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Explore our collection of electronic music production guides, tips, and tutorials. Learn about sound design, mixing, synthesizers, sample packs, and creative workflows to take your productions to the next level.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.