Interviews
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Real Talk: Amanda Jones shares tips for breaking into the scoring business
The Emmy-nominated composer and guitarist shares her top tips for breaking into – and succeeding in – the scoring business.
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Jungle revivalist Sully sketches out haunting atmospherics – at 168 BPM
The UK producer backs metallic sound design and hazy pads with chopped breaks from DECODED FORMS.
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How Mitsuto Suzuki helped reimagine one of the best-loved video game soundtracks of all time
To recreate a classic '90s soundtrack for modern gamers, the FINAL FANTASY VII composers turned to a thoroughly modern set…
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Real Talk: Lo-fi hip hop producer Lophiile offers up 7 tips for keeping things wavy
We recap all the best production advice from Lophiile's live interview on our Instagram.
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Shore up your sub bass with a free MASSIVE X patch from GRAMMY-winner Swagg R’Celious
The NYC-based producer proves that less can be more when it comes to seriously big bass sounds.
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Turn your passion into a profession: Composing for film and television
Five successful film and TV composers offer inside info and no-nonsense advice for getting started in scoring.
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Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda on mashing up Bollywood, hip hop, and metal – live on Twitch
Learn more about Shinoda’s live-streaming workflow and the NI gear at the heart of his home studio…
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The maker of ARKHIS on the three things that make a great sampled instrument
Orchestral Tools CEO Hendrik Schwarzer explains how our latest pro scoring instrument came to be.
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Slate + Ash is the Bristol-based studio pushing the boundaries of KONTAKT
Go behind the scenes of AURAS and CYCLES, and get tips on creative sampling from one of the most exciting…
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BT talks life under lockdown and dissects his Community Drive contributions
The trance pioneer explains how he created his high-energy presets for PRISM, SKANNER XT, and MONARK.
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Real Talk: Day Wave makes dream pop with BATTERY 4 and KOMPLETE
Download the stems to his surf-tinged single "Potions" and remix it for a chance to win.
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Scripting, sound design, and singing out of key: How we made MYSTERIA
Galaxy Instruments' Uli Baronowsky and Stephan Lembke take us deep behind the scenes of their tension-building texture machine.