Musician, Multi-Instrumentalist, Songwriter, Grammy Award Winner & Musical Director. Printz Board takes on all of these roles with ease and has used his wide-ranging skills to become a hit-making juggernaut. Printz was the co-writer of such Black Eyed Peas signature smashes like “Where is the Love?”, “Don’t Phunk with My Heart” and “Meet Me Halfway”
As a songwriter, producer and musician, Printz contributes to an extensive spectrum of artists including; Chris Brown, Dr. Dre, Fergie, Natasha Bedingfield, Sheryl Crow, Macy Gray, Selena Gomez, Katy Perry to name a few.
Producer Powered Plugins
When inspiration strikes, it’s critical to have a killer collection of inspiring, go-to sounds at the ready during that short, magical window of creative breakthrough. Goal: Create a complete library of Printz Board-tested, hit record approved sounds culled from his own library, housed inside a fully custom plugin layout that is instantly intuitive to use. Result: The Printz Board Plugin Package by VIProducer.
From monster kits and synths, to basses so low they should come with a change of underwear, everything inside this plugin smells like money. Phunk money.
Beat Maker
VIProducer’s Beat Maker is a virtual Drum Machine loaded with sounds straight from Printz Board’s personal sound library. With all the controls you’d expect from a modern drum machine, you’re guaranteed effortless creative inspiration.
Drum Shaper
At first glance, Drum Shaper offers up endless combinations of carefully selected, quality drum samples. Dig deeper and you’ll soon discover that DrumShaper gives you the control to sculpt and layer sounds quickly and intuitively. The end result is powerful drums with the impact you need at the heart of your productions.
VIP Synth
VIProducer’s Synth is a flexible but totally customisable instrument delivered with a library of sounds, sourced and created by chart topping producers. Built by producers for producers, these presets are radio ready as most of them have been tried and tested on mainstream record releases. Bring new sounds and creativity to your workflow with VIProducer’s advanced amp, filter, pitch, arpeggiation, FX and inbuilt mastering controls.
Producer Powered Learning
The Printz Board Plugin Package comes bundled with instant access to VIProducer’s exclusive multi-track audio and educational video materials, bringing you knowledge acquired through years of experience, directly from source. Whenever you want, wherever you are.
Step inside Printz’s L.A. studio and see first-hand the tools, techniques and processes involved in the making of a hit record. Break down stem session files with Printz and get a rare insight to the workflow of a Grammy Award Winner. The included ‘Hey You’ course comes complete with step-by-step instructions, video walkthroughs and audio examples delivered by Printz Board himself. Now that you’ve found the right tools and the knowledge necessary to make the most of them, your productions are bound to be ready for the road!
Dig Around Inside A Hit
Break down Printz’s single “Hey You” with stem session “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” — Benjamin Franklin
Hearing a producer talk about the process of recording a successful song is one thing. Having the song’s original tracks loaded into your DAW to work with while the producer personally walks you through them is something else entirely.
Using stem session files from the original recording, you’ll move step-by-step with Printz-Board through the creation of his single “Hey You”. Over the course of this tutorial, you will walk through the song’s construction and leave with all the tracks, tools and knowledge you’ll need to reconstruct, remix, or re-imagine a hit.
Printz Board: Inside “Hey You”
When you purchase the Printz Board VIProducer plugin, you automatically receive, FREE, the accompanying education course “Inside ‘Hey You.'” In this course, Printz Board of Black Eyed Peas will guide you through multiple lessons as he explains his creative process for writing and producing hit songs. Using his single “Hey You,” actual stem session tracks, and your Printz Board VIProducer plugin, you’ll get an inside look at Printz’s production methods, tricks, and secrets.
What’s Covered In This Course:
Printz will break down his production process and show you how to:
- Start and build a song
- Stack Instruments
- Keep creativity flowing while working at a rapid pace
- Keep track of file management across multiple sessions
- Print software instruments to track
- Approach mixing live instruments with digital instruments
- “Make those drums KNOCK!”
Fire up your DAW, sit down with Printz, and take a look inside the process of a Grammy winning Artist/Writer/Producer!
Video Walkthroughs:
- 1. Building Blocks/Sound FoundationAn inside look at song foundation with Printz Board.
- 2. Chorus TreatmentPrintz shows us the thought process behind building an anthemic chorus.
- 3. Creating Tracks In ProToolsA look at the way Printz creates tracks in ProTools to speed up his creative process.
- 4. Using FX for Builds and Section HightlightsA look at Printz’s practice and theory for building up breaks and sections.
- 5. Ending ChorusExplore using mutes to create changes between one chorus and another.
- 6. Checking Record Path for Better File ManagementLearn a fast, effective method for making sure your files all stay in one place.
- 7. Quantizing MidiTake a look at Printz’s own method for fixing timing issues.
- 8. Printing Software InstrumentsPrintz shows you how he prints his midi instruments, assuring maximum session file flexibility and portability.
- 9. The BridgeDiscover how just a few subtle changes can result in cool bridge ideas.
Summary
- Size : 2.29 GB
- Printzboard Plugin Package for Pop/RnB producers
- 3 instruments – Beat Maker, Drum Shaper and VIP Synth
- 88 presets, 249 samples, 10,000+ drum combinations
- Creating “Hey You” Video Walkthroughs
- “Hey You” Stem Session Download
- Printz Board’s 3 Plugins Include:
| PC | Mac |
|---|---|
| WIndows 10 - 11 (64-bit) | MacOS 10.14 - 14 Sonoma |
| 80mb of Free Disk Space | 80mb Free Disk Space |
| Ilok Account | Ilok Account |
| VST3 / AAX / Standalone | VST3 / AU / AAX / Standalone |