Frequency Sidechaining With Oeksound soothe2

In this article, we apply the often overlooked Sidechain feature of soothe2 to a breakbeat mix. We’ll use it to make the vocals and kick pop out admidst the harmonic elements and subby low end. This might just be the sidechaining secret weapon we’ve been waiting for! Last month, we looked at soothe2’s features and…

MDM Factory Jan 22 Chart

Top ten for January from DJs & producers MDM Factory featuring Lis Sarroca, Julianna, Photonz, DJ Hell and more. Follow DJs Pareja Follow Matias Aguayo DJs Pareja and Matias Aguayo have recently joined to form the dance project ‘MDM Factory’. They aim to make modern transcendental techno. In the recent turmoil of events worldwide, the…

The Top 5 Virtuoso Courses

We pick our favourite video courses from Virtuoso, an online learning platform with a focus on electronic music. In the old, pre-internet days, if you wanted to learn how to make electronic music you had very few options. Your best bet was to either get a job at a studio making tea and hitting record…

Samplab AI-Powered Sample Editor Is Now On Desktop

Samplab AI-powered sample editor is now available for desktop. We spoke about the Samplab plugin in mid-late 2021, and it seemed like a pretty exciting prospect. Samplab allows you to turn your harmonic samples to MIDI, which you can then edit in various ways. Typically, when turning audio to MIDI through different methods, we are…

Emergence Is A FREE Granular FX Processor For Windows & macOS

Daniel Gergely releases Emergence v0.3, a FREE granular processor for macOS and Windows. The world of granular synthesis is kind of muddy waters to a certain degree. When we talk about sample-based synthesis, wavetable pops up more often than granular. Instead of morphing between multiple waveforms, granular synthesis breaks a sample down into many pieces…