7 More Essential Sites to Download High-Quality Free Samples

Using loops and sampled sounds in your beats is a great way to inspire creativity during your production process, as well as fill space and add placeholders in your tracks. Finding high-quality free samples can sometimes be difficult, especially if you’re new to the world of production and aren’t aware of the hot spots to grab yourself some […]

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Learn How to Make A DnB Track with Kove’s Masterclass

For our most recent masterclass, we were joined by UK drum and bass boss Kove to find out how he made his haunting dnb track, ‘Echoes’. Kove has well and truly secured his reputation in the drum and bass scene, with his tracks gaining attention from the legendary duo Chase & Status who signed him to […]

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Watch Spinnin’ Records Whizz-Kid Curbi Breakdown His Track ‘Whip It’

In our latest track breakdown, we were joined by 20-year-old DJ & Producer whizz-kid, Curbi, to unveil the secrets behind his killer track ‘Whip It’. Curbi rose to fame in the bass-house scene at just 16-years-old, following his signing with the world-renowned dance music label Spinnin’ Records. His breakthrough debut single, ‘Discharge’, exploded, seeing the young […]

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9 Must-Have Free Plugins That You Need In Your Armoury

We all love free stuff, especially when it can enhance and refine our music production skills. Most of you will likely be very aware of the big hitters like Serum, Massive and others which are renowned for their sound design elements but there are some very useful, free options. In our latest list, we have kindly collated […]

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Native Instruments Announce a Huge Range of Updated Products

Today sees the announcement of Native Instruments’ latest line of upgrades and new products. We were invited along to their London headquarters to take a sneak peek ahead of the launch and we have to say there’s a fairly staggering amount of new bits and pieces to get stuck into. Frankly, it’s too much to […]

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Watch a Tutorial on How to Make a Morphing Bass in NI Massive

For our latest tutorial video, Sound Design instructor Chris Carter steps up to the plate with a video on creating a morphing bass sound using Native Instruments’ hugely popular Massive synth. Chris has a wealth of industry experience, working with the likes of respected American guitarist and singer Little Axe, Shara Nelson of Massive Attack […]

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Point Blank Sound Design Tutorial Series: Create 808 Bass in Massive

We’re back with a brand new tutorial series to help you get the most out of your productions. In this series, Point Blank course developer and instructor Chris Carter will be showing us the basics of sound design, focusing on different elements of synthesis and going into detail as to how they work and how they […]

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