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In this article, you’ll learn what an 808 bass is, what it is NOT and how to make an awesome-sounding 808 to use in your...

In this article, I'll help you understand the best practices for EQ in your mix and how to apply these principles to most common instruments.

This article compiles and explains the internets' best chord progression charts so that you can use them to improve your music.

After reading this guide, you’ll have everything you need to know when it comes to buying the best audio interface for your music.

A MIDI keyboard is a vital part of a producer's workstation. With so many choices available, this article will help you find the right one.

It's hard to know which DAW is best when you first start producing. It's important to compare the details of each DAW so you can...

Dithering is one of those (nearing inaudible) things you need to pay attention to. I’m going to pull back the curtain on what Dithering is...

Finding singers online is the answer to potentially one of the biggest problems music producers consistently face: getting high quality, top tier vocals.

You don’t need to break the bank buying tons of sample packs or hiring session singers. There’s plenty of free vocal samples out there that...

MIDI Packs are an insanely valuable resource, both creatively and for your own education. Let's breakdown the best FREE MIDI packs out today.

Logic Pro X is an incredibly capable digital audio workstation, packed with features. However, with so many different ways to do the same thing, it...

Ableton is a powerful tool among producers but many underutilize the strength of its keyboard shortcuts. Here, we will show you the top 30 Ableton...

Choosing a studio desk isn’t an easy task. There are hundreds of different options out there and the best desk for someone else might not...

To help you use LFOTool to its fullest potential, I’m giving you 10 next level LFOTool tips. I’ve included a demo for each and even...

Let's dive into four ways that you, as a producer, can break the mold and reintroduce some more altruistic perspectives back into your mix; achieving...

We’re about to breakdown the best piano VSTs and plugins that sound absolutely incredible. Why? Well, what is the most universal musical instrument? The one...

EDM song structure is essential if you want your song to "make sense." Learn how to structure your next dance record in our latest article.

Filter plugins are the first step in sound design, which means it's incredibly important to use the best filters in your tracks.

Here are 20 mixing tips aimed at getting the high-level and professional results typically seen in the artists that you admire.

Xfer Record's Serum offers countless free preset banks for you to tweak, but out of all of what's available, these are the best of the...

The best DAW doesn't exist, but the best DAW for you certainly does. So find out which one works best for you in this article.

Spotify playlists are great for supercharging your streams. If you take so long to produce your music, why not put effort into playlists?

Investing in the best studio headphones often is better than monitors, and if you do then the best options for headphones are listed here.

Filter plugins are the first step in sound design, which means it's incredibly important to use the best filters in your tracks.

Waves plugins can be intimidating at first, but once you find your favorite ones your mixes instantly improve. Here are our favorite ones...

Sidechain compression is an incredibly powerful tool. But most producers only know how to use sidechain compression in one way...until now.

No sample library is complete without an arsenal of phenomenal drum samples. Bolster yours today with our ultimate list of free drum samples.

Spaceloud allows producers to utilities the same influencer marketing strategies that big brands and companies have been using for years.

Soundtoys plugins are essential both for beginners and for professional engineers. Unlock secrets of the Soundtoys plugins in this article.

The best vocal plugins will always bring the highest quality end results. In this article, we dig into our short of the best vocal plugins.

Hooktheory is a powerful resource for any producer looking for a holistic and comprehensive way to learn the complex language of music theory.

Writing bass lines is a notoriously tricky task. The best bass lines are simple, yet tasteful and intricate. They create a familiar foundation in a...

Best mastering plugins are needed to achieve a professional-sounding result. Here is our list of the best mastering plugins this year.

Knowing how to upload to Spotify can help if you're not having any luck releasing music on labels. Learn how to do it in our...

Learning how to produce music can be rewarding and exciting, but also a bit confusing. We break it down into ten easy steps in this...

EDM song structure is essential if you want your song to "make sense." Learn how to structure your next dance record in our latest article.

The best synth plugins are needed to make the best possible music. So we broke down the ten best soft synths to add to your...

What separates basic drum programming from outstanding drum programming is all in the details. A generic house pattern on an 808 machine will sound rigid...

