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Most good rap songs, or at least those modeled on the 1990's model, feature a thumping sub bass track designed to max out whatever size subs you've got. If you want to produce classic hip-hop beats yourself, watch this video to learn how to create epic sub bass synth tracks in Reason 4.

How funky a given song is is almost directly correlated to how awesome it is, the funkier the better. Nowhere is this more true than in house music, and in this video you'll learn how to produce a funky electro lead synth track using Reason 4, much like those employed by Justice and other electro-house producers.

Justice might not have produced any new material in a while, but their place in electronic music history is already secured due to their filthy electro-house beats that have become ubiquitous in the years since they first broke out. Watch this video to learn how to make a dirty electro bass synth line like theirs in Reason 4.

Glitch is enjoying a renaissance of popularity right now along with it's cousin dubstep, and stuttering hip-hop vocals are hallmarks of both. Watch this video for detailed instructions on producing stuttering vocals in Reason 4 for your glitch and hip-hop tracks.

"Better Off Alone" by Alice Deejay is one of the all-time-great trance anthems, and untold millions have danced the night away to it's classic beat. Watch this video to learn how to produce the beat and the lead parts to the song using Reason 4. Do YOU think you're better off alone?

Dirty south hip-hop has become the most commercially viable genre of rap over the last decade, and it is great stuff to party to. Watch this video to learn how to capture some crunk magic by producing a dirty-south-style bass beat using Reason 4.

"We Like Sportz" is one of the more divisive tunes by The Lonely Island, probably because it mocks a huge chunk of the group's fan base. Watch this video to learn how to produce the song's odd hip-hop beat using Reason 4.

Trance music has dominated the electronic dance music scene for decades, and that's because it's just really fun to party to. In this video you'll learn how to create a professional-sounding arpeggiated bass synth track for trance, hard trance, or electro using Reason 4.

Dance lead synth tracks with oscillator sync (osc sync) effects have powered some of the biggest pop hits of recent years, notably "Sandstorm" by Darude and "Poker Face" by Lady GaGa. In this video you'll learn how to use osc sync and other effects create a dance pop synth lead in Reason 4.

Lonely Island might be the funniest bunch of white dudes to ever produce a rap album, and "I'm on a Boat" perfectly captures the glory and the hypocrisy of modern hip-hop. This video will teach you how to produce the song's awesome beat in Reason 4.

Electro pop is everywhere in these 1980's-obsessed 2000's, and if you can churn out a solid dancable electro pop beat on your PC you're well on your way to some musical success. Watch this video to learn how to make a cool dance electro pop beat in Reason 4 based on the song "Midnight Movie" by The Secret Handshake.

When you first heard that Usher, Lil' Jon, and Ludacris had collaborated on a song, did you think there was any chance it would fail? You were wrong, and "Yeah" will be a club hit until long after we're dead. Watch this video for detailed instructions on how to replicate the beat from the song yourself using Reason 4.

The iconic rap songs that Dr. Dre produced in the early 1990's were the best party rap songs of all time, and many were lead by a high-pitched synth melody that became the hallmark of Dre tunes. Watch this video to learn how to make a similar synth lead effect in Reason.

If I had Photoshop superpowers, I'd be constantly striving to make the world more beautiful. I'd be fixing, cloning, and leveling up the saturation of all the colors around me... Below, "I have PSD" by Hyperakt and friends.

In this video, we learn how to change hair color in Photoshop CS3 and CS4. First, open up your image and zoom in on the hair. From here, you will click on the selection tool with a circle to select your image. Now, make sure this is the perfect size for the entire image. Right click and make sure it's sized out right. Now, select the hair and a red marker will appear. Select the whole surface of the hair, and as you get to the short hair use a smaller circle tool, don't worry about the...

