How to make music like Daft Punk
Thomas Bangalter en Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, also known as Daft Punk, are pushing the boundaries within the dance music scene since 1993. These Grammy award-winning producers are well known for their hits like One More Time, Around The World, Get Lucky, Harder Better Faster Stronger, I Feel It Coming, and many more. On February 22nd they decided to break up after 28
Roland release JUNO-60 soft-synth
Since 1973, Roland has been developing revolutionary drum computers, and synthesizers. Roland's classic TR-909, TR-808, and TB-303 are widely used by artists like The Prodigy, Daft Punk, and Disclosure. The TR-909, JUNO-106, and Jupiter 8 are some of the external pieces of gear being reproduced into digital versions, and now the vintage Roland JUNO-60 is available as a software synthesizer. | Best
Free Serato visuals available when streaming a DJ set
Serato is one of the most popular DJ & music production software alongside Traktor, Virtual DJ, and Rekordbox. Artists like A-Trak, Dada Life, Dave Clarke, and Fatboy Slim are proponents and users of this software while performing. The company actively contributes ideas about the experience while streaming live, and recently announced that Serato will be providing free visuals when streaming
Jonas Aden releases new plugin Biggifier
Jonas Engelschiøn Mjåset, better known as Jonas Aden, is a Norwegian DJ/Producer who gained a massive fan following as a result of his outstanding music and his youtube channel where he shares insights into his production process with his viewers. Jonas Aden has millions of streams on Spotify with his record releases on major labels like Heldeep, Hexagon, and Musical
Plugins used by Ian Kirkpatrick | producer for Dua Lipa, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez
Ian Eric Kirkpatrick is an American record producer based in Los Angeles, California. In collaboration with artists like Dua Lipa, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Jason Derulo, and Birtney Spears he has been awarded for multiple platinum records and gold records. Ian is not a stranger within the pop, alternative rock, and indie rock genres as he has produced a vast
Illenium shares insights into his music studio
Nicholas D. Miller a.k.a Illenium is one of the few musicians to get recognition within the music scene in just a few years. Started his career in 2013, Illenium came into the scene with his immaculate remixes of The Chainsmokers' 'Don't Let Me Down' and Flume's 'Say It'. Illenium had already released his 3rd studio album before 2019, topping the
Soundcloud is launching its own Fortnite tournament, Player One
Soundcloud is one of the largest online communities for artists, bands, and podcasters all over the world to share their music creations. Soundcloud has collaborated with Twitch, as Player One will be their latest project in collaboration with Fortnite to combine music and gaming once again. Fortnite's rapid growth of fame resulted in several collaborations with artists like Marshmello, Diplo, and
Best Mid/Side EQ Plugins in 2021 for Music Producers
One thing that a lot of producers struggle with is achieving a full, wide sounding mix. Arguably, a fuller and wider mix will be perceived as "better sounding" to the listener. Using tools like panning, and stereo imaging techniques, including mid/side processing, will help you achieve a wide sounding mix. What is Mid/Side Processing? The stereo space can be divided into 2
Most useful Ableton Live shortcuts
Ableton Live is one of the most potent DAW's (digital audio workstations) out there alongside Logic, Cubase, and FL Studio. Ableton Live distinguishes itself from all the other DAW's by its powerful interface to perform live. Connect every synthesizer, midi keyboard, sequencer, and drum pad easily to Ableton and you are ready to go. Ableton's interface is all about improving
The best synths and gear releases from NAMM 2021
NAMM is an annual event in the United States, described as the world's largest trade-only event for music tech products. This global music tech event will be held every January at the Anaheim Convention Centre (Anaheim, California), attracting famous musicians such as Bobby "Guitar" Bennet, Eddie Bayers, and Tony Brown to promote their own signature models and equipment. NAMM's 2021 edition
Top 10 Music Production Plugins for Beginners
Music production can be divided into a musical process and a technical process, at which writing melodic arrangement, vocal lines, and recording instruments are part of the musical process while mixing, mastering, and sound design are part of the technical process. All of these steps to create a full composition can be hard to get under control especially when you
Gearslutz music forum faces petition over its derogatory name
Gearslutz is an online forum for both professional and amateur mixing & mastering engineers to share their knowledge about music production. It's not only containing articles about gear, synths, and DAW's, user & pro reviews about music production, a gear database to research over 30,000 products, but it also contains a marketplace to find the best deals and jobs. Gearslutz has
Cymatics announce new VST plugin Vortex
Renowned sample pack maker Cymatics.fm recently announced the release of their second vst plugin Vortex. Vortex is the successor to Cymatics' first-ever vst plugin Diablo whose full version will also be released on the same date as Vortex i.e. January 22nd at 12 PM EST. | Best VST Plugins of 2021 – Read Here Vortex is an 808 enhancer plugin completely optimized to add
Best Wavetable Synth VST Plugins in 2021
What is a Wavetable? A wavetable is a group of sampled sound waves. In other words, it's a collection of various single cycle waveforms. The most basic waveforms are sine, saw, square & triangle. Wavetable synthesis is one of the many types of synthesis at which a single cycle waveform can be randomly chosen out of a collection of wave shapes. The interpolation