It can be hard to deny the allure of winning a remix contest, but even harder to actually stand out from the crowd. Follow our...

SSL compressor are critical in adding attitude to a vocal, controlled expression to instruments and synths, and drive and presence to a mix bus. This...

In this article, we discuss our favorite vocoder plugins; their cost, type of plugin it is, quality of the sound, design, and more.

Here are the best studio monitors in 2021. These monitors can help you make better music while making the process of doing so more enjoyable.

How should you go about choosing reference tracks? You aren’t choosing the best overall tracks out there. You are selecting the tracks that have that...

Delay adds a variety of new dimensions to your music. You can create width and size, fill out empty space, add a spatial dimension to...

Because there are so many EQ plugins in the music production landscape, I think it’s necessary to create the be-all, end-all list of the top...

Writing bass lines is a notoriously tricky task. The best bass lines are simple, yet tasteful and intricate. They create a familiar foundation in a...

We perceive width when there is a difference in what we are hearing in each ear. Essentially, we aren’t really hearing width as much as...

Check out our favorite studio design concepts that are sure to inspire the direction you take your studio setup.

Remixes are super useful to artists because it’s an easy way for them to extend the life of a release while they work on new...

Because there are so many EQ plugins in the music production landscape, I think it’s necessary to create the be-all, end-all list of the top...

Being on the frontlines of working with thousands of music producers every single year, many of which voice their prior frustrations and concerns with our...

Before we even get into discussing the best reverb plugins available, it’s important to talk about why we should even care. When I was newer...

I’m writing this article to give you the ultimate, end all, be all guide of how to sample any sound. We’re going to give you...

Slate Digital Plugins and the Slate bundle are constantly growing. Since I became a subscriber in 2018 there have literally been dozens of software additions...

De-essing is easily one of the most overlooked tools at your disposal that can make or break a mix. Historically known as a technique to...

You love music — so much that you started actually producing music. Now you need the right tools. This guide will help breakdown all the...

Today, we’re going to look at a few of our favorite sound design tips with Xfer’s Serum that you can apply to your music right...

Don’t get me wrong, making money in music isn’t just something you’ll be able to pull off overnight. Quite frankly, it takes a lot of...

What are good melody writing techniques that you can practice? Are there rules you can follow to write better melodies? The answer is yes. And...

What are good melody writing techniques that you can practice? Are there rules you can follow to write better melodies? The answer is yes. And...

You can master a song in any DAW. Yep, that’s right — Ableton, Logic, FL Studio, whatever you’re using, you can do your masters right...

When it comes to microphones for vocal production, some mics are better-suited for recording instruments while others are good for vocals. This article helps you...

If you want to find your sound, there is no shortcut to putting in the hours to actually find it. “The greatest challenge as a...

So, how do you actually mix music? How do you make your volume levels right? How do you get rid of muddiness? How do you...

Once you’ve spent a few months (or maybe even years) building your sample library, you’ll come to realize that there are some extremely helpful and...

Over the years, I've seen aggressive lower back pain, but, I've also subsequently seen my lower back pain completely dissipate due to the strategies outlined...

The only thing I actually care about is helping you make better music. If I succeed in that, everything else in my life falls in...

By focusing on proven techniques and methodologies, an up and coming producer can drastically lower the learning curve ahead of them. That said, here are 9...

Some producers swear by stealing kicks, while others claim it’s immoral and downright cheating. This article will breakdown and unpack the 4 most popular and...

Anyone who tells you don't need third-party plugins outside of your DAW is lying to you. In 2021, third-party plugins are necessary to get the...

With this article, I want to arm you with the tools you need to go back to your DAW with a discerning ear and an...

The purpose of this article is to show you how to learn music theory. I’ll cover that top 20% at a high level, and link...

Sure, beat-making is a blast. And it’s satisfying to dial in reverb to get it to sit just right. But writing a song… that’s the...

I’ve put together a comprehensive guide for how to treat reverb like a professional. Just like anything within music production, knowing the principles isn’t enough....

Remember this: where a song starts is less important than the fact that you’re making progress. The important things is to get started, and to...

