
The Basics of Step Sequencing (+ 9 Great Step Sequencers)

Review: PORTAL – Granular FX Plugin by OUTPUT

5 Tips for Increasing Loudness in a Mix

8 Favorite iZotope Plugins

4 Tips for EQ’ing Acoustic Guitar in a Mix

The Complete Guide to Recording Vocals

5 Common Drum Programming Mistakes

Gain Effects 101: Overdrive, Fuzz, Distortion & More

4 Ways to Use Silence to Enhance Your Productions

5 Great LA-2A Compressor Plugins

Percussion: The Unsung Hero Of Groove

9 Mics for Recording Electric Guitar (+ Audio Examples)

The Basics of Electric Guitar Pickups

6 Great Vocoder Plugins (+ What is a Vocoder)

Why I Love the Slate Digital VRS8 Bundle
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14 Free Synth Plugins for Your Collection

34 Favorite Kontakt Libraries of All Time

13 of the Best Choir Sample Libraries

The 6 dB of Headroom for Mastering Myth Explained

9 Mics for Recording Electric Guitar (+ Audio Examples)

10 Plugins for Mixing With Headphones (+ Production Tips)

9 Tips for Recording Strings

A Case for Attending College to Study Audio

How to Ration Space in a Dense Arrangement

4 Headphone Tips for Better Vocal Performances

4 Tips for Mixing Home-Recorded Drums (Without Using Samples)

A Guide to Essential Logic Pro Keyboard Shortcuts

The Complete Guide to Audio Pass Filters

Game Audio Review – Grand Theft Auto IV

22 Favorite Mix Buss Plugins (+ Mix Tips)

5 Different Types of Reverb Explained

Have You Left Your Right Brain?

72 Music Production Tips I Wish I Knew When I Started

5 Reasons Your Mixes Don’t Sound Like the Pros

9 Must-Have iOS Synth Apps for Music Production

3 Tips for Better Networking and Communication

The Complete Guide to Mixing Voice: Dynamics

Review: Fulltone OCD Overdrive Pedal

How to Trim the Fat on a Les Paul Guitar

Setting the Record Straight About Drum Replacement

7 Essential Traits of a Great Recording Studio

10 Essential Tips for Producing Dubstep

13 Great Plugins for Mixing Vocals (+ Mix Tips)

5 EQ Plugins for Mixing Vocals (+ Mix Tips)

9 Unusual MIDI Controllers for Music Production

The Fundamentals of Phase Distortion Synthesis

Interview with Supervising Sound Editor Mandell Winter

7 Tips for Getting a More Dynamic Mix

7 Favorite Limiter Plugins (+ Tips)

How to Tune a PA System for Live Sound

Mixing Rap Vocals – Part 3: Compression

4 Tips for Perfect Digital Gain Staging

Why You Should Keep a Music Production Journal

5 Mistakes New Audio Engineers Make

Why The Grammy Awards Don’t Matter

5 Creative and Legal “Sampling” Techniques for Your Productions

CD-Text, Metadata, Artwork & More

7 Free Plugins That Will Improve Your Mixes

4 Ways to Use Plate Reverb (+ Favorite Plugins)

7 Channel Strip Plugins for Mixing Vocals (+ Mix Tips)

5 Great Neve 1073 Emulation Plugins

The Complete Guide to Recording Dialog for YouTube, Podcasts & Streaming

How to Generate Musical Ideas From a Rectangle

Tips for Noise Reduction in a Home Studio

Digital Audio 101: The Basics
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10 Plugins for Mixing With Headphones (+ Production Tips)

13 Great Plugins for Mixing Vocals (+ Mix Tips)

15 Best Compressor Plugins for Mixing (+ Mix Tips)

11 Great Delay Plugins for Mixing (+ Mix Tips)

14 Free Synth Plugins for Your Collection

Digital Audio 101: The Basics

The Mastering Guide to Audio Formats and Delivery Mediums

What Are Equal-Loudness Contours? (+ Why It Matters)

The Beginner’s Guide to Signal Flow for Mixing

4 Tips for Perfect Digital Gain Staging

6 Favorite Ways to Use Parallel Compression in a Mix

34 Favorite Kontakt Libraries of All Time

6 Mistakes to Avoid for Layering Drums

10 Mistakes to Avoid When Recording Electric Guitar

4 Types of Compressors Explained (+ Mix Tips)

The Basics of Sound Design (+ Essential Software)

16 Favorite Reverb Plugins (+ Mix Tips)

14 Best EQ Plugins for Mixing (+ Mix Tips)

The Complete Guide to Recording Dialog for YouTube, Podcasts & Streaming

6 Easy Things You Can Do Right Now To Improve Your Mixes

The Basics of Dynamic EQ (+ 4 Mix Tips)

30 Favorite Saturation Plugins (+ Mix Tips)

13 Free Sample Libraries for Music Production

7 Tips for Getting a More Dynamic Mix

How to Make Your Mixes Sound Gigantic

12 Experimental Approaches to Music Production & Composition

A Guide to Field Recording: Location, Hardware, Software & More

How to Handle Harshness in a Mix (+ 4 Great Plugins)

A Guide to Buying Your First Pair of Studio Monitors

5 Ways to Make Your Drums Punch Harder

21 DIY Kit Sources for Pro Audio, Synth Modules & Instruments

A Guide for Producers Preparing Files for Mix Engineers

Plugins for Audio Post-Production: What the Pros Are Using

A Guide to Bussing in a Mix (+ Processing Tips)

A Basic Guide to Microphone Specifications

6 Strategies for Taming Midrange in a Busy Mix

49 Glitch-Inducing Plugins & the Search for Error

4 Tips For Doubling Instruments (+ 3 Pitfalls To Avoid)

What is Stem Mastering?

