nanostudio basic tutorial (please see my other videos for more nanostudio tutorials)

[mk3642085]

btw good message bro :) anyway thanks for this superb tutorial ;) i am subscribing you

[AMFBeat]

 ..g

[josephrankin13]

thanks mate check out my tune !!!!



[muzzelflash91]

Thanks man. you sound aussie

[robj744]

also when i hit the loop button the sound clashes over itself when it loops back!! what to do!?? cheers

[robj744]

hi mate, well helpfull video!! thanks.. but wondering if you can help me!? ive downloaded some sample packs from nanosync & have used a few pre recorded drum loops and strings but they dont fit into any of the loop blocks on the song page!!! they actually finish in the middle of the blocks (even when placed in & timed perfectly), so i end up with blank gap when i add to them!!! : (. sorry for the essay, but can you please help!!?? thanks. rob

[mexicanoman93]

Thanks for taking the time do do this mate, really appreciated

[dekoy]

@mexicanoman93 no problem at all mate!

[MrDeamon1]

Between this app, beatmaker , ampkit, studiomini and bass apps, this video was great to learn quickly, thx uploader!!

[Seriousdamagednb]

Hey! Can I load my own drum samples into sampler?

[dekoy]

@Seriousdamagednb Hey, yes you can! Check out my 4th tutorial on my channel... If that still does clear things up send me a message and ill help you that way.. :-)

[psbmastering]

You have definitely not wasted my time! Awesome tutorial. Very straight to the point and informative. Thank you for sharing! (including the text message!!!) ;)

[inphanta]

I just downloaded this for my iPad and wasn't sure what I was doing at first, so thanks for this tutorial, it's cleared a lot of this up for me.

[ticketneb]

Great vid.

[RobcC2809]

Wow great tutorial, thank you for taking the time to do this:)

[dekoy]

@RobcC2809 no worries mate

[maximezero]

Nice basic tutorial, thanks a lot man.

[dekoy]

@maximezero no worries

[iphoneit]

Thanks for replying to my question mate... I think i got it finally. Love your videos... Dam Just heard Steve Jobbs Died... WOW what a great loss. RIP Steve.

[dekoy]

@iphoneit No prob. Yeah its such a shame. 

[ExoticLove88]

How do you export a finish track... i wanna export to a wav file and transfer to my computer or i itunes ... please get back to me... i enjoyed your tuturial it was very helpful

[dekoy]

@ExoticLove88 Hey man. Glad to have helped! Watch my NS tutorial vid No. 6 "Nanosync". That covers the basics. If that doesnt clear things up: Set the loop markers to the start and finish of your track. Hit "manage". Hit "mixdown". In "region" hit the "+" button to select "song loop". Make sure "render tail" is checked and hit "mixdown".

That'll create a wav of your track. Then use Nanosync to transfer it to your computer. (See the vid I mentioned above)

Any probs just send me a msg. :-)

[iphoneit]

Thanks for the info.... Now how do you create parts to make an entire track? Intro, melody, breakdown, outro. etc etc....

[dekoy]

@iphoneit No prob. If you mean parts as in different tracks for each sound.. then hit the top left menu button, choose a track (1-16), hold your finger down on your chosen one then select from the options that appear.

If on the other hand, you meant how do you actually write each section of an entire track.. then youre on your own there fella! ;-) (saying that, i might do a tutorial on general dancefloor track structure for say, dnb or breaks at some point) Peace!!!!

[EB1089]

Dude, that was an awesome tutorial and as far as not having the "proper equipment" as you said, you did a better job with what you had than what people do when they have the high gear!

[dekoy]

@EB1089 Thats very nice of you! :-)

[mosquitoninja45]

Loved the tutorial.

[dekoy]

@mosquitoninja45 Thanks. 

[jimmiow]

haha nice one dude thanks alot

[dekoy]

@jimmiow My pleasure! 

