<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 20:36:49 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@crackingsound/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The music of a pumpkin: creating organic beats from scratch]]></title><description><![CDATA[Regular readers must have already spotted my proclivity for organic sound, especially with percussion. 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"How did I do that?", you ask yourself, oddly surprised at your sudden masterful abilities.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sounddesign/@crackingsound/use-your-intuition-sound-design-intuitive-experiments-episode-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sounddesign/@crackingsound/use-your-intuition-sound-design-intuitive-experiments-episode-1</guid><category><![CDATA[sounddesign]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[crackingsound]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2017 14:45:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs76heUaQkmZbJJuLQWxEbvCsWWU2oXiSmzg9M4JT83A1EcDWcs1LwePvhxoUfECy18iNbztxAeyPwdbaBp285G4h9UnopgN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sound transplant: taking the "DNA" of an audio clip and implanting it to another one.]]></title><description><![CDATA[As most teenagers from my generation with a slight interest in music, I used to spend my afternoons watching music videos on MTV, and it was in one of those lay-down afternoons that I first heard the catchy]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sounddesign/@crackingsound/sound-transplant-taking-the-dna-of-an-audio-clip-and-implanting-it-to-another-one</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sounddesign/@crackingsound/sound-transplant-taking-the-dna-of-an-audio-clip-and-implanting-it-to-another-one</guid><category><![CDATA[sounddesign]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[crackingsound]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2017 13:18:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVZ5NRzV2o8MyJEzowAL6rjbt8w3dTGU6AuE37VyUSSrhhJ66QCRSP4PKdVKwMRq9DzJNaZVL6jnxZ5Qg23MgbNRyxfnUTE97EwLHdSkVyW67NBWs5p?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ableton Live magic tricks: twirl a knob and turn a voice into a beat]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was a teenager discovering the local underground scene when I heard a former punk-rocker saying in an interview that he rehearsed every song with his band at different speeds, from the original one that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sounddesign/@crackingsound/ableton-live-magic-tricks-twirl-a-knob-and-turn-a-voice-into-a-beat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sounddesign/@crackingsound/ableton-live-magic-tricks-twirl-a-knob-and-turn-a-voice-into-a-beat</guid><category><![CDATA[sounddesign]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[crackingsound]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2017 13:04:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdDCBRMCVXvTcPi2CFMgAFvh4N1172HC7YvesrcV6SqhdDYW9H94niUqP8YMNGV5fFGdaYEARBMhUTHvTpKhzyfYDLWXcfGCKyRnQ7tgwdYnuw3e41okuGUW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Building your tone: make your synth line sound less synthetic and more organic]]></title><description><![CDATA[There’s magic behind a sawtooth oscillator playing a thick bass line. 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