Learn sound design from inside the track
I take songs apart and rebuild them in Ableton Live. Studio members get the project for every new remake: every synth patch, every effect setting, the multitrack stems and the MIDI.
As soon as you join, you also get the last 12 months of projects and the full library of Patreon-only remakes, so there’s plenty to open, take apart and learn from.
Keep every project you download. Cancel any time.
What you’ll get better at
Every project is a complete session to learn from. Working through them builds four skills.
Programming synth sounds
Hear a sound on a record and know where to start. Every remake includes the preset behind each part, so you can see how it’s built and change it.
Try it in: Daft Punk – Son of Flynn
Understanding chords
The MIDI for every part shows the voicings and progressions note by note, in songs you already know.
Try it in: Beach House – Woo
Arranging and mixing
The stems and full sessions show how a track is layered, panned and processed, so you can study a whole mix, not just one sound.
Try it in: Prince – When Doves Cry
Building a sound library
The presets from every remake are yours to use in your own music, so the library grows with every project.
Try it in: George Clanton – Livin’ Loose
Learn by taking tracks apart
Recreating a finished track is one of the quickest ways to learn sound design, production and songwriting, because you can hear how every part fits into the song. Each remake project gives you the full Ableton Live session, so you can start with the part that interests you and work through the rest from there.
- 1
Read the breakdown
Most remakes come with a free article on Reverb Machine, explaining how the original was made and how I recreated it.
- 2
Open the project
Download the Ableton Live session. Every track is frozen, so it opens and plays even if you don’t own all the plugins.
- 3
Make it your own
Solo the parts to hear how the song is put together, swap the presets, or use the stems and MIDI as a starting point for your own track.
The remake library
Studio members get two sets of remakes as soon as they join: every remake project from the site in the last 12 months, and the permanent library of Patreon-only remakes I’ve made over the years. Each one comes with the presets, the Ableton Live project, the multitrack stems and the MIDI.
Patreon-only remakes
Remakes that don’t appear anywhere else. They stay in the library for as long as you’re a member.
- Animal Collective – My Girls
- Aphex Twin – We Are the Music Makers
- Beach House – Woo, Over and Over
- Björk – Army of Me
- Boards of Canada – Sundown, Heard From Telegraph Lines
- Daft Punk – Nightvision, Superheroes, Son of Flynn
- Frank Ocean – Nights, Provider
- George Clanton – Livin’ Loose
- Grimes – Nightmusic
- Lana Del Rey – High by the Beach
- Mac DeMarco – Heart to Heart, My Kind of Woman, Dreams from Yesterday
- Nine Inch Nails – Copy of a
- Prince – When Doves Cry
- The Weeknd – Blinding Lights, Cry For Me
- Tycho – A Walk, Jetty
Plus every site remake project from the last 12 months, also sold one at a time in the Projects store.
Two ways in
Follow along for free, or join Studio for every project.
If you want more than a couple of projects a year, it’s the cheapest way to get them.
- The Ableton Live project for every new remake, with presets, multitrack stems and MIDI
- The last 12 months of projects as soon as you join
- The full library of Patreon-only remakes
- Remakes in progress and partial remakes, when they happen
- Posts on theory and techniques that don’t fit in an article
- Download and keep everything released while you’re a member
Questions
Something else? Get in touch and I'll help.
No. All tracks are frozen, so you can open the project and hear every part even if you’re missing some of the plugins.