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How to create Astrix-Style Rhythmic Squelch sounds A very prominent aspect in Astrix sound is the way he uses rhythmic squelch sounds, let’s look into that. We have looked into various ways of creating a basic squelch sound if you’re familiar with Psytrance – I’m sure you know which sound I’m talking about. The basics […]
Creating gated metallic textures in Serum using FM and Sync Let’s combine FM, oscillator sync and Serum’s “Note On Random” feature to create some gated metallic textures. To understand what’s going on in this patch it helps to understand the fundamentals of what oscillator sync is – both in theory and how it is applied […]
Basic concepts every producer should know about drum programming Let’s discuss a couple of basic concepts to help improve your drum programming… Programming a very realistic percussion rhythm can be tricky at first, however, a lot can be learned from how an actual drummer plays. Here’s a look at a couple of basic concepts that […]
Nine steps to working through your track mixdown methodically Many producers view track mixdown as tedious, however, if you break it down into steps it becomes much easier. First and foremost is to make sure your project is organized and grouped well, this will save you a lot of time in the later stages, trust […]
Workflow tips for crafting a new track from a template This week’s tutorial video deals with creating a starting point for a track, from a template that we previously created. One of the first things I do when starting a track from a template is to create a “main hook”, for those who don’t know […]
Let’s expand on creating template projects from scratch Last week we discussed creating your own template projects from scratch, let’s expand that by adding synths and effects. When creating my template projects, I like to load up most of the plugins that I use very regularly, beforehand. That way I don’t have to break the […]
Creating template projects to speed up workflow Creating your own template projects is a great way to speed up your workflow. The beauty of creating your own template projects is that you have full control to do things how you’re most comfortable, if you use plugins that you already know then you don’t have to […]
UVI Falcon 2 in-depth walkthrough UVI Falcon 2 recently got released, it introduced several new elements from a new additive oscillator to two Euclidean sequencers. One of the biggest new additions to UVI Falcon 2 is the new Additive Oscillator, it features several nifty parameters for shaping your sound in various ways. The interesting thing […]
Creating Pads and Atmospheres with Kilohearts Phase Plant Creating Pads and Atmospheres using very simple waveforms with Kilohearts Phase Plant. One of my favourite ways of creating pads and atmospheres is to create a stack of very simple waveforms and play with the tuning and unison settings to create variations. Kilohearts Phase Plant is particularly […]
The basics of gates and expanders for mixing and sound design Gates and expanders work in the opposite way to compressors, instead of decreasing peaks they work below the threshold. In a previous tutorial, we discussed compressors and the theory behind how they work, now we’re looking into gates and expanders, which work with similar […]