[DJGreasemonkey]

Excellent video very informative . Is there anyway of importing your own sounds into nano studio ?

[dekoy]

@DJGreasemonkey Ta! Indeed there is... Click on my Tutorial no 6 for more of my ramblings on the subject!

[gccprogrammer]

Thanks for making this. Very informative, and enjoyed the humor.

[dekoy]

@gccprogrammer Glad you liked it! ;-)

[marcel911]

Nice simple tut. Thanks.

[dekoy]

@marcel911 Your welcome!

[Frankknitty123]

Excellent tutorial. :).

[dekoy]

@Frankknitty123 Thanks! I thought it was a little rushed... but if it does the trick... :-)

[goofparade]

Nice simple demo.

[firstplay1]

Hey,dekoy!How do you find the ideas for a new song?I mean,you have to find some at first,before you start!^^

[nath909]

i messed up the distorted guitar noise how can i get it back?

[renWTF]

Can you give us a tutorial on how to make the "wobble" effect from DubStep music? Thanks. Cool tutorial, btw. (:

[dekoy]

@renWTF hey. that's he plan for my next vid so hold tight! ;-)

[dekoy]

@renWTF just so you know, im uploading a a "wobble" tutorial right now!

[renWTF]

@dekoy Cool! I'll finally be able to do dubstep on nanostudio. Ahaha

[kameraguy]

excellent tutorial, thank you so much :)

[dekoy]

@kameraguy nay problem. Cheers! :-)

[faxinadu]

respect nice tutorial nice music :)

[monsterzero415]

Tell Ryan Waller your BUSY!

[dekoy]

@monsterzero415 hehe ;-D

[electric6Funeral]

hey! what this app like go making techno style songs, specifically dupstep or anything similar?

nice video btw! :)

[piano25]

Hi! Is there a way to shuffle quantize? (to give it a little of a triplet feel?) Thanks!

[dekoy]

@piano25 hey, sorry its taken so long to reply. If you havent worked it already... go into the quantise menu and select the bottom right hand button under the swing % box. That'll quantise it in triplets and then you can tweak it with the % = & - buttons. Hope that helps (if it aint too late!).

[StealYourShow67]

nice beat !! thankss

[StealYourShow67]

nice beat !!

[ByAurah]

Thanks soo much man, nice song by the way

[Talwynhawkins]

Great vid and you seem like a good laugh too. Nice job mate.

[lovelyoliver]

Thanks for this. Clear and concise.

[dekoy]

@lovelyoliver no problem! Should have some more for you real soon! ;-)

[harrisnathanc]

Thanks, I learned a good bit from the video. Keep them coming!

[dekoy]

@harrisnathanc No problem... i will... eventually! ;-)

[Toejaminator]

you just made it clear for me

[pangrac1]

Great Thankx!

[dekoy]

@pangrac1 my pleasure! :-)

[Reil79]

Thanks sooo much for these tutorials, im a novice in the music production scene of things. I've downloaded this app now thanks to yourself...cheers mate, keep up the good work!!!

[neonelectro]

Just got the app and I'll be watching all these tutorials to make my life easier. It's great to be taught by someone who actually knows what they are doing and explains everything very easily. Great work. Thanks.

[Sullane]

Thanks, that's saved me a lot of fiddling about!

[shakin2011]

@Sullane i know what u mean ;P

[chuo104]

I was blind now I can see! Thanks!!

[observationpoint]

Outstanding tutorial on Nano, man. Thanks. I no know how the damn thing works.

[MRDONNY2]

Thank you great job

[oceanjaws]

superb tutorial

thanks

[hoodzbs5]

can u load a track from ur itunes on to nano studio?

[mongoosebox]

@dekoy how am i supposed to know if my tunes are good, cause i cant get any good music when i try

[thesongwriterstation]

great vid thanks mate.

[dekoy]

@thesongwriterstation Thanks! No worries...

[thesongwriterstation]

great vid. cheers mate.

