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Loose Disco
In the latest Beat Dissected, we program a disco beat inspired by the tight, raw drum sounds of classic late…
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Simple Jackin’ House
In the latest instalment of Beat Dissected, we go back to basics with a simple jackin’ house beat with serious…
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Cosmic Nu-Disco
In the latest instalment of Beat Dissected, we construct a nu-disco pattern with a sprinkling of cosmic vibes.…
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Chugging Analogue Techno
In the latest instalment of Beat Dissected, we drop the tempo for a slow, chugging analogue techno beat.…
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Big Room House
In the latest instalment of Beat Dissected, we construct a big room monster.…
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Belleville Techno
In the latest instalment of Beat Dissected, we return to the Motor City for a lesson in subtly efficient grooves…
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Raw French House
In our latest drum programming and sound design tutorial, we look back to the 90s heyday of Parisian house.…
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Rolling 2-Step
In the latest instalment of Beat Dissected, we create a rolling 2-step garage beat with heavy swing.…
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Deep Tech House
In the latest instalment of Beat Dissected, we create a techy house pattern with real depth.…
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21st-Century Chicago House
Our latest drum programming and sound design tutorial is inspired by classic Chicago house but brings the sound right up…
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West Coast Hip-Hop
In our latest drum programming and sound design tutorial we focus on some of the techniques used by producers such…
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Polished House
In our latest sound design and drum programming walkthrough we take a look at techniques used by some of the…
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Soulful Deep House
In our latest drum programming and sound design tutorial, we construct a dusty deep house beat from live drum hits…
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80s-Style Chicago House
Our latest beat programming and sound design tutorial offers a retro house beat inspired by some of the sounds and…
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Rough House
In our latest beat construction tutorial we focus on a rough, dirty house beat inspired by the likes of Levon…
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Motor City Techno
Our latest beat programming and sound design tutorial focuses on the classic sound of early Detroit techno with a 909…
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Up-front Garage
Still one of our most requested genres, this instalment of Beat Dissected focusses on a future garage beat constructed from…
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Realistic Bongos
Creating an organic bongo groove using individual hits allows for greater control than using loops. We show you how.…
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Maniac Ghetto House
In the latest Beat Dissected we head back to the mid-90s for a ghetto house beat inspired by the…
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Organic Shaker
In the latest Beat Dissected we get back to percussive basics with this pan-genre shaker pattern.…
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Sub-Zero Minimal Techno
Our in-house beatsmith turns his attentions to a raw, stripped-down techno groove with painstakingly processed percussion.…
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Found Sound 2-Step
In the latest Beat Dissected we create a swinging 2-step beat which uses a blend of vintage drum machine…
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Dirty Indie-Dance
Our step-by-step drum programming walkthrough focuses on a gritty indie-dance beat with attitude.…
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Jackin’ House
Our in-house beatsmith turns his attentions to a DJ Sneak style jackin’ house workout in our latest beat deconstruction…
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Deep House – Stripped Workout
Beat Dissected is a regular series in which we deconstruct drum patterns, showing you how to recreate them in any…
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90s Jersey House
It’s all about the retro 909 grooves in our latest step-by-step drum programming walkthrough, which focuses on…
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Upbeat Chillwave
Our step-by-step drum programming series focuses on an upbeat chillwave beat inspired by the likes of Toro Y…
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Raw Drum & Bass
Our resident beatsmith gets back to (drum and) bassics with this raw, sparse drum & bass workout.…
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Chillout: Raw strip-hop
It’s chillout this fortnight, with three downtempo loops deconstructed. The first is a raw, live workout, loosely influenced by…
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Nu-Disco: Live Groove
Our step-by-step drum programming series focuses on a loose acoustic groove with a distinct 70s flavour.…
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