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Silk Wave Remixes

Proud to present these remixes from 3 awesome producers and friends.Enjoy!

Production Tutorial: Kicks & Mixdowns (Part 1)

Track Breakdown: Verve (Livestream)

Here's the recording for last night's track deconstruction stream.00:00:00 - Preamble + full version00:08:30 - Breaks + drum processing00:15:57 - Creating processed audio chains00:28:37 - Foley + FX00:42:49 - Bass01:00:05 - Mixing + resampling01:08:29 - Other samples01:20:58 - Sidechaining +...

Exclusive Music: Verve

Hello patrons!We recently launched a new series on our Discord server: 'Sample Sex'. This series involves us using your unique sounds and samples to create a track from scratch.For 'Sample Sex v1.0', we received 129 sample submissions from the community, and used every one of these s...

Production Tutorial: Getting creative with arpeggiators

Merch Competition: Sanctuary TP

We have a test pressing of 'Sanctuary' EP to give away!To win, comment below with a suggestion for next month's exclusive track name, and we'll choose our favourite.

Exclusive Music: Lockdown Jam Pt. 2

During lockdown in the UK we found ourselves unable to work together in the same physical space.We both thought it would be cool to individually create a piece of music from scratch by performing it 'live'.

Track Breakdown: Boundless

00:00 - Preamble + Early Versions08:47 - Intro Melodic Layers14:35 - Main Section29:53 - 2-Step Section35:27 - Breakdown37:29 - Acoustic Drums48:14 - Second Section56:18 - Mixing

Sample Giveaway: Sub 37 Reese Bass

We thought it would be cool to record some bass sounds from the Moog Sub 37 synthesizer.This synth has fat waveforms that lend themselves really well to basses, and we often use these as a starting point to then process further.Below you'll find the raw bass sounds from the Moog, as well as bass...

Production Tutorial: Using foley as percussion

Here are some different techniques for turning everyday sounds into percussion.We've attached the sounds used in the tutorial below.Hope it's useful!

Exclusive Music: Lockdown Jam Pt. 1

'Sanctuary' EP – Repress

We're very pleased to finally announce a long-awaited repress of 'Sanctuary' EP on vinyl.The record is available to purchase now – exclusive to Max Out + Ninja patrons for 24 hours.https://inspected.co.uk/collections/koan-sound

Grounded ft. Javeon (Lyric Video)

DOP & VFX: Loz VisualsConcept & Photography: Sarah Koury

Production Tutorial: Making Heavy Snares 🥁

Here's a video showing how we use acoustic drum samples to craft a variety of heavy snare sounds.Samples used: Snare-SessionDry-Stick-Hit-Hard A-Snare Ludwig 1 A

Sentient (Azaleh Remix)

Congratulations to Azaleh for winning our 'Sentient' remix competition!The response was amazing, and we were both really impressed by the quality and diversity of the submissions. We felt that Azaleh's rendition was a great rework of the original track, and are very pleased to share it w...

Exclusive Music: Elevator Machine Room

Here's our monthly exclusive track for August.The track name was chosen by the winner of our Ninja tier merch competition.Artwork by Sarah Koury / KōLAB Studios.

Track Breakdown: Viridian Dream

Here is our first track deconstruction video! Up first is the frequently requested 'Viridian Dream'.If you have any feedback or suggestions feel free to leave a comment below.00:00 - Intro05:01 - Arpeggiated Percussion09:46 - Bass16:48 - Drums & Foley24:55 - Melodic Layers34:34 - Mixing42:56...

Sample Giveaway: Neo-Soul Pack

Here's our first bunch of samples exclusive to Patrons. We went for a 'neo-soul' vibe this time around.Let us know what sort of sounds you'd like to see in the future :)

Audio Stems: Sentient

The people have spoken.We thought it would be fun to see what people do with these, so we're running a remix competition.If you'd like to enter, submit your remix of 'Sentient' by August 10th hereThe winner will receive a limited edition artwork print of 'Forgotten Myths' EP,...