A practical guide to clearer mixes, controlled loudness and keeping the energy that made your track work in the first place.

By Mark Hampson · J26 Productions

Keep the focus on the music. Studio illustration created with AI, not a…

Behind the issue

By Mark Hampson · J26 Productions

AI generated editorial illustration.

New friends, favourite records, six hours and 41 minutes of extra suspense, and a zoom with a mind of its own. Welcome behind the scenes of J26…

By Mark Hampson | J26 Productions
Production / Logic Pro for Mac / Guide 04

A promising loop deserves somewhere to go. This practical Logic Pro workflow takes a small collection of sounds through rhythm, melody, arrangement and mixing, ending…

By Mark Hampson — J26 Productions

A strong pattern is a starting point, not a finished track. This practical J26 workflow takes an electronic idea through the Channel Rack, Piano roll and Playlist, then into a balanced demo you can…

By Mark Hampson — J26 Productions

Turn the loop into a song without losing the energy that made it exciting

Ableton Live is exceptionally good at helping an idea appear quickly.

A drum clip begins looping. A bass part joins…

By Mark Hampson — J26 Productions

Ten practical steps from silence to something you can play for another person

Cubase 15 in a modern music-production studio. Official press image: Steinberg.

An empty project can feel wonderfully open for about thirty…

Pitch correction is often discussed as if it has only two settings: invisible repair or an obvious special effect. In a real production, there is a much wider space between those extremes.

A vocal may need one note centred, a…

Ableton, Logic, FL Studio, Cubase, Bitwig and Pro Tools compared

The DAW debate can sound more like football rivalry than music production. Producers defend their chosen software, tutorials promise that one platform has a secret advantage, and every major update…

The Little Silver Box That Started a Revolution

How the Roland TB-303 Accidentally Changed Dance Music Forever

“Some instruments become popular. Others change music forever. The Roland TB-303 did both… completely by accident.”
 

Introduction

Imagine buying a brand-new piece of…

FROM BOOTH TO MAIN STAGE

How technology changed the DJ—and changed what the crowd came to see

Published by J26 Productions

The DJ used to be the person in the booth who controlled the room.

You might barely have seen…

The DNA of Dance Music that Created a Movement 

From the TR-909 and Korg M1 to Liverpool, Cream and Creamfields 2026

A 4 part special feature by J26 Productions

EDITOR’S NOTE

Dance music history is often told through famous DJs…

The Machines That Built Dance Music: The Gear Behind the Greatest Tracks

By J26 Productions

Close your eyes and imagine your favourite dance anthem.

Perhaps it’s a euphoric trance classic from the late 90s. Maybe it’s an underground house groove…