Slam – Dec 21

Top ten December tunes from Slam featuring Slam and Amelie Lens, Antigone, Geerson and more. Follow Slam Head honchos of the legendary Soma Records and techno protagonists Slam have been busy over the last year. Not only have the duo made a monumental return to the dancefloor, curating and playing at their legendary Pressure parties…

The Best DJ Software For 2022

As a DJ, unless you DJ with records or CDs exclusively (which very few people do nowadays), you are going to need to choose a DJ software platform. This is one of the biggest decisions you’ll make in your DJing, akin to a music producer deciding if they want to use Ableton Live, Logic Pro…

Rethinking Compression: 3 Techniques You Should Be Using

There’s more to compression than just clamping down on dynamics. We show you three ways to expand your compression toolkit. Along with EQ and volume, compression is one of the most employed techniques when mixing. At its most basic, we use compression to get a handle on dynamics and keep a signal within a manageable…

Massive Chords With Chord Voicings Across Synths and Ensemble Strings

In this month’s Passing Notes we spread chord voicings across multiple synths and string instruments to create a wide multi-voice progression. Last month’s Passing Notes contained lessons from orchestral composition that we can apply to modern synthesizers. One of the techniques we covered was using large ensemble chords.  An ensemble chord is when different instruments…