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Top 20 Saturation & Distortion Plugins for Electronic Music

In short, saturation is THE most effective way to add analog edge and warmth to your music – often meaning the difference between sounding digital, flat, & dead, versus analogue, warm & alive.

The Mono-Build Trick

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

Top 12 All Time Most Influential Music Production Videos

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 I’ve consumed over the years. I’m talking about game changers.

8-Step Finishing Checklist

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 tweak your music than it is to confidently put the finishing touches on a song and release it out into the world. Nothing – and I mean nothing – is more detrimental to your growth as a music producer than getting in the habit of NOT finishing your music.

How to Use Reverses in Logic: 5 Creative Techniques

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 splash of creativity. Personally, I am a HUGE fan of using reverse sounds in my music. Again, I just see it as a cool way to put a personal spin on a melody, and on top of that, reverses just sound cool.

6 Tips for Effective EDM Build Ups

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 opportunity to create tension, emotion, and much-needed energy in your music – because of this, they deserve your utmost attention. Build ups are an opportunity to create tension, emotion, and much-needed energy in your music – because of this, they deserve your utmost attention. I’m a firm believer that your drop is only as good as the build that precedes it.

7 Must-Know EQ Tips with Fab Filter Pro-Q2

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 a producer when you get to know a plugin really well. It’s very easy to get caught up in every new plugin under the sun, but in reality, knowing just a few plugins inside and out is drastically more effective for you when it comes to making strides with your music.

Ultimate Guide to Layering & Humanizing Pianos in Electronic Music

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 limit our productions to only digital sounds. In fact, using organic instruments (or at the very least, emulations of organic instruments) is one of the best ways to generate some much needed analog warmth and timbre in your music. In this post, we are going to demystify exactly that – how to get a professional piano sound through proper layering, processing chains, and humanization.

4 Stock Logic Synths You Need to be Using

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, let’s explore exactly why that simply isn’t true.

The Best Guitar Amp Software and How to Use It

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 & timber. Here are 8 creative ways to use popular guitar amp plugins to give sounds a lively, vintage, and distinct feel which will insert an analog warmth or crunch into your music.

20 Lessons In Music Production I Wish I Knew When I Started

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 that insecure but ambitious 22-year-old who had never made music on a computer, almost 9 years ago...

The Ultimate Guide to the Loudness War

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 to one singular loudness level. So, whether you make super loud dubstep or very light orchestral music, the average loudness our listeners will be listening at will always be the same.

How to Start a Song in an Empty DAW: 8 Creativity Hacks

How many times have you sat down at your computer with the intention of producing a track – only to be intimidated and hindered by the blank DAW staring back at your face?

The Ultimate Plugin Guide for Electronic Music

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 nothing more wrong than telling you that one plugin is the best for all situations because frankly, in music production that type of ‘one size fits all solution’ doesn’t exist.

How to Achieve the Ultimate Kick Bass Relationship

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 a warm cup of coffee on a brisk morning, jumping in the ocean on a hot summer day, putting on fresh, brand new socks for the first time, reading ‘Calvin & Hobbes’ by a fire after playing in the snow, or cuddling with 17 puppies at once.

10 Ways to Steal Like an Artist

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 to create an original piece of art. Dare I say...it is through our influencers, that we steal our creativity.

103 Music Production Tips: Mixing, Mastering, Sound Design, Composition & Mindset

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. And I’m not going to lie, I love it. When things are clicking, sitting down and creating or engineering music is one of the most rewarding thrills I get to experience on a daily basis.

How to Know if Your Music is Good: 8 Ways You're Ruining Your Music

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 process. The good part here, is that these are fixable items that, once addressed, will immediately improve the quality of your productions.

The Ultimate Guide to Multiband Compression: Tips, Techniques & Plugins

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 giving you 8 of our favorite multiband compression strategies and techniques, complete with video examples for each. Plus, this article contains a little list of our top 5 favorite multiband compression plugins.

