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Studio wiz Eli Krantzberg reveals the new virtual drummer instrument from UJAM! Learn all about its features and functions, as well as see it in-action in a real world session.

Eli starts by welcoming you and demonstrates what the three different drum instruments (Phat, Solid, and Heavy) sound like, and gives an overview of the main elements found in their user interfaces.

We present to you a new set of presets for the Spire synthesizer - Trance Family 2, which contains 64 fresh inspiring sounds for creating great trance compositions. It also works perfect for other electronic styles. This set contains all the necessary sounds for creating powerful melodic tracks, including dense and energetic basses, dizzying effects, cosmic leads, invigorating plucks, piercing and enveloping pads, the creation of which was inspired by the sound of Above & Beyond, Andrew Rayel, Armin van Buuren, Genix, Ferry Tayle and many others. Together with the juicy and high-quality Spire Trance Family 2 presets

Chinese Instruments brings you a collection of individual instrument performances that capture some of the beautiful and exotic sounds of oriental China. The collection is dominated by instrument and percussion loops that were recorded in Shanghai and features Guzheng, Pipa, Bamboo Flute, Erhus, Temple Blocks, Ju, Sticks, Kuai Ban Er and various traditional cymbals and gongs. Also included are percussion singleshots and a number of environmental ambience sounds from Chinese street life.

This week Sonic Academy proudly welcomes a brand new tutor, Scott Lowe, one-third of House maestros Deep Matter to bring us an awesome course in How To Make Future House.

Chris catches up with a British based producer who released on some of the worlds coolest labels, think Dirty Bird, This Anit Bristol, Cr2 and Perfect Driver. Having already had a successful career with UK act "The Squatters" This time, Oliver from GAWP is aiming for premium quality with every release with his productions having gained support from a huge spectrum of established artist like Claude Vonstroke, Chris Lake, Billy Kenny, Kyle Watson, Will Clarke, Bot just to name just a few.

The RetroSound MK100 is a combined synth and drum machine based on the MK100 from the early 80s, lovingly recreated for NI’s Kontakt sampler.

All synth presets can be customised with different waveforms and envelopes in exactly the same way as the hardware, together with the chorus and tremolo effects.

In addition we have the ability to bring Kontakt’s synth engine to bear on the source sounds, so each of the two synth layers can have it’s own independent filter and envelope settings.

Sometimes using Sends and Returns to add effects in your mix can be messy and confusing. Ableton provides us with a few nifty features that can eliminate the need for Sends and Returns, and have your effects built right into the channel. In this video, Tascione will show you how to use the Audio Effect Rack to create a built in reverb chain in Ableton Live.

FabFilter has created several incredibly powerful plugins, and Pro-Q 2 is no exception. It has become the top EQ plugin choice for many producers – and for good reason. In this video, Frequent showcases the features of Pro-Q 2 and demonstrates why it is a superior option over Ableton’s stock EQ8 plugin.

In this video course, world-renowned DJ Shortee teaches you how to find all your possible mix points in your vocal-based music so that you can quickly create your DJ sets, both planned and improvised on the fly. She shows you how to dissect your vocal-based song structures, step by step and in multiple ways, so that you can easily identify all the ways you can mix your songs together and ultimately speed up your entire mix creation process. Every lesson is taught clearly, making it easy for anyone to understand.

In this video course, world-renowned DJ Shortee teaches you how to find all your possible mix points in your instrumental-based electronic dance music so you can quickly create your DJ sets, both planned and improvised on the fly. She shows you how to dissect your instrumental-based song structures, step by step and in multiple ways, so you can easily identify all the different approaches you can take to mix your songs together and ultimately speed up your entire mix creation process. Every lesson is taught in a clear and concise way that is easy for anyone to understand.

"These drums will change your life!" - Focus... (Producer for Dr Dre, Eminem and Christina Aguilera)

Shroom is back with another banger! This time he teamed up with West Coast Legendary Guitarist Stan The Guitar Man (NWA, 2Pac, Dr. Dre, Quincy Jones, etc) to bring you over 100+ West Coast/G Funk Guitar Riffs and Licks

Learn to master at home with great results.

Mastering is not about making your music louder to compete with others. It's not about making a track punchy or making your bass louder and its not about adding “air” or “highs”. It's also not about using a standard preset processing chain. In fact, contrary to what most “mastering tutorials” are telling you, loudness is irrelevant and these “preset chains” of processors will rarely work in favour of your music.

'Trance Retrology For Repro-1' is an authentic and raw analogue soundbank for U-he Repro-1.

The sound that comes out of this synth is distinctive and rich, with a full low end and crisp highs, the oscillators and filters are packed with an authentic retro character analogue sound.

Battery Leak is a collection of 64 instruments inspired by the crunchy-smooth character of DCO synths such as the Roland Alpha Juno and dense digital timbres reminiscent of PPG wavetables, upgraded with a modern edge via Zebra's oscillator capabilities ranging in tones from detailed multi-PWM, rich hard-sync sounds and silky superwaves to solid EDM/rave with borderline chiptune crunch.