Don’t miss this versatile, free MASSIVE X preset from São Paulo’s Badsista
The fast-rising Brazilian producer and DJ invites real-time knob twiddling with her intuitively macro-mapped patch.
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How Germany’s track15 is tackling the gender imbalance of film and TV scoring
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Toot your own horn with these free saxophone libraries for KONTAKT
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Download these free REAKTOR picks from rising electronic producer Azu Tiwaline
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Ilan Eshkeri dissects his scores for Ghost of Tsushima and A Perfect Planet
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Community wrap-up: Uplifting sample flips from Datsunn, DYVN, DDS, & more
With 2020 safely behind us, it's time to revisit some uplifting moments from the past weeks.
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Electro-experimentalist Gábor Lázár tests the limits of the free LazerBass synthesizer
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Flora Yin-Wong meshes the traditional with the futuristic in this haunting, percussive sketch
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Real Talk: Orchin blends shoegaze and emo with 90s trance and bubblegum pop
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Download an experimental MASSIVE X patch from composer Marius de Vries
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