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Creating Textures with Trash 2 for Industrial Music

Creating Textures with Trash 2 for Industrial Music

Industrial music is about as sonically diverse as other genres, like post-punk, jazz, rock and roll, and so on. Much sonic ground, for example, separates...

In a Creative Rut? Make a Song Using Oblique Strategies

In a Creative Rut? Make a Song Using Oblique Strategies

Ever gotten stuck in your songwriting or music producing process and didn't know where to go next? Sometimes all you need is to step away from the song...

Don't Blend In: 9 Ways to Create Unique Sounds

Don't Blend In: 9 Ways to Create Unique Sounds

I've worked on and written music for plenty of Hollywood movies and TV shows, including NCIS and Arrested Development. With so many episodes, so many...

4 Ways to Get a Shoegaze Sound

4 Ways to Get a Shoegaze Sound

Shoegaze is predicated on gauzy walls of sound. There are reverb-laden swells, blistering distortion, and lots of delay, often all at once. My Bloody...

4 Ways to Make Your Synths Sound Dreamy and Retro With Trash 2

4 Ways to Make Your Synths Sound Dreamy and Retro With Trash 2

Listen to Burial, Boards of Canada, Flying Lotus, and even certain Autechre songs, and nostalgic, grainy and otherwise warped timbres and sounds stand out....

Neon Indian Talks Using Trash 2, and Iris 2 and Music Production

Neon Indian Talks Using Trash 2, and Iris 2 and Music Production

From Neon Indian’s 2009 chillwave breakout song “Should Have Taken Acid with You” to the crisp, tropical funk of 2015’s “Annie,” Neon Indian’s synth-laden...

Stories from a Pro: Skrillex

Stories from a Pro: Skrillex

With four EPs, six GRAMMY Awards (including Best Dance/Electronica Album), 300 shows a year and a long-awaited debut album on his plate, Skrillex is the...

Stories from a Pro: Noisia

Stories from a Pro: Noisia

"What we do a lot is make drums," Martijn van Sonderen says. "Very basic—and then add a bit of character." A bit of character might be a bit of an...

Reinhold Mack

Reinhold Mack

Engineer and Producer Reinhold Mack is best known for his work producing the legendary rock band, Queen, as well as his work with Extreme and Black Sabbath....

Download Free Creative Suite Preset Packs

Download Free Creative Suite Preset Packs

Download exclusive preset packs for Creative Suite product owners. Get access to even more exclusive presets and patches for all of our creative products!...