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In this episode Sam talks about his 5 favourite effect plugins. Effect plugins can make your track sound a lot more professional so it's very important to use them in your tracks. You can use these plugins in different DAW's like FL Studio, Ableton, Logic, Cubase, Bitwig and lot's more.

Making an edit is a great way to spice up your DJ-sets or performances! We always make sure to have at least 30 edit's with us when we perform and it's a great way to switch things up during your set. In this course Sam explains how to edit your track so it will fit your DJ-set perfectly.

Teacher: Mr. Belt & Wezol, DJ/producer duo from the Netherlands
Making a mash-up or edit is a great way to spice up your DJ-sets or performances! We always make sure to have at least 20 mash-up's with us when we perform and it's a great way to switch things up during your set. In this course Sam explains how to combine 2 (or 3) existing tracks into one for a good harmonic mash-up.

The signature sound of R&B, from emotive, late-80s cuts to smooth, contemporary beats and beyond.

There's a Japanese concept called wabi-sabi. Imagine a beautiful vase that's been aged by sunlight, maybe a slight crack or two in the marble. Compared to something new, there's a beauty in this imperfection. A different feeling arises, maybe a twinge of nostalgia and loss. Japanese-American electronica-via-jazz artist Shigeto, alias of Michigan native Zach Saginaw, embodies the spirit of wabi-sabi seamlessly in his work.

For Splice Originals: El Paisa - Tropical Reggaeton, Honduran producer Erick Bardales and LA-based musician Ben Kahn were inspired by the reggaeton pop sound that’s been taking over the airwaves since the release of “Despacito”. They pulled from South American and Central American influences with a strong focus on Colombian music.

XLN Audio's RC-20 Retro Color has quickly become an industry standard tool for adding vintage flare to your melodies and samples. We set out to push the limits with this thing and create 75 unique presets for all aspects of production.

'Cocktail' gives you a blend of R&B, Hip Hop & Soul. The production team at Day One Audio gives you five construction loop kits with keys, vocals, guitars, bass, and live drums. Mixed by professional engineers to provide quality and authenticity, captured in pristine 24 Bit 48 kHz audio, allowing you to drag and drop directly into any DAW or sampler quickly

Seb Zito steps up for the latest instalment of our ‘The Sound Of…’ series with a 3+ hour dive into the production techniques that have the FUSE London resident release on labels like Cuttin’ Headz, Hot Creations, Do Not Sleep and Edible. The two-part masterclass features an entire ‘track-from-scratch’ session which sees Seb demonstrate the production techniques he uses to turn an initial idea into a finished track and share crucial advice on how to improve your workflow and avoid the common traps that can restrict your creativity.

Take your music to the same level as tracks heard on countless releases from Musical Freedom, Spinnin Records, Universal Music, and more.

Following on from its legendary predecessors, Essential Techno Vol.4 delivers an expansive selection of underground sounds, from Chicago house, electro, and modular techno.

Jam-packed with 40 ultra-authentic bass loops, 40 tuned-in synth patches, 20 dark and mysterious chord & pad loops, 192 skippy drum loops. and 102 textured drum one-shots.

The guembri is a plucked three-stringed bass lute made from log and camel skin. Marked by low-toned, highly rhythmic melodies, it is central to Gnawa music, a body of spiritual and hypnotic music from Morocco and parts of sub-Saharan Africa. For this sample collection, Found Sound Nation teamed up with prodigious guembri player Mehdi Nassouli to produce an ecstatic and mesmerizing set of melodies and rhythms performed on guembri, karkabas (a set of hand-held metallic castanets), lira (a traditional bamboo flute), awicha (a smaller version of the guembri), and taarija (a Moroccan hand-held drum similar to Darbuka).

So you're a house producer, you're looking for some new inspiration to include in your next track, well have we got something uber cool for you. 'Organic Club Groovers' delves into the house scene and shakes things up by mixing an eclectic sound of various house styles and pumping out some incredible grooves to give your tracks the underground house edge they need. Hey if a sample pack could be hipster this would be the one. 'Organic Club Groovers' is a smorgasbord of style with one thing for sure, the organic groove and superb swing of the sample pack will have you jackin round the studio in minutes.

This Pack features Hindustani style Bansuri Flute expertly performed by Mr. Vijay and produced by Composer Ashutosh Sohoni. There are Dry and Reverb versions of each Sample. For more info check out AshutoshSohoni.com & FeedYourSoulMusic.com

A fat selection of Jazz-Rock drop-downs with a taped vibe for that hot, ratty sound.