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Sending Returns To Other Returns

Feb 2, 2021

Sometimes you need to look a little off the beaten path to make things interesting. This is a fun way to experiment with various sends and create rhythmic beds of noise for your grooves. Turn your boring stale loop into something vibesy and have a good day.

Let’s Make A Banger 4 – Wiggly Woo – Part 3

Feb 1, 2021

Nearly there on the Wiggly Woo. Time for some fine tuning tonight

Distorted Echo Drums

Jan 27, 2021

Go fully ham on your drums with Echo. Crank the input and get yourself a big bucket of analog emulated distortion. Also here is a link to the 808s from Legowelt: http://legowelt.org/software/

Let’s Make A Banger 4 – Wiggly Woo – Part 2

Jan 25, 2021

Last week was definitely the most fun I've had during one of these live sessions. Let's keep the good vibes rolling and finish this puppy off tonight.

Let’s Make A Banger 4 – Whippety Swip – Part 1

Jan 18, 2021

I haven't written too much recently so I am feeling a little scared. That means it is the perfect time to get back on the old horse and try and write a new bangeroo.

Sprinkling FX Over Your Track

Dec 30, 2020

Often the difference between an unfinished and finished arrangement can be something as simple as adding some FX with a delay to help with transitions and keep things interesting. Make yourself a rack of FX hits and go to town.

Big Effects Tail With Sidechain Gate

Dec 24, 2020

This is a very handy trick for when you want a big verby effects on something but you don't want the elongated tail. Go buck wild the the effects and then cut them off as soon as you take your finger off the keyboard.

Thick Pads On Wavetable

Dec 16, 2020

Let's go over the basic concepts for synthesising a nice thick pad using Wavetable. After that we can introduce some light modulation to keep it interesting.

Moving Between Two Samples With Chain Selector

Dec 9, 2020

This handy little nugget is a quick way to add some dynamic life into your synth sounds or to create cool blended effected between two samples.

Live Remix: Indent – Falling (Part 1)

Nov 30, 2020

After many hours of listening I have picked the winner of the remix competition. Artist: Indent Track: Falling There were so many bangers but this one ultimately won out and felt like the closest thing to a track that I would release on Holding Hands, making it ideal for me to pick as a remix candidate. It was also really lovely that I could pick a track from someone who has been a central part of the live stream crew for months. Even more wicked was the fact that a lot of the final contenders were also from the live...