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Genre recipes built only from plugins in the suite, plus a five-minute quick-start for every plugin.

Genre recipes

120–126 BPMDark, cinematic, luminous
  1. Ark Kick — Start from a melodic-techno genre kick; lengthen the pitch envelope tail so the kick sings under the bass.
  2. Ark Duo — Write the rolling bassline on Ark Duo in MONO with a touch of glide; let the ladder filter envelope carry the groove.
  3. Ark Synth — Stack two wavetable oscillators with unison spread for the lead; map Macro 1 to filter cutoff for the long build.
  4. Ark TranceGate — Gate a sustained pad with a stepped pattern and per-step probability so it never repeats exactly.
  5. Ark Reverb — Send the lead to Shimmer mode for the breakdown, then automate back to Hall for the drop.
  6. Ark Summit — Master in Ark Summit against the melodic-techno club target, then check the Distribution panel before you export.

Quick-starts

Ark Synth10 min
  1. Create a MIDI track and load Ark Synth from the ARKITEKT vendor folder.
  2. Browse the Ark Synth Factory Library (613 genre-tagged presets) to hear what it can do.
  3. Explore: three wavetable oscillators with 9 warp modes and up to 16-voice unison each, plus sub and noise.
  4. Then: cHARACTER crossfader: OLD SKOOL analog-modelled drift and warmth to NEW SKOOL pristine digital.
  5. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Multi-FX10 min
  1. Drop Ark Multi-FX on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Browse the Ark Multi-FX Chains (39 chains) to hear what it can do.
  3. Explore: 8-slot modular rack with 16 effect modules.
  4. Then: mOVEMENT engine: macros, LFOs, envelope follower and step sequencer.
  5. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
ARKITEKT DAW10 min
  1. Launch ARKITEKT DAW from the Start menu (it runs standalone).
  2. Explore: a rebuilt vertical “rising” timeline with adaptive lanes, a loop-wrap view, a piano roll and clip editing with full undo.
  3. Then: 8 genre templates: Ctrl+N “New from genre” opens a full starter project — tempo, key, named tracks, clips, arrangement and mix.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Summit10 min
  1. Drop Ark Summit on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Browse the Ark Summit Masters (33 presets — club + streaming masters per genre) to hear what it can do.
  3. Explore: reorderable chain: 6-band minimum/linear-phase M/S EQ, 4-band dynamics with upward and punch modes, multiband imager with mono-maker, oversampled exciter, resonance tamer, true-peak maximizer with character modes and a target-LUFS mode, plus dither.
  4. Then: always-on analysis: spectrum against targets, stereo per band, LUFS / LRA / true-peak / PLR history and tonal balance bars.
  5. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Duo5 min
  1. Create a MIDI track and load Ark Duo from the ARKITEKT vendor folder.
  2. Browse the Ark Duo Factory Presets (49 presets) to hear what it can do.
  3. Explore: two morphing VCOs plus sub oscillator and noise.
  4. Then: transistor-ladder filter from 6 to 24 dB — self-oscillating, with multidrive.
  5. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Patch5 min
  1. Create a MIDI track and load Ark Patch from the ARKITEKT vendor folder.
  2. Browse the Ark Patch Starter Patches (30 starter patches) to hear what it can do.
  3. Explore: 20 module types: VCO, noise, VCF (SVF + ladder), VCA, wavefolder, ADSR, LFO, slew, sample & hold, sequencer, clock/logic, quantizer, mixer, mult, attenuverter, delay, reverb, MIDI-to-CV, audio in and output.
  4. Then: a 16-slot rack — drag cables from jack to jack, click a cable to remove it.
  5. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Orbit5 min
  1. Create a MIDI track and load Ark Orbit from the ARKITEKT vendor folder.
  2. Browse the Ark Orbit Presets (42 presets) to hear what it can do.
  3. Explore: two wavetable oscillators plus sub and noise, with up to 7-voice unison.
  4. Then: 7 filter types, including formant and comb.
  5. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Nimbus5 min
  1. Create a MIDI track and load Ark Nimbus from the ARKITEKT vendor folder.
  2. Browse the Ark Nimbus Presets (45 presets) to hear what it can do.
  3. Explore: three layers, each a wave (up to 16-voice unison), additive (48 partials) or granular texture engine.
  4. Then: a slow motion engine: LFOs, random walk and an 8-stage evolve envelope.
  5. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Cascade5 min
  1. Create a MIDI track and load Ark Cascade from the ARKITEKT vendor folder.
  2. Browse the Ark Cascade Presets (45 presets) to hear what it can do.
  3. Explore: 8 polymetric lanes: pitch, octave, velocity, gate, ratchet, chance, slide and mod.
  4. Then: 8 note orders with scale lock.
  5. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Kick5 min
  1. Create a MIDI track and load Ark Kick from the ARKITEKT vendor folder.
  2. Browse the Ark Kick Genre Kicks (128 kicks (28 genre flagships)) to hear what it can do.
  3. Explore: pitch and amplitude envelope designer with draggable nodes.
  4. Then: 128 factory kicks, including 28 genre-tuned flagship kicks.
