Customer Reviews

To the Point

Larry does a great job of explaining plug-ins in a practical, user-friendly way. He captures the essence of the program and gets you up and running quickly. I was already using the program, but still learned a lot in this tutorial.

shrinktfit

Hobbyist, Producer, Beat Maker, Sound for Film/TV, Logic Pro

Wowee

I had no idea you were such a fabulous drummer.
Just flat out brilliant $$$

Quiggy

Student, Hobbyist, Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Ableton Live, Acid, Cubase, Logic Pro, Reason, Reaper, Studio One, Samplitude

I give it 5 Stars

This is the first review I have ever left and I been a long time groove 3 user. I must say this video was very informative and answered a lot of my questions about the subject. I would take years to get this information and if you find it elsewhere online it would probably be false or incomplete. He not only did a good job of explaining it to where you can understand he even though in some extra tips. I highly recommend this video!

The Soundmaster 910

Helpful

Dear Mr. Cochran,
Your videos are informative and helpful, even to a wizened old pro like me. But, please: stop saying "go ahead and....". After a while, this sounds like getting poked with a sharp stick.
Thank you, Brad Cole

Colemine1210

Professional, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Studio One

Straightforward and useful

Very useful fast walk through of the Opsix. Afterwards felt confident to explore on my own, specifically the modulation section and the different operator types. The bass and pad preset building sections especially helpful.

MartinH

Hobbyist, Sound for Film/TV, Ableton Live, Reason

Efficient Introduction to UA Luna

Great way to get a high level over view of how to get around in Luna!

BillEdstrom

Professional, Audio Engineer, Ableton Live, Cakewalk Sonar, Logic Pro, Mixcraft, Pro Tools, Reason, Studio One

Why speak so fast?

English it is my second language..

Strano68

Professional, Musician, Producer, Beat Maker, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Cubase

Wonderful tutorial!

Very complex topics in a simple way..

Strano68

Professional, Musician, Producer, Beat Maker, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Cubase

Another pearl..

Fantastic!

Strano68

Professional, Musician, Producer, Beat Maker, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Cubase

Very useful

Fantastic Tutorial!

Strano68

Professional, Musician, Producer, Beat Maker, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Cubase

Smart and useful

Great Adam!

Strano68

Professional, Musician, Producer, Beat Maker, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Cubase

Brilliant!

I have to say, this tutorial is an absolute gem. It opened my eyes to many things I had been missing, especially when it comes to mixing bass and drums. My highest recommendation. After this tutorial, my mixes sound at least three levels better! Thank you for the best of both worlds!

Danijel

Great tutorial, clear & concise

I was an early user of Ace Studio and there were no tutorials available so had to work it out myself. It's been updated several times since and it's all covered here. Would have saved me a lot of time. Thanks

Steve at Delph Studio

Professional, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Cubase, Pro Tools

Quite Detail but

How could he not have mentioned bind key commands? This is essential for a user!

TuanTran

On Point!

Another great mixing tutorial by Larry Holcombe.
Besides the basics, there are always some little tips and tricks that are very useful. Great content.

Lenny

Useful for beginners and more advanced musicians

This is an excellent book with an easy to follow form. The information builds on itself with each successive chapter. You will be a better songwriter than you were before If you work through it in a linear fashion. If you're a seasoned songwriter, don't worry, there is endless gold you can mine from just about any section. Note of caution for beginners. You may want to brush up on music theory a little bit before starting this book and especially if you want to really understand the latter half of the book.

songong

Semi-Pro, Professional, Producer, Beat Maker, Audio Engineer, Ableton Live, Pro Tools

Super helpful course on production

Shows how important is sound selection, layering and structure to have very good results with minimal mixing. The problem is that, precisely, sound selection is very difficult, although you get some ideas from this course.

Fernando Major

Hobbyist, Musician, Cubase, Logic Pro

Old version of the program

The program itself is very easy to use, I watched the videos to have more information about it. However, the program is now at V11, many things has changed from the V8 is presented here. It would be nice to have a new, updated course of this software.

