Dan Carr

Dan Carr

Dan Carr is a Glasgow-based musician, sound designer and writer, and the man behind the website Reverb Machine, where he shares synth programming guides, painstaking recreations of songs and custom synthesizer presets. He started as a guitarist and bass player before discovering synthesizers and electronic production around 2015.

Articles by: Dan Carr

vp-330

5 songs that use Roland's classic VP-330 Vocoder Plus

By Dan Carr published

From Stevie Wonder and Queen to Vangelis and Dua Lipa, we bring you a short musical history of this influential vocoder

thriller

The synth sounds of Michael Jackson's Thriller (and how to recreate them in your DAW)

By Dan Carr published

In celebration of Thriller's 40th birthday, we take you on a guided tour of the album's classic synths and show you how to reproduce their sound with modern software

APHEX TWIN

How Aphex Twin made Selected Ambient Works 85-92

By Dan Carr last updated

On the landmark record's 30th anniversary, we walk you through the synths, samples and studio techniques behind this enduring classic

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