Production Tips: Rolling Techno
From the creators of “Rolling Techno” – here are 5 production tips guaranteed to elevate your tracks. Drench your drums in reverb If you want to recreate…
Top 5 Ableton Live Racks
When Ableton Live dropped back in 2001, it changed the way many producers thought about creating electronic music with computers. Instead of trying to imitate the…
The Making of Downtempo
In our latest entry for The Journal we caught up with the producers behind Sm111: Downtempo and discussed the inner makings of this chill and blissful…
Summer School Round-Up
Last week saw us host our five-day electronic music production course, Summer School, at London School of Sound in Clapham. The final course in a…
Low End Theory Production Tips
Feeling the groove to manipulating source material are covered in these bite-size hints and tips to creating a collage of west-coast hip hop, electronica and trap.
New Wave Production Tips
1. Reverb A lot of new wave productions in the eighties made use of gated reverb. Not only is it great for mixing purposes – providing depth…
Melodic Deep House Production Tips
On the back of the release of our best-selling Melodic Deep House collection, we quiz the producer on their top tips for producing melodic tracks to…
Future R&B Production Tips
Discover our top production tips for Future R&B tracks from the producer behind the Sample Magic pack of the same name. Killer bass, heavily-swung beats and…
Synthwave Production Tips
A short yet detailed look into some great hints and tips for producing Synthwave.
Me & My… Akai MPC60 MKII
On the back of his recent Garage House Beats release, Israel Medina shares his love of the MPC60 MKII in the latest Me & My feature…
Ableton Instrument Racks is out now!
Our latest Ableton pack contains five powerful sample-based instrument racks for dance music production. See them in action here...
Production and programming tips for better drum beats
From smart layering to compression, EQ to clipping, our team of sound designers share their tips for making better beats.
New courses announced for 2015!
After another successful summer of run of courses at Alchemea College, we’re proud to announce a fresh set of dates for 2015. In addition to…
Using Maschine Magic: Found Sound
Having just released our Maschine Magic pack we've put together a video to demonstrate how this array of unique found sounds (from electrical pulses, to footsteps,…
French House Production Tips
Merging elements of house, disco, electro and indie-dance, the host of tips below should set you on your way to recreating everything that’s great about French…
The Vintage Breaks recording sessions
Studio porn aplenty in this behind-the-scenes photo tour of the Vintage Breaks sessions.
Deep House Production Tips
From injecting your mix with grit and warmth to getting deep and dubby with delays and filters, we showcase six top production tips from the makers…
Sample Magic presents London Electronic Music Event 2014
We're proud to announce the return of LEME, our annual electronic music conference, which takes place on 12th and 13th April in the heart of east…