7 Ways DJs Can Protect Their Hearing

Whether it’s simply tactics for reducing volume levels when playing, or more proactively working to reduce the volume that reaches your ears in situations when you have no control over the volume at your gigs, protecting your hearing is massively important as a DJ. Any sustained high volume (above 85dB) over time is likely to…

Karanyi Sounds Releases FREE Vapor Keys Sakura

Karanyi Sounds have released a new Kontakt library, Vapor Keys Sakura, for FREE. You’ll need the full version of Kontakt 6.2 or higher to run it. Vapor Keys Sakura is a lo-fi pad inspired by Cherry Blossoms, also known as Sakura in Japanese. Sakura includes three organic pad presets, which are complete soundscape patches, well-suited…

Lawrence Hart Mar 22 Chart

Top ten for March from producer & DJ Lawrence Hart featuring Ryan Winters, Kessler, Cameo Blush, Leon Vynehall and more. Follow Lawrence Hart Lawrence Hart is a synth-hoarding studio nerd and serial collaborator. The South London producer has remixed everyone from Foals (their new LP lead track Wake Me Up) to Lau.ra, and collaborated with the likes of Model…

Create Morphing Arpeggios Inspired By Floating Points Using Ableton’s Wavetable

In our latest Synth Secrets YouTube video, we use Ableton’s Wavetable to create morphing arpeggios inspired by Floating Points’ ‘Argente’. This Synth Secrets also includes a free Ableton Download session. Arpeggios can mean many things. There’s Bach, there’s Mozar, there’s Floating Points but there is also Yngwie Malmsteen’s ‘Arpeggios from Hell’. Yup, there’s diversity across…