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  Making a stellar DJ mix shouldn’t be locked to having CDJs and a mixer. In this video I’ll show you how to make them in Ableton Live by stitching songs together- warping tracks, locking them to the grid, BPM automating, adjusting EQ, gain, filter, and adding effects between different ...

Let’s make some sounds on the Arturia Microfreak and see what comes of it. This thing is maybe one of my favorite synths I’ve ever played with- super easy to get HYPER usable sounds and fantastically portable.

Ever wondered how to break into a music scene? Here’s the best ways I’ve found to build yourself a network of music-minded people and get your sounds heard as a DJ and/or music producer.

One man… on a journey… to find the ultimate delay pedal. I wanted to see what more expensive pedals get you compared to cheaper ones, so I stacked up 7 of them against each other- from $30 to $600 and put them through the paces in a proper back-to-back shootout. ...

This is why your monitors are NOT why your mixes suck. It’s a common misconception that you’ve got to have the newest, most expensive monitor speakers for mixing and even mastering. Speaker technology really doesn’t change a ton with every decade that goes by. Often times monitors from the late ...

I had a chance to sit down with the MODX and get to explore its capabilities. In this video I’ll tell you what I like and what I don’t like about it, as well as put it to use in a real-world studio scenario by synthesizing some sounds & using ...

The S2400 has some of the best groove and punch on the planet. It also has Choke Groups that can make sounds cut each other off, creating a gating effect between the various sounds in your songs. Combined, this makes for a SERIOUSLY awesome sounding drum machine sampler, but getting ...

Ok so I found out about the weird and quirky Boss RSD-10 a while back and finally had one pop up in my eBay notifications. Once I got the unit in I wanted to immediately do the “wet mod” that I had read about on the Muff Wiggler forums and ...

Guitar pedals aren’t just for guitars, and the Julianna Deluxe is a perfect case-in-point. This stereo chorus and vibrato pedal creates fantastic results paired with your synthesizer, sampler, or drum machine in the studio. While its controls may look pretty standard, this thing packs a whole-lot of flexibility and tone-shaping ...

In anticipation of the upcoming USB audio transfer, I’ve been working on trying to make songs as complete as possible in the S2400 so that I can record them into Ableton for mixing and mastering. Here’s last night’s jam- a little 90’s influenced Drum & Bass. There’s a bit of ...