In this tutorial, we learn how to teach your kids about music using GarageBand. GarageBand is a great way to help teach your kids about music and your favorite music! The kid can run the mouse over all the instruments on the stage and they will light up. The kid can play the noise of the instruments so they know how each of them will sound while they are played. You can also have them change in the sounds with different types of instruments. This will keep your child busy and get them...

In this tutorial, we learn how to draw Sonic the Hedgehog in Paint. First, draw a round circle for the head and then connect the spiked hair to the back of it. From here, draw in the arm and the hands as well as the body and the legs. After this, draw on the socks and the feet. Then, draw in the details of the character and the rest of the shading. From here, color in the blue and the whites on the body and then color in green on the eyes. When finished, make sure to save this and then you're...

In this tutorial, we learn how to change image size in Photoshop CS3. First, go to your pictures folder and then open up your picture. From here, reduce the image to 50% of what it is by opening up Photoshop. Load the picture to this, then go to the edit menu of the image and zoom in and out of it to see the image larger or smaller than what you want it. You can also crop it if you want to remove something from the image. When you're finished changing the size, save this to your computer and...

In this tutorial, we learn how to resize photos in Photoshop CS4. First, open up Photoshop and then open up your picture. The quality of your picture will effect the outcome of what it looks like when you resize, so use a high resolution picture for the best outcome. Now, go to image and then image size. From here you will change the width and height to what you need it to be. Then, you will need to click on the boxes at the bottom, click on all of them. When finished, you will save this and...

In this tutorial, we learn how to make a hip-hop beat in Fruity Loops. When you first open this up, you should download a hip-hop beat package from Lil' John that has 170 different types of beats in it. From here, open these up and start to load them onto the screen. You won't have to add in any effects because the sounds in the program are already mastered. There are a lot of different types of beats you have to choose from. Simply put these together in a way that you like, then you're...

In this tutorial, we learn how to draw a PSP in Ms Paint. First, draw the outline of the PSP with a light pencil marking. After this, draw in the details to the controller. Use details to make the buttons and make them look 3D. After this, you will add in shading to the buttons and around the console. Then, add color to the front of the console in any colors that you would like. After you have added in all of the details you want, you are finished! Save this and then come back to it later if...

In this tutorial, we learn how to configure Outlook 2007 to work with Gmail. First, go to the start menu and then open up Outlook. From here, go to tools and then options. After this, go to the mail setup tab and then click e-mail accounts. Then, click on "new" and then next. Enter in your information in the blank boxes on the screen. Then, enter in your e-mail address and make sure the server is not checked on this screen. From here, you will continue to go through the wizard until it's...

In this video, we learn how to resize an image in MS Paint without losing resolution. First, you will go to the file menu and then open. From here, open up the photo you want to resize. After this, go the 'image' section on the toolbar and then click 'stretch and skew'. From here, change the vertical and horizontal stretches until you have the size of picture that you want! Continue to play with it until it's right and then save this over again. This should only take a few minutes and will keep...

ISO recorder is a freely downloadable software that can be used to create ISO images of CD's DVD's. The very format of these images allows for easy replication, storage and virtual mounting using appropriate software. As explained in the video, the procedure to create an image can be simply described as follows: Right click the required disc, select the appropriate "create image" option, select the target folder and burn the disc image. Another software - MagicISO can a used to mount the...

In this tutorial we learn how to make 303 acid using TS404. First, move the distortions around all the away around. After this, you will have a techno kind of beat. From here, you will change the oscillator one and two knobs all the way to the left. Once you have fine tuned these, play your audio to see how it sounds. Keep the filter in LP24 and move the resonance all the way to the right. LFO and Wave should be changed to the triangle pattern. Move the amount to the opposite. When finished,...

In this tutorial, we learn how to make a family photo album with iPhoto. First, you will load your photos onto iPhoto from your digital camera. After this, you can combine all the photos from one event and label them into one album. You can use facial recognition on one photo to find more pictures of the person you're searching for. Once you open up a new scrapbook photo album, you can drag the picture into it. After this, you can add in text about the trip and then insert titles. You can also...