[hongdekong]

@dekoy well youll find it if you search

Gorillaz cribs (dont mind his personality)

[mongoosebox]

Epic win on the text

But certainly the best tut I've seen for nanostudio

[dekoy]

@mongoosebox Cheers! :-)

[SWYT0084]

I have downloaded NanoStudio but like many have never found a good tutorial for learning how to use it. I just wanted to give you a big thanks for taking time to show us the basics.It is very much appreciated and very helpful.

[dekoy]

@SWYT0084 my pleasure. Thanks! I just wiish i had time to do more! Hopefully soon!

[KiraDean]

Good job of showing how to do the basics. It helps me alot, thanks!

[dekoy]

@KiraDean no probs!

[hongdekong]

o yu did show that

you still sound like murdoc though

[dekoy]

@hongdekong ;-) i tried to find a clip of him talking but couldnt...

[hongdekong]

you sound like murdoc niccals from gorillaz and can you also just play something and make it loop or do you have to do it in the sequencer?

[veerchasm1]

Good stuff mate! What dis the text say?

[dekoy]

@veerchasm1 Cheers! Something about meetings and coming into work early i think.... what an exciting life i lead!

[KFowler]

Thanks for the great tutorial series. Just got an Akai Synthstation, these videos definitely started me on the right foot.

[dekoy]

@KFowler No worries ! Ive just got a midi mobiliser but i havent had a chance to use it yet...

[ReallyBigFatLarry]

Thanks for taking the time on this, just got Nanostudio tonight and will be using this as my starting point.

[dekoy]

@ReallyBigFatLarry my pleasure mate.

[TheJFitzsimmons]

Really Helpfull,But how do i get drum beats into the library?

[dekoy]

@TheJFitzsimmons do you mean beats/hits made on a different computer that you want to use within NS? If so you need to use Nanosync which u can get from blipinteractive(dot)com. it lets you transfer files via wi-fi... hope that helps...?

[txErIktx]

i always wanted a music making app sorta like ableton on my iphone , would you highly recomend this app?

[dekoy]

@txErIktx even with its limitations you will be blown away with whats possible on your phone! Id say the only thing its missing (but you can still get around it) is a dedicated audio track and even that is a possible feature in a future update. Buy it mate! you wont regret it! Easily the best electronic music making app out there! :-)

[eloureirotubeyou]

Thanks, it was very helpful.

[dekoy]

@eloureirotubeyou nay problem! Cheers.

[todayisforme]

Thanks for the vid fella! 

[dekoy]

@todayisforme youre welcome!

[HangingDreams]

I've not actually got this app but am considering buying it because I'm really into music and making my own tracks and everything. This video was still very helpful even if I don't have it, yet. One queston, can you import stuff that you've already recorded outside the program? For example I'd like to put my own vocals that I've recorded with stuff that I'd make on this...

Cheers!

[dekoy]

@HangingDreams hey, yeah you can do that. You need to download Nanosync from blipinteractive(dot)com. It lets you tranfer files over wifi. NS doesnt have audio tracks (yet) but you can load them up as samples through the drum pads or even through one of the 4 synth channels. :-)

[HangingDreams]

@dekoy Okaaaaaaay, thanks very much. Helped a lot :)

[dekoy]

@HangingDreams ;-)

[musecoversXD]

Really helped!!

[dekoy]

@musecoversXD good stuff!

[LiK3aMONK3Y]

Thanks for this man, really helped :)

[dekoy]

@LiK3aMONK3Y glad to hear it! ;-)

[alexbond4]

your laugh at the end (message/presentation part) just make my day...thx mate :)

[dekoy]

@alexbond4 i like to bring a smile to random peoples faces every now and then! ;-)

[drum998]

Thanks for this. Very useful.

[dekoy]

@drum998 No problem. Cheers.

[mandyata]

hahahaha dude you went crazy on that track! Pretty awesome and simple way to show us how it's done. Brilliant!

