Violet Recording Editorial Team

Learn how to make ambient music — evolving pads, textures, drones, reverb and field recordings, plus the slow arrangement and mixing that create atmosphere.

Learn how to make drill beats — sliding 808s, the signature drill hi-hat pattern, dark melodies and the tempo and mixing tricks behind UK…

Learn how to make pop music — strong hooks, simple chords, catchy melodies, modern production and the structure and mixing that make pop songs…

Learn how to make EDM — chords, big leads, drops, builds and the drum and mixing techniques that give electronic dance music its energy…

Learn how to make techno — driving four-on-the-floor drums, hypnotic basslines, evolving textures, and the arrangement and mixing tricks behind the genre.

Learn how to make house music — four-on-the-floor drums, grooving bass, chords, and the arrangement and mixing tricks that make house tracks move dancefloors.

Learn how to make hip hop beats from scratch — drums, samples, basslines, swing and mixing. A clear beginner workflow you can repeat in…

Learn how to make trap beats step by step — 808s, rolling hi-hats, snares on the 3, dark melodies and the mixing tricks that…

Learn how to make lofi music from scratch — chords, drums, samples, and the dusty mixing tricks that give lo-fi hip hop its warm,…