Think of DJing and the image that immediately springs to mind is that of two turntables and a mixer. But in this age of DJ controllers and CDRs is there really still a place for…
Category: Music Creation Tools
If you’re new to music production you may be wondering exactly what is reverb or to give it its full title reverberation. Along with terms such as EQ and Compression, reverb is one of those…
We have another four chock full sample packs for you this week, jam packed full of inspirational starting points, emotive atmospheres, trappy hats and phonky phrases. Get involved! Phonked To kick this all off –…
We’ve all been there. You get in the studio eager to cook up something earthshakingly awesome! You fire up your DAW but find yourself suffering an acute case of Blank session syndrome (the inability to…
This week we’ve selected four packs of various genres for you to take some inspiration from. From Trap, DnB to LoFi – We’re sure there’ll be something in the weeks edition for everyone! Paradox 2…
When it comes to iconic pieces of sampling hardware they don’t get much mightier than the E-mu SP1200. This 80’s 12-bit beast has reached legendary status in recent years, particularity within the Boom-Bap Hip-Hop fraternity.…
Over the past few decades, we have become accustomed to the practice of sampling in contemporary music. A technique originally pioneered in the Hip-Hop world, it’s now become commonplace in almost all genres of music.…
Compressors are one of the most misunderstood production tools of them all, yet they’re hugely favoured by musicians and engineers for taming dynamics, manipulating amplitude envelopes, peak limiting, sidechain compression, parallel processing, and much more.…
Each week we add new packs to our homepage that you’ll love! This week if we kick off with an ambient smorgasbord for you – followed by several tasty trap treats! Astro Ambient “Moodset Music…
When it comes to software samplers the choices are vast. And HY-Plugins have just added to this long list of options with an update to their HY-Slicer sample slicing and arrangement tool. The rather imaginatively…
