September 2010
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August 2010
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Testimonials of Goldenchild Customers →
Consumers want to know what other consumers feel about products and services. With that being said, we decided to post wonderful comments left via email by our customers after they purchased our products. Have a read!
Thank you for the support!
Deeps Pabla CEO, Goldenchild “The leaders in developing Indian audio loops and samples”
July 2010
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EQ Technique: High Pass / Low Pass Filters
Quick tutorial on how to EQ loops and samples from our sound library. This technique can be applied to any audio source. Goal: You want your bass-line and sub-bass, hi-hats, tabla, dhol, drums etc. to have their own space in the mix. How: Effectively use Low Pass and High Pass Filters
Plugin: Waves Renaissance Equalizer
In your EQ you will notice a “High Pass” and a “Low...
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Review: Editors Keys Vocal Booth Pro
Producers around the globe want to know how to get better recording out of their home studio setup. Our customers have asked how to get better vocal quality from home and studio projects. Sure you could spend thousands of dollars on building a sound proof booth, but not everyone has the budget nor the extra space to build one. We came across Editors Keys Portable Vocal booth and will test this...
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New Release: The Bhangra Package →
The Bhangra Package contains 2 Award Winning titles: Bhangra Beat and Bhangra Voices. Click the link to hear audio demos!
June 2010
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Master FX Chain - Part 3 Goldenchild Production...
If you listened to pop/dance/electronic music in the last 5 years or even beyond, you’ll notice the tracks sound LOUD, in your face, and pump. Here is what typically is found in a mastering chain straight from the mouths of super-producers such as Laidback Luke, Morgan Page, Deadmau5 and more…
Open up your DAW and go to your Master FX Chain. You should do the following in the EXACT...
May 2010
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Bhangra Voices - Now out! →
Bhangra Voices - A unique collection of popular Punjabi vocal phrases commonly found in Bhangra music. 50+ original punjabi vocal loops recorded at state of the art recording studios.
Click on the link above for audio demos and expanded product details.
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Sidechain Compression in FL STUDIO: Part 2...
If you paid attention to music in the past few years or in the last decade with dance music, you’ll notice a “pump” effect. Side-chain compression has many names such as “ducking”, “pumping” and loads of others. We’ll explain what makes the sound “pump”.
What is side-chaining: A cousin of Compression which simply lowers the volume of...
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Audio Compression: Part 1 Goldenchild Production...
The Compressor We will go over what the compressor does and an over view of compression settings found on software and hardware compressors. Let’s get this class started. What the compressor effects: the volume.
Once the compression is correctly applied, it instantaneously adds life to the track from vocals, drums to synths. What you should know about compression: Compressors actually...
April 2010
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A free filter VST you should check out! →
Filters are needed to clean up muddy snares, vocals, kicks, heck even your neighbor. Give this filter a go - its free and it kicks ass!
Deeps Pabla CEO, Goldenchild
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What is Syncopation in music?
Syncopation is a rhythmic quality to music in which the emphasis is placed “off” the beat.
Most rock and roll music is syncopated in nature. Rather than emphasizing the more traditional 1 and 3 of the 1-2-3-4 count, the snare drum places emphasis on the 2 and 4 counts. Think of it this way: one-TWO-three-FOUR-one-TWO-three-FOUR.
Syncopation can also fall between the counts....
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Tablaholics Volume 1 - REX & Apple Loops format... →
Tablaholics Volume 1 - product update.
Now shipping with REX and Apple Loop formats. Tablaholics Volume 1 features breathtaking, original high quality tabla loops.
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Bhangra Beat Volume 1 - REX & Apple Loops format... →
Bhangra Beat Volume 1 - product update.
Now shipping with REX and Apple Loop formats. Bhangra Beat Volume 1 features original high quality dhol loops, dhol samples & Punjabi vocal loops.
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How to import Apple loops into Garageband
If you purchased our products and want to conveniently access our Garageband loops and other loops is to drag and drop all of your apple loops into one MAIN folder and then use Finder to search only for .aiff files within your MAIN folder.
Where does Apple store the loops it comes with? For Garageband 1.0 /Library/Application Support/GarageBand/Apple Loops/ For Garageband 2.0 and later + Logic...
March 2010
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Goldenchild Mini Music Conference!?
We are in a meeting right now putting together thoughts and ideas on launching an Indian Music Conference in Los Angeles around the month of June! To answer your question: What is the agenda of the conference?
Let’s break it down: The days festivities would entail + Free product give-aways + Learn how to play tabla, dhol and various Indian instruments + Panel of music producers will do a...
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A free VST synth you must have.
Superwave P8 - If you haven’t used this synth, you should! The Superwave P8 is great sounding 80’s synths from its pads, leads and bass lines. I’ve used it in a lot of tracks over the years and I’m telling you, it’s a great little synth. I had no idea who the developer was until I did some research on-line for Moog/80’s style synths many years ago and decided I...
Dhol loops - Bhangra Beat Volume 1 (new formats)
We are currently in the studio working on adding new formats to our popular sound library title Bhangra Beat Volume 1. The new formats being added to the library are as follows: Reason (NNXT), Soundfont, Logic Audio (EXS24).
Formats that are already found in Bhangra Beat: WAV, AIFF, REX
» Full Product Details w/ audio demos
Happy St. Patricks Day!
Deeps Pabla CEO, Goldenchild
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Thoughts on the Music Industry 2010
Twitter, Facebook, Ustream - the list goes on and on. Social media marketing and the ever popular, ring tones is changing the face of the music industry. The game has changed. If you don’t have a hit single, than you probably will not survive much longer or if at all in the current state of the music industry. The role technology has played itself with music in the last 10 years increased...
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How to - Mix Dhol loops, Tabla loops etc.
Now you sit at your computer screen wondering what should you do with the loops and samples from your library (hopefully they contain Goldenchild loops).
Here is a quick tip on what we do in the studio when it comes to producing music with Indian loops and samples (mainly Indian percussion loops). Scenerio: Sample Project contains dhol loops What you need to have: 1 dhol loop in mono format...
February 2010
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Dhol loops - Bhangra Beat Volume 1 (update)
We are rolling out the REX2 version of Bhangra Beat Volume 1 on March 1st, 2010! Current customers, E-mail your transaction ID number and we’ll send instructions to download the REX2 files from our servers.
What are REX2 files? Dhol loops and dhol samples will be in REX2 format so you may increase the BPM without altering the pitch of the loops. Most DAW applications support REX2 and the...