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Looking for the perfect sample, want to improve your sound design skills or just want to stand out from the crowd? Synthesising your own drums allows you to do all of this and more. In part one of our drum synthesis series, we’ll walk you through how to design your own kicks, toms and claps from scratch.

Struggling to get your productions to sound like the professionals’? They might be lacking two crucial components of a great dance record: Rhythm and texture. In this article, we explore both elements, and demonstrate how you can generate your own rhythmic textures in Ableton Live.

This article provides a clear, actionable guide to the legalities of sampling in music production. It breaks down common myths, explains the two types of music rights (compositional and master), and walks through the often complex sample clearance process. It also offers practical solutions, including sample interpolation and using royalty-free sample packs from stores like Sample Market, helping producers navigate copyright law to create music confidently and legally.

Level up your productions with these advanced ways to use reference tracks. In this article, we explain how you can make the most of track referencing with a few innovative tips, tricks, and concepts.

Exclusive interview with Tech-House artist Jean Pierre discussing his Sample Market pack, hardware workflow, production techniques, and upcoming album release.

Is your arrangement lacking energy, variation, or excitement? Try these eight techniques for creating unique fills that will gel with the rest of your track. Learn professional techniques for crafting dynamic fills - from resampling/reversing to adding tonality and effects. Includes audio examples and DAW screenshots.

Ableton Live’s Meld device is a powerful bi-timbral synth that works slightly differently from other synths you might be familiar with. In this article, we demonstrate the fundamentals of Meld while recreating three classic electronic music sounds.

In this artist interview, we sit down with Gearmaster (FKA Abdul Raeva) to talk about the making of their Sample Market sample pack. It’s an insightful discussion, in which we also hear their use of samples in their own productions, favourite production tools, sound design processes, and much more.

Heard about sample layering but not sure how to get started? In this article, we take a look at four simple but effective sample layering techniques that will open up new sonic possibilities in your productions. Samples are a fundamental part of modern music production, and while there are countless high-quality samples available on the market, there are times when you may want to layer samples to create unique new sounds or solve common production problems. In this article, we'll explain why you might want to layer samples before demonstrating four sample layering techniques you can use to enhance your productions. We'll be using source samples from Sample Market's huge library of royalty-free samples. If you want to follow along, why not add some fresh samples to your collection before you get started?

Think you’ve perfected your Reese Bass sound design? Maybe you can still learn a thing or two from these advanced Reese Bass techniques. If you’ve listened to any electronic music over the past 30 years, you’ll have inevitably heard a Reese Bass. You may have even used the infamous bass sound in your own productions. There are plenty of Reese Bass samples out there, but you might want to take total control over your low end by synthesising your very own Reese Basses. In this article, we’ll dig into who made the first Reese Bass and how to create your own, before sharing four advanced Reese Bass techniques.