Pitch can be a powerful tool for creating tension in a breakdown. We use Zplane’s ElastiquePitch 2 to transform a vocal sample into a riser.

08s have come a long way since the release of the drum machine. See how to use the 808-derived basses in Capsule Onyx to create multi-layered basslines for three bass music genres.

Get inspired by disco and funk and bake your own dirty, rezzy filtered Rhodes electric piano.

In this tutorial, we look at how to make track elements pop without losing mono compatibility.

In this installment of Beat Dissected we program a percussion-driven house beat and use stereo width techniques to add character to the drums.

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 make a gritty lo-fi analogue synth lead in the style of Mac DeMarco.

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.

We put Paul Woolford’s jungle remix of ‘Delicate Limbs’ under the microscope and see what makes it hit so hard.