Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
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 […]
Taking sound design inspiration from the sounds of nature Today we’re looking at taking sound design inspiration from outside the DAW, alongside some techniques to create some unique sounds. One of the things I like to do when I’m feeling uninspired is draw new inspiration from somewhere completely out of the frame of the DAW. […]
Creating Techno sub bass – tips and tricks [VIDEO] Today we’re looking at some sound design techniques for creating techno sub bass for your tracks. One of the major differences I picked up between Techno and a variety of other electronic dance music sub-genres is the unique approach to sub bass. Something I have been […]
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 […]
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 […]
Creating techy FM stab using xFer Serum software synthesizer Today’s sound design tutorial focuses on a techy FM stab sound that was in the background of a previous video. If you’re not yet familiar with FM, it stands for Frequency Modulation and in short it is using an oscillator to modulate the pitch of another […]
Is the new Moog One polyphonic synth worth the hefty price tag? It’s rare that a synth release polarizes the entire synth community as much as the Moog One announcement has done. The big question on a large portion of synth enthusiasts’ minds is, “is the new Moog One worth the USD $6000 and $8000 […]
Creating electronic kick drum sound from scratch with UVI Falcon Today we’re looking at creating some electronic kick drum sound from scratch, using UVI Falcon’s intuitive layers system. If you’ve been following my tutorials you will probably know that I have recently fallen in love with UVI Falcon’s hybrid sampling and synthesis engine. It’s an […]
Modern Progressive Psytrance bass is about tails, glides and hits I’ve covered a wide variety of techniques for creating Psytrance bass, so today’s tutorial covers a few viewer requested bass tricks – the modern Progressive Psytrance bass. The first tip deals with when you’re using Psytrance bass patterns that have longer tails, often when using […]
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 […]