[dekoy]

@mandyata thanks!

[vonNaaat]

Lush, thanks :-)

[dekoy]

@vonNaaat :-)

[cs1gfm]

Hi there, just want to add my thanks too - really great intro and way to get orientated around the package. Nice one mate! Graham

[dekoy]

@cs1gfm My pleasure fella!

[SillyPhillyDude]

this is such a huge help man

[dekoy]

@SillyPhillyDude no problem! :-)

[Xanczor]

wow! this is pretty awesome, this helped TONS, subscribing u for this!! :)

[dekoy]

@Xanczor Cheers! Glad to help!

[MrBiffbifferson]

really good vid. nice and simple, very helpful. re the text - did you go earlier then?

[dekoy]

@MrBiffbifferson Hehe.. i believe i did! Cheers! ;-)

[heavyhorse11]

Thanks for the videos. Learned alot keep it up. Your music sounds good as well.

[dekoy]

@heavyhorse11 cheers.. glad to help!

[redbirdsaraceno]

Great Vid ! nicely done! very easy to follow, Ill check your others as well , Thank you !

[dekoy]

@redbirdsaraceno Thanks. No probs.. ill post some more just as soon as i get the time!

[znakebyte]

Just downloaded NanoStudio for iPhone, got online and found your tutorial. Great info, i'll check out your other tutorials later. Thanks!

[dekoy]

@znakebyte Thanks. Youre welcome!

[stnkhank]

thanks man!!

[dekoy]

@stnkhank all good!

[revelashaun68]

Thanks for the help!!!

[dekoy]

@revelashaun68 nay problem!

[omgkennyisliving]

thank you! great vid! aand one thing: which app is better: akai synthstation or nanostudio?! i have the synthstation app, i don't think it's too bad, but i'm afraid the nanostudio is better. so what do you think mr dekoy?

[dekoy]

@omgkennyisliving Hey, to be honest i havent used synthstation. Ive watched a video on the synthstation25 controller and it looks cool. The only thing i didnt like was that it didnt charge the phone!

[omgkennyisliving]

@dekoy it does charge the iphone/ipod, if you use it with this here:

deejayladen(dot)com/de/Akai-Nu­mark-Netzteil-6V-DC-1A(dot)htm­l

[dekoy]

@omgkennyisliving cheers.. thats more like it! Although im waiting on delivery of a Line 6 Midi Mobiliser i won so ill see how that goes first...

[omgkennyisliving]

@dekoy i heard of this too. but this little cable/adapter thing is already 60€ or something...and on top of this, you need a midi keyboard, which is pretty expensive, too...so i think the synthstation25 is a gooooood thing :D and is this midi mobiliser compatible to the nanostudio?or only to this "midi memo app" they show in the video on the homepage? or do you just send the recorded midi to nanostudio or something?! how would you work with the nanostudio in combination with this mobiliser?

[dekoy]

@omgkennyisliving yeah, its definitely pricey but ive got a midi keyboard so it'll work for me. It is compatible. As far as i know it just lets you use a full size keyboard instead of the virtual one thats in nanostudio.. Makes things a little easier when im at home.. Really need to start writing again! The winter has taken my inspiration! That and Battlefield BC2! ;-)

[omgkennyisliving]

@dekoy yeah i just saw my epiano has midi in/out, too...so you just put the mobiliser into the iphone/ipod and into your midi keyboard and then nanostudio is already working with your keyboard?! so easy?

btw: why bc2 and not black ops? :D

[dekoy]

@omgkennyisliving I think it is that easy.. although ill have a better answer when i get the bit of kit in the post! :-)

As for the bc2 thing.. i just prefer it over Call of Duty. It feels far more solid & you actually have to think! I find CoD way too arcadey. Black ops is just more of the same since CoDMW2... but hey, thats just my opinion! ;-)

[omgkennyisliving]

@dekoy ok, i got this akai/numark charger now and it works as it should! i'm really happy about that because that's much more practical...soo how is the midi mobiliser?

