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15. September 2026

Stereo for the Streets: Underdog Electronic Music School Drops the Panning & Haas Reality Check

Forget polite mixing advice – Underdog Electronic Music School jumps straight into the ring with a hands-on lesson in stereo width. Panning, Haas effect, and the art of not wrecking your mix in mono get the full no-nonsense treatment. Whether you’re a bedroom producer or a bunker-bound rave architect, here’s the lowdown on making your tracks slap in every sound system. Grab your headphones and prepare for some phase-fighting knowledge.

Shaperbox

28. August 2026

SPARKY

Pick Yourself

Pick Yourself’s Hypnotic Bass Hack: Rumble Kicks Are Out, Sliding Grooves Are In

Bored of the same old sub rumbles in your techno? Pick Yourself flips the script and dives into the hypnotic basslines the pros are actually using. We’re talking sliding notes, polymetric grooves, and textured low-end that’ll make your club rig wobble. Forget stale loops – this is a masterclass in movement, tension, and a touch of dirt, all inside Ableton. If you want your bass to hypnotise rather than bulldoze, this one’s for you.

Ableton Live, FabFilter Pro-Q 4, Shaperbox, TDR Nova

7. May 2026

SPARKY

Pick Yourself

Pick Yourself’s Rumble Kick Hack: Techno Low End in Warp Speed

If you’re sick of spending hours on overcooked rumble kicks that still sound like wet cardboard, Pick Yourself has a fix. In this punchy tutorial, he slices through the faff and shows how to build a proper techno rumble kick—fast, dirty, and tight. No labyrinthine chains, no endless tweaking, just a streamlined Ableton setup that gets your low end bouncing in minutes. Expect gritty processing, clever channel tricks, and the kind of advice only a coach who’s heard 400 unfinished tracks can give. If you want your kicks to slap, not flop, this is essential viewing.

Ableton Amp, Ableton Hybrid Reverb, Ableton Live, DS Drum Synth (Ableton), Shaperbox

25. February 2026

LUMINA

Pick Yourself

Pick Yourself: Sculpting Sonic Atmospheres with Texture Alchemy

Too many tracks float on the surface, their depths unexplored. In this poetic journey, Pick Yourself invites us to drift beneath the obvious—where texture and atmosphere become the silent architects of emotion. Through a blend of synthetic shimmer and organic resonance, we witness how even the most basic tools in Ableton Live can conjure immersive, breathing soundscapes. This is not just a tutorial; it’s an invitation to sculpt with rain, to let modulation become the wind in your sonic sails. For those who crave music that exhales fog and fractured light, this video is a masterclass in making your tracks

Ableton Erosion, Ableton Glue Compressor, Ableton Grain Delay, Ableton Hybrid Reverb, Ableton Live, Ableton Phaser-Flanger, Ableton Saturator, Ableton Wavetable, Shaperbox

5. September 2025

RILEY

Andrew Huang

Andrew Huang Spins Samples into Gold

In his latest video, Andrew Huang gathers four producers to flip the same sample into unique sonic landscapes. With his signature playful creativity, Andrew joins forces with JP Waksman, nyco nemesis, and Haphaz7ard to showcase the art of remixing and the endless potential of sound.

Pigments, Shaperbox, Sound Toys Decapitator, Sound Toys Devil Lock, Transit, Vast by Heavyocity