Ashley Thorpe

Ashley Thorpe

Ashley Thorpe (aka Breezewax) is a producer and musician who has created electronic music for over a decade. He typically uses a mix of samples, field recordings, synthesis and live instrumentation in his work, which covers a variety of styles including hip-hop, chill-hop, neo-soul and RnB. He also works as a music facilitator and freelance audio engineer.

Latest articles by Ashley Thorpe

How to use breaks to create chill-hop drums with Native Instruments Battery

How to use breaks to create chill-hop drums with Native Instruments Battery

By Ashley Thorpe last updated

In this tutorial you’ll learn how to combine sampling with synthetic tools to create your own drum patches

Music Production Tutorials
How to use Alchemy as a sampler

How to use Alchemy as a sampler in Logic Pro

By Ashley Thorpe last updated

Learn how to use Logic's powerful native soft synth for a new purpose: sampling

Music Production Tutorials
Wobble bass

Create the famous wobble bass sound from scratch using Logic's ES2 synth, and get inspired to make your own new sounds

By Ashley Thorpe last updated

Recreate the sound that's beloved for its womp-womp and wallop

Music Production Tutorials
Recording bass with an audio interface

How to record and enhance a bassline through your audio interface

By Ashley Thorpe published

In this tutorial, we talk recording levels, audio cleanup, EQ, compression and avoiding the muddiness that can plague bass recordings

Audio Interfaces
Best compressor VST plugins 2020

How to sidechain your bass and kick drum

By Ashley Thorpe published

In this tutorial you’ll learn how to use sidechain compression more effectively with your bass and kick drum

Music Production Tutorials
Logic Pro

How to create a simple bassline in Logic Pro

By Ashley Thorpe published

Learn how bass can be so much more than a rhythm instrument as we delve into that low end

Software & Apps

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