My hope is that this articles sparks the latent professional within you. My dream is that everyone who reads this comes out with a clearer...

I wanted to write a letter to myself highlighting everything I’ve learned in building and running a music production school over the past few years...

Books are one of the most powerful tools at your fingertips when it comes to growing as an artist, producer, and individual. These have stood...

What about hardware synths? There are old and new brands. Prices are all over the board. And on top of that, there’s additional equipment you...

To create a handmade, personal feel in your tracks, you must be intentional about creating the right imperfections. In essence, you are adding human variance...

Ableton Live 10 brings some serious improvements to the table. I’ve spent the better part of this year testing the new features in my own...

Learn how to make people move to your music. Learn that working in the digital domain gives us the ability to find and sculpt advanced...

Soon you’ll find that arrangement becomes an inseparable part of your workflow, all the way from the initial idea through the mixdown. This post gives...

Any time you feel stranded in the sea of writer’s block, know that there’s always a way out: action. You don’t write music by thinking....

Compression was built for one purpose (to reduce the dynamic range of a signal), but it can be used to achieve many specific results within...

The concept of Dynamics is at the heart of what makes music memorable, special, and relatable to our lives.

It can be tough to stop doing things that used to be effective strategies not too long ago. That said, it is time to change...

Mixing and Mastering electronic music is extremely hard. So today, I'm going to share the most popular mixing and mastering mistakes I see producers of...

Here are 8 of our absolute favorite techniques, tips and strategies (complete with video demonstrations for each) to help you take full advantage of Ableton...

We’ve all heard stories of insanely talented artists getting accidentally “discovered” – but, that only happens to an incredibly small number of people, and it’s...

Here are over 65 of my favorite tools that I’ve used over the past 10 years to help me create music, manage my projects, tame...

Any online music theory course will present the same exact information in their course as what is in this article, albeit with some additional examples...

Instead of aimlessly tweaking and adjusting knobs and parameters because it's fun to touch (and I admit, it is), let's demystify multiband compression.  In fact, we're...

In music production, however, there are some common poor practices that many producers do not even realize are part of their workflow and music creation...

In reality, music production is a grind. It’s a true struggle – a beautiful pursuit that pairs a musical art-form with the technicalities of science....

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love. And it is through our influencers that we borrow, chisel, mooch and acquire the necessary inspiration...

Ahhh. That elusive kick-bass relationship… There are few things better than perfectly nailing the low end of a track. For me, it’s up there with...

Rules are meant to be broken. And the professionals break them every day. They just do it with a sense of purpose and reason. There’s...

How many times have you sat down at your computer with the intention of producing a track – only to be intimidated and hindered by...

So, why is the loudness war over? Well, all the streaming platforms have individually decided to match the loudness of the music on their platform...

Hyperbits here. Guess what? It’s story time, kids. But I’m not writing to you… I’m writing to myself. Well, the old me. I’m writing to...

Famous guitarists from the likes of Steve Vai to Kirk Hammett to Eric Clapton to Jimmy Page, were well known for their obsession with tone...

The stock synthesizers in Logic provide a unique suite of tools to create some high-quality sounds. While often written off as inferior to third-party plugins,...

Electronic music, by nature, is digital. And when things get overly digital, productions sound flat, predictable, even boring. But that doesn’t mean we have to...

The purpose of this video isn’t to show off the bells and whistles of Pro-Q2, but rather to show what you are capable of as...

Don’t skimp on the details in your buildups. Your drop is only as good as the anticipation you create before it. Build ups are an...

Using reverse techniques in your music is a great way to add details, to add intricacies, to add energy and movement, or even just a...

Finishing music is hard. In fact, I would argue it’s the most difficult aspect of the creative process. It’s just a lot easier to endlessly...

These are the music production videos that changed my life as a producer. Not the hundreds, if not thousands of little tutorials and production techniques...

“Wow. What a great trick. I would definitely buy a book filled with things like this.“ – Some dude on Reddit.

In short, saturation is THE most effective way to add analog edge and warmth to your music – often meaning the difference between sounding digital,...