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Make Detuned Festival Leads With Ableton Drift
We show you how to make a rave-ready detuned synth lead using Ableton’s latest synth Drift. One of the most epic moments of any set is when a powerful lead melody creates that extra touch of...
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Use Drift To Modulate Bass Like Overmono / Modeselektor
In this Synth Secrets tutorial, we will use Drift to make an Overmono, Modeselektor style bass. These types of modulated basses seem to be everywhere these days. They've been cropping up in various...
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Make Beautiful Pads With Hive 2
Hive 2 is beautiful. Its pads are beautiful. Let's do this. Today we will use u-he’s beautiful synth Hive 2 to create spacious, ambient pads that would be equally at home in a movie soundtrack, as a...
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Remake The Synth From ‘We Do What We Want’
It's a bonafide techno classic. One of the most iconic tracks from the brilliant Alan Fitzpatrick. Time to take it apart and rebuild the main synth using Hive 2 by u-he. In this installment of Synth...
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Pitch-Bending Chord Stabs With Ableton’s Drift
In this synth secrets, we use pitch automation and the analog-emulating qualities of Ableton’s newest synth to craft a bouncy synth stab patch. There’s just something about gliding pitch that works...
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Make THAT Automated Laser Sound (You Know The One)
In this Synth Secrets, we’re using u-he’s Hive 2 to recreate a classic synth effect that’s been used for over 40 years across multiple genres. Today, we will use u-he’s lovely Hive 2 to recreate a...
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How To Recreate ‘A Walk’ By Tycho
We tackle 'A Walk' by Tycho using Hive2 bu u-he. Tycho is known for his ambient and downtempo soundscapes, which effortlessly blend elements of chillwave, ambient, and post-rock. His compositions...
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Making Com Truise Style Basslines With MiniFreak V
MiniFreak V is a new addition to Arturia's V Collection X. We have the physical counterpart let's load up it's new sibling and try making a synthwave bassline inspired by Com Truise, Kavinsky et al....
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Drum & Bass Leads
Load up Hive by u-he or a synth of your choice, and let's make a hard-hitting drum & bass rave-ready lead from scratch. If you’ve been into drum & bass any time in the last decade, you’ve...
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Fred Again Inspired Reese Basslines With Twin 3
Load up FabFilter's powerful Twin 3 and take a classic sound in new directions. Where most attribute the ever-popular Reese bassline to early jungle pioneer Alex Reece on his seminal track “Pulp...
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Sine Percussion Lead With U-he Heckmann
A sine wave is more adaptable than you think. In this tutorial, we're using Zebra by u-he to make a sine wave, the main arpeggio in our track. There’s something about building a good sine wave synth...
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Crafting Ambient Techno Pads
Ambient techno blends atmospheric soundscapes with minimal beats, creating immersive and meditative experiences. In this Synth Secrets, we’ll craft one of the main pillars of ambient techno—pads—from...
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Gritty D&B Bass With U-he Zebra
In today’s Synth Secrets we’re cooking up a gritty bass patch that would sound right at home in a jump up D&B track along the stylistic lines of artists like Amplify, Upgrade, or even more recent...
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Make Your Own Jungle FX
In this Synth Secrets, we’ll recreate some of the jungle’s most iconic and oft-used samples from scratch using Zebra2. Sure, you can use a sample. There are so many sample companies now you're spoilt...
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Make Classic Dub Sirens With Zebra2
Load up your synth, we're using Zebra2 and some Live 12 effects, and let's make a classic dub siren. Sure you can sample one, but it's fun to make too. Today’s Synth Secrets focuses on another classic...
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The Baddadan Synth Bass Sound
The sound of the summer. We retrospectively look at the Baddadan horn synth bass that continues to rumble dance floors. "Baddadan" by Chase & Status is an explosive blend of UK bass and grime,...
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