Behold the twenty faces of dubstep insanity: This step-by-step tutorial shows you how to unleash Zebra 2′s stunning power for your low-end needs (and beyond).

Sequent is a modular multi-effects unit for Windows and Mac.

In this tutorial I will show you how to make the lead synth Afrojack uses in Take Over Control. This is a typical dutch house lead synth that can be made in Ableton Live using Massive.

Devil Loc is a free “dirty” compressor plug-in from Soundtoys. Be aware you need an iLok copy protection key to authorise this plug-in. You’ll also need to track down an “invitation” code, though judging by the first few days of this offer you won’t find it hard to find one. Enjoy the plug-in and we hope you find the introductory video inspiring.

Our friends at macProVideo.com have produced this helpful tutorial video. It provides a comprehensive overview of RAZOR’s enormous feature-set.

Find out more about RAZOR here:
http://www.native-instruments.com/razor

DJ Shine takes us through the magic of creating “happy accidents” with Stutter Edit, layering Stutter Edit instances for dramatic effect on your tracks.

To download a free 10-day trial of Stutter Edit:
http://www.izotope.com/products/audio/stutteredit/

About DJ Shine:
Jason “DJ Shine” Spanu has delivered a brilliant history as a key player in the Canadian electronic music scene. Touring constantly as a band member and programmer for Nelly Furtado, Jully Black, Saukrates and more recently, hip hop superstar Drake, this certified Ableton Live trainer is taking a quick break to show us how he uses Stutter Edit in the studio.

DJ Shine takes us through configuring Stutter Edit with Ableton Live in a DJ environment, including his Novation Launchpad controller.

Native Instruments have just launched their latest Reaktor Synth called Razor and it is causing quite a stir in the sound design and production communities. So what makes this synth so exciting? Well it is down to a process called additive synthesis.

Put in the plainest terms possible, additive synthesis is the summation of simple tones to create more complex ones.

The sound is constructed from partials (or frequency components) firing in parallel, changing amplitude and even frequency over time. Additive synthesis is a very powerful sound design tool because the many micro-variations in the frequency and amplitude of individual partials mirrors those that makes natural sounds so rich and lively, and the resulting sound remains clear and precise at all times, even when heavily modulated.

This video demonstrates how to go about building an additive synth in Reaktor plus an overview of some of the other techniques that you will learn on the Point Blank Online Sound Design course ( http://www.pointblankonline.net/sound-design-course.php ). Even this fairly simple example consisting of just 8 partials, you can begin to hear how an additive synth can create an impressively rich and malleable sound. So when you think that Razor’s additive engine consists of up to 320 partials you can start to see why everyone is so eager to get their hands on it!

Showing how to make a WobbleBass with SubBoomBass.
And how to use the pitchbend to control the LFO speed.