The Midlife Synthesist gets his mitts on the Sequential Fourm, a compact four-voice analog beast with classic attitude and modern muscle. Expect a deep-dive with expressive play, no-nonsense commentary, and sound design that doesn’t hide behind effects. The Fourm’s a street weapon for synth heads who want power without the clutter. If you’re curious whether this box is a true sequential legend or just a pint-sized poser, this video’s your ticket.

Sequential Fourm, Sequential Pro-1

15. July 2026

Creative Sauce

Creative Sauce Digs Deep: Baby Audio Subculture – Low-End Weapon or Just Another Bass Plugin?

SPARKY

Let’s cut to the chase – Baby Audio’s Subculture plugin claims it’ll make your low-end punch through like a sledgehammer, and Mike from Creative Sauce is here to find out if it’s all hype or the real deal. In this video breakdown, we get a full tour of Subculture’s clever root tracking, subharmonic tricks and parallel resonance, all explained with the home-studio crowd in mind. If you want your bass to rattle the walls without turning into a muddy mess, read on. Spoiler: some of the filthiest details can only be heard in the video itself.

Baby Audio Subculture

15. July 2026

Metamyther

Metamyther Unleashes the Door: Stereo Chaos from Jasmine & Olive Trees

SPARKY

Jasmine & Olive Trees’ Door module storms into Eurorack with a stereo low-pass gate that’s anything but polite. Metamyther dives right in, showing off hot-swappable firmware, filthy timbres, and spatial tricks that’ll make your rack sweat. If you like your modular patches wide, wild, and ready for a rave bunker, this is your gateway to sonic mischief. Don’t expect a snooze-fest—this one bites.

Jasmine & Olive Trees Door

15. July 2026

Pick Yourself

Pick Yourself Makes Echo Bang: Delay as Synth Weapon

SPARKY

Pick Yourself is here with an Ableton hack that turns plain noise into synth gold. Forget boring subtractive routines – this trick uses delay and echo to morph your sounds into lush, animated textures with minimal fuss. We get a crash course in Karplus-Strong, filter envelope shenanigans, and some dirty feedback moves. If you’re stuck in groovebox autopilot, this might just wake you up. Dive in, but save some bandwidth for the video’s gnarlier details.

Ableton Live, Grain Delay, Hybrid Reverb, Operator, Shifter, Wavetable

15. July 2026

Andertons Synths, Keys and Tech

Andertons Synths, Keys and Tech: Roto-Control Rolls Into the Future (and Fights Back)

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If you thought MIDI controllers were stuck in 2009, think again. Andertons Synths, Keys and Tech drop the Melbourne Instruments Roto-Control on the table—a device with motorised, touchy-feely knobs and enough haptic magic to make your old controller cry. Jack Duxbury dives in, spinning through Logic and Bitwig, mapping plugins on the fly, and showing why this box might just be the sonic street weapon your workflow never knew it needed. Spoiler: some features are so wild, you have to see (and feel) them in action.

Melbourne Instruments Roto-Control, Soundtoys Primal Tap

14. July 2026

Underdog Electronic Music School

Underdog Electronic Music School: Don’t Let Your Beats Collect Dust

RILEY

Ever laid down a killer groove in Ableton and then just noped out because life came knocking? Underdog Electronic Music School is here to save your half-baked bangers from the digital graveyard. In this video, Oscar drops three street-smart habits for music producers to actually keep their ideas alive and cooking. Think of it as workflow survival skills—no science degree required, just a little discipline and a folder full of future classics. Let’s get your sketches off life support and into the sunlight.

13. July 2026

Voltage Labs

Voltage Labs Spins the Truth: How the Technics SL-1200 Hijacked Club Culture

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The Technics SL-1200 wasn’t born for the booth, but Voltage Labs lays out how this hifi heavyweight crashed the DJ party and never left. From direct-drive wizardry to the tactile smack of vinyl, this is a rave bunker tale of precision engineering gone rogue. Expect club folklore, DJ legends, and a cold stare at why the SL-1200 won’t die—even when digital rules the dancefloor. This story isn’t about audiophile dreams; it’s about a toaster-fight that changed music forever.

13. July 2026

TheCosmicAcademy

TheCosmicAcademy’s Tension Game: How to Make Your Drop Hit Like a Freight Train

RILEY

Ever cooked up a dope drop only to have it land softer than a day-old pancake? TheCosmicAcademy steps up with a streetwise masterclass on tension, contrast, and all the sneaky tricks that make a drop explode instead of flop. If your beats need that extra punch, this is the kind of breakdown you want in your beatmaker’s bag. Spoiler: it’s not about stacking more sounds, it’s about flipping the script on your build. Get comfy, grab a cheap coffee, and let’s dig into the real sauce.