As Alex (Human Synthetics) and I approach the final stages of our new atmospheric jungle sample pack, I thought this would be the perfect moment to write a blog post about my sound design process a...
2025-04-08 14:30:40 +0000 UTC
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I'm not going to do too much writing for this one as its all in the blog posts! π
Just that the main things to focus on with this old-school Sampling technique are:
Sample Se...
2025-03-28 22:49:22 +0000 UTC
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I was watching Marlow Digs last night & thought his video was highly relevant to this month's blog posts & upcoming Patreon exclusive video. β
Thinking like a Percussionist ...
2025-03-24 17:00:16 +0000 UTC
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Every now and again I come up against the my ultimate enemy. βοΈ the YouTube copyright system! Itβs gone and absolutely nailed me on this video. At the moment I canβt upload it to public at ...
2025-03-16 21:54:39 +0000 UTC
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Sampling records alongside break chopping is one of my absolute favourite topics. I know Iβve already...
2025-03-10 18:08:09 +0000 UTC
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I've not got too much to add here as it's quite a simple video in terms of the techniques.
Finding great samples is normally the hard part. But if you want some of my favourite places to look...
2025-02-27 17:00:15 +0000 UTC
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Collecting Samples/Organising
Loopback recording - Use loopback recording or rolling sampler as a great way to collect samples from any source online. <...
2025-02-21 17:00:17 +0000 UTC
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Just a quick one from me this eve. If anyone is on the hunt for some amazing 90's themed Jungle patches, these actually go pretty hard!
It can be quite difficult with synths like serum to ge...
2025-02-20 17:00:13 +0000 UTC
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These artist breakdowns are always a blast & are totally worth it as I always learn so much myself from making them. We've now covered Photek, LTJ Bukem, Paradox, Source Direct & Dillinja &...
2025-02-14 12:56:39 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone,
I saw this DOA article the other day & thought it would be really interesting to see if I could breakdown Opticalβs bass techniques. π§βπ¬
2025-02-04 19:18:06 +0000 UTC
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Part 1 & 2 of my Digitakt mini series are out now. I'm also considering doing another section on the arranging in Logic X, so I will see if i can squeeze that in.
Part 1 - 2025-02-03 17:00:15 +0000 UTC
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I will leave most of the writing out of this one as it's all in the PDF. This time with a few images & lots of links. π
I've also updated this PDF now to include all the my most import...
2025-01-22 13:09:53 +0000 UTC
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This is just a bit of housekeeping to have all of these notes in one PDF for easy access. I have another blog post to do next week and then we've pretty much wrapped on all the most important drum ...
2025-01-18 09:57:38 +0000 UTC
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Just before Christmas, Polyverse very kindly sent me over a copy of their new plugin Filterverse. I've had a few weeks to play with it now and it's certainly a lot of fun, super creative and actual...
2025-01-16 17:00:11 +0000 UTC
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Did a little 'get in there son' and a jump in the air when Photek sent me this message yesterday. π€
That video was a real turning point for me in so many ways and really kickstarted the fe...
2025-01-12 10:42:01 +0000 UTC
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Happy New Years everyone :)
I hope your all brimming with the same enthusiasm and fervour I am. It's time to take on the new year and make the absolute best of it we possibly can. π
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2025-01-04 14:03:42 +0000 UTC
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Wowza this turned out to be a massive project in the end.
I didn't manage to get through all the rest I had planned on Instruments, FX, Bass, Textures etc so will have to save that for n...
2024-12-23 12:12:58 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone πββοΈ
Just a quick post to let you know that i'm hard at work on my last video for the year. We're going deep once again, delving into a whole bunch of 90's Jungle techniq...
2024-12-17 17:18:28 +0000 UTC
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Hello eveyone βοΈ
I thought it would be fun to give SnapBack VST a go and record my first session messing with the plugin. 2024-12-10 21:15:51 +0000 UTC
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This video idea & the Renoise/Digitakt mk2 template had so much potential that I just had to get the project out. The crashes and problems with overbridge nearly proved too much for me and then...
2024-12-05 15:49:55 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone :) I can't believe it's nearly Christmas again!π
Black Friday is a term that originated in the US which marks the start of the holiday shopping season. Really it's just a wa...
2024-11-29 17:00:16 +0000 UTC
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Bit of a last minute one but were doing another head 2 head livestream this afternoon at 2:00pm UK time.
I think i'm going to take Logic X for a spin this time round to see how I far.
E...
2024-11-24 12:21:36 +0000 UTC
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Back again with part 3 of my most important drum techniques. I've got one more part to this where I will compile all of these PDF's into one master notes page for everyone who's not kept up with th...
2024-11-13 17:00:19 +0000 UTC
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First day working on the AMIGO only challenge up now!
For everyone in the upper tiers, head over to the Sample Pack collection where you can access all the packs I used in this video -
2024-11-08 17:36:42 +0000 UTC
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Thanks to everyone who stopped by and joined the livestream over the weekend! I had a great time chatting with Alex going through all your tracks. You guys put up some fantastic tunes so big π f...
2024-10-28 19:15:01 +0000 UTC
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I may have gone a little too deep (judging by the views) showing every single hotkey I use in Renoise but at least its out there!
Probably the most useful part of this video, if people want ...
2024-10-28 19:15:01 +0000 UTC
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This is always a fun one where everyone gets to decide on my next video. A couple of popular ones from last time are still in there again but I've recently had loads of ideas for future projects. <...
2024-10-18 16:00:18 +0000 UTC
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I ran out of steam a little on this series with the crazy amount of time I spent on the animations in the first half. Rather than scrap all my hard work, I thought I would just show my favourite tw...
2024-10-16 16:00:11 +0000 UTC
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Alex (Human Synthetics) & myself recently got chatting about a couple of ideas for future livestreams. Firstly we've got another head 2 head planned for November which should be a lot of fun. I...
2024-10-15 16:00:14 +0000 UTC
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Back with part two of my most important drum techniques blog! π
There are some many avenues you can go down in music production, it's often hard to know where to put your time. Even more t...
2024-10-09 16:15:01 +0000 UTC
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