Category Archives: How to Make Dance Music

ADSR or how I learned to love the transient

Before we dive further into the world of synthesis I’ve decided to spend this week writing a post on volume envelopes and try to breakdown the one of the fundamental building blocks of sound manipulation. The ADSR curve is a … Continue reading

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Loops and the Art of the One Shot.

Loops and One Shot… one you’ve probably heard of, the other maybe be not. Loops – simply put, are samples where the start and the end of the audio connect almost seamlessly. One Shot Looped – Originally to combat CPU … Continue reading

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Return to Sender

This week we’re going to delve further into the world of routing and getting our head around the digital version of plugging in cables. If you missed the last post, go here for an introduction to routing. Today we’ll look … Continue reading

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