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Inside our first India event: Plugin Boutique at Bootcamp Goa

In March 2026, Plugin Boutique made its first appearance in India. We partnered with Bootcamp Goa to host a masterclass at their annual residential music camp in Morjim, North Goa. Now in its fifth year, Bootcamp Goa brings together DJs, producers, live performers and visual artists for 14 days of focused music education. The masterclass was led by Krishnamurthy Ramesh, an Ableton Certified Trainer, as part of the camp's Advanced Music Production Week. It was built around Excite Audio's Bl

Staying Human in a Digital Studio: ATB’s Approach

For more than three decades, ATB has been a defining voice in electronic music. From the early success of “9 PM (Till I Come)” to his new collaboration with Shaun Farrugia on “Believe in Love,” he has kept one goal in focus: to connect emotion and energy in equal measure. His music still carries the same DNA that made his early work resonate, but the technology and collaborators around him continue to evolve.     Speaking from his studio, ATB reflects on what it means to stay curren

Chris Avantgarde Masterclass ahead of Hyperreal Release – Plugin Boutique x IO Event

The LA event bonanza continues; this time in the form of a masterclass with none other than Chris Avantgarde. This rising star has been making waves for some time now, with more and more accolades accumulating on his belt. The next of which is set to be his debut album, Hyperreal (expected to be released in June). Chris took the stage at this masterclass, shedding light on his creative process and sharing his innermost production secrets to success. This event took place following a successfu

From Dry to Alive: Giving Drums a Studio Room Feel

Drums in particular are one of the hardest instruments to make feel convincingly “real”. Straight out of the box, loops can sound clean and punchy, but they often lack the space and depth that comes from a live recording. Achieving that realism can be the make or break between a loop that works and a tightly mixed record. We’ve teamed up with Like It Or Not for a video about placing drums into a believable environment using the UAD Sound City Studios Plugin! This video explores the relationsh