A Simple Man's Guide to Basic Music Theory for Producers

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 and exercises to work through. And with a little additional digging, some practice, some fundamental music theory, and a few modern-day music theory hacks, you’ll be well on your way to learning the necessities of music theory for computer musicians.

65+ Online Tools for Music Producers & Artists

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 distractions, improve my creativity, and generally make me a half-decent, relatively-productive human being. As a music producer, you might not only be asked to be a mixing engineer, a mastering engineer, a composer, and a sound designer (which are daunting on their own), but also a marketer, copywriter, graphic designer, web developer, manager, lawyer, and a business owner.

Music Industry Connections: How to Win Friends & Influence People

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 nothing you can count on when it comes to your career in music. More likely than not, the next Adele is singing in a cover band in Des Moines, Iowa, and her music will never get heard by the right people that could help launch her career. There are probably hundreds of her all over the world.

8 Audio Editing & Warping tips for Ableton Live & Logic Pro

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 Live & Logic Pro’s powerful audio editing and warping capabilities.

Mixing & Mastering Electronic Music in 2024

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 all levels making (including myself at one point in time).

8 Things You No Longer Need to Focus on as a Music Producer

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 and stay ahead of the curve. Here are 8 things you no longer need to focus on as a music producer.

Dynamics in Music: The Key To Emotional Productions

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

How to Use a Compressor: The End All Guide

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 a mix. Learn them here!

Writer’s Block Isn't Real: 4 Limiting Beliefs in Music Production

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. You write music by doing. The purpose of this article is to give you four actionable strategies to help you let go of the limiting mindsets that are developed in the early years of producing music.

The Art of Arranging a Song

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 you a rock solid plan to start achieving that.

A Guide to Automation and Movement in Music

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 parameter changes over time with automation.

10 Reasons to Upgrade to Ableton 10

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 workflow and simply put: there are some updates that I can’t live without.

8 Strategies to Humanize Your Music

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 back into the electronic realm of music creation. Here are 8 techniques to help you do exactly that.

Top 8 Entry Level Hardware Synths

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 need to get the most out of a hardware synth, like cables and an audio interface. It can be a difficult and expensive decision to navigate. We’re going to clear this up once and for all.

The Artist’s Library: 40 Must-Have Books for Music Producers

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 the test of time in my own life, and I count on them to center me if I ever feel off track.

20 Lessons in Running an Online Music Business I Wish I Knew When I Started

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 because, quite frankly, it’s been the most challenging and rewarding experience of my life so far.

The 7 Deadly Mistakes New Music Producers Make

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 understanding of how to actually get better at making music.

The Ultimate Guide to Starting Songs: 22 Foolproof Techniques

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 keep moving forward to the best of your ability. Many well-remembered songs were written quickly, because hesitation is the death of creativity. Once you’ve identified the vibe you’re working with, you can use one of these fire-starters to get the track moving.

How to Use Reverb: The Ultimate Guide for Music Producers

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. You must also have the right tools, and know when to use them. We’ll cover all of that!

12 Songwriting Tips For Music Producers

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 real deal. That’s what it’s all about. People don’t connect with EQ and compression. They connect with stories. When we’re talking about songs, we’re in the arena of vulnerability and connectedness. Common humanity and honesty. That’s songwriting.

The Best Way to Learn Music Theory

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 out to resources where you can further your knowledge. Remember - music theory isn’t theoretical. It’s not meant to be filed away in your mind. You win by applying these tools to a composition.

Redefining Sound Design: 5 Innovative Techniques

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 innovator’s mindset. I’ll share some of my favorite fresh sound design techniques, but it’s not enough to simply implement these techniques and call it a day. You must uncover the thought process behind these techniques, and begin to innovate yourself.

Our Top 10 Free Plugins For Music Producers in 2024

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 job done when trying to create the highest caliber of professional sounding music. Here are our 10 absolute favorite, most impactful free tools we're using every day in 2021 (...and just FYI, this is NOT a list of 213254331434 plugins you don't need).

Sampling Kicks: How to Sample Kick Drums from Any Song

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 effective ways to steal or sample kick drums, while also addressing the major concerns a producer might have when stealing sounds.

