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Novation Hack Series tutorials can help your sound design The Novation Hack Series tutorial videos are a host of new tutorial videos dealing with some complex and experimental sound design techniques. The video tutorials feature some tips and tricks for synthesis and the concepts are not limited to Novation gear, they can be applied to […]
Let’s create some high-energy Mad Tribe style Psytrance leads Mad Tribe style Psytrance leads will have your tracks flying high with psychedelic sounds. Mad Tribe is the high-energy collaboration project between two very well established Psytrance producers, Mad Maxx and Space Tribe. Both Mad Maxx and Space Tribe have been involved in the scene since […]
Let’s make a multi-sampled Psytrance bassline patch in UVI Falcon Creating a solid and stable Psytrance bassline can be tricky, we’ve discussed a few synthesis techniques – now let’s discuss multisampling. With so many variables in most VST plugins getting every note in your Psytrance bassline to sound exactly the same can take some elbow […]
How to achieve Liquid Soul atmospheric synth sounds Liquid Soul atmospheric synth sounds are legendary from the Swiss Psytrance producer, who has his roots dating back to early 2000s and later releasing countless best-sellers on Iboga. Liquid Soul’s debut album, “Synthetic Vibes”, was an iconic release in the progressive psytrance scene, creating somewhat of a […]
How to make WAIO style psytrance leads and transitions WAIO style psytrance leads are one of the signature sounds of the legendary Brazilian-born Psytrance producer. WAIO needs no introduction to lovers of the genre so let’s create one of his signature style leads and transition effects. WAIO’s deep and immersive sound makes great use of […]
How to make Electric Universe style running lead synths Electric Universe is a legend in the scene and was hailed one of the top Psytrance projects of the 90s. The Electric Universe sound can be characterized by high-energy bass and synth lines, and in the early days, when Rock guitar was a thing in Psytrance, […]
Cancelled fundamental bass technique revisited – in xFer Serum! Today we are revisiting the “cancelled fundamental” technique we addressed in the Vini Vici & Astrix Adhana style bass tutorial. When initially attempting to recreate this sound in the xFer Serum plugin I was unsuccessful based on the fact that I was somewhat over-complicating things. I […]
Three post-processing tips to make your Psytrance bass punchier So we’ve covered the basics of creating a psytrance bass sound from scratch, now let’s look at some processing tips. Well first up is more of a sound design tip, we’re going back to the patch to make sure we can’t get the best out of […]
Sonic matching, level referencing and the final mixdown process [VIDEO] One of the most daunting processes in production is the final mixdown, a technique called sonic matching changes all that. The final mixdown is one of those tasks that producers procrastinate to the bitter end, based on the fact that they’re either not confident in […]
How to turn your loop sections into a full Psytrance arrangement Today we’re looking at taking the loops you’ve created and fleshing them out into a full Psytrance arrangement. If you’ve been following the production tutorial series, you would have probably noticed that I’m a big fan of breaking down the more daunting processes in […]
