I liked Akira Rabelais’s music and wanted to achieve the same kind of sound created by his Argeïphontes Lyre plugin so I set out to get it directly and took an unexpected turn. Here’s what happened… Akira Rabelais is an excellent artist both musicall...

This technique can be used on almost any synthesizer and involves manipulating a low-pass filter to reveal the synth’s tone. Slowly Emerging Sound Below is an example of the sound using the MiniFreak synth, but this can be done with any synth that ha...

To understand an artist’s track, it’s necessary to analyze it. Here’s what I do to learn the structure and elements involved in tracks. My objective is to know when each element of a track enters and exits, and what each one is. For example, maybe so...

Whenever I make a track, I make a video to go along with it. However, the video is not the same size as required by Spotify for a canvas (short clip for a track). Here’s how I resize my videos for Spotify canvases using Handbrake. I use FL Studio, an...

I’ve been using AI to speed up my workflow in making tracks and albums. I think it can be a real tool to move along the process, and here’s one of the things that I’ve been using it for lately. Before continuing, I should say that I think that AI is...

I’ve long been a fan of William Basinski’s works with tape loops and have admired his techniques so I set out to understand the nature of his work with analog gear and to try and replicate it in my DAW with plugins. Original Recording Equipment Willi...

One of the more difficult things for artists is composing, but what if you could let nature take control here and provide you with a melody? You can and here’s how. I got this idea from Rafael Anton Irisarri in an interview he did where he said, “One...

Synthesizer plugins can be overwhelming with all their features, knobs, dials, etc. But, if you take a few steps, you can calm the overwhelm and make great sounds. Here’s my method. Bonus: These things listed above don’t just work on synths – they wo...

I’ve been working on refining my mixing, and I’ve settled on a few essential plugins that are now a staple of my mixing strategy and are on my mix bus template for every new track. My mix bus has the following chain of effects on it: Metering in and...

Since AI is a pervasive part of our lives now, I thought I would share with you what it has done for my music. Maybe you’ll find the same. AI, in one form or another, has become a part of our daily lives whether we know it or not. The same goes for m...