[dekoy]

@omgkennyisliving Glad to hear it! I havent recieved it yet.. still waiting on a confirmation email from the competition people. Did start writing a new track on NS today though! Slowly getting back into the swing of it after christmas!

[thefurryhelper]

Yes, yes thank you, very helpful. Any plans for a video about sampling? A basic tutorial would be very helpful, as there don't seem to be any on YouTube.

I once saw a friend import 32 seconds of a song onto the 16 pads of his MPC, with each pad being 2 seconds. I haven't been able a way to replicate except with a very labor intensive and 'm sure inefficient way. Any idea how I can do that?

[dekoy]

@thefurryhelper cheers! Check out my last vid.. it covers sampling (briefly). I reckon u could replicate what ur friend did but ud probably have to cut up the parts of the song on ur desktop & then wifi them over to ur iDevice as im not sure what the length restrictions are for samples in nanostudio. Saying that, ive got a feeling it might be possible...resample maybe a bar of ur track at a time and then assign to the TRG pads...? It wouldnt necessarily be 2secs each but it'd be equal sections..

[thefurryhelper]

@dekoy

thanks for the reply. I ended up uploading the 10 second wav file and assigning it to a TRG pad. then i resampled it on pad 2, taking the first 2 seconds, resampled it on pad 3 using the next 2 seconds, etc, etc. Not the most efficient way, esp. since I had the entire song has an mp3, imported it to garagband, chopped it up smaller, exported as mp3, converted to wav using Switch, then synced over wifi. Gotta be a better way to sample songs, no? from my library

[HumanHarbor11]

Very helpful video! Thanks a lot!!!

[dekoy]

@HumanHarbor11 Glad to be of assistance!

[ThePoomkiku]

why my drums is empty? someone plz help me T_T

[dekoy]

@ThePoomkiku what do you mean empty? There are no samples loaded? No sounds when you hit the TRG pads?

[ThePoomkiku]

@dekoy yeah, it says EMPTY above all 16 pads

[dekoy]

@ThePoomkiku dude, have you tried hitting the "home" button (top left on the TRG screen)? That opens up the Bank options.. from there you can import & export sample banks. If you hit Import you should be taken to a list of drum kits that come with NS. Choose one and hit "import". Hope that helps...

[TheScandinavianOne]

I just bought the app and I found myself dumbstruck, as I've never used this type of programs before, but your tutorial cleared that up for me. Thanks a bunch! :D

[dekoy]

@TheScandinavianOne my pleasure! ;-)

[majorghn]

You didn't mention about exporting your song??

[dekoy]

@majorghn yeah, i kinda cover it in my last video... what do you wanna know?

[JTGanja]

Great tutorial! just got nanostudio yesterday and not knowing anything (and I mean anything) about music I've already made myself a half decent dnb track, thanks man xD

[dekoy]

@JTGanja no probs. Let me know if you post it!

[tracekillz]

great tutorial man!  keep it up

[dekoy]

@tracekillz Cheers! I will! ;-)

[radrufdesign]

Awesome mate! Even this yank understood it - I thank you for your time!

[dekoy]

@radrufdesign no worries! ;-)

[gatesheadbloke]

nice one mate thanks for the post, just bought the ipod touch and downloaded the nanostudio and WOW brill app well woth the money

[dekoy]

@gatesheadbloke You're welcome! Yeah, what an app... pretty swish isn't it!

[mojavestorm1]

Nice post, always glad to have introduction videos to unfamiliar software

[dekoy]

@mojavestorm1 Thanks mate. glad to be of service!

[wisie]

Super helpful videos! Thanks for sharing :)

[dekoy]

@wisie No worries!

[0ldfinger]

I got Nanostudio a while back, and haven't really devoted much time to it - but it's all starting to make sense now! Great video, really well explained too. Cheers mate!