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YouTuber makes a working Microsoft Excel DAW Music Production YouTuber, Dylan Tallchief, has made a fully working DAW in Microsoft Excel – with a number of unexpected features. Have you ever wanted to make it look like you’re actually working, meanwhile you’re busy producing your next banger? Now is the time, this Microsoft Excel spreadsheet […]
Techniques for creating Hitech Psytrance leads and effects Today we’re delving into the darker side of Psytrance, let’s look at a couple of techniques for creating Hitech leads. The main idea here is to create a patch with a variety of macro controls and random generators and then record a long passage of the synth […]
Remix Jacques Greene to win a ton of Native Instruments gear Remix Jacques Greene track Serenity for your chance to win a host of studio gear from Native Instruments. Underground Electronica artist Jacques Greene recently launched his new album ‘Dawn Chorus (Deluxe)’ and in collaboration with Metapop has launched a remix contest allowing you to […]
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 […]
Introducing Serato Studio 1.4 – Now with audio channels and more The Serato Studio 1.4 update is here, introducing a variety of new features to the music creation software. Serato has just announced an update to their music creation software, Serato Studio. The 1.4 update includes several new features, most notably is the addition of […]
Reaper 6 is out now – here are some of the new features The world’s cheapest professional DAW just got even better – introducing Reaper 6, with a ton of performance improvements. One would expect a total version update to come bundled with a ton of fancy-looking new synth plugins and effects, however, Reaper 6 […]
Introducing ReFX Nexus 3 – The all-new preset powerhouse I’m sure those who have been producing music for a while remember ReFX Nexus – Introducing the new ReFX Nexus 3. ReFX Nexus 3 is the revamped one-stop-shop synth plugin. The previous two versions were incredibly popular, they didn’t offer any deep synthesis capabilities however the […]
