Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
Five Absolute essential Eurorack modules for your Starter Kit The world of Eurorack modules is vast, there is so much to choose from and newcomers often get carried away. Websites like ModularGrid.net don’t help by providing access to thousands of modules to build your dream synthesizer. I think this is one reason that puts newcomers […]
One of the many creative uses of white noise in sound design… White noise might not seem like something you would want to add to your productions, you may want to reconsider. There are a ton of creative uses of white noise, from sound design to aiding in the mixing process, some authentic analog emulation […]
New Apple iPad Pro 2019 model – a tablet to take on laptops? The 2019 Apple iPad Pro has been announced, and apparently houses a faster processor than 90% of the laptop market! There are a few huge new features on the 2019 Apple iPad Pro aimed at the more professional users – from photographers, […]
Erica Synths Techno System – Complete modular with Techno in mind The Erica Synths Techno System is dubbed “the ultimate tool for rhythm-based music production, live performance and sound design”. A quick look through Erica Synths Techno System makes it clear that the core focus is on creating hard hitting rhythms, the rack features almost […]
Teenage Engineering OP-Z is a quirky and intuitive creative suite Building on the success of the predecessor, the OP-1, the all-new Teenage Engineering OP-Z introduces some pretty wild features. Firstly, if you thought the original OP-1 was compact, step aside for the new Teenage Engineering OP-Z, it’s around half the size and still packs in […]
Synthesizing FM percussion rhythm and sounds from scratch We have covered FM synthesis in a few music production tutorials, although we haven’t created any percussion rhythm using it. Today’s music production tutorial explores creating some Psychedelic/Tribal drum sounds using the FM relationship of two oscillators and using envelopes to get them to play off each […]
iZotope Nectar 3 – “The most sophisticated set of vocal tools” The most advanced vocal processing plugin just got more advanced than ever before, iZotope Nectar 3. iZotope Nectar 3 sees the addition of five new modules alongside a new assistive audio feature, similar to the one we saw in Nectar Elements. The vocal assistant […]
New line of premium AKG wireless headphones announced A new line of premium consumer AKG wireless headphones has been announced and it’s certainly a lot more than just your regular consumer cans. There are three new AKG wireless headphones in the range to give consumers a sonic insight into studio sound as well as inspire […]
How to make squelchy Psytrance leads in the style of Ajja Last week’s music production tutorial focused on Ajja style FM leads, now we’re doing different sounds with a similar effect. Today’s tutorial combines a technique that is widely known amongst Psytrance producers and combines it with the gated technique as I discussed in last […]
Roland VT-4 – the updated vocal transformer effect with harmonies The all-new Roland VT-4 builds on the success of the VT-3 with added polyphonic vocoder and advanced harmonies amongst others. The Roland VT-3 was nice for staple vocal effects like adding subtle variations, however the newly redesigned bigger brother, the Roland VT-4 takes vocal effect […]
