Make the Most of Your Gear—Beatmaking & Sound Design Tips
SP404 MK2 Beatmaking: Sound Design First, Drums Second
How I Make Beats on the SP404 MK2: Full Sampling, Arrangement, Mixing & Performance Workflow
2025 Was a Big Year for Beatmaking
The Gear I’m Looking Forward to Trying in 2026
Subscribe on YouTube for Tutorials & Live Sessions
About Sunwarper
Sunwarper is the creative project of Los Angeles-based musician and educator Michael Jakucs. Blending nostalgic, atmospheric electronic music with a passion for sound design, he shares gear tutorials, sample packs, and quick start guides for samplers and DAWs through his growing YouTube channel. Whether you're here to listen, learn, or create, Sunwarper offers tools and inspiration for every step of your musical journey.
Beatmaking Resources
Book Your First Lesson Now!
Ready to book a music production lesson?
Use the form below to get started. Once you reach out, I’ll follow up with:
-
Available lesson times
-
Payment details
-
A short questionnaire so I can tailor the lesson to your goals
Your first session is a full, hands-on lesson. We’ll talk through where you’re at, what you want to improve, and then get straight into making music.
Latest Release:
Through the Quiet Dark
Join Sunwarper on an audio/visual journey featuring retro synths, warped melodies and dusty beats
Through the Quiet Dark is available on Digital, Streaming and Limited Edition DIY Cassette
Digital & Cassette: https://sunwarper.bandcamp.com/album/through-the-quiet-dark
Streaming: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/sunwarper/through-the-quiet-dark
Time is a precious and ever-fleeting gift. Each album I’ve made reflects a specific moment or phase of my life. Music for Imagined Landscapes was written while awaiting the arrival of my first child, expressing the joy, nerves, and everything in between during that unforgettable time.
After my son’s birth, time in the studio became scarce. Every moment I could find was charged with expression and sonic exploration. Over the course of 2024, I captured these fleeting moments on my YouTube channel, creating loops and tracks on hardware rather than staring at a computer screen. Building these tracks live with the community & sharing ideas during their creation was one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve had as an artist.
This album collects eight of my favorite tracks written during that time. Each began as a track made on the channel and was later developed to fully realize its vision and meaning. Together, they form a sonic journal of this chapter of my life, a narrative of finding tranquility amid chaos.