9 Best Ways to Learn Electronic Music Production

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 methods that have worked for me. These strategies allowed me to quit my corporate job, remix artists like Beyoncé and Tove Lo, work with labels like Universal, Sony & Ultra and eventually start an online music production school that has now helped thousands and thousands of music producers.

3 Reasons Music Producers & Musicians Fail

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 place. And on that note, I see how easy it is for producers to fall into some bad habits. And sadly, over time, those habits can really dampen the creative process and lead to frustration, or even failure as a musician. And with that in mind, I put together the 3 most common reasons I've seen that contribute to producers failing in electronic music production.

10 Strategies to Heal Lower Back Pain for Music Producers

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 in this article. Because of this, I feel like I am in a unique position to at least offer my story of what works, what doesn't work and most importantly, how you can potentially avoid a similar scenario all together.

8 Creative Ways to Use Sample Packs & Soundbanks

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 useful ways to utilize sample packs that might not be extremely obvious upfront. That said, here are 8 of my favorite creative methods when using sample packs and sound banks. That said, here are 9 methods that have worked for me. These strategies allowed me to quit my corporate job, remix artists like Beyoncé and Tove Lo, work with labels like Universal, Sony & Ultra and eventually start an online music production school that has now helped thousands and thousands of music producers.

How to Mix Music: 8 Technical Steps for Beginners

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 make music LOUD like the pros? What on earth are you supposed to do first?! Below are 8 technical steps for how beginners can mix music. Make sure you make it all the way to the end: numbers 5-7 are my top three processing tips. That said, here are 9 methods that have worked for me. These strategies allowed me to quit my corporate job, remix artists like Beyoncé and Tove Lo, work with labels like Universal, Sony & Ultra and eventually start an online music production school that has now helped thousands and thousands of music producers.

5 Ways to Find Your Sound as a Music Producer

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 musician isn’t finding your sound. The greatest challenge is to find your sound, and then lose it."

The Top 10 Microphones for Vocal Production

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 to narrow down the vast list to a select few top 10 microphones for vocal production.

How to Master a Song in any DAW

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 there. And the best part? Mastering itself isn’t that hard, so long as you have a bit of guidance. Here is how you master a song in any DAW.

7 Ways to Write Better Melodies: Techniques & Rules

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 guess what?! This isn’t a music theory article. This is an article that will provide you with practical, actionable tips to improve the melodies that you are writing today. Here are my techniques and rules to write better melodies.

7 Backward Lessons in Music Production That'll Piss You Off

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 guess what?! This isn’t a music theory article. This is an article that will provide you with practical, actionable tips to improve the melodies that you are writing today. Here are my techniques and rules to write better melodies.

Making Money In Music With Multiple Income Streams

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 hard work and more often than not, it takes multiple income streams. Did you know that the average millionaire has at least 7 income streams? In fact, if I had to guess, the number of revenue streams in music might even be higher. Below are some of the strategies that have helped my business make millions of dollars in the music industry. This is how I pay rent, feed myself, go on vacation, donate to charity, and fuel my creativity.

12 Serum Sound Design Tips You Need to Know

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 away.

The Ultimate Home Studio Setup: 21 Pieces of Gear You Need

You love music — so much that you started actually producing music. Now you need the right tools. This guide will help breakdown all the equipment you should consider purchasing in your first two years of producing to help you create the ultimate home studio setup.

A Guide to De-Essing: It’s Not Just for Vocals Anymore


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 treat vocals, we’re going to go way past that. In fact, we’ve created the ultimate guide to de-essing in so you can bring not just your vocals — but your mixes to the next level.

Slate Digital Plugins: Is this the Best Deal in Audio?

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 and multiple new company affiliations. By being a subscriber, you ensure your setup is future-proof.

How to Sample Any Sound: The End All Guide

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 actionable, tangible guidance on how to find great samples, clean them and process them in creative ways, and make them your own. Many of the best songs ever rely on samples, and you deserve to know how to sample.

