{"id":19875,"date":"2022-01-27T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=19875"},"modified":"2025-10-08T13:07:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T17:07:48","slug":"the-weeknd-gasoline-recreation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/the-weeknd-gasoline-recreation\/","title":{"rendered":"Recreating &#8220;Gasoline&#8221; by The Weeknd in under 60 seconds (free project and MIDI files included)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Gasoline&#8221; is one of the many hit tracks from The Weeknd&#8217;s latest album, <em>Dawn FM<\/em>.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the video above, we break down how you can recreate each of the core elements that make up the track&#8217;s defining sound\u2014all in under 60 seconds. What&#8217;s more, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"you can download the Ableton project and MIDI files for the session we created for absolutely free here. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/MIDI-Files-ABLETON-PROJECT.zip\" target=\"_blank\">you can download the Ableton project and MIDI files for the session we created for absolutely free here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What&#8217;s your favorite track from <em>Dawn FM<\/em>? What songs would you like to see us recreate next? Let us know in the comments section of the video, and subscribe to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"our YouTube channel (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/splice\" target=\"_blank\">our YouTube channel<\/a> for more production tutorials, tips, and insights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Incorporate the timeless sounds of Arturia&#8217;s Analog Lab V into your own productions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/plugins\/38958417-analog-lab-v-vst-au-by-arturia\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Try Analog Lab V for free<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We break down how you can recreate each of the core elements that make up the defining sound of The Weeknd&#8217;s &#8220;Gasoline.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":19878,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1886,1889,1890,1696],"tags":[1711,1677,333,1307,1805,1329,1684,1473,1785],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Recreating &quot;Gasoline&quot; 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