Processing Lo-Fi Techno Synth Stabs
Audiotent Tip #431 // Processing Lo-Fi Techno Synth Stabs There are multiple ways to create a synth stab for techno. Our aim for this tutorial is to achieve a very Lo-Fi sounding stab, so we will m...
Audiotent Tip 424 // Crispy Techno Hi-Hats There are multiple ways to create and process techno hi-hats. Recording drum machines or layering the top loops seems a common practice. However, we wante...
Layering and Processing a Techno Kick
Audiotent Tip #417 // Layering and Processing a Techno Kick We will be using two layers to create our techno kick. Let’s start by choosing the ‘layer one’ and program a simple 4/4 pattern: Th...
3 Reverb Processing Techniques
Audiotent Tip 402. 3 Reverb Processing Techniques.Here are three tricks to fine-tune your reverb and make it sit in the mix:1) Cut the low end.In some situations, the low end coming from a reverb i...
4 Processing Techniques for Tech House & Techno Synth Stabs
Audiotent Tip 324. Synth Stabs for Tech House & Techno. One of the best ways to spice up any techno or tech-house track is to use synth stabs. They can be sampled from loops or synthesised with...
Three magic plugins that work great on synths!
#AudiotentTip 304. Three magic plugins that work great on synths!Here are three amazing plugins to try out on your synths1) Maserati GTi (Waves) - This plugin is intended to be used on guitars, how...
How to program and process drum fills
#AudiotentTip 241. Drum Fill Processing.When designing drum and fx fills it can sometimes be tricky to get them to sound as one complete unit. Once you're happy with your sounds and pattern send t...
#AudiotentTip 223. Bitcrushing Your Kick.When designing your kick drum, if you find it's still getting lost inside a busy mix try adding a bit crusher in parallel.First, send the kick to a send/aux...
How to widen a synth using mid side processing
#AudiotentTip 158. Synth Widening.A good way to add additional width to your stereo synth is to use a simple side eq technique. Using a mid/side compatible equaliser, boost a few decibels in the mi...
#AudiotentTip 157. Dry/Wet.Many plugins today allow you to do parallel processing without routing to buses/aux channels. This is very handy and saves a lot of time. Don’t get distracted and caught ...