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Start Before You Press Record Great vocal recordings don’t begin with the microphone. They begin with: A great song. And……

Your Studio Should Make You Want to Create A new piece of gear arrives. Then another. Then another. Soon your…

We Just Want to Write Songs Singer-songwriter: I don’t care about EQ. I don’t care about compression. I don’t want…

You Can’t Hear MIDI Press a key on a MIDI keyboard. A piano plays. Or a synthesizer. Or a drum.…

Distortion Isn’t Just for Guitars When you hear the word distortion… You might imagine: A screaming guitar. A broken speaker.…

Reverb Creates a World Around Your Sound Close your eyes. Clap your hands in a bedroom. Now imagine doing the…

When Do You Actually Need an Audio Interface? You don’t need an audio interface to start making music. Your computer…

Your Kick Is Loud. But You Still Can’t Hear It. You turn it up. Still buried. You add more bass.…

Two Ways to Create Sound A sampler and a synthesizer can both make: Bass. Drums. Pianos. Pads. Strings. Things that…

  Two DAWs. Two Different Producers. REAPER and Ableton Live can both: Record. Edit. Produce. Mix. Master. But they feel…