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Finishing tracks: Why I Spent a Year on a Remix and Six Hours on a Hit
The remix took me the better part of a year. The track everyone actually remembers took an afternoon. This is…
16 Jun 2026
UVI Rumble: A Bass Synth That Thinks in Three Bands
Multi-band is a word I associate with the back end of a project, not the front. Multi-band compression, multi-band saturation,…
14 Jun 2026
Sequencing in Zebra 3: Building Sequences in a Synth With No Sequencer
When Zebra 3 finally arrived in April, after more than a decade of “it’s coming,” one of the first things…
3 Jun 2026
Arturia Memory V Review: A Polyphonic Memorymoog With FM Up Its Sleeve
The interesting question with any new Arturia V instrument is never “is it an accurate emulation.” They have been good…
31 May 2026
Zebra 3 Is Out, And I Have 60 Presets In It
Zebra 3 officially launched on 20 April 2026. I’ve been part of the sound design team since June last year,…
25 Apr 2026
Most Mix Problems Aren’t Mix Problems
So here’s a scenario… I spent about 20 minutes the other day trying to get a pluck to sit over…
3 Apr 2026
Bitwig 6 Automation Layering: A Different Way to Build Movement
Most automation workflows follow the same logic: you draw a curve on the timeline, it does its thing once, and…
3 Jan 2026
Zebra 3 Beta: A Beast of a Synth (If You’re Willing to Learn It)
I’ve spent the last couple of months deep in the trenches doing factory sound design for u-he’s upcoming Zebra 3,…
3 Dec 2025
The Resurrection of a Legend: A First look at Native Instruments Absynth 6
The music production community thought Absynth was gone forever. It hadn’t been updated in years and was eventually officially ‘canned’…
3 Nov 2025