Mixing & Mastering
Turn rough takes into release-ready tracks. Practical mixing and mastering guides covering EQ, compression, levels, loudness and the workflow that gets your songs sounding finished.Start here: The Best Free VST Plugins · The Best EQ Plugins · The Best Compressor Plugins · The Best Reverb Plugins.
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How to Quantize in a DAW
Learn how to quantize in a DAW: snap MIDI and audio to the grid, set quantize strength and swing, and…
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How to Use MIDI: A Beginner’s Guide
Learn how to use MIDI in your DAW: record notes, edit in the piano roll, quantize timing, layer instruments, and…
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What Is a MIDI Controller?
What is a MIDI controller? Learn how keyboards, pads, and knobs send MIDI data to your DAW, the main types,…
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What Is Sampling in Music?
What is sampling in music? Learn how producers reuse recorded sounds, the gear and software involved, common sampling types, and…
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How to Sample Music
Learn how to sample music — finding sources, chopping, pitching, time-stretching and looping samples, plus the clearance basics every producer…
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How to Make Ambient Music
Learn how to make ambient music — evolving pads, textures, drones, reverb and field recordings, plus the slow arrangement and…
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How to Make Drill Beats
Learn how to make drill beats — sliding 808s, the signature drill hi-hat pattern, dark melodies and the tempo and…
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How to Make Pop Music
Learn how to make pop music — strong hooks, simple chords, catchy melodies, modern production and the structure and mixing…
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How to Make EDM
Learn how to make EDM — chords, big leads, drops, builds and the drum and mixing techniques that give electronic…
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How to Make Techno
Learn how to make techno — driving four-on-the-floor drums, hypnotic basslines, evolving textures, and the arrangement and mixing tricks behind…