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Ill Gates Book Club: Top 5 Essential Reads For DJs + Producers

Dan White Mar 2, 2017

Every performer, producer, DJ, and artist will find themselves seeking inspiration wherever they can find it. In today's fun Friday video, Ill Gates shares some of his biggest sources of inspiration. We're calling it the Ill Gates Book Club…

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Ill Gates’ Top 5 Tips For Midi Fighter Twister and 3D

Dan White Jan 10, 2017

ill.Gates has been a die-hard Midi Fighter user for years - both in the studio and in live DJing/finger drumming environments. In today's tutorial video, ill shares five of his favorite tips for both the Midi Fighter Twister and the Midi…

Production Tips

Ill Gates: 5 Studio Workflow Techniques

Dan White Nov 3, 2016

When ill.Gates waxes poetic on music production processes, it's clear that he's spent uncountable hours in the studio. In today's video, he shares some of his most valuable tips for anyone taking on the creative process of producing. Learn…

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Video: Watch Ill Gates + KJ Sawka Destroy A Midi Fighter, Prep For Battle

Dan White Jul 11, 2015

Ill Gates has long been an advocate of DJ and producer humor, and this time he's gone full mastermind, creating a parody trailer promoting his new duo act, Unsung Heroes. That's him and KJ Sawka ("the human drum machine"), and in this video…

Ableton Live Tips

Steal Mad Zach’s Quick Sound Pack Switch Technique

Ryan Dejaegher Jun 7, 2015

If you've ever seen artists like ill.Gates, Shawn Wasabi, or Mad Zach perform live, you know that soundpacks are one of the best ways to really give a unique performance. The challenge is seamlessly switching between different sound packs…

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Ableton Drumception: Cycling Samples With A Nested Drum Rack

Ryan Dejaegher Apr 26, 2015

Sometimes there’s just not enough sounds available in a basic Ableton drum rack to allow for the full versatility a live performer might want. In today’s article, guest contributor and soundpack designer (from the DJTT newsletter!) Apoth…

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Remixing Stems with Mad Zach

Mad Zach Apr 2, 2015

In today's electronic music landscape the word remix comes up almost as much as original production. Whether it's a trending bootleg on Soundcloud or an official remix by an unknown artist for one of your favorite headlining acts, remixes…

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Why You Should be Playing with Soundpacks

Ryan Dejaegher Mar 15, 2015

Several years ago, our own Mad Zach kicked off the sound pack trend here on DJ TechTools, and it's been growing a steady following ever since. Sound packs are a plug and play modern DJ/producer tool that allows you to play great music with…

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