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This Video Reveals How To Make Pitch-Perfect Retro '90s Techno

We had no idea it was this easy.

SynthMania has revealed mystery of how classic early ’90s rave records were made. Paolo Di Nicolantonio created a walkthrough video for the Roland W-30 keyboard sampler workstation, which was an integral instrument in the early years of techno. The detailed tutorial tells you just about everything you need to know about how it was done back in the day. It’s actually pretty remarkable; he created an entire original old-school sounding track from start to finish in an hour. For more information click here.

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