Tutorials

Ambient Sound Design With Moog Grandmother And Ableton Live

The Moog Grandmother is surprisingly flexible for a two-oscillator monosynth. We use a Dark Series edition Grandmother to create a Boards Of Canada-style ambient track in Ableton Live.

Dirtying Up A Mix With Lo-Fi Texture And Vibe

We use Baby Audio’s Super VHS to add a faded lo-fi vibe to a house track.

Balancing a Vocal House Mix With AI-Assisted Compression and EQ

Artificial intelligence can help balance a track by working across mix groups. We use Sonible’s smart:EQ3 and smart:Comp to take a vocal house song over the finish line.

The Ultimate Reverb Guide

Know what the different kinds of reverb mean? If you can’t tell a hall from a chamber, this is the guide for you.

Using A Hardware Synthesizer As An External Effects Unit With Your DAW

Take advantage of all that hardware synths have to offer by using one as an external effects processor. We show you how with IK Multimedia UNO Synth Pro and Ableton Live.

Creative Vocal Pitch Processing

Pitch can be a powerful tool for creating tension in a breakdown. We use Zplane’s ElastiquePitch 2 to transform a vocal sample into a riser.

Creating 808-Style Basslines For Jungle, Trap And Footwork

08s have come a long way since the release of the drum machine. See how to use the 808-derived basses in Capsule Onyx to create multi-layered basslines for three bass music genres.

Dirty Disco Filtered Electric Piano

Get inspired by disco and funk and bake your own dirty, rezzy filtered Rhodes electric piano.

Creating Natural Space In A Mix With Dynamic EQ

Dynamic EQ combines the best of equalization and compression into one handy tool. We look at different ways of using it in a techno production.

Creating A 3D Mix With Width And Depth

In this tutorial, we look at how to make track elements pop without losing mono compatibility.

Adding Atmosphere With Delay And Reverb

Delay and reverb aren’t just for imparting a sense of space. In this tutorial, we use them creatively to add atmosphere to a mix.

How To Make An Endless Riser

Harness the power of the Shepard tone to blow people’s minds with a riser that never peaks.

Nils Frahm-Style Polyrhythmic Arpeggios

In this tutorial we use K-Devices’ Max for Live device Hexo to generate stacked arp parts that contain multiple time signatures and constantly evolving movement

Making An Electro Track With Nothing But A Snare Sample

Flex your sound design muscles by restricting yourself to one sample for every element in a song.

Using A Vocal Sample To Make Supporting Chords And Bass

We show you how to create useful MIDI note information based solely on an audio sample.

Mixing Deep House

In this new installment of our mixing series we mix a deep house-style beat using Waves plug-ins in Ableton Live.

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