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Hi everyone, We’re celebrating the one year anniversary of the launch of FRMS Granular Synthesizer. To mark the occasion we’re going to rewind and reflect over the past twelve months, with a FRMS one year retrospective, plus for one week only, we’re rewinding prices too, with this seven-day sale celebration: 50% OFF...

For some underground club DJs and producers, achieving the level of attention required for the journey into the consciousness of mainstream music, can often be attributed to a single defining moment; in most cases a particular track. If something that you produce is a hit, or in the age of digital, ‘goes viral’, the...

There can’t be very many songs written about chicken pox. The 1985 hit ‘Close To Me’ by the somewhat ironically titled English band ‘The Cure’, is indeed one such song, written by frontman Robert Smith, inspired by his childhood bout of the infection and memories of visual distortions, seen from his bedside. At nigh...

During their time spent writing, recording and performing together, Swedish brother and sister synthpop duo ‘The Knife’ carved out an interesting creative trajectory in terms of style, from flirting with the mainstream, to treading a much darker path of electronic music. The upbeat pop sound of their 2003 album ‘Dee...

Hi everyone, Get ready for a fresh set of awesome Sci-Fi sounds, with our latest DRC sound bank ‘Constellations Toolkit’ - new for DRC v2.7.0! To celebrate the release, we’re hosting a live stream listening party this Friday, 5th March at 16:00 GMT. The Constellations Toolkit is a collection of 128 new and original ...

One of the secrets of being a successful music artist is actually finishing tracks. It sounds simple of course, but the ability to get to the point where you are happy that a particular track is ‘done’, can be tough. The length of the process to get there, inevitably varies; some tracks can magically flow into your ...

The robots have shut down; Daft Punk are no more. After 28 years, the disco-driven DJ duo have decided to call it a day. During what is already a tough time for dance music, the shocking announcement brings almost tears to our eyes; We are of course, only Human After All. We must not be sad however, and must remembe...

Get ready for Ableton Live 11 with the latest version of LK v1.10.0 which is available to download now from the App Store and Google Play In order to use LK with Ableton Live 11, you need to download and install the latest version of UBRIDGE v1.5.0 from our website. We’re looking forward to all the new and exciting...

TikTok sure is a strange new medium in which to be creative. As the way the world consumes content evolves and the form of that content morphs into new kinds of media, TikTok is a powerful tool, if only for exposure if nothing else. Why the random TikTok lecture? Well, this week’s DRC Sound Design Tutorial track has...

For most of us, social distancing has been a part of our lives for almost a year, with various local rules and restrictions we must follow, as part of the global campaign against covid. As the world adapts to meet these tough challenges, one particularly hard-hit area is nightclubs and live music venues, where there...

Discover a new world of glitchiness in FRMS v1.3.0 with the release of the new ‘Glitches From The Heart’ preset pack by Perplex On! Following the success of FRMS’ first guest artist preset pack from Supremeja Music, we are excited to bring you another fantastic set of sounds, this time from the amazing creative tale...

When Lucas takes on a classic or iconic track to analyse and reproduce the same kind of sounds using DRC, there are a few signs and hints when he has done a particularly good job. The first and most obvious indicator is YouTube’s robot copyright police, AKA ‘Content ID’ flagging up the video with a copyright claim. ...

It’s almost time to say goodbye to 2020, and while it has been a challenging year, there are plenty of achievements for us to look back on with pride, as we prepare to push things forward in 2021. Right at the start of 2020, it was ‘out with the old, and in with the new’, as we said goodbye to 32 bit plugins, and he...

Over the years, Daft Punk have masterfully sampled many tracks by other artists, taking it as source material, then twisting, transforming and turning it into massive records of their own. In some of their tracks, the ‘borrowed’ elements are undeniably plain to see, like the guitar riff from the 'Human After All' tr...

‘Space - the final frontier...’ Don’t worry we’re not about to launch into a full-on Star Trek monologue, instead we’re going to use that snippet of iconic television dialogue as the launchpad to blast off into the world of space and science, as a source of musical inspiration. In terms of relevant band names, one s...

The godfather of disco and the grandfather of dance music are two terms that Italian synthesiser legend Giorgio Moroder is not particularly fond of. Yet these two titles are nothing if not deserved. Take the unforgettable bassline of Donna Summer’s ‘I feel Love’ - now try getting that iconic little masterpiece out o...