Step 1: The first thing you need to do when creating a dubstep beat is get your hands on some drum sounds! For a unique vibe, you can source each hit individually, but to keep things simple, we're ...

For an in-depth guide to producing dubstep, check out issue 132 of Computer Music magazine, on sale now. 1. Don't neglect the beats Dubstep beats are almost always lazily syncopated. The snares and ...

The beat is slippery, eccentric, and funky, but it also comes down hard on the two and four; rhythmically it reads as dubstep, but it’s also easy to blend with the straighter beats of house and ...

Let's get obvious givens out of the way: a dazzling light show, rock guitars, fantastical choreographed numbers, aerial acrobatics, dubstep beats and countless costume changes. What's that?

Or maybe, create the perfect moshing dubstep beats, accented by the metallic trills and such growling vocals reminiscent of Hatebreed's "Last Breath" or Pantera's "Slaughter." And it works both ...

Despite all working within the same confines of dubstep’s 140 beats-per-minute tempo, they came up with radically different results – manipulating sound and space to create Loefah’s spacious ...

Of course, he wasn't the only mic-man to spray on dubstep beats, but he was the one to perfect it. He also deserves a lot of credit for seeing the perfect window to do so; much earlier and the ...

There are way too many examples, so I’ll just pick one: the Wuki collaboration “BIGGY BAP,” a trap-dubstep hybrid with three beat switch-ups. “I have Skrillex trapped in my basement!