In this tutorial, we learn how to create music with JamStudio. First, open up JamStudio and then open up some beats onto the screen. After you do this, you can add in loops and then change the sound of the tempo. From here, you can add in chords and also change in the bass or piano sounds. There are a ton of different things you can edit and change in here. Play the audio as you make it to test out how it sounds. Once you get the right combination put together, save it! Have fun creating music...

Need some help figuring out how to edit and apply effects to an audio track with iMovie 11 from Apple's iLife 11 software suite? It's easy! And this brief home-computing how-to from MacMost presents a complete, step-by-step overview of the process. Get started working with audio tracks in iMovie 11 with this video guide.

Apple uses M4V files to encode TV episodes, movies, and music videos in the iTunes Store.If you have purchased videos with .m4v extension from iTunes and would like to chop them up into separate files, split out certain length (e.g. commercials) of the video or trim it down to exclude some clips on Mac OS or Window, you can use M4V video Editor.

New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun and Mr. Excel, the 52nd installment in their joint series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to use the INDEX function to turn a Ctrl + Shift + Enter array formula into just an Enter array formula. Avoid Ctrl + Shift + Enter by using the INDEX function and a blank as the row argument.

As you might guess, one of the domains in which Microsoft Excel really excels is finance math. Brush up on the stuff for your next or current job with this how-to. In this tutorial from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, YouTube's ExcelIsFun, the 54th installment in his "Excel Finance Class" series of free video lessons, you'll learn how to build an early zero-coupon bond amortization table in Excel.

As you might guess, one of the domains in which Microsoft Excel really excels is finance math. Brush up on the stuff for your next or current job with this how-to. In this tutorial from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, YouTube's ExcelIsFun, the 54th installment in his "Excel Finance Class" series of free video lessons, you'll learn how to make inflation calculations.

As you might guess, one of the domains in which Microsoft Excel really excels is finance math. Brush up on the stuff for your next or current job with this how-to. In this tutorial from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, YouTube's ExcelIsFun, the 46th installment in his "Excel Finance Class" series of free video lessons, you'll learn formulas for bond valuation.

As you might guess, one of the domains in which Microsoft Excel really excels is finance math. Brush up on the stuff for your next or current job with this how-to. In this tutorial from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, YouTube's ExcelIsFun, the 49th installment in his "Excel Finance Class" series of free video lessons, you'll learn how to calculate yield to market and effective annual yield from a bond price.

As you might guess, one of the domains in which Microsoft Excel really excels is finance math. Brush up on the stuff for your next or current job with this how-to. In this tutorial from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, YouTube's ExcelIsFun, the 50th installment in his "Excel Finance Class" series of free video lessons, you'll learn how to demonstrate the inverse relationship between bond rate and price with a scater chart.

As you might guess, one of the domains in which Microsoft Excel really excels is finance math. Brush up on the stuff for your next or current job with this how-to. In this tutorial from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, YouTube's ExcelIsFun, the 52nd installment in his "Excel Finance Class" series of free video lessons, you'll learn how to create a bond discount or premium amortization table.

As you might guess, one of the domains in which Microsoft Excel really excels is finance math. Brush up on the stuff for your next or current job with this how-to. In this tutorial from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, YouTube's ExcelIsFun, the 53rd installment in his "Excel Finance Class" series of free video lessons, you'll learn how to record bond discount and premium journal entries in Excel.

In this video tutorial, we learn how to create a comprehensive 3D model of a cupcake complete with paper within Blender. Whether you're new to the Blender Foundation's popular modeling software or a seasoned 3D artist just looking to better your skills, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, and to get started using the lessons imparted by this free video software tutorial yourself, watch this free video guide.

In this free video software tutorial, we learn how to color correct a product photograph within Adobe Photoshop CS5. Whether you're new to Photoshop or are a seasoned user looking to better your understanding of Photoshop CS5, you're sure to be well served by this quick video guide.