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Sound design
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Tiffany “Delilah” Miranda on creating Girls Make Beats and Community Drive 2021
Download over 150 free samples and presets in our Community Drive charity pack, and learn more about how Girls Make…
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Watch CLOUDS make futuristic techno with MASSIVE X and MOLEKULAR
Learn how to use KOMPLETE 13 instruments and effects to generate new ideas, shape transients, and make a breakbeat…
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Composer Walter Mair makes extraordinary sounds with modular and MASCHINE
Designing unique and unsettling music for Till Death, Crash Bandicoot, and Call of Duty using modular synths, unusual instruments,…
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Watch Dana Ruh build a lush minimal house track inside MASCHINE+
The Berlin powerhouse shows you how to sculpt sound and use tools like variation and delay to unblock creativity.
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Hear rising electronic star Ciel demo her 5 go-to NI synth patches
The Toronto producer/DJ tells us about the the presets she uses to create New Age–infused floor fillers.
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Making hits with Latin urban production powerhouse Echo
The producer behind some of reggaeton and Latin pop’s biggest anthems talks KONTAKT instruments, mixing techniques, and humanizing your sound.
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Make your passion a profession: Build your own instruments
We speak to four musicians who have successfully turned their hands to building and sharing the tools of their craft.
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Download a free MASSIVE X patch from hard dance maestro Kilbourne
Make punchy kicks, rave alarms, and wild distortion with this preset from NYC's hardcore torchbearer.
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Spice up your synth collection for free: Violet selects 5 hidden REAKTOR gems
The Portuguese producer demonstrates some of the lesser-known ensembles that help power her eclectic sonic signature.
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Gareth Coker talks sample libraries, Ori, and the custom sounds behind his upcoming Halo Infinite score
Find out how the British composer stays inspired – and sane – while navigating the world of AAA videogame scoring.
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rRoxymore selects 5 free REAKTOR ensembles for organic techno sound design
The Berlin-based producer and DJ shows us some of the synths and sequencers that help humanize her sound.
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5 free (and unusual) vintage synthesizers for KONTAKT
Synths sounds getting stale? Stand out from the crowd with these pitch-perfect recreations of some overlooked treasures.