In this Ableton tutorial Danny J Lewis (Defected/Enzyme Black) seeks inspiration by reverse engineering the stabs in Disclosure’s remix of Jessie Ware’s ‘Running’ before using the sound in a new track idea.

http://soundsandgear.com/soniccouture-ep73-deconstructed-review checking out the new EP73 Deconstructed library from Soniccouture for Native Instruments Kontakt and Kontakt 5 Player

In the 60th episode of Pensado’s Place, Dave and Herb are joined by Engineer, Mixer, and Producer, Bob Horn! You have to rent this episode to actually watch it. Enjoy!

Check out this dope short film from Nelson George on the Roland TR-808. The director talks with Arthur Baker, Juan Atkins and D Nice about the legendary machine that basically started it all. Although the 808 has not been manufactured since 1984 and most producers haven’t even seen one, the machine remains a staple and backbone. All Hail The Beat made its debut at…

Why do Google Doodlers build the things they do? They’re fans, that’s why. When Google’s Chief Doodler Ryan Germick and Google Engineer Joey Hurst decided they wanted to build the Google Moog Synthesizer Doodle, it was to “Pay tribute to someone who was like a patron saint of the nerdy arts,” said Germick. Germick told Mashable that he…

In the 59th episode of Pensado’s Place, Dave and Herb are joined by Producer, Arranger, and Engineer Jon Nettlesbey!

Welcome back to The School of Sounds; it’s been a while! In the past couple of months I have been asked: “Can you help me make a drop?” or “Can you help out with my intro’s?”… the answer is YES! I will show you how to make a simple drop with FX that will help…