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All the latest tutorial clips to accompany Electronic Musician vol. 36 no. 8

Reaching for a preset shouldn't be taboo… Here are the tricks the professional use to proudly make presets all their own

How to power-up your sounds with a little LFO modulation magic

Make waves fast with our quick and easy guide to speedy synthesis

They're not just there to 'pad' out the sound. A fulsome synth pad can convey chords, movement, tension and more. Here's how

Take your tracks back in time with six simple methods for injecting the six sonic hallmarks of synth-pop

Let the arpeggiator take the creative strain out of your next track. Here's how to make the most of your synth's autopilot chord and melody buddy

In this tutorial we show you how to write a harmonically engaging four-chord cycle for use in ambient soundscapes

Build your own attention-grabbing risers, sweeps and soundscapes as we make pro sound effects with your own synths – no sound packs required

Analogue synth-heads will always claim that you can't beat the real thing. But virtual tech getting better all the time can we really tell the difference? Let's find out

All the latest tutorial clips to accompany Electronic Musician vol. 38 no. 7

Switch up your sequencing and dial in some complex, head-spinning polyrhythms

Use Live’s Audio to MIDI conversion to creatively customise tonal characteristics and the sequence of an audio loop

Stuck in a rut with lead guitar lines? These tips will help to get you out of it in style

The shapes behind Walking On The Moon, Roxanne, Message In A Bottle and Every Breath You Take

Learn to play solos from classic Yes tracks Starship Trooper, The Revealing Science of God and South Side of the Sky

Our guide to the essential shapes

Dynamics are just as important as they always were

In this tutorial you’ll learn how to use sidechain compression more effectively with your bass and kick drum

Find out how to produce unexpected bassline rhythms using Ableton Live's audio-to-MIDI conversion