  5. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Snare5 min
  1. Create a MIDI track and load Ark Snare from the ARKITEKT vendor folder.
  2. Explore: fully synthesised — no samples to manage.
  3. Then: envelope and tone shaping with a live waveform view.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark HiHat5 min
  1. Create a MIDI track and load Ark HiHat from the ARKITEKT vendor folder.
  2. Explore: fully synthesised — no samples to manage.
  3. Then: envelope and tone shaping with a live waveform view.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Clap5 min
  1. Create a MIDI track and load Ark Clap from the ARKITEKT vendor folder.
  2. Explore: fully synthesised — no samples to manage.
  3. Then: envelope and tone shaping with a live waveform view.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Toms5 min
  1. Create a MIDI track and load Ark Toms from the ARKITEKT vendor folder.
  2. Explore: fully synthesised — no samples to manage.
  3. Then: envelope and tone shaping with a live waveform view.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Perc5 min
  1. Create a MIDI track and load Ark Perc from the ARKITEKT vendor folder.
  2. Explore: fully synthesised — no samples to manage.
  3. Then: envelope and tone shaping with a live waveform view.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Cymbals5 min
  1. Create a MIDI track and load Ark Cymbals from the ARKITEKT vendor folder.
  2. Explore: fully synthesised — no samples to manage.
  3. Then: envelope and tone shaping with a live waveform view.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Sampler5 min
  1. Create a MIDI track and load Ark Sampler from the ARKITEKT vendor folder.
  2. Explore: load your own audio and play it chromatically.
  3. Then: waveform display with playback region control.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Kick Sculpt5 min
  1. Drop Ark Kick Sculpt on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Browse the Ark Kick Sculpt Presets (29 presets) to hear what it can do.
  3. Explore: transient shaping for punch, click and knock.
  4. Then: tuneable sub with pitch-tracking sine reinforcement and a live sub-note + pitch-drop readout.
  5. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Bass Sculpt5 min
  1. Drop Ark Bass Sculpt on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Browse the Ark Bass Sculpt Presets (29 presets) to hear what it can do.
  3. Explore: mono sub band with added harmonics so the bass reads on small speakers.
  4. Then: parallel mid drive with Warm, Grit, Fuzz and Fold curves.
  5. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Sub5 min
  1. Create a MIDI track and load Ark Sub from the ARKITEKT vendor folder.
  2. Browse the Ark Sub Presets (29 presets) to hear what it can do.
  3. Explore: sine → triangle → rounded-saw blend, with 2nd and 3rd harmonics so the sub reads on small speakers.
  4. Then: click-free retrigger, 808-style pitch drop and glide.
  5. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Roll5 min
  1. Create a MIDI track and load Ark Roll from the ARKITEKT vendor folder.
  2. Browse the Ark Roll Presets (32 presets) to hear what it can do.
  3. Explore: a 1–32-step sequencer with per-step pitch, accent, slide, gate and probability.
  4. Then: 26 genre rolling patterns, transposed to your key.
  5. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Reverb5 min
  1. Drop Ark Reverb on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Explore: 8-line FDN reverb core.
  3. Then: room, Plate, Hall, Chamber, Shimmer and Infinite modes.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Delay5 min
  1. Drop Ark Delay on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Explore: tempo-synced divisions including dotted and triplet values.
  3. Then: true ping-pong stereo.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark EQ5 min
  1. Drop Ark EQ on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Explore: 7 bands.
  3. Then: live spectrum behind the EQ curve.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Filter5 min
  1. Drop Ark Filter on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Explore: resonant filter with drag-able cutoff.
  3. Then: visual response curve.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Granular5 min
  1. Drop Ark Granular on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Explore: real-time granular processing.
  3. Then: grain position, size and density control.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Strata5 min
  1. Drop Ark Strata on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Explore: multiband saturation.
  3. Then: 2x / 4x oversampling.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark TranceGate5 min
  1. Drop Ark TranceGate on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Explore: 8 pattern slots.
  3. Then: per-step shape and probability.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Sidechain5 min
  1. Drop Ark Sidechain on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Explore: shaped ducking curve.
  3. Then: visual gain-reduction display.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark MIDI5 min
  1. Drop Ark MIDI on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Explore: arpeggiator.
