Production Tips

3 Creative Tricks with FabFilter Pro-Q 3

3 Creative Tricks with FabFilter Pro-Q 3

FabFilter Pro-Q 3 can be very precise and surgical. It’s an essential tool that most of us use on a daily basis. Having said that, we wanted to showcase the creative side of Pro-Q when settings ar...

Creating rhythmic pads from scratch

Creating rhythmic pads from scratch

Introduce rhythmical movement to your pads and retain the energy flowing within your track. Pads are great building blocks for intensifying the emotions of your composition. The vast majorit...

Designing percussion using FM synthesis

Designing percussion using FM synthesis

Build your own original percussive sounds by combining a selection of tried and tested synthesis methods. Many producers rely on the use of single hit percussion samples to create their percussive ...

Creating a sequence with the ARP 2600

Creating a sequence with the ARP 2600

In this step-by-step tutorial, we will deconstruct another 1 of the 107 presets included in the Audiotent – Nemesis (Arturia ARP 2600) preset library. Note: Modulation sources are highlighted wit...

How to design a pad with the Arturia ARP 2600

How to design a pad with the Arturia ARP 2600

In this step-by-step tutorial, we will deconstruct another 1 of the 107 presets included in the Audiotent – Nemesis (Arturia ARP 2600) preset library. This time around we will be creating a vintag...

Arturia ARP 2600 Bass Sound Design Tip

Arturia ARP 2600 Bass Sound Design Tip

Welcome! In this step-by-step tutorial, we will deconstruct 1 of the 107 presets included in the Audiotent - Nemesis (Arturia ARP 2600) preset library. As you will discover, the bass preset has a ...

Adding randomness to synth presets in Xfer Serum

Adding randomness to synth presets in Xfer Serum

Bring extra dimension to your synth sounds by exploring chaos generator, random LFOs and velocity. Static synth sounds can be very functional and have their place within the composition. Someti...

5 Power Tips for Repro-5

5 Power Tips for Repro-5

Repro-5 is U-he’s software version of the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, faithful in sound but with a few tricks and modifications up its sleeve. Repro-5 is a go-to synth for warm nostalgic pads, t...

Creating a Techno FM Bass Inside Xfer Serum

Creating a Techno FM Bass Inside Xfer Serum

Utilising Xfer Serum’s frequency modulation capabilities to design a solid bass. There are a lot of options available for excellent sounding bass samples. Yet, they are sometimes limited in respect...

Mixing choices for synth arpeggios

Mixing choices for synth arpeggios

Make better mixing decisions when it comes to processing your synth arpeggios. Synth arpeggios are common ingredients within the style of Techno and many other sub-genres of electronic music. Fo...