Violet Recording Editorial Team

An ADSR envelope shapes how a sound changes over time. Learn what attack, decay, sustain, and release do, and how to use envelopes on…

What is an LFO? Learn how a low-frequency oscillator modulates pitch, volume, and filters to add movement to synths and effects, with common shapes…

Subtractive synthesis explained for beginners: how oscillators, filters, envelopes, and LFOs work together to shape sounds, with a simple patch-building.

What is a synthesizer? Learn how synths generate and shape sound with oscillators, filters, envelopes, and LFOs, plus the main types every producer should…

What is a bar in music? Learn how bars group beats, how time signatures define them, and why bars matter for arranging, looping, and…

Learn how to quantize in a DAW: snap MIDI and audio to the grid, set quantize strength and swing, and tighten timing without making…

Learn how to use MIDI in your DAW: record notes, edit in the piano roll, quantize timing, layer instruments, and automate parameters in a…

What is a MIDI controller? Learn how keyboards, pads, and knobs send MIDI data to your DAW, the main types, and how to pick…

What is sampling in music? Learn how producers reuse recorded sounds, the gear and software involved, common sampling types, and how clearance works.

Learn how to sample music — finding sources, chopping, pitching, time-stretching and looping samples, plus the clearance basics every producer should know.