Tepswalker

Semi-Pro, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Game Designer, Sound for Film/TV, Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Reason, Reaper, Studio One

Well Done Eli

Each class I take by Eli, I come away like I got my money's worth with time spent on topics he teaches. This EQ course is nothing less than just "take it", "learn it" and "use it". Thank you Eli.

imadrummin

A must-have for guitarists!

This is easily the best guitar book that focuses on all seven modes! Instead of just providing scale patterns and a vague description of when to use them, Carl actually gives musical examples to demonstrate how they're used in a rock context. Definitely check this out!

RiskyBiz

Well done, Eli!

As usual, Eli lays down the essentials in this video to get us moving in the right direction. Only essential not covered is keyboard commands and maybe that's not your thing. All good stuff here.

mw2446@gmail.com

Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer

Great overview

This was so helpful in getting to learn this great piece of hardware - thanks! Would love to see a follow-up in using Nektarine to get more granular with the customization!

cmurphy

Groove3 is an excellent resource

Groove3 is a fantastic platform for musicians, producers, and audio engineers looking for high-quality, in-depth tutorials on music production, mixing, mastering, and software training

Tan

Straight to the point, clear, useful

I like these kind of tutorials. Straight to the point, clearly explain, packed with useful information. Sometimes I wished they explained more details, but anyway now I have the knowledge to go myself and experiment.

Fernando Major

Hobbyist, Musician, Cubase, Logic Pro

Great Studio One Mixing video.

This has been one of the best mixing videos I have watched. Very Insightful, Gary does a great job and easy to follow. The techniques are easy to apply.

greenie73

Professional, Musician, Audio Engineer, Studio One

Great tips!

Enjoyed this a lot. Hardly a surprise, as I always enjoy Larry Holcombe's series. Very wide ranges of topics covered here. Might be a little over your head if you're totally new to mixing, so more useful for somewhat seasoned mixing engineers.

neilgilmartin

Very helpfull.

Very nice demonstration of brush technique.
Good instruction.

Henk-Jan

Hobbyist, Musician, Studio One

Bad Tutorial for Bass Slap

Louis J, was great at slapping bass but he mentions several times about how he kept busting up his fingers, why learn from him? You gotta practice smart not busting your fingers and stop playing bass because of it. Waste of time on this tutorial.

Pablo S

Beginner, Student, Musician, Logic Pro, Studio One

Clever stuff

Nice to hear insights on how his approach to mixing has changed over time as well.

lil_lutzka

Full of helpful information, but...

The main problem with this course (apart from the presenter's super-annoying habit of describing everything as super-nice, super-helpful or super-useful) is that the cursor is so small that it's very difficult to see where it is when a function is being explained, meaning that the video is constantly being paused and rewound whilst you scan the screen to find the cursor. If it were made larger or highlighted in a different colour the videos would be a lot easier to follow. That aside, the course itself is full of useful information and a good starting point to learn the software.

Wibbers

Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Ableton Live, Cubase

Marvellous

Loved it. Making the seemingly complex simple. Excellent and thoroughly enjoyable series to watch.

neilgilmartin

Ace Studio Explained

Ace Studio is an Amazing instrument, Eli does a very good job explaining how it works. The interface is very simple yet powerful and this video series demonstrates it quite well.

Diego5150

Hobbyist, Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Studio One

Excellent course

Great presentation of all relevant information. Very accessible. The duration of the videos was very manageable but still thoroughly. Really worth it.

Viv Monsa

amazing overview of so many different drum! When he combines his vocals with the drum, it is an amazing experience. I want to hear more.

When he combines his vocals with the drums, it is an amazing experience. I want to hear more. the possibilities are endless.

billb

New Techniques

I have played the guitar for 60 years so I seldom find new techniques, but here I learned something new about chicken pickin'.

Mimical

Hobbyist, Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Pro Tools

Awesome!

