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How to make the perfect loop

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Make your sounds cycle smoothly every time

Fx Software
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How to warp a full track in Ableton Live 8

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Learn how to prepare your music for DJing

Music Production Tutorials
A drum sampler - such as Battery 3 - could be a good investment.
18 steps to the perfect sampled drum sound

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Better beat creation is just a click away

Samples
DAWs such as GarageBand enable you to record, edit and arrange music.
The beginner's guide to: DAWs

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What exactly is a digital audio workstation?

Music Production Tutorials
OK Go and the most famous treadmills in history.
10 ways to get your music noticed

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How far are you prepared to go?

Guitar Lessons & Tutorials
Skrillex: the man who brought bass music to the American masses.
What is bass music?

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From drum 'n' bass to trap, we chart the rise of EDM's hottest genre

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"Try and make the simplest elements as powerful as possible," says David Gray.
Interview: David Gray on songwriting

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"You never know when the spanner is going to fall into the works"

Singles And Albums
High Rankin: he has the warmest ears in dubstep.
Dubstep 2012: High Rankin

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"I always use Massive on my big drop-outs"

Artists
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Interview: Kevin Saunderson on his career in dance music

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We talk about Inner City, production and the early days of the detroit scene.

Djs
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Interview: Frankie Knuckles talks the birth of house music

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Frankie explains his part in house music, the reel-to-reel edit and the making of Your Love

Djs
'The Baby' was the forerunner to the Ferranti Mark 1 that was used to make the first computer music recording.
A brief history of computer music

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From Baa Baa Black Sheep to Ableton Live

Digital Audio Workstation
Someday, your spare room might look like this.
25 more pro tips for better home recordings

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Essential advice for bedroom producers

Music Recording Tutorials
Arctic Monkeys worked the MySpace angle to generate some buzz.
14 ways to promote your music online

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Make your profile page and website work harder

Guitar Lessons & Tutorials
Arturia's Analog Factory Experience combines a virtual instrument and a MIDI controller keyboard.
The beginner's guide to: virtual instruments

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Find out what they are and try four for free

Music Production Tutorials
A simple system doesn't have to cost the Earth.
10 good reasons to start making music on a computer

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Plus, should you use a Mac or a PC?

Computers
Your guitar and computer can become easy bedfellows.
8 killer sampling tips for guitarists

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Give your sound a hi-tech makeover

Samples
Quality freeware for Mac is now plentiful
26 free Mac music-making tools

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Our list of the best plug-ins and apps for OSX

Music Production Tutorials
It's worth labelling all your parts so you can keep track of what's going on.
14 Reason remixing tips

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Learn how to rework tracks in Propellerhead's software

Samples
If you're a beginner, the Magic GarageBand wizard is an easy place to start.
The ultimate guide to GarageBand, part 4

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The concluding part of MusicRadar's A to Z overview

Digital Audio Workstation
GarageBand can run your third-party effects and instruments.
The ultimate guide to GarageBand, part 3

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The penultimate part of MusicRadar's A to Z opus

Digital Audio Workstation
Delia Derbyshire and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop team did sterliing sci-fi work.
7 classic sci-fi sounds – and how they were created

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Star Wars, Doctor Who and Star Trek secrets

Music Production Tutorials
Angus Hewlett set up FXpansion a decade ago
How to make it as a software developer

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FXpansion's Angus Hewlett shares his tricks of the tech trade

Software & Apps
Kids On Bridges use McBook-created visuals in their lives shows
How to make it as a pop band

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Kids On Bridges explain how to get your band out there

Guitar Lessons & Tutorials
Matt Wiggins was part-way through a music degree when he landed his current job
How to make it as an assistant engineer

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Matt Wiggins explains the essentials of studio work

Music Production Tutorials
Grum's production skills are self-taught
How to make it as a DJ/producer with Grum

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Grum gives the lowdown on working the decks

Tutorials
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