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Sonic Academy Tech Tips Volume 81 with Bluffmunkey [TUTORIAL]

By | February 21, 2024

Sonic Academy Tech Tips Volume 81 with Bluffmunkey [TUTORIAL] Bluffmunkey’s back again with a set of new Ableton Tech Tips, and this time he’s looking at using Ableton’s Effects and Instrument Racks to speed up workflow and create your own reusable tools to use in your tracks. From layering different synths into one channel to building your own… Read More »

Sonic Academy Tech Tips Volume 82 with Protoculture [TUTORIAL]

By | February 21, 2024

Sonic Academy Tech Tips Volume 82 with Protoculture [TUTORIAL] It’s time for some more Tech Tips and Protoculture’s back to dissect the sound of Fred Again..! With three albums under his belt ‘Actual Life 1,2 and 3’, a current world tour, and an epic Boiler Room slot still racking up millions of views on YouTube, Fred Again.. is… Read More »

Sonic Academy Node v1.0.1 [WIN]

By | November 8, 2023

Sonic Academy Node v1.0.1 [WIN] Pinpoint wavetable designer for creating totally unique sounds for your synthesizers. Draw and drag Nodes to animate waveshapes, or use vector-based curves to morph and stretch imported samples. Create single cycle or multiframe wavetables and export directly into Serum, Arturia Pigments, ANA2, Ableton Wavetable, VPS Avenger and KV331 Synthmaster Choose from the various… Read More »

Sonic Academy How To Make Progressive House with Gai Barone TUTORIAL

By | November 1, 2023

Sonic Academy How To Make Progressive House with Gai Barone TUTORIAL Back by popular demand, we welcome Italian DJ and producer Gai Barone for an all-new ‘How To Make’ course where he recreates his track ‘Descendent’ from scratch in Ableton Live. Starting with inspiration from delayed arpeggiated synth sounds, Gai takes us through his process of building the… Read More »

Sonic Academy Future Rave with Protoculture [TUTORIAL]

By | June 21, 2023

Sonic Academy Future Rave with Protoculture [TUTORIAL] Following on from Protoculture’s Sound Design Tech Tips for Future Rave, we now bring you the full How To Make Future Rave course ! Over the next three hours of tutorials, Nate builds this absolute classic Future rave track from scratch – firstly looking at what defines the genre before piecing… Read More »

Sonic Academy SA76 v1.0.0 WIN

By | March 28, 2023

Sonic Academy SA76 v1.0.0 WIN An Icon Reimagined The original 1176 compressors are known for their fast attack, punchy sound, and ability to add density and sustain to a wide range of audio sources. SA-76 not only captures these classic characteristics, but its got a suite of modern features and controls to take your sound to the next… Read More »

Sonic Academy Tech Tips Vol.79 with P-LASK TUTORIAL

By | October 26, 2022

Sonic Academy Tech Tips Vol.79 with P-LASK TUTORIAL Welcome to Tech Tips Volume 79 – Bass Theory. Over these ten videos, Ableton certified trainer and Sonic Academy favourite P-LASK takes a deep dive into one of the most fundamental areas in dance music – the low end. We start by looking at the different frequencies certain bass elements… Read More »

Sonic Academy How to Make: How To Sound Like The Weeknd TUTORIAL

By | August 17, 2022

Sonic Academy How to Make: How To Sound Like The Weeknd TUTORIAL Haterade’s back with an all-new ‘How To Make’ course, and this time he’s creating an epic synth-pop track in the style of The Weeknd! With an upbeat tempo, the song ‘Earn Your Love’ has 80’s vibes throughout and awesome vocals from Nashville based Nate Gott. In… Read More »

Sonic Academy How To Make Drum ‘N’ Bass with Haterade TUTORIAL

By | August 17, 2022

Sonic Academy How To Make Drum ‘N’ Bass with Haterade TUTORIAL We welcome back Haterade for a new ‘How To Make’ course where he builds a slammin’ Drum ‘n’ Bass track entirely from scratch in Ableton. Over these twelve videos, you’ll learn how to design powerful layered basslines, driving beats, awesome fills and transitions and a lot more… Read More »

Sonic Academy How to Make: Dark Techno with Kirk Degiorgio TUTORIAL

By | August 17, 2022

Sonic Academy How to Make: Dark Techno with Kirk Degiorgio TUTORIAL Sonic Academy proudly welcomes back Techno legend Kirk Degiorgio for an all-new ‘How To Make’ course where he revisits the Dark Techno genre and brings another massive tune to the table. Over these eleven videos, we dissect this track into its individual elements, checking out how each… Read More »

Sonic Academy How To Make Ambient with Bluffmunkey TUTORIAL

By | August 12, 2022

Sonic Academy How To Make Ambient with Bluffmunkey TUTORIAL We’re slowing the tempo down.., Ok – we’re basically removing it completely this week and welcome back Bluffmunkey for a lesson in all things emotive and blissful as he looks at How to Make Ambient. A very different type of course and style of music that focuses more on… Read More »

Sonic Academy How To Make Classic Trance with Bluffmunkey TUTORIAL

By | August 5, 2022

Sonic Academy How To Make Classic Trance with Bluffmunkey TUTORIAL Happy New Year everyone and what better way to start with an epic all-new ‘How To Make’ course as we deep dive into the world of Classic Trance! Believe it or not, this is the first ‘How To Make’ course from our good friend Bluffmunkey, and following on… Read More »

Sonic Academy How To Make Epic Nu School Breaks with Protoculture TUTORIAL

By | August 4, 2022

Sonic Academy How To Make Epic Nu School Breaks with Protoculture TUTORIAL Strap yourselves in because Nate Raubenheimer – aka Protoculture is back with arguably his biggest ‘How To Make’ course to date! Taking influences from classic 90’s movies like The Matrix and Spawn, Nate crafts a massive Hybrid Breaks style track from scratch. Not for the faint-hearted,… Read More »