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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.

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alright- some of the people on the S2400 forum were requesting those of us who had our units make more video content for them to watch while they were waiting for their units. I’ve never actually made a video before actually learning a piece of gear inside and out, but ...

Granular synthesis has for a long time been an integral technique used by sampler and synthesis fanatics everywhere. It’s a powerful technique where a “grain” or small snippet of a sample is used as the base sound or waveform of a larger sounding synthesizer preset, typically made with a digital ...

So, something that bugged me about my music for a LONG time was my drums- especially with my house music because the pro’s- my favorite artists- their drums had this bounce and polish to them that I could never seem to figure out. I was sure that it was some ...