The 15 Best Reverb Plugins in 2024

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 to producing, I had difficulty understanding the purpose of purchasing additional reverbs. My DAW already has reverbs – why would I buy more?

The 25 Best Music Production Schools in the World Today

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 team, we get direct feedback about schools that get results, as well as the ones that don’t. This puts us in a unique position to write this guide.

The Top 20 Best EQ Plugins in Music Production

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 20 best EQ plugins today. If you’re a producer, I’m sure you understand how important EQ is. Great EQ work is fundamental to achieving clean mixdowns and creating great tracks.

How to Remix a Song: 71 Essential Tips

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 music and content. They are also super useful to the remixer because they allow you to work with great-sounding vocals even when you don’t have access to a topliner. Here I’ll share the 50 essential tips every remix artist needs to know to up their game.

100+ Home Studio Design Ideas & Inspiration

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

Stereo Imaging: The Complete Guide to a Wide Mix

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 we are hearing two different sounds panned to opposite sides so our brain tells us that there is sound coming to the side of us. The larger the difference between the sounds, the wider they will appear.

The Ultimate Guide to Writing Bass Lines in Electronic Music

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 track that guides a listener through the whole song. You might not know where a song is going to take you, but a great bass line will have your head bobbing and your feet moving through the whole journey.

Autotune Plugins: The 8 Best in 2024

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 20 best EQ plugins today. If you’re a producer, I’m sure you understand how important EQ is. Great EQ work is fundamental to achieving clean mixdowns and creating great tracks.

Our Top 20 Best Delay Plugins for Music Production in 2024

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 a sound in a manner that is more controlled than adding reverb, and creatively reshape the timbre of your synths. Delays allow you to make simple sounds feel larger-than-life.

Why Reference Tracks are the Secret to Professional Sounding Music

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 best singular elements you are going to reference. And, again, you should be picking multiple reference tracks for each of your own songs.

The 20 Best Studio Monitors For Music Producers in 2024

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.

The 10 Best Vocoder Plugins in 2024

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

The 10 Best SSL Compressors in 2024

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 isn’t the go-to compressor for every sound in a track, but when applied on the last bus or essential elements, they make sounds feel expensive.

Remix Competitions: 10 Ways to Actually Stand Out in 2024

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 ten tips to leave a lasting impression in the next remix competition you enter.

Ultimate Guide To Drum Programming

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 and sterile. But affecting the same loop's syncopation, envelopes, and timing can make the pattern come alive with momentum, swing, and a ton of danceability.

The 10 Best Synth Plugins & VSTs for Every Genre

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 digital arsenal.

Essential Guide to EDM Song Structure

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.

How to Produce Music: Everything You Need to Get Started

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 article.

How to Upload to Spotify: 10 Ways in 2024

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 latest guide

Best Mastering Plugins: A Complete Software Guide for 2024

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

Layering Sounds: 20 Professional Strategies

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 track that guides a listener through the whole song. You might not know where a song is going to take you, but a great bass line will have your head bobbing and your feet moving through the whole journey.

Hooktheory: Everything You Need to Know

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

The Top 15 Best Plugins for Mixing Vocals

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.

Soundtoys Plugins: An Unrivaled Guide

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

How to Get Your Music Heard: Influencer Marketing for Musicians

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

The Ultimate Collection of Free Drum Samples: Over 5000+ Sounds

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

Sidechain Compression: The End All Be All Guide

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

The Ultimate Guide To Waves Plugins

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

The Best Filter Plugins: The Ultimate List in 2024

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

The Best 30 Studio Headphones for Music Producers

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

How to Get Featured in Spotify Playlists

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

What is the Best DAW? The Top Digital Audio Workstations in 2024

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.

Ultimate List of Free Serum Presets

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 best.

20 Mixing Tips for Music Producers & Audio Engineers in 2024

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

Jobs In The Music Industry: 9 Case Studies To Grow Your Career

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

How to Write a Song: A Producer's Guide

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.

Top 13 Best Piano VSTs and Plugins in 2024 that Sound Incredible

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 to rule them all? I think most music lovers and musicians alike would be the piano.