Thank you for this great video course with great instructors and instructions. Tabs are helpful and they are must!

Tha Man

Great help

Groove3 is my go to source for tutorials

Patriot

Semi-Pro, Musician, Logic Pro

Masterful explanations

Very useful, especially to see the processing on the buses & master fader. Alberto comes across as an 'artist' mixer / producer - he clearly loves what he does, has mastered it, and, good for us, can explain it all clearly too (as well as making it all seem fun!). More tutorials from Alberto please.

hrih67

Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer

Shaperbox is indespensible

This plugin can replace many of the traditional plugins you are used to using. It's power goes way beyond electronic music.

Khaliq-O-Vision

Genial

Genial is the way of teaching, easy to remember and memorize it!

Strano68

Professional, Musician, Producer, Beat Maker, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Cubase

Genial

Genial way of teaching!

Strano68

Professional, Musician, Producer, Beat Maker, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Cubase

Absolutely love this!

Eli has really gone above and beyond in this one. Extremely effective explanations of the plug-ins and a host of exciting ideas that I just wouldn't have thought of without his input. There were quite a few 'penny drop' moments for me, as I was familiar with all the techniques he uses, but just hadn't thought about how to use them before in this way. For example, using something as simple as Echo, but in dual-mono mode for getting extra width on a vocal. Yes, I know about dual-mono; yes, I know the Echo plug-in and its various features; but I hadn't put these two things together. I probably shouldn't be admitting this in a public review, but never mind. Inspiring series!

neilgilmartin

Good start for those who try to do everything from home

Basic start for the curious ones what AI can do for their music.

MrBreb

Great demonstration of plugin's capabilities

The examples used in this video series were very relevant in terms of common mixing problems with Eli clearly explaining how he creatively uses Split-EQ to tackle each problem.

tigerose01

Hobbyist, Semi-Pro, Audio Engineer, Cakewalk Sonar, Reaper

a bit dissappointing

The author should be able to play the instrument, not just stumble around pressing the same keys over and over again.
This makes it rather boring to follow along. BTW: I do like his many other, rather technical tutorials, but this one ...

JulianFlor

Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Bitwig Studio, Reaper, Studio One

Always to learn

A lesson of the Master

Al Schmitt

Professional, Audio Engineer, Pro Tools

Genial

Much more than information, very helpful!

Strano68

Professional, Musician, Producer, Beat Maker, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Cubase

Good Introduction to the tools

Larry does a good job of introducing the tools that could be used to assist someone in leveraging the latest technology to write music... from lyrics, to midi, to sounds, to a complete song. This is not an in-depth video but rather an introduction and for that he did a great job.

CJ Rock

Hobbyist, Producer, Beat Maker, Ableton Live, Logic Pro

Incredibly well designed platform all around!

Great integrated features.

RandyinCT

Hobbyist, Semi-Pro, Professional, Musician, Producer, Sound Designer, Sound for Film/TV, Logic Pro

OK

Hard to understand the presenter, due think accent at least for me
title of lesson says using logic pro, but it used a sample plug for most of it that is almost as much as logic pro itself

Dr. User

Great course! Especially if you use Reason!

I really appreciate Paul Ortiz's teaching style and doable speed of explaining. Something I find useful, is the extra thought process on things sometimes, along with his mentioning what he is doing or going to on screen so you aren't just looking for the cursor to follow along. I'm slightly biased on this one as its in Reason for bonus points, but would be a good course for anyone to watch, especially when on sale pricing! Cheers!

GregRband

Beginner, Hobbyist, Musician, Producer, Beat Maker, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Mastering Facility, Sound for Film/TV, Ableton Live, Acid, FL Studio, Cakewalk Sonar, Cubase, Logic Pro, Mixcraft, Reason, Samplitude

Does not go beyond absolute basic knowledge.

