Do I need an audio interface?
Discover the importance of audio interfaces for music production. Learn about sample rates, bit depth, latency, and tips for buying the right audio interface.
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Music Production Tutorials
This section contains the best hand-picked tutorials demonstrating the most useful music production tricks, tips, and theories to educate any producer. We cover the basic understanding of music production, engineering, sound design, and music theory, to more advanced concepts such as functional harmony and Polyrhythms.
The tutorials cover sound design in software synthesizers such as Massive and serum, using Ableton for FX and sequencing.
It's not all computer music, If you're struggling to understand music theory, chord progressions, or rhythm patterns, a mixture of YouTube videos, music charts, and written tutorials will help.
Whatever your standard, you will find something interesting here.
How to use a compressor
Introduction to using a compressor in music production. Why use a compressor, what triggers a compressor and benefits of using a compressor
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What are the best sample packs?
Rated by genre, style, musicianship, and production quality. What to look for in a Sample Pack
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Sound Design - Samplers and Synthersisers
An overview of sound design tools, synthesizer types, and Sound Design Tutorials on Serum for multiple electronic music genres.
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What is a DAW? and which DAW is best?
With over 10 years of experience with multiple DAWs, I will discuss the differences between each DAW and explain the tools included
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How to use reverb in music production
Which reverb for which instrument? In which environment? Reverb trouble shooting Guide!
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Reese Bass Sound Design
How to Design the Reese Bass using multiple techniques and different synthesizer types.
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Shepard Tone in Music Production
Learn how Shepard Tone is used by Hans Zimmer and electronic dance music
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Are Sample Packs Royalty Free?
Royalty Free Sample packs, Construction Kits, Beats, background music and MIDI Compositions vs Shared Royalties
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Functional harmony and logical chords progressions
Chord Progression with Functional harmony, Chord Substitutions and negative harmony.
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Turnarounds and Cadences
An understanding and ideas for Turnarounds and Cadences to use in your music production
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Processing a Kick Drum for EDM
Unlock the power of kick drum processing in EDM. From sample selection to mastering the mix, achieve professional results with ease.
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Music Production arrangement and mixing
A Tutorial to help you understand what is needed for a professional sounding track. Using arrangement and mixing to achieve loudness.
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Vocoder Tutorial
A great demonstration on using a vocoder in Music Production, not just vocals!
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Music Theory for Producers
Understand Chord Progressions, Inversions and voicing. Work out Keys and scales which is essential to improve your music production
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10 of the best free VST's
The best free VST and production tools to download today, Includes tutorials and reviews
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Polyrhythms - What? Why? When? How?
Describes the difference between polyrhythms and polymeters and how use Euclidean patterns in your music productions
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Fundamental Drum patterns in Drum and Bass
To guide you through basic changes to fundamental kick and snare positions in in drum and bass
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Master your own music
10 step mastering covering multiple levels of compression, EQ and gain staging
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Hack music theory with Abelton
Hack music theory with Abelton. It's an amazingly useful tool, to cheat, experiment or advance you knowledge of music theory. focusing on selecting and playing even the most advance scales without error.
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Jungle Drums Series - Part 2
Part 2 in our series in producing jungle beats. Stranjah shows off his drum sequencing skills using the amen break and expands on processing individual sounds and loops as a whole.
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Detuned Bass Serum, Massive, Massive X, Operator
This tutorial demonstrates 2 different ways to achieve the detuned sub bass wobble made famous by the likes of Shy FX, Break and Serum. A popular bass used in jump-up and roller drum and bass.
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Jungle Drums Series - Part 3
The last of the 3 part video tutorial with 6 extremely useful and interesting tip and tricks to really nail that jungle drum sound. This includes Midi drum patterns, layering and processing.
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Jungle Drums Series - Part 1
Part 1 in our series in producing jungle beats. Stranjah shows off his drum sequencing skills using the amen break and expands on processing individual sounds and loops as a whole.
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