Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
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 […]
How to connect Traktor with hardware synthesizers in a live setup Native Instruments Traktor is far more powerful than a lot of people give it credit for, here’s why… One of the key aspects that sets Native Instruments Traktor apart from most of the other DJ software platforms on the market is the wide configurability. […]
Beginner DJ Mixer tips and tricks for better performance Performing your first set can be incredibly daunting, eve more so as a producer performing your own tracks so knowing some handy beginner DJ Mixer tips and tricks will stand you in good stead. Worrying about whether people will enjoy your tracks alongside all the other […]
How to create compelling Psytrance build-ups, breaks and drops Psytrance build-ups, breaks and drops are a big part of the genre, as with a lot of electronic dance music today. It creates tension and release, so when done properly, can really send a dancefloor into a frenzy. So, how do you create these sounds? Something […]
The weird and wonderful world of physical modelling synthesis In essence Physical Modelling Synthesis is attempting to replicate the laws of physics that govern sound production, in a synthesizer. If you imagine the chain of events that striking a drumhead would create, first we have the initial “excitation” of the mallet or drumstick hitting the […]
Understanding Euclidean Rhythms and how to use them in your music Euclidean Rhythms is a mathematical approach to understanding common rhythms found in a large portion of world music. Euclidean Rhythms were first observed by Godfried Toussaint in 2004 by applying the Euclidean Algorithm to musical rhythms. The Euclidean Algorithm is a method of deriving […]
How to create Psytrance vocal glitch sounds with Polyverse iWish Vocal glitch sounds are very widely used in Psytrance, let’s look at creating our own vocal glitches using Polyverse iWish. Due to the nature of a retrigger effect, it helps to warp samples so that the syllables are quantized to the grid – so keep […]
How to create synth sound variations using a Sampler Track Last week we covered fine-tuning your lead arrangements with scissor tool, now let’s look at re-synthesis using the Sampler Track. Often when I want to create multiple variations on a sound, having the plugin open with all the parameters at my disposal can lead to […]
The most underrated tool in music production – the scissor tool I’ve discussed various benefits of rendering clips to audio; today we’re going to look at some techniques for creating variations. Keep in mind I’m using Steinberg Cubase, so some techniques and hot-keys may differ, however I’m sure the same ideas can be applied in […]
