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December 2024

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16 articles

December 31
- 14 tips for modulating your sounds better
December 30
- "The perfect tool for textures, beds and drone effects": Fantastic (free) plugins and how to use them – Supermassive
December 26
- How to create Jean-Michel Jarre-style phasing with delay in your DAW using a free synth!
December 24
- “Jazz and blues musicians came along, stole the concept and started using 7ths all over the place”: Learn how to understand and use dominant 7th-style chords
December 23
- "If your guitar isn't in tune you'll never sound good": 4 causes of your strings going out of tune and how to solve them
- How to craft extreme hyperpop textures to make SOPHIE-style tunes
December 20
- “They unite Lennon and McCartney, Michael Jackson and even the classic work Mars by Gustav Holst”: Exploring the joy of diminished chords
December 19
- “If you do nothing else today, go into your 'working' folder, open that old track and just hit Export”: Want to get those unfinished projects finally finished? Let us help
December 18
- “This ‘resolution’ is a very popular trick which is often used in sci-fi soundtracks; you’ll hear it on everything from Alien to Star Trek”: How to augment chords for dramatic effect
December 17
- “Think in terms of finding sounds which are the electronic equivalent of a string section; subtle, but you know they're there and you would miss them if they weren’t”: How to start making ambient techno in 10 steps
December 16
- “You can only break the rules if you know what the rules are”: How changing up your chord voicing can make your music sound more expansive
December 9
- "Chorus is a beautiful effect when used nicely, but it can also sound horrible if over-applied - unless that’s what you want": How to harness the chorus effect to give your tracks more life!
December 6
- Fantastic (free) plugins and how to use them: Vital
December 4
- “I can’t play jigs or reels or any of that traditional Irish stuff, but I have got a good ear for blues, the tonality of it”: 3 ways to supercharge your lead guitar playing like Rory Gallagher
December 3
- “The main lead is often pushed and pulled in as many directions as possible to create the characteristic machine-like sound” How to make supersized hyperpop vocals
December 2
- “A well-crafted sequence is successful wherever you may wish to use it”: Use these tried and tested chord progressions to build an engaging song