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How to get recognisable pop sounds and effects using only Logic’s stock plugins
By Jon Musgrave Published
If you’ve got Logic, you’re already more than capable of recreating Skrillex’s manipulated reverb, Billie Eilish’s formant shifting and much more…

How to emulate one of Jon Hopkins' signature sonic techniques with plugins
By Roland Schmidt Published
We get creative with an effects chain inspired by Jon Hopkins, and a heavy dose of felt piano

Exploring how Harry Styles brought the sounds of minimal techno to pop with Aperture
By Tim Cant Published
Aperture heralded a new approach for Styles, but its sounds clearly cribbed from the minimal techno playbook

Do you want to remix faster and better? Here's 6 essential remix skills every producer should know
By MusicRadar Published
Get the technical know-how required to make great remixes with these essential techniques

Confused by guitar tabs and notation? Use this complete guide to reading music for guitar
By MusicRadar Published
Learn to play acoustic and electric guitar in record time with our guide to easy-to-read notation

I’m so obsessed with Olivia Rodrigo’s Drop Dead trance bass sound that I remade it in my DAW
By Roland Schmidt Published
We create our own transient-heavy synth bass with leanings towards the trance-heavy sounds of the 90s. ‘Drop Dead’ you exclaim? No way! We were Born Slippy!

How to emulate the sound of Gary Numan’s synth-pop classic Cars
By Roland Schmidt Published
We lift the bonnet on a foundational piece of synth genius, and demonstrate how you can achieve its distinctive sound yourself in your DAW

How to master virtually any software synth
By Roland Schmidt Published
Don't let your software arsenal overwhelm you - sometimes the best route to creative success is to mine just one instrument

"Don't play scales just to get faster. Speed is a happy by-product of playing more accurately": Beginner Guitar Lessons - nailing scales
By Music Radar Published
The A major pentatonic, A minor pentatonic and Mixolydian are great places to start and we'll show you how

"Record everything all the time – and keep it all": 8 pro techno producers explain how they create their tracks
By Si Truss Published
We delve into our In The Studio archive to compile the techno secrets behind releases on esteemed labels including Drumcode, Cocoon, Dekmantel, Second State and more
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