8 Things to Consider for Recording Acoustic Guitar

4 Tips for EQ’ing Acoustic Guitar in a Mix

6 Great Vocoder Plugins (+ What is a Vocoder)

The Complete Guide to Choosing a MIDI Controller

How to Use Reverb on Vocals in a Mix

15 Awesome Transient Designer Plugins

Orchestrating Synths: Layering, Stacking and Blending

The Fundamentals of Designing Sound to Picture

8 Tips for Creatively Processing Vocals

10 Great Brass Sample Libraries

Tips for Creatively Using Auto-Tune on Vocals

The Fundamentals of Subtractive Synthesis

6 Tips for Mixing Pop Music

The Fundamentals of AM Synthesis

8 Tips for Building Synth Sounds from Scratch

7 Important Lessons Learned Throughout My Mixing Career

5 Plugins for Adding “Glue” to Your Mixes (+ Mix Tips)

The Complete Guide to Vocal Production

5 Interesting Ways to Use Delay in a Mix

7 Things That Limit the Full Potential of a Mix

The Fundamentals of Amplitude and Loudness

7 Tips for Working Remotely as an Audio Engineer

5 Tricks You Need to Try with Your Aux Channels

The Complete Guide to Mixing Bass Guitar

The Complete Guide to Recording Electric Guitar

6 Tips for Using Reference Tracks

The Complete Guide to Mixing with EQ

The Complete Guide to Mixing with Compression

Understanding Performance Rights

Music Royalties Explained

Music Publishing 101

How Music Copyright Works: Sampling, Covers, Mixtapes & Fair Use

58 Quick Mixing, Producing and Sound Design Tips

16 Great Sound Design Tools for Music Production

A Guide to the Different Roles in Audio Post-Production

5 Things I Miss About My First Tape Recorder

The 6 dB of Headroom for Mastering Myth Explained

12 Tips for Composing Music for TV Shows

The Complete Guide to Mixing Vocals

The Fundamentals of Sampling Instruments and Libraries

5 Trends We’ll See In “The DAW of the Future”

The Complete Guide to Mixing Drums

Patchbays 101 — Layout, Signal Flow, Normalling & More

The Fundamentals of Waveform Editing

5 Different Types of Reverb Explained

7 Crucial Mistakes Engineers Make Running Live Sound

The What, Why and How of Modular Synthesis

How to Get a Job at a Live Music Venue

How to Book a Gig for Your Band at a Live Music Venue

Analog, Tubes, Vinyl and the Future of Retro

The Benefits of Self-Imposed Limitations

9 Easy Ways to Use Multiband Compression in Your Mix

The Basics of Synth Envelope Parameters, Functions and Uses

How to Improve Acoustics in Your Home Studio

5 Ways to Use Imaginary Collaborators in the Studio

The Luxury of Procrastination

9 Mix Bus Mistakes You Don’t Know You’re Making

10 EQ Mistakes You Don’t Know You’re Making

9 Compression Mistakes You Don’t Know You’re Making

5 Tips for Getting Better Sounding Masters

7 Reverb Mistakes You Don’t Know You’re Making

7 Simple Tips to Mix Vocals Like a Pro

5 Tips for a Better Sense of Space in Your Mixes

5 Reasons Your Mixes Don’t Sound Like the Pros

How to Harness the Power of Improvisation in the Mixing Process

Rehab for Musical Perfectionists

6 Mixing Mistakes That Are Destroying Your Tracks

5 Things to Listen for When Using Compression

Tips for Visualizing Compression

5 Tips for Better High End in a Mix

11 Tips for Better Mastering Results

Your Ears Are Colorblind, and Other Analogies for MP3 Compression

5 Reasons to Put a Microphone in Front of Your Monitors

How Compression Affects Harmonic Distortion

30 Songwriting Tips to Overcome Writer’s Block

5 Essential Ways to Listen to Your Mixes

Arnold’s Six Rules for Success That’ll Make You a Better Producer

15 Essential Tips for New Audio Engineers

72 Music Production Tips I Wish I Knew When I Started

What’s the Brain Got to Do With It?

7 Tips for Creatively Processing Drum Loops

A Guide to Preparing for Mastering

How Insecurity Can Halt Your Career

4 Headphone Tips for Better Vocal Performances

The Importance of Mono in a Stereo Mix

6 Ways to Get Creative with Vocal Doubles

5 Ways to Use a Gate for Synth and Vocal Effects

5 Tips for Controlling, Filtering and Shaping Reverb

Why Amp Volume is a Secret Ingredient to Getting Great Guitar Tone

19 Brian Eno Quotes for Studio Inspiration

9 Things That Shouldn’t Derail Your Record

5 Music Production Secrets of The Beatles

5 Mistakes New Audio Engineers Make

7 FREE Drum Sample Packs

11 Things You Never Thought to Do with Your Guitar Effects Chain

5 Dynamic Ways to Think About Masking

5 Common Mixing Mistakes to Avoid

7 Effective Techniques for Minimizing Plosives

The Complete Guide to Mixing Voice: Dynamics

The Complete Guide to Mixing Voice: EQ

Mixing with Mastering in Mind: Tone

Mixing with Mastering in Mind: Dynamics

Audio Phase 101: Timing Difference or Polarity?

Tips for Controlling Vocal Sibilance

4 Essential Tips for Mixing Guitar

Tips for Mixing Toward Loudness