  3. Then: chord generation.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Shape5 min
  1. Drop Ark Shape on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Browse the Ark Shape Presets (34 presets) to hear what it can do.
  3. Explore: six drawn-curve lanes: volume, filter, pan, drive, stutter/time and width.
  4. Then: curves run tempo-synced or retrigger from audio or MIDI.
  5. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Twist5 min
  1. Drop Ark Twist on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Browse the Ark Twist Presets (28 presets × 7 scenes) to hear what it can do.
  3. Explore: eight one-knob dials: filter spin, repeater, tape-stop brake, reverse smear, ring/FM grit, jet flanger/phaser, crush and freeze wash.
  4. Then: eight scenes, A to H — store a snapshot, then morph between them.
  5. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Pulse5 min
  1. Drop Ark Pulse on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Browse the Ark Pulse Presets (39 presets) to hear what it can do.
  3. Explore: up to 8 modules in series: gate, filter, pan, repeat, pitch, delay, drive, crush, reverb and phaser/flanger.
  4. Then: a 1–64-step sequencer per module, for polymetric patterns.
  5. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Sweep5 min
  1. Create a MIDI track and load Ark Sweep from the ARKITEKT vendor folder.
  2. Browse the Ark Sweep Presets (48 presets) to hear what it can do.
  3. Explore: eight families: risers, downlifters, swooshes, impacts, sub drops, pitch FX, reverses and zaps.
  4. Then: layered noise, tone, sub and reverse sources, shaped by 9 drawn curves.
  5. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Muse5 min
  1. Create a MIDI track and load Ark Muse from the ARKITEKT vendor folder.
  2. Browse the Ark Muse Starting Points (24 starting points) to hear what it can do.
  3. Explore: 8 genres × 8 vibes, with key, scale, energy, groove and motion.
  4. Then: 8 parts — drums, bass, chords, pad, lead, pluck, arp and top percussion — each with regenerate, mutate and lock.
  5. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Comp5 min
  1. Drop Ark Comp on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Explore: clean, Opto and Punch modes.
  3. Then: analog-style gain-reduction needle.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Limiter5 min
  1. Drop Ark Limiter on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Explore: true-peak aware.
  3. Then: lookahead limiting.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Clipper5 min
  1. Drop Ark Clipper on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Explore: soft-to-hard clipping curve.
  3. Then: transfer curve display.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Gate5 min
  1. Drop Ark Gate on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Explore: threshold, attack, hold and release.
  3. Then: open / closed state display.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Transient5 min
  1. Drop Ark Transient on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Explore: attack and sustain shaping.
  3. Then: live waveform view.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark OTT5 min
  1. Drop Ark OTT on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Explore: multiband upward + downward compression.
  3. Then: depth control.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Master5 min
  1. Drop Ark Master on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Explore: bS.1770 LUFS, loudness range (LRA) and true-peak metering.
  3. Then: streaming turn-down preview.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Analyzer5 min
  1. Drop Ark Analyzer on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Explore: fFT sizes up to 32k.
  3. Then: genre target curves to compare against.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Spectrum5 min
  1. Drop Ark Spectrum on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Explore: spectrogram view.
  3. Then: waterfall view.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Stereo5 min
  1. Drop Ark Stereo on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Explore: stereo width control.
  3. Then: vectorscope display.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark StereoMon5 min
  1. Drop Ark StereoMon on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Explore: goniometer.
  3. Then: correlation and balance meters.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Waveform5 min
  1. Drop Ark Waveform on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Explore: real-time waveform display.
  3. Then: level metering.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Reference5 min
  1. Drop Ark Reference on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Explore: load a reference track.
  3. Then: instant A/B switching.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.
Ark Utility5 min
  1. Drop Ark Utility on an audio track, a return or the master.
  2. Explore: gain and phase.
  3. Then: width and mono.
  4. Save your own version as a preset so it is one click away next session.

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