Gerald refused to show us how to do his really special Akai S950 trick, "I'm not telling you that. It's a secret!'' he said. But he has another little sonic shuffle that he's prepared to share It's called "ghosting".

1. Looking for that missing X factor in your mix? First sample something, like some strings or a breakbeat.
2. Then stick the sample through an effect. For strings, Gerald recommends a big hall reverb.
3. Now remove the original sample, so you're left with just the effected sample.
4. Hey Ali Bongo! Instant spooky strings to swell your mix. "It gives you a much more spacey feel," says Gerald. "If you've got a sound and it's just not big enough, taking away the original sound and leaving the reverb seems to expand it."
5. Putting breakbeats through a delay and ghosting them also has the Gerald seal of approval. "You get some mad sounds doing that. When you get a break, put it through a delay, then take the break away, and you've got a new sound."

[Author: Muzik]