Chillstep combines two distinctive features under one hood: On the one hand there are spherical pads, which take over the melodic main role, while on the other hand heavy beats with mostly urban and experimental touch hammer against it. What both hav

To layer sounds, load a MIDI instrument, such as a bass, into a new MIDI track. Load another instrument, such as a synth, into a second MIDI track; and a third, perhaps an organ, into a third MIDI track. In the first MIDI track, place the Note Length

For this charismatic Tape-String-Pad, we load up the Mellotron software instrument. The 3 Violins setting provides a good sonic basis. The pad should basically appear warm, gloomy and a little mystical. In this respect, it is good to reduce the value

Compact and, therefore, particularly designed for mobile recording sessions, Black Lion Audio introduces the Revolution 2×2 USB audio interface, which aims to shine with high-quality converters and Macro-MMC clocking. Thanks to the onboard PG-i techn

The purchase of an audio interface is usually considered when building a studio after or when the channels of your existing technology are no longer sufficient. Several factors may play a role in the Carbon because, in addition to the hardware itself

The rhythmic foundation of Alison Wonderland‘s hits „Easy“ is a somewhat bumpy beat at 135 BPM. Here, a massive bass drum meets a crisp TR-808 snare as well as rattling hi-hats. To reprogram the beat, we use the preset „Celph Entitled v2“ of the UJAM

Just in time for the virtual NAMM, Korg conjured up the modwave wavetable synthesizer. This 32x polyphonic playable USB synthesiser is equipped with 37 lightweight keys. Special attention should be given to the KAOSS physics function, which can be co

Almost four years ago, the iLoud Micro from the Italian manufacturer set new standards in the class of ultra-compact monitor speakers. Barely larger than the roaring cubes from electronics stores, they impressed us with a voluminous and detailed soun

Beat / Can you introduce Newfangled Audio to our readers? Dan / After a long career at Eventide, I started Newfangled Audio in 2015 in response to many hardware modeling plug-ins that came out at the time and still do. I think analog modeling is usef

“Dinge” has a tempo of 80 bpm, but hi-hat programming is easier at twice the tempo. For the drums we use the Beatmaker Dope from UJAM [1]. With its gritty lofi sound, the “Uptempo Banger v2” preset is ideal for our purposes. The basis of the beat is

Beat / Hi Marlow, hi Jendrik, when it comes to hip-hop production, crate digging is still a key element. Why is that? Marlow / Yeah, if you’re making sampled beats, then you need to dig for sounds. A lot of music nowadays is made from digging, even p

Solid State Logic unveils its new DAW controller, the UF8. This 8-channel USB controller features one encoder per channel and a high-resolution color display for the most important channel information such as panning, volume and routing. Added to thi

Meinhomestudio.de expands its YouTube channel with a new series that follows a complete virtual rock band production in Cubase 11 with tutorials. Producer and musician Matthias Basedow shows his songwriting, recording and mixing techniques in practic

In our Resampling workshop, we will show you how to sample a played pattern internally in the Maschine+. First, we load an instrument onto a free pad. In our case, we chose the preset Brockeback, which can be found in the Plucked Strings category. Th

This collective from Montreal calls itself a mini orchestra. Behind it are musicians from Arcade Fire (Sarah Neufeld and Richard Reed Parry). The new album „House Music“ - the first in over ten years - was largely improvised and consists of electroni

Battle mixers designed specifically for scratching and juggling were once considered narrow spartan mixers for Hip Hop DJs. But since that time, battle mixers have catapulted to creative high-tech headquarters, including these two candidates: The Ran

Mastering is essential to give your productions a professional finishing touch. While a few years ago this required wickedly expensive analog hardware, today you can also achieve high-quality results with plug-ins and the appropriate know-how. In our

Synapse Audio A flexible combination of virtual analog, wavetable and FM synthesis make DUNE a true sound chameleon. The update, which is free for owners of DUNE 3, comes up with a native AU version for the latest Apple generation M1 chipset, as well

The basic principle is simple: we collect existing ideas and combine them into one or more new kits. It doesn‘t matter whether the ideas were created in your DAW or on the MPC. Maybe you want to start from scratch, too? We start with a track that we‘