In this tutorial we use K-Devices’ Max for Live device Hexo to generate stacked arp parts that contain multiple time signatures and constantly evolving movement

Flex your sound design muscles by restricting yourself to one sample for every element in a song.

We show you how to create useful MIDI note information based solely on an audio sample.

In this new installment of our mixing series we mix a deep house-style beat using Waves plug-ins in Ableton Live.

We let nature inspire our creativity by delving deep into Live 11’s new Max For Live Inspired By Nature devices.

In this latest Beat Dissected, we put together a Brazilian bossa n ova-inspired beat with acoustic and percussive textures.

The pads in 808 State’s genre-defining ‘Pacific State’ are no doubt at the top of the list of the most iconic sounds in dance music. In this Synth Secrets, we replicate the Mancunian quartet’s synthesis secrets.

Got big hair and big shoulder pads but small drums? We show you how to take your ‘80s percussion from wimpy Hall And Oates to stomping New Order.

In this tutorial, we use Surreal Machines’ Dub Machines plugins to turn a dry beat into delay-soaked dub madness.

In this new installment of our mixing series, we mix a ’90s-style breakbeat using Waves plugins in Ableton Live.

In this Beat Dissected, we use Oblivion Sound Lab’s Hex Drum to create a beat like Marvin Gaye’s groundbreaking ‘Sexual Healing’.

Boom bap is not dead! In this Beat Dissected we show you how to program a boom bap beat and adjust the swing settings to get just the right amount of the desired head nod!

In this installment of Synth Secrets, we use the third and latest version of Arturia’s Pigments synth to build a pre-drop riser full of movement, automation, textures and effects.