Berlin-based Portrait XO and Riga-hailing Rick Feds are musicians and technologists who both started with acoustic instruments, piano and drums, until they found their way to electronic sounds.

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With a sufficiently powerful laptop and the right tools, producing professional tracks at home is easier than ever before.

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This sizeable update to Bitwig Studio expands on its strengths, and locks it in as the creative sound designer’s ultimate ...

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