How to Create Contrast in a Mix

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 more creative results and better mixdowns.

10 Next Level Tricks with LFOTool

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 a preset pack that you can download for free.

The 17 Best Studio Desks for Music Producers

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 be the best option for you. So here are some important things to consider before you pick a desk.

30 Must Know Ableton Shortcuts to Speed Up Your Workflow

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 shortcuts that will speed up your workflow in the short term.

40+ Essential Logic Pro Shortcuts You Need to Know

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 can take time to get used to the way Logic works. Thankfully, shortcuts can dramatically speed up your workflow.

The Ultimate Collection of Free MIDI Files in 2024

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

The Ultimate List of Free Vocal Samples in 2024

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 you can flex your creativity on.

15+ Ways to Find Singers Online For Your Next Track

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

What is Dithering? Everything You Need to Know in 2024

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 without all of the math and technicalities.

What is the Best DAW for Beginners: A Complete 2024 Guide

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 find the one that best matches your workflow.

The Top 20 Best MIDI Keyboards in 2024

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.

The 20 Best Audio Interfaces for Music Producers in 2024

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

The Best Chord Progression Charts to Help You Compose Better Music

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

The Ultimate EQ Cheat Sheet for 30+ Instruments

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.

How to Create a Perfect 808 Bass: A Complete Guide

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 beats.

Vocal Compression: The End All Guide for Music Producers & Vocalists

This is your complete guide to vocal compression. I'll go over my favorite plugins, most helpful tips and how to compress a vocal from scratch.

Digital vs Analog Sound: Can You Tell The Difference?

I’m breaking down the differences between analog and digital sound, the benefits of both types of audio and how this applies to synthesizers.

Ableton vs. FL Studio vs. Logic: Which DAW is right for you?

In this article, you will gain insight into the usability of Ableton vs. FL Studio vs. Logic Pro so that you can choose the best DAW for you.

Everything You Need to Know to Sidechain in Ableton

You’re about to learn what sidechain compression is, why it’s important, and (of course) how to set up sidechain in Ableton.

The Ultimate List of Free Massive & Massive X Presets in 2024: Download 2637 Presets

In this article, we've compiled the best list of free Massive Presets so you can stop searching and get back to producing.

The Ultimate Guide to ReFX Nexus 4

This article will cover ReFX Nexus in-depth, including its unique features, pros and cons, and even how to create basic sounds.

How Do Artists Make Money On Spotify?

By the end of this article, you’ll know exactly how Spotify payments work, and how much you can expect to get paid for your music.

The Ultimate List of Free Sylenth1 Presets in 2024: Download 1694 Presets

In this article, we will explain what Sylenth is, why it's significant in the EDM space and show you our favorite Sylenth preset packs.

Mixing Vocals: The Ultimate Guide to Professional Results in 2024

in this article, we’ll show you how to get professional results quickly by mixing vocals for your song and setting you on the path to greatness.

Ghost Production: The End All Be All Guide

In this article, we'll delve deeper into the world of ghost music production and provide practical tips for aspiring ghost producers.

How To Write Incredible Melodies: The Ultimate Guide

In this article, we'll delve deeper into the world of ghost music production and provide practical tips for aspiring ghost producers.

What is Music Publishing? Defining Licensing, Placements & Syncs

Here you’ll learn what music publishing is, why you should care about it and how sync placements and licensing help you make money from music.

The Top 14 AI Music Creation and Production Tools

In this article, we'll explore 12 AI tools that can help you create and produce music more efficiently and effectively right now in today's industry.

Report: How Did John Summit Become So Popular, So Quickly?

How did John Summit become a household name overnight? We believe it was a magical combination of consistency, quality, and one hit record

The 100 Best Free and Paid Kontakt Libraries in 2024

In this guide to the 100+ best Kontakt libraries, you'll learn the ins and outs of each library and what genres each should be used for.

The Best Free Vital Presets for Every Genre in 2024

In this article, we will explain why Vital has made such a huge impact on the EDM space and share the best free presets.