Month: August 2026

The Sync Pipeline for Synth Music 4 min read

• Electronic
• Music Industry
• Pop

The Sync Pipeline for Synth Music

Kit Hargreaves 5 hours ago

Advertising, television and games license instrumental electronic music constantly, and the requirements are specific.... Read More

What Software Emulation Gets Right 4 min read

• Electronic
• Music Technology & Innovation
• Pop

What Software Emulation Gets Right

Kit Hargreaves 5 hours ago

The modelling is genuinely good now. What it cannot copy is the constraint.... Read More

Why Synth-Pop Does Well on Playlists 4 min read

• Electronic
• Music Streaming & Distribution
• Pop

Why Synth-Pop Does Well on Playlists

Kit Hargreaves 5 hours ago

Consistent texture and stable tempo make it unusually easy to sequence.... Read More

Sidechain Is Not the Only Way to Make Space 4 min read

• Electronic
• Music Production & Producers
• Pop

Sidechain Is Not the Only Way to Make Space

Will Lisil 5 hours ago

Ducking is the loudest solution to a problem arrangement usually solves better.... Read More

Hyperpop and the Maximalist Turn 4 min read

• Electronic
• Music Discussion & Analysis
• Pop

Hyperpop and the Maximalist Turn

Kit Hargreaves 5 hours ago

Pushing every production value past the comfortable point, on purpose.... Read More

Why Synths Took Over Film Scoring 4 min read

• Cinematic
• Electronic
• Pop

Why Synths Took Over Film Scoring

Kit Hargreaves 5 hours ago

Cost, control and the ability to sustain a note forever.... Read More

The Drum Machines That Built Genres 4 min read

• Electronic
• Pop

The Drum Machines That Built Genres

Kit Hargreaves 5 hours ago

Specific machines produced specific genres, largely because of what they could not do.... Read More

Vocoder, Talkbox, Auto-Tune: Three Different Machines 4 min read

• Electronic
• Pop

Vocoder, Talkbox, Auto-Tune: Three Different Machines

Kit Hargreaves 5 hours ago

They all make a voice sound electronic, and they work in completely different ways.... Read More

Presets Are Not Cheating 4 min read

• Electronic
• Music Technology & Innovation
• Pop

Presets Are Not Cheating

Will Lisil 5 hours ago

Factory sounds appear on an enormous share of the canon, and the objection misunderstands what a preset is.... Read More

The Arpeggiator, and How to Hear It 4 min read

• Electronic
• Music Production & Producers
• Pop

The Arpeggiator, and How to Hear It

Kit Hargreaves 5 hours ago

A held chord played back as a pattern. Simple, mechanical, and responsible for a great deal of the genre.... Read More