Two examples: 1) For the chapter “Making an AI Track”, he enters a prompt on Udio and plays the song results. 2) For the chapter “Writing Lyrics Using ChatGPT”, he enters a one-sentence prompt (“write me a song text”) and then copies it exactly as it is. No fine-tuning, no improvements, no tips, nothing... and that's the whole “course”. An absolute waste of time. What a pity.

broelke

Excellent course, even for newer versions of Cubase / Nuendo

Even though this course covers an older version of the software than the one I’m using, I still chose it because Paul Ortiz is one of the best tutors I’ve ever come across—and Cubase 10 Explained does not disappoint. While it’s impossible to cover every single function of the program in just a few hours, the course does an excellent job of explaining the basics along with many useful features that are essential for daily use.

What sets Mr. Ortiz apart from most other tutors is his thoughtful and creative selection of content, as well as his clear, down-to-earth explanations that get straight to the point without any unnecessary filler.

mon

Hobbyist, Semi-Pro, Professional, Musician, Producer, Beat Maker, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Game Designer, Mastering Facility, Sound for Film/TV, Cubase, Nuendo

Thank you, this was very informative!

Thank you, this was very informative. I only wish you had more Bob Marley video tutorials available here?

BdaBoy

Hobbyist, Semi-Pro, Musician, Mixcraft

very valuable

Lots of valuable and informative material. Great lay out

Marco10

Professional, Musician, Sound Designer, Sound for Film/TV, Logic Pro

Great quick arranging tips

Clear and concise

Xin nian kuai le

Student, Hobbyist

A fine guide to Kontakt 8

I've been using Kontakt since it first arrived, but there's much to learn with each new iteration. Eli makes clear all of the twists and turns enthusiastically and intelligently.

RadioJimbo

Up to date...

I can find pretty much what I'm looking for.

MagicRossi

Not a lesson

The videos are too short. Tony was kind of just sharing and showing the grooves. There is no lesson or a step by step “how to”.

Renz

Professional, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer

Excellent video on drum fundamentals.

Finally, someone is teaching the fundamentals of bass drum and hi-hat separately. These are the most important fundamentals to understand. I wish that I had seen this when I began playing drums. One week of practicing these studies, will improve your drumming 100%. Video quality and production are excellent! Thanks to Michael and crew.

BrianD

Just What I Needed

Falcon is an exceptionally comprehensive VST. I write mostly for acoustic instrumentals. Falcon allows me to craft the perfect instrument and instantly recall it for the next project(s) and make minor adjustments, if necessary, in record time. My approach is spending time crafting the best sound I can going into a song to get the best sound out. Falcon allows me to craft that sound on the way in, providing both inspiration and efficiency in mixing. This tutorial gave me the knowledge base to may my process efficient and recallable.

CharlesG

Semi-Pro, Musician, Digital Performer

Great course

Easy to follow and good explanation on the sampling process of the maschine software and (in this course the MK2)hardware but easy to translate to the MK3 hardware as to the new Maschine 3 software

Lieuwe

Professional, Musician, Producer, Beat Maker, Sound Designer, Ableton Live, FL Studio, Studio One

Very helful introduction to CS12

Very helpful introduction to CS12. As always, Eli is very clear in explaining and provides a lot of useful tips.

DanielH.

Excellent explanations of gating, compression, and filtering

Really good explanations here. It feels like, at this point in his groove3 career, Larry is so familiar with explaining key mixing concepts that he's really able to make it clear, direct and concise. I'm not sure why this series exists, however; Eli has already done a series that introduces this plug-in, and this is another series introducing the plug-in? I mean, it's great if you own the plug-in because you get two perspectives on it, but I'm not sure I've seen groove3 do two 'explained' series on the exact same plug-in before. For what it's worth, they're both great, but I find Larry's explanation of gating clearer, at least for me.

