Using the synth “Fundamental” from SonicLab, I made several interesting sounds that producers of music might find interesting to use in their own compositions. These are free to download and use – royalty-free. You can download and preview them below...

I use a variety of tools for post-processing my field recordings. Below are what I currently use. I will update this periodically as I change my workflow or learn new methods. Last updated: 2-July-2026 Field Recording For each situation I record, the...

I looked for a way to add binaural beats to my music, and I found it in the most unusual place – Valhalla’s FreqEcho. It is so easy; it is unreal. Oh, and it’s free. I learned of this from this ValhallaDSP blog post: https://valhalladsp.com/2010/05/2...

A lot of people ask what kind of chords work well for Ambient music. That varies a lot. As I research it further, I will post more, but for now here is what I have. Last updated: 2/26/21 The question of ambient chords was asked on Quora. First answer...

Song structure consists of repeated sections of verse (melody) and chorus (different melody) interwoven, but what exactly is it? Last updated: 28-November-2020 Parts of a Song – What Works According to Derek Thompson in his excellent book, “Hit Maker...

You can easily recreate the sound of the bass and lead in Boards of Canada’s song “Roygbiv” by using the TAL Bassline 101 synthesizer vst plugin. Here’s how… One of the synthesizers used by Boards of Canada was the Roland SH-101 and TAL makes a great...

Making music with loops is not a new process. However, after thinking about it, I was surprised at how many different ways there are to loop samples to make music. I’ll add to this as I discover more, but the list is long right now. Last updated: 26-...

I have been building presets for TAL Sampler for awhile and thought I would share some of them that I particularly like. These have a sound that reminds me of Boards of Canada. I even named a few with telling names based on Boards of Canada tracks an...

For the aspiring tape loopers out there, I’m sure I speak for us all when I say that we’d all like to have the time to play around with splicing tape into loops and recording through a four-track. But when this is not possible, here’s an easy alterna...

To make my synths and drums more interesting, I sometimes use a simple trick – adding a LFO. I learned this whilst studying Boards of Canada’s music. It often has a wobbly frequency or envelope to it, and I can often replicate this without hardware,...