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Create Goa-style effects using a free Roland SH-101 plugin The Roland SH-101 is a classic synthesizer, it’s capable of creating everything from soaring leads to quirky “alien sounds”. The synth was incredibly compact and versatile for the time which made it very popular, it was also relatively well-priced considering what else was available. The accessibility […]
What is Phase? The basics of Phase Alignment and Cancellation What is Phase, and why is Phase Alignment so important, particularly when dealing with low frequencies like kick and bass sounds. The phase of a waveform refers to its starting point, when two waveforms are playing at inverted phase of each other, the result is […]
How to sequence Goa Trance style TB-303 leads using D16 Phoscyon Today we’re exploring one of the most popular synths in Goa Trance, the TB-303, and what makes the sequencing of Goa Trance style TB-303 leads unique. The Roland TB-303 is an iconic synthesizer in many genres, it’s “acidic” sound is one of the aspects […]
Goa Trance Tutorial – What makes the kick and bass different to Psytrance? Goa Trance is often referred to as the predecessor to Psytrance, but what are the major differences in the sound? Goa Trance as we know it, began emerging in the early 90s, while its roots go way back, the style emerged from […]
How to make Impact sound effects and the basics of IR Reverbs… Impact sound effects are hugely common in electronic music – from intros to build-ups, they’re a great way of creating continuity. There are several ways of going about creating your own unique Impact sound effects, using or manipulating samples or synthesizing your own […]
Advanced Kick Drum Synthesis with Native Instruments TRK-01 We’ve previously touched on some basic elements for kick drum synthesis, today’s music production tutorial takes things a step further. Native Instruments recently released TRK-01 which is a plugin designed to handle synthesising both kicks and basslines in a single plugin. While the plugin is fantastic for […]
Internal Oscillator Resampling and Stacking in xFer Serum Does Serum really need another oscillator? Not when it’s got oscillator resampling capabilities. Let’s look at stacking oscillators with resampling… A feature request I see quite often with xFer Serum is users asking for additional oscillators, while I think it may benefit from more oscillators to a […]
How to make Techno detuned saw leads using xFer Serum One of the most common lead sounds I’ve heard in Techno and its various sub-genres is the detuned saw lead. The quickest and easiest way to get this sort of lead sound going is by using unison. Unison is described as two or more oscillators […]
How to create new Serum Wavetables using vocal samples One of the features that sets Serum apart from a lot of Wavetable synths is the ability to create wavetables. Loading samples into Serum’s Wavetable oscillators is as easy as dragging them onto the interface from your DAW. When using vocal samples, I found the FFT […]
How to create Risers, Sweeps and other effects from scratch Risers, sweeps and similar effects are a popular sound across almost every electronic music genre, so let’s create some from scratch. One of the most common types of risers in electronic music production has to be the simple white noise effect, it’s effective and really […]
