Digital Groove Online · Mark Reynolds
20 years behind the decks. Credits with Chicane, Nadia Ali, Giuseppe Ottaviani. I know that feeling of finishing a track and knowing something's still off — you just can't hear what. Now I'm opening the studio door and pulling apart the tracks you actually play — so you can hear it, learn it, and build it into records of your own.
The producer
Everything here comes from tracks I've actually made, mixed, and played out — not theory.
I'm Mark Reynolds — recording and releasing as Ryen on Stress Records, formerly of Walsh McAuley, DJ, producer, and the person who spent two decades figuring out why certain records make rooms move. I've written for Chicane and Nadia Ali, collaborated with Giuseppe Ottaviani, and shared stages with Paul van Dyk, Paul Oakenfold, and Above & Beyond.
After years away raising a family, I came back to production. And I realised the most valuable thing I could share wasn't technique — it was perspective.
"Most production tutorials teach you how to use tools. Nobody teaches you how to think like the producers at the top of the chart."
— Mark Reynolds, Digital Groove Online
Reference Lab
Every month, we pick a track that's genuinely doing well and reverse-engineer it piece by piece — then use everything we found to start building original music in the same lane. You don't walk away with a copy. You walk away with the craft.
Every session starts with a Beatport Top 100 track — something you've heard on a big system, in a mix, or on the charts. We start there.
Structure, sound design, arrangement, mix translation. We rebuild the sounds from scratch — the drums, the bass, the FX chains — until you can hear exactly what gives the record its teeth. Live, in the DAW, no script.
We take the palette and the blueprint and start building something original — new ideas, same energy, your name on it. Techniques, templates, and thinking you can use in your own productions that same week.
Anyone can copy a track. Reference Lab teaches you why it works — so you can make the next one.
What we cover
What's inside
Live reverse-engineering of current Beatport chart records — how they were built, and how to build like that yourself.
A focused space on Skool with producers serious about their craft — no noise, no spam.
Every breakdown session recorded and archived — rewatch at any point, rewind as needed.
Ableton Live templates distilled from each session — 100% original sounds, built from scratch in the Lab, ready to shape into your own releases.
House, Trance, and Techno — three distinct genre threads, each with its own approach and aesthetic.
Ask questions, get feedback on your work, and have real conversations about what's holding your productions back.
Founding membership
Monthly
$25 /mo
Founding member rate — locked in as long as you stay
Rising to $65/mo after 50 founding members
Want in early?
Join the waitlist and you'll get the founding member price locked in before anyone else, first look at the tracks we're breaking down, and a heads up the moment doors open. No spam — just the stuff that matters.
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