If you ask someone to explain audio compression you'll often get very different answers from different people. Well, here at Sonic Academy we go right back to basics to nail this subject once and for all so you can finally fully understand it.

We...

Continuing with our popular 'Essentials' series we welcome back Owsey to take us through some tips and techniques used to create Ambient and Downtempo music.

From building epic chord progressions, creating new sounds with resampling and harnessing...

Checking out Minimal Audio's flagship plugin Rift, Protoculture's here to look at what this digital distortion playground has to offer!

Rift is a creative distortion plugin unlike any other with its 'bipolar processing' which distorts the upper...

If you think you can't sing and there's no point in using your voice on your tracks then think again because the King is back with a detailed look at how we can use a free sound source - your voice - to make some Kick Ass effects!

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We're all looking to get rid of unwanted frequencies in our mixes - terms like 'removing the mud' or 'too boxy sounding' are mentioned as we're aiming to make our tracks sound as crisp and clear as possible.

However, the common method of finding...

Following on from our popular, Synthwave, House and Trance 'Essentials' series, there was only ever one person to go to when it came to looking at the beginnings of Techno - the man himself Kirk Degiorgio.

In this set of videos, we start with a...