jay-Z, Mick Jagger, Tom Jones and Seal to name a few. If you have a request for a future post, let us know by dropping a message our way.This 6-month Music Production & Sound Engineering Certificate is taught by experts in the music business who have worked with the likes of Oasis, Armin Van Buuren, Bjork, Depeche Mode and many more. We hope this has helped to shine some light on those little SC boxes in NI Massive. This is great tool to find those small bits of sound in more minute modulation setups. So now the Macro knob moves between the min and max points of the LFO modulation ring. This is because the sidechained Macro controller will now control modulation only within the parameters assigned to the LFO itself. But now you may want to reprogram the first Modulator, an LFO in the video. This assigns the minimum and maximum destinations. To engage with sidechaining at this point, you need to select a direction you wish to want to turn the Macro knob. And when you attempt to turn the Macro knob assigned, nothing changes. If you had a modulation range programmed already, it disappears. But once you click on SC, it changes entirely. As you can see, at first the sidechain feature is not active and therefore can simply be used as another modulator slot. To help illustrate this in the easiest way possible, a Macro controller is used in the SC slot.
This is an incredibly powerful concept to apply to your production work in your DAW, and now you will be able access it here in Massive as well. The SC modulation box, found under many of the knobs, is how you work with sidechaining in Massive and this lesson explores exactly how you go about it and how it works. There are several key features scattered throughout NI Massive that are continually asked about by students and commenters alike. This is a really great video explaining how the sidechain function works within NI Massive to provide you with added control over your modulation options.