Native Instruments
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How to set up your own livestream
With many music-makers and DJs still stuck at home, here's our quick-start guide to reconnecting with your audience online.
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How bass works
Discover bass music production tips that will improve your low end and give you a fuller sound.
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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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How Germany’s track15 is tackling the gender imbalance of film and TV scoring
Four members of the all-female composer collective tell us how they're building careers around camaraderie, discipline, and craftsmanship.
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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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Ilan Eshkeri dissects his scores for Ghost of Tsushima and A Perfect Planet
Get to know the composer, then find out how he uses custom-made KONTAKT instruments to soundtrack samurai and Saharan ants…
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Download these free REAKTOR picks from rising electronic producer Azu Tiwaline
Discover the free synths and sound generators behind her unique blend of musical genres and traditions.
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Sonic sculpting with ambient maestro Rafael Anton Irisarri
The New York composer dissects the processes, inspirations, and custom-built KONTAKT instruments behind his dark, textural soundscapes.
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Behind the beats – top tips for producing drums
Learn the basic building blocks of hard-hitting percussion for any genre.
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Electro-experimentalist Gábor Lázár tests the limits of the free LazerBass synthesizer
Hear an exclusive single-synth sketch from the Hungarian producer, then learn how it was made.
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Flora Yin-Wong meshes the traditional with the futuristic in this haunting, percussive sketch
Hear the London-based producer layer metallic textures and sampled plucks over an insistent BATTERY-powered rhythm.
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The making of MASCHINE+
Get under the skin of our standalone groovebox with the people who made it possible.