neilgilmartin

Excellent

I remember reviewing Eli's overview of Logic Pro 10.8, the update that first introduced Beat Breaker. While I made the point then that the overview is great, I also said that the examples used to introduce Beat Breaker specifically were a bit messy and rushed - which was fine, given that the purpose was just to introduce. In this series, however, Eli does a great job of really selling the plug-in. An extremely fun, versatile, and powerful tool that Logic has given users for free. It's easy to under-appreciate it for precisely this reason: being free somehow suggests not-quite-as-good. But that's simply not the case, just as that isn't the case for Step FX, Phat FX, Tape Delay, Space Designer, or any other number of included plug-ins. Thanks, Eli, for the inspiring ideas.

neilgilmartin

Very helpful

Great overview of the mixing process and, as ever, great delivery from Larry. For me, this was a way of reviewing before getting back into mixing, and it was very helpful. Some great ideas from Larry that were well worth re-visiting (using ER rather than reverb in some cases; compressing the stereo bus and sending mostly wet to the mids, mostly dry to the sides; creating various busses and sending signals from one bus to another bus...) A decent tune as well, which helps whenever doing a mixing series as you inevitably hear snippets of the song repeatedly.

neilgilmartin

REALLY GOOD INFO

... i WILL USE WHAT i HAVE LEARNED IN MY MUSIC

JimMoffatt

Semi-Pro, Professional, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Mastering Facility, Sound for Film/TV, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Reason, Studio One

LOVE THIS

Will all access pass it's just a matter of finding time to learn...then I KNOW where to go first

JimMoffatt

Semi-Pro, Professional, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Mastering Facility, Sound for Film/TV, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Reason, Studio One

Now I see

Nice explanation of the plug-in. Very Informative vid.

Piper

Hobbyist, Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Beat Maker, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Reason, Reaper

Easy to follow & concise!

Extremely helpful for newcomers such as myself. Well paced and very easy to follow. Excellent!!

Paul Desmond

Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Cubase, Nuendo, Pro Tools, Reaper, Studio One

Very Helpful

Living in an area where there are not too many Studio One Users, any information I can access to learn about S1-Pro7 before I purchase the upgrade from Studio One V6, is very helpful. The Groove 3 videos are very clear and cover points of interest that I wouldn't have access to otherwise. This video and others that I have also purchased covering Studio One V6 have been invaluable to me, and review them often to pick up the finer points about the programe. Excellent Videos.

Ray O

Hobbyist, Musician, Studio One

Great primer

What a great intro to this feature. Solid foundational info that encourages exploration. Thanks again, Eli.

JamesKeithNorman

Professional, Musician, Producer, Sound Designer, Pro Tools

Watch before buying the Plug-In

I downloaded the demo of Anthology and ended up buying because it was the last day of the sale and started to feel a bit of buyer's remorse. The truth is that it was just a bit too much and the videos really broke everything down into bitesize chunks with great explanations and examples. A lot of training isn't very good these days, this is one of the better ones I've seen in a while.

A lot more excited about my purchase and while I won't need every plug-in here, there were a few that I had written off that definitely made it on the short list to try out.

ashasha3

Very helpful. I'm learning a lot.

I like the course a great deal. The instructor is knowledgeable and the course is well organized. I have one big beef with the course however. The fact that the instructor expects me as a beginning hobbyist to spend $175 for two plugins is absurd.

jfragos

Hobbyist, Audio Engineer, Reaper

Very helpful

It is helpful to understand Lethal Synth better. Thank you

DevilArt

Excellent course!

After purchasing Ozone 11 advanced and wanting a quick fire tutorial that got to the point I Stumbled across this site and purchased this course. Highly recommended ????????

Kirk C

The Best!!

I've been playing for 46 years and I've never seen jazz simplified like Jimmy Bruno has done in this video! Stick to what he lays out here, don't deviate and within a year or two you'll be kicking azz!

Jersey Frank

Professional, Musician, Logic Pro

Great course

I like the new ideas I have got from this course thanks

a singer

Semi-Pro, Musician, Ableton Live

Very Helpful!

