#01 Adding warmth

One of the most well-worn criticisms and shortcomings of electronic music, and indeed digital sound in general, is that it is too clean, precise and, well, just too damn cold for human ears. Luckily, today’s technology affords us producers a plethora of cost-effective solutions to this conundrum; though as ever, properly diagnosing the issue and applying a little knowledge is the best route out of even the frostiest of musical tundras.

In this tutorial, kicking off a series called Organic Machinations – where we add humanity to a computer music world – we’ll take a look at just