Synth Secrets
Making LCD Soundsystem-Style Drones
Build a sound inpired by the pumping harmonic drone from LCD Soundsystem’s Someone Great with u-he’s Diva…
Synth Secrets
Make A House Bass With The Juno-60
Dial in the perfect bass sound for classic and deep house.
Synth Secrets
Bubbly Synth Bass
Synth Secrets is a series of programming tutorials in which we show how to make a range of classic and…
Synth Secrets
One Sample, Infinite Movement: Building a Techno Instrument in Absynth 6
With its multi-stage envelopes, deep modulation system and capacity for long-form sound design, Absynth by Native Instruments has…
Synth Secrets
Inventing Your Own Patch From Scratch With Zebra 3
Perfectly recreating your favourite patches is a great way to learn how to program synths. But it’s not the…
Synth Secrets
Stormy Intros
Synth Secrets is a series of programming tutorials in which we show how to make a range of classic and…
Synth Secrets
Resampled Pads with Spitfire Audio Tundra & Ableton Simpler
Synth Secrets is a series of programming tutorials in which we show how to make a range of classic and…
Synth Secrets
80s-Style Tuned Percussion With Zebra 3
Our third 80s-inspired feature in a month… safe to say we’re fully immersed at this point. But when…
Synth Secrets
Autechre’s ‘Eutow’ Drifting Synth
Today, we’re taking a look at Autechre’s ‘Eutow’. Learn how to make a mind-breaking synth patch using…
Synth Secrets
Wavetable Pads with UVI Falcon
Synth Secrets is a series of programming tutorials in which we show how to make a range of classic and…
Synth Secrets
Granular Synthesis with UVI Falcon
Synth Secrets is a series of programming tutorials in which we show how to make a range of classic and…
Synth Secrets
Versatile 80s Synth Keys
Today’s patch is remarkable not for complexity – it’s very simple – but for ridiculous versatility. Let’s call it…
Synth Secrets
Synth Processing with UVI Thorus
Synth Secrets is a series of programming tutorials in which we show how to make a range of classic and…
Synth Secrets
Melodic Arpeggios in U-He ACE
Synth Secrets is a series of programming tutorials in which we show how to make a range of classic and…
Synth Secrets
Phased Techno Bass
Learn how to make a driving hypnotic bass patch using u-he’s Diva.…
Synth Secrets
Shapeshifting Bass With U-he Zebra
Load up u-he Zebra, or something similar, and learn some synthesis fundamentals, including how to use an XY Pad…
Synth Secrets
Resampled Deep House Rhodes
Synth Secrets is a series of programming tutorials in which we show how to make a range of classic and…
Synth Secrets
Warping Bass in NI Massive
Synth Secrets is a series of programming tutorials in which we show how to make a range of classic and…
Synth Secrets
Washed Out Synths
Dial in a lush, fluid lead in u-he Hive, perfect for deep, emotive drum & bass or downtempo tracks…
Synth Secrets
Make Rave Stabs Like The Landlord Stab
Rave stabs are a key component of making dance music. We show you how to do it with u-he…
Synth Secrets
Lush Vangelis Keys
Synth Secrets is a series of programming tutorials in which we show how to make a range of classic and…
Synth Secrets
Twisted Neuro Bass
Synth Secrets is a series of programming tutorials in which we show how to make a range of classic and…
Synth Secrets
The Ambient Pad That Holds It All Together
We’re back at it with Hive 2 – this time making a very atmosphere deep wide pad good for drum…
Synth Secrets
Jeff Mills’ ‘The Bells, Part 2′
We covered the bells in ‘The Bells’, as you’d expect — now it’s time to focus on the detuned…
Synth Secrets
Sylenth Supersaw
Synth Secrets is a series of programming tutorials in which we show how to make a range of classic and…
Synth Secrets
Vintage Arpeggio in Sylenth
Synth Secrets is a series of programming tutorials in which we show how to make a range of classic and…
Synth Secrets
Jeff Mills’ ‘The Bells, Part 1’
We recently explored the arrangement of Jeff Mills’ seminal track The Bells in an issue of Deconstructed, but what’s…
Synth Secrets
How To Recreate The Iconic Synths From Daft Punk’s ‘Something About Us’
One of the standout tracks from Daft Punk’s iconic 2001 album, Discovery, ‘Something About Us’ features subtle yet unforgettable…
Synth Secrets
Melody Arps with Massive
Synth Secrets is a series of programming tutorials in which we show how to make a range of classic and…
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