Many of us have heard of dotted 8th-notes or noticed them in a quantisation drop-down menus. But what are they? And more to the point, how can you use them in your beats to add…
Category: Music Creation Tools
If you’re a beatmaker looking for some quick-fire trap melody composition hacks then the Red Bow Music channel has you covered. Red Bow Music demonstrate basic music theory compositional techniques that are geared largely towards…
It’s a bold claim! The BEST production trick of 2024. Well you can decide for yourself as we learn how to transform a fairly generic Electric piano loop into a lush otherworldly affair. In this…
In Part 1 of our guide to making Trap beats, we explored the foundation of Trap—The Drums. In Part 2, we shift our focus to Trap melodies, which are equally essential for shaping the mood…
Bit crushers are a super fun way to add lofi crunch and vintage distortion vibes to your productions. So we went out of our way to dig around in the deepest depths of the web…
Since its inception in the early 2000’s, trap music has become one of the most influential genres in contemporary music. An offshoot of hip-hop, trap was born in the so-called “Dirty South” of America, pioneered…
Whether you’re a beginner producer mixing your music in the studio or are a mix/mastering engineer looking for some new nifty tools for shaping the tonality of instruments or an entire mix – we have…
If your track contains a vocal, clarity is key. Producers and engineers face one common challenge, harsh sibilance—those sharp “s” sounds that can ruin an otherwise perfect vocal take. A De-Esser plugin is the go-to…
1: J Dilla 2: The Neptunes (Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo) 3: DJ Premier 4: Timbaland 5: Swizz Beatz 6: Dr Dre 7: Just Blaze 8: RZA 9: Eazy Mo Bee 10: Pete Rock Remember…
Filters can be used for all sorts of things – the most common are to remove unwanted frequencies, create dynamics, enhance textures and generate rhythmic or moving elements. This post covers 5 free filter plugins…
