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Progressive House Arps in u-he Diva: A Step by Step Patch Guide

How I build progressive house arps in u-he Diva from an init patch: oscillators, filter envelope, the built in arpeggiator, tempo synced delay and the mix moves that keep the...

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Melodic Techno Bass in Serum 2: How to Build a Rolling Bassline

How I build a rolling melodic techno bass in Serum 2: a clean sub routed Direct, a filtered saw with a plucky envelope, and the moves that make it sit...

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Hive 2 Arps and Plucks for Melodic Techno, Step by Step

A studio walkthrough for building Hive 2 arps and plucks for melodic techno, from engine choice and filter envelopes to arp settings and mixing in Logic Pro.

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Diva Oscillators Explained: Triple VCO, Dual VCO, Eco, DCO and Digital

What each of u-he Diva's five oscillator models really does, which controls matter, what they cost in CPU and which one to pick for basses, pads, leads and stabs.

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Sound Design Inspiration: How to Find Your Sonic Identity

Where sound design inspiration really comes from, how to turn a feeling into filter, envelope and reverb settings, and how a small sound palette builds a recognizable signature sound.

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Pulse Driven Techno: How Rhythmic Modulation Shapes Energy

How techno producers build energy without touching the tempo: pulse density, subdivision, timing offsets, polyrhythms and tempo synced LFOs, mapped across 64 bars.

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How to Design Techno Presets That Sound Club Ready

The habits that make a techno preset translate from the studio to a club system: clear roles, a mono low end, envelopes timed to the tempo, controlled drive and honest...

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u-he Diva StackIndex Dual Filter Trick

How to use StackIndex and the Uhbie filter in u-he Diva to give two stacked voices opposite filter responses, for wider, more detailed pads, arps and plucks.

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