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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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Deconstructed: Julio Bashmore's Battle For Middle You

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We look at the sounds and song structures behind one of 2011's biggest floorfillers

Music Production Tutorials
Getting the faders in the right places isn't easy...
14 ways to freshen up your mixes

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Find the problems, then sort them out

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
Gove Kidao is better known as Sabre
How to make it as an electronic artist

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Sabre explains the day-to-day realities of working in music production

Music Production Tutorials
Alex Cornish: doing it himself.
How to make it as a singer/songwriter

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Alex Cornish's tips for releasing your own music

Guitar Lessons & Tutorials
Alex Blanco has remixed under a variety of pseudonyms.
How to make it as a remixer

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Alex Blanco reveals the tricks of the trade

Djs
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
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
ZebraCM comes supplied on every CM DVD.
How to make a dirty drum 'n' bass lead sound

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A video guide to creating a throbbing monster

Music Production Tutorials
Alpha CM is supplied on Computer Music's DVD every month.
How to make a swelling pad sound

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Make it happen with our video guide

Music Production Tutorials
TAL-U-No-62 is based on Roland's Juno-60.
How to make a Chicago house bass sound

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Download a free synth and follow our video tutorial

Music Production Tutorials
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96 vocal production tips

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A vast range of practical and experimental tips and insights for producing vocals

Vocal Techniques
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