Transients are something that get taken for granted by many new music producers, but they shouldn’t. Transients make the difference between whether a sound is punchy or flat. What’s more, is that many newcomers don’t…
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How often do you hear a song on the radio and recognise who it’s by? We’re sure you’d like your fans to be able to do the same thing with your music, right? Whether you’re…
A Music Producer’s Guide to Music Theory: An Introduction to Key Signatures and the Circle of Fifths
In music, key signatures describe what sharp and flat notes are in a piece of music. By using a key signature, we don’t need to notate a sharp or flat when each one pops up.…
Music theory is scary for many budding musicians. At the end of the day, music theory presents music for what it truly is, and that’s mathematics. Music compositions use symbols to represent different things that…
Sample-based music production is on the upward trend and has been for a while now. Sampling entails taking single or multiple snippets (samples) from a piece of music, or any sound source like a washing…
Building a hi-hat in Serum is one of the simplest processes there is. But that doesn’t undermine the power of the digital hi hat in modern music. So many genres, from Drum & Bass and…
We use an equaliszer (EQ) to filter to islote specific frequency bands in a sound or mix and either cut, boost or leave them untouched. There are a vast array of EQ’s available, but they’re…
Your kick and bass elements should occupy from 20Hz up to about 300Hz. At least, with your kick, this is where its main body should be. Any bass instruments, however, should not exceed 300Hz as…
Knowing where to start on your mix can feel overwhelming. I, personally, have felt this struggle like a deadweight on my creative motivation. But there is a process that I wish I knew about sooner,…
Space is everything in your mixdown. Making use of psychoacoustic techniques, and avoiding heavy use of plugins keeping your low end clean of unneeded energy are all essential to make a professional mix and save…
