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Miguel Chambergo

@crackingsound

donatiensade.com - Music producer - My new album will be out in April, 2018. DOWNLOAD one track for FREE: http://eepurl.com/cx-7Xr

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Miguel Chambergo
@crackingsound Nov 6, 2017, 2:30 PM UTC

The music of a pumpkin: creating organic beats from scratch

Regular readers must have already spotted my proclivity for organic sound, especially with percussion. There’s nothing I dislike more than when I listen to nice tracks by renowned producers with terr…

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Miguel Chambergo
@crackingsound Aug 2, 2017, 2:45 PM UTC

Use your intuition: sound design intuitive experiments - episode 1

You have experienced this many times, for sure, and you just can't explain how in the world you did it. "How did I do that?", you ask yourself, oddly surprised at your sudden masterful abilities. But…

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Miguel Chambergo
@crackingsound Jun 20, 2017, 1:18 PM UTC

Sound transplant: taking the "DNA" of an audio clip and implanting it to another one.

As most teenagers from my generation with a slight interest in music, I used to spend my afternoons watching music videos on MTV, and it was in one of those lay-down afternoons that I first heard the…

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Miguel Chambergo
@crackingsound Jun 7, 2017, 1:04 PM UTC

Ableton Live magic tricks: twirl a knob and turn a voice into a beat

I was a teenager discovering the local underground scene when I heard a former punk-rocker saying in an interview that he rehearsed every song with his band at different speeds, from the original one…

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Miguel Chambergo
@crackingsound May 23, 2017, 1:00 PM UTC

Building your tone: make your synth line sound less synthetic and more organic

There’s magic behind a sawtooth oscillator playing a thick bass line. There’s something about that sound and its harmonics that is so appealing. It’s been around since the 40s and it doesn’t seem to…

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Miguel Chambergo
@crackingsound May 8, 2017, 3:40 PM UTC

Microsound: there are sounds hiding within your sounds

As a child, I always wondered how deep can one look into an object. We’re used to seeing the shape of everything from our own human perspective. A dog, a rock, a snowflake, the skin, the eyes… they a…

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Miguel Chambergo
@crackingsound Apr 24, 2017, 3:07 PM UTC

ASMR: how to use sound for triggering tingling sensations on the skin

What does it feel like when somebody whispers in your ear? Some people describe it as a static-like sensation on the scalp, “akin to a mild electrical current…or the carbonated bubbles in a glass of…

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Miguel Chambergo
@crackingsound Apr 18, 2017, 1:00 PM UTC

Formant filters: when sounds get a human voice

What sounds humans love most? There are tons of surveys and studies out there. Some of the most popular sounds are: waves breaking onshore, fire crackling, white noise, children’s laughter… Back in 1…

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Miguel Chambergo
@crackingsound Apr 10, 2017, 1:00 PM UTC

Sound design: an easy way to get a thick piano sound

As usual, I discovered this trick by chance. I had a MIDI keyboard controller from which I was triggering some piano sounds in Logic. The sound was mapped to be recorded in Pro Tools, as I normally d…

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Miguel Chambergo
@crackingsound Apr 3, 2017, 1:19 PM UTC

Sound design: when you can’t scream, whisper - how to create a wild scream just by whispering

My immediate reaction was of total astonishment. “Is this possible? I mean, is this right?” My cousin had lent me his copy of “Get A Grip” by Aerosmith, and right after the first track, a clear burp…

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