• *WINNER ANNOUNCED* Win a pair of Sennheiser HD650 Headphones with your Black Friday purchase!

    WIN A PAIR OF SENNHEISER HD650 HEADPHONES WINNER ANNOUNCED!  Congratulations J P Smith from South Africa, you have won the headphones.  Please check your email for your congratulations letter! All you need to do is make a purchase on our site (free products not included) during Black Friday and you will be automatically entered to […]

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  • ill-esha & Splice Producer challenge

      The official ill-esha Intonations Producer Challenge! Showcase your skills & win some great prizes A word from ill-esha on the contest… CLICK HERE FOR THE OFFICIAL CONTEST PAGE FOR MORE INFO GET INTONATIONS ON SPLICE GET INTONATIONS ON BLACK OCTOPUS SOUND There are great prizes to be won including: 1st Place $500 cash Fabfilter […]

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  • Winners Announced For Cristina Soto – Souls Producer Challenge On Splice!

      Exciting News – We Have Our Winners! But first I want to thank every single person who entered the contest. Thank you for your time, your energy, and your dedication to your craft.  Selecting the winner was NOT and easy process! It took 8 judges over two rounds of judging just to determine our […]

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  • The Basement Freaks Remix Competition winners

    First of all, I want to thank everyone for all of their hard work and for entering our first ever remix competition. It has been so amazing to listen through each and every mix several times, and to hear everyone’s take on the remix. So many different styles and production techniques used. We can tell […]

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  • The Basement Freaks Ultimate Remix Competition

      Show off your productions skills and win some serious prizes in the Basement Freaks Ultimate Remix competition! Remix the single ‘Waking Up’ DOWNLOAD STEMS HERE SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY HERE RULES 1.)  You may not enter the contest if you work for or provide sound design for Black Octopus Sound. 2.)  Cash prize will be […]

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  • Music Producer Astrology

    Music Producer Astrology I heavily researched this highly scientific Music Producer Astrology by making it up. This is to be taken very seriously, so listen to everything I say. You better read it twice just to be double sure you don’t miss anything. If you follow this to a T your life will become a […]

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  • Far Too Loud Interview

           Since 2005 Oli Cash of Far Too Loud has been cranking out hit after hit and its a rare occasion when you can’t find one of his productions in the Beatport top 100 charts.  With club bangers like “Megaloud” to massive anthem remixes such as “Innocent” by 30hz it’s no wonder that […]

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  • Fat Face Interview

         We recently caught up with Fatface who offered up some free track downloads,  a small pack of free samples, and some answers to questions on some of the tools he uses in the studio!  Fatface (aka Neil Banyard) is a man of many talents – not only a producer in the studio but […]

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  • Lazy Rich Interview

           If you have been to a club in the past couple of years, chances are you have heard one of Lazy Rich’s massive electro tracks destroying the dancefloor.  The Lazy Rich signature sound is recognized from it’s aggressively crunchy basslines, huge chord stabs, and bouncy beats, to it’s funky synth lines, complex edits, and huge […]

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    WINNER ANNOUNCED! – CONGRATULATIONS Xchak Gearz for winning the draw giveaway! I gotta be real with you, I’m absolutely mind-blown by the milestone we’re celebrating right now!   Starting my journey with Black Octopus Sound 12 years back as a sound designer, I never in a million years thought you and I would having this […]

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  • EastWest Hollywood Fantasy wins the NAMM TEC best musical instrument award

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  • Oberheim announces the OB-X8 analog synthesizer

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  • Top 10 Must Have Packs of 2021

    We have so many packs here at Black Octopus Sound it is literally impossible to narrow this down to a top 10 packs list. But alas, it is the trend… it is expected.. and therefore I will give you my personal *and unbiased* opinion of the must have packs we have released so far this […]

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