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I found a pretty cool site today. It is http://making-music.blogspot.com/. I usually hate blogspot sites, as they are usually just junk. This one turned out to be pretty useful. It covers various software applications used for making music. There are several free items to be downloaded. It is worth checking it out.

Sometimes in Reason I get lost in all of the Refills, sounds, bells and whistles. What I started doing is creating favorite folders in my Reason Patch Browser. The idea is you name each folder after an instrument or type of effect, this way when you are looking for a Guitar patch you can find one easy. I know that Reason will sort this stuff by instrument, etc. but I find that it is nicer just to have my favs in there, really speeds things up.

Then when I'm browsing for patches if I find others I like I just add them to the appropriate folders.Eventually, I should have all of my favorites marked and someday I can just use my favorites folders. Although, it's kind of fun to browse through the sounds, it sometimes sparks some creativity.

If you are like me, you have many audio apps installed on your DAW. Many of these apps come with sounds, samples, loops, midi files, rex files, etc. What I do is organize everything into seperate libraries. For instance, I have a folder called MIDI beats which is nothing but MIDI drum beats. So when it comes time to building a drum track I only have to access one folder to find the beats I'm looking for. It saves a lot of time and hassle. I no longer have to try and remember which piece of software came with MIDI beats. I do the same with my Rex files, samples, loops, etc.

Give it a try, you'll find it speeds up the process and allows you to focus on creativity.

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Exculsive interview with Mike Patton in his home studio.

Ever wanted to see inside Serj Tankian's home studio? Now is your chance as he shows us where the magic happens!

I have a brand new copy of Magix Music Maker 16 that I'm giving away. Yep, you heard me right...giving away!! Fully legal, in the box, with serial number and everything.

All you have to do is meet the following criteria:

• You must be a member of Home Studio Tips
• You must have at least 100 Home Studio Tips points
• You have to agree to write a review of Magix Music Maker 16 on Home Studio Tips within a week after you have received it

That's it...first person to contact me that meets the above criteria, get's it.

Good luck!!

ps. to check your points, login to Home Studio Tips, Click on My Account at the top and scroll down to the bottom fo the page.

Earning points is easy. You get 10 points for a blog post, 5 points for a video, 5 points for a news link, 5 points for a comment, 5 points for an image, 5 points for an event, 5 points for a poll, and 10 points when you get someone else to join the site.

This is just a little friendly fore-warning. I urge every member of Home Studio Tips to get their points up. I am going to be announcing something next week that will be based on Home Studio Tips user points. You should also upload a profile picture while your at it.

Someone is going to be very happy! I may or may not be GIVING SOMETHING AWAY.

Stay tuned, big announcement coming next week.

You get 10 points for a blog post, 5 points for a video, 5 points for a news link, 5 points for a comment, 5 points for an image, 5 points for an event, 5 points for a poll, and 10 points when you get someone else to join the site.

Native Instruments presents the first winner of the Guitar Rig Hero contest 2008 Jayme Gutierrez from Spain. This video is awesome, everything is done in real time without any cut aways. Makes me jealous, this kid has got some chops and is very creative. Makes me want to spend more time learning how to use Guitar Rig.