Creating an ambient techno groove can be far from a chilled affair, so we take you through the basics of generating a low-key pattern.

That includes lutes “thundering drums,” “punishing percussive,” and more sounds that make up a library of “phrases, play ready instruments, and one-shot samples. Here’s the sampler’s ...

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