In the studio with TIJN - Q&A How long have you been interested in Modular synths and what was the main thing that attracted you to modular synthesis to begin with? I’ve been building my modular system for about 4 years now I think, after filling one case quite fast and then moving onto…
We talked to Lucio Agustin about his new sample pack with Samplestate and he talks about his inspirations, being an emerging artist in Buenos Aires. So we loved your recent release on Little Helpers, 374, but we didn’t realise this is your 6th release for the label now. You must feel very much at…
Big news from U-He this week with the update of Hive to version 2-1 and we have also selected them for Free plugin of the month with their superb Zabralette. Features include:-A single Zebra2 oscillator with a 16-slot wavesetOscillator waveform editing with geomorph, spectromorph, geoblend and spectroblend modes.24 spectral effects including filter, sync, scatter,…
To coincide with the release of his new sample pack for Samplestate, Reelow took time out of his busy schedule to talk to us about his studio in Barcelona, his workflow and upcoming album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR-DvKzBnvg Hey Reelow, thanks for taking the time to talk to us. Can you talk us through your current studio…
Solid State Logic announce UF8 and its looks very impressive. SSL has long been regarded as one of the world's best designers for analogue consoles and made its name with very large format designs. As times have changed, and with prevalence of exceptionally well equipped home and project studios SSL has been very aware…
We love things that are just that little bit different here at Wemakebeatz and this plugin from Newfangled is right up our street.Its described as a “Marquee Chaotic Polysynth” but essentially it’s quite a unique digital plugin which borrows some interesting designs from classic modular synths, especially the Buchla 259.The synth has at its…
Demuir is an artist who has been on the WeMakeBeatz radar for sometime now. We first bumped into him back in 2019 at the Amsterdam Dance Event whilst attending a talk with DJ Sneak who was quick to give praise to the Toronto based producer. Musically Demuir’s releases always have elements that shout authentic 90’s…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNux2v3RJhU We love this free plugin! Not just because its free but because its super useful, excellent for adding movement and interest to just about anything but superb for pads and drums loops. The Random step generation feature is great and you often get something interesting within a couple of clicks. Check it out…
Abstract Sounds brings us a condensed but well formed set of tools with their latest pack. Its both loop and one shot based but for us its the glitch laden drums and textures that really stand out. It's very much on the deeper more underground end of minimal house spectrum so more Villalobos vibes than…
We love things that are a little bit different here at WeMakeBeatz, and over the last few weeks we’ve been taking a look at some really different ways to regenerate your samples and add some Lo-FI magic or vintage mojo to your productions. Whatever style of music you produce, its fairly common to get…
Vector - The all new digital experimental synth from VectorSynth. We almost accidentally stumbled across this synth on YouTube recently with us not seeing very much written in the press and have gone over a lot of the information provided but Vector synth to find out a little more on this one. Essentially its a digital…
Samplestate's latest product is titled “Underground Tech Weapons” Its an interesting blend of Tech House & Deep House with plucky minimal house throughout. This pack is inspired by one of the years biggest buzz sounds, a blend of Dutch Tech House , classic Deep House and also nods to more groove driven Minimal House. …