Interviews
Legendary composer Danny Elfman returns to his rock roots on Big Mess
The man behind Batman, Edward Scissorhands, and The Simpsons on creating his dystopian masterpiece with KONTAKT and GUITAR RIG.
Watch: Drake producer 40 takes us behind the scenes of his new Play Series instruments
Watch Drake’s in-house producer Noah “40” Shebib explain how he captured the OVO sound in two new instruments – plus, an exclusive new documentary!
Stargate’s Mikkel Eriksen reveals the production secrets of pop’s biggest hits
Watch half of the hitmaking duo behind Rihanna, Katy Perry, and Ne-Yo reveal how Sam Smith's biggest songs were produced, and make a track from scratch using KOMPLETE and GUITAR RIG.
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Music is therapy for Kyiv producer Koloah
On new album Serenity the Ukrainian artist finds a new direction – and puts MASCHINE through its paces.
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Dream Machine is an always-on, procedurally-generated beats machine
REAKTOR Library hero James Peck, aka memorecks, and Daniel Berzen of Space Agency explain how they brought this unique audio-visual…
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5 free sci-fi sound effect generators for REAKTOR
Trekking across the User Library in search of the very best Blocks and Ensembles for spaced out soundscapes.
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Real Talk: DJ Khalil
Ahead of his Grammy 2022 nominations, we get some advice from the king of melodic hip-hop samples and killer…
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FADED REELS – making beats using Maschine LOFI expansion | Jeia Sessions
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Beat Making with MASCHINE PLUS and CRATE CUTS Expansion | Standalone Maschine Chillhop Beat
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Recent articles
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Add immersive 3D visuals to your TRAKTOR sets with Volta XR
TRAKTOR now includes support for the emerging platform, which boasts support from Maceo Plex, Blessed Madonna, and more.
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TRAKTOR turns 20: Middle East
Our celebration of local scenes continues with TRAKTOR DJs from Palestine, Egypt, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia.
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How to make your kick drums bang with FJAAK and MASCHINE+
Berlin’s cheeky techno duo shows us some tips, tricks, and their favorite features of the MASCHINE+ in our latest video.
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TRAKTOR turns 20: Berlin
We look back on two decades of digital DJing with the first in a new series of scene profiles.
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The German-Swiss production duo behind some of the biggest names in UK rap
Meet The Elements, and learn how they went from music school to working with AJ Tracey, Headie One, Stormzy, and…
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Clinton Shorter on scoring for film and TV with KONTAKT and LORES
The Canadian composer behind District 9 and The Expanse explains how his unusual sample treatments inspired LORES, our cinematic new…
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Meet the innovative composer behind Tomb Raider, Far Cry, Dead Space, and more
Award-winning composer Jason Graves reveals the studio techniques (and KONTAKT tricks) behind his intricately sound-designed scores.
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How to make house music
Follow our basic guide on how to make a house music track.