Sound design
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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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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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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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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 your tracks sound “vintage”
Lend your musical aesthetic a retro vibe with our handy overview.
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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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Free Blocks, live-coding, and more: Let’s explore Toybox Audio’s REAKTOR toolkits
Peter Kirn warms up with a free modular patch, then looks at ways to connect REAKTOR with TidalCycles and LiveCore.
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Watch Kito create melodic pop magic with ELECTRIC SUNBURST and KOMPLETE NOW
Learn about pop arrangement, sidechaining, and layering synths with Kito, producer for Jorja Smith, Fletcher, Channel Tres, and Jeremih.
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Watch Lido unlock creative production ideas with BATTERY and RETRO MACHINES
In our new video, the Norwegian producer for Aminé, Halsey, and Chance the Rapper constructs unique drum loops, layers soulful…