Interviews
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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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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,…
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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.
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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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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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DJ Khalil on making samples from scratch and producing for Jon Batiste and Kanye
Ahead of his Grammy 2022 nominations, we get some advice from the king of melodic hip-hop samples and killer…
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Watch Robot Koch find musical inspiration and finish tracks with PLAYBOX
The producer and composer talks about the thrill of randomization, the textures of his new Alchemy EP, and our radical…
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From sample developer to full-time composer, mentor, and YouTuber: meet Anne-Kathrin Dern
We get the low-down on orchestral sampling, diversity in Hollywood, and the myth of the lone composer.