The course gives a solid overview of all the functionality of the Korg Modwave native, as well that it shows how to use this functionality to create sounds from scratch (in increasing difficulty). Very well done! And not the least: there are very few tutorial video's of the Modwave Native, so I was happy to see that Groove3 offered one. Thanks!

Amarent

Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Sound Designer, Logic Pro

This tutorial is great.

Everything is organized and explained very clearly. Definitely worth watching. Thank you.

jamesbmpls

Semi-Pro, Musician, FL Studio, Pro Tools

The best

The best better then al the rest

Natte

Very well done !!!

Everything was placed skill a set for learning, I've enjoyed this class.

iamPanama

Not what it says it is...

You won't "Learn 8 SONGS!" like it says... you just get the solos. I know from other material Troy Stetina is a good teacher, but this is just a money grab...

Andrew Burson

Hilfreich

Ich war vom Umfang regelrecht erschlagen, fand das Buch aber insgesamt sehr gut

Äandi

Very helpul

Eli is the best instructor. I learned a lot of little things from him and his videos. This gets 5 stars.. It was very informative,

Johnshoe

Semi-Pro, Musician, Studio One

Very systematically

As a beginner I like the systematic approach. It helped me understand the basics which I can now build on.

Benji

Control Command Option Alt

would you Please stop confusing windows users with out repeating over and over, that Alt is ?? on Mac and Ctrl is ?? on Mac.. it gets really annoying to do a mental translation when watching these in focus.. you have to say both, have some respect, there are probably more financially-challenged musicians using windows for pricing reasons.. thanks..

ArpeggioBlues

User Review

The videos themselves are great but I was disappointed there were no PDF’s or backing tracks.

Bernie Dollery

Fundamental of Rock, Speed Picking and More!

Some of the best approaches!

Thant

Excellent!

Eli is a very knowledgeable user of Ezkeys 2. He shows in thorough detail how to use the settings. I am very happy that I bought this course and downloaded it in case I want to watch it off line.

Vito

Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Mastering Facility, Sound for Film/TV, Studio One

Excellent!

Eli is a great teacher. I am very pleased to have bought this course, as I learned how to use the various settings in the software better.

Vito

Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Mastering Facility, Sound for Film/TV, Studio One

Glad to stop by

Till now I was using this plugin in almost clishe fashion..

Lovro

Semi-Pro, Professional, Musician, Producer, Logic Pro

Nice entry level method

nice and structured way to get into gypsy jazz

Guille

Hobbyist, Musician, Producer, Sound for Film/TV, Cubase

I like it

brilliant

Al.taill

Hobbyist, Musician, Producer, Ableton Live, Reason

A Brilliant Tutorial

A fantastic video series for anyone of any level. Throughout you are provided with excellent examples of pulling different time signatures together, a must watch.

Lamby

Professional, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Sound for Film/TV

Awesome and inspiring musician although not an encouraging teacher

I play chromatic harmonica so I was excited about viewing this. I was really surprised at Toot's review of the student musicians. "You need to practice practice practice and listen listen listen" that was about all he said and he makes it pretty clear that he is disappointed with everyone. They are just kids! They need a little encouragement and some direction. He is the best harmonica player and the worst teacher. But great playing and I think a jazz chorus from him is worth a thousand words.

rosstones

Professional, Musician, Logic Pro

Definitely a eye opener

Very well explained. Points made were eye openers, especially if you are not a professional mixer. I do most talked about points but the renaming each session/plus printing...really made a lot of sense. Printing instrument/sample tracks prior to daily print session really is a very smart approach. Thanks

Pearlpassionstudio

Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Studio One

was something I've been looking for - for years

author was concise, to the point and easy to understand

willard

Professional, Cakewalk Sonar

Fast and in-depth

A video course that does what it's supposed to - explains in an educational way all functions from start to finished mix.

Akeda

Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Sound Designer, Logic Pro

Best Logic tutorial out there!

Very professional, easy to understand and holds a wealth of unique information and understanding that you can glean from, no matter your skill level.

Alan Branch

Professional, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Sound for Film/TV, Logic Pro