In this tutorial we are going to look at two alternative methods of creating the sound effect of a turntable or tape being unplugged and slowing to a halt...

With so many ways of creating distortion effects at our disposal, it's useful to know the jargon and keep up to date with the plug-ins that are available. Mo...

Reason’s virtual synthesizers have a really great sound, but to get the most out of them, you will often need to use more than one. For total integration and...

The lead sound is the key to any track: pick a clichéd or dull-sounding lead and you'll multiply the amount of work you need to do in order to create a...

Picture this: you've produced that epic song that is going to be the next top 40 radio hit. You've had it done for about two years when a label approaches...

Stereo echoes are great to fill up a track with some added ambience. They can be used to make a synth trail off, or a beat bounce. In this tutorial I will...

The use of Gate Effects has become increasingly prevalant in today's music scene. Typically used for supressing noise, gates are also useful creative tools...

In this tutorial we will explore how to produce a nice thick and crunchy distorted guitar sound using nothing more than your guitar plugged straight into...

In this tutorial we are going to explore how we can make a simple four-part vocal harmony sound like a full choir. We're going to do so by using a freeware...

When it comes to processing a drum bus, parallel compression is a technique that produces great results on just about any DAW available. Of course, the...

Glitch processing is a popular technique in contemporary electronic music. Although this method can be used on any sound it is often most effective when...

For our first Sound Design tutorial, we'll introduce the concept of 'Animating the Inanimate'. We'll make a wind sample 'come alive' by using EQ,...