Tag: Akai
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Creating a 90’s rave track from scratch
Love this tutorial from Jonas on how to make 1990’s rave ( happy hardcore breakbeat – think Prodigy, early Acen etc) – loads of memories. And the advice is totally correct – Akai samplers or similar, M1, analogue synths lying about, chord stabs, Amen breaks, random drum loops from odd sources, alarms., female diva, random…
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Pete Cannon shows you how
A friend posted the above ‘In the Studio’ with Pete Cannon, and amazingly it only has under 500 views for this fascinating look into how he creates his rave tunes. And it’s a retro hardware heaven – Atari ST! Akai S1100! Korg Poly 61 (I had a Poly 800 but Poly 61 and Mono/Poly were…
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Incredible Original Nuttahs
Just over 25 years ago, Ragga Jungle went mainstream with M-Beat ft General Levy and my favourite Shy FX and UK Apachi’s Original Nuttah. It was a sound that was unapologetically British and mostly London-based, and it was an eclectic mix of soul, reggae, jazz, ragga, West and East, all in one bass-heavy C-Lab Akai…