WATCH: How to make techno

Watch the latest Native Instruments tutorial video on how to start building techno beats, using REAKTOR-based drum machine POLYPLEX as a quick-start drum-layering scratchpad.

Find out how to intelligently randomise stacked beats on the fly, then quickly customise your creations to suit any production in this beginner’s guide to building techno beats. Create percussive inspiration in a short amount of time. Produce beats, build kits, use randomization features, and master settings, as you get to grips with the basics of making techno all within POLYPLEX.

POLYPLEX is a REAKTOR player drum machine, and is a fast and fun way to design bespoke kits. Easy to randomize, fine tune, and add effects, POLYPLEX provides the ideal starting point for sketching out your first techno beats. POLYPLEX runs in REAKTOR 6 or the free REAKTOR PLAYER, and is optimized to integrate perfectly with the entire MASCHINE family.

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