Music Production Tips & Tutorials - Blog

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Tools

How to use Minimal Audio’s Rift

Learn about the key features, workflows, and capabilities of Rift, Minimal Audio's hybrid distortion plugin.

What to know before hiring a manager for your music

We created a roadmap to help you decide whether or not you need a manager, and what type of management is right for you and your career.

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Music Promotion

How livestreaming can impact your music career

Learn about how livestreaming can make a difference in your music career, and six reasons why you may want to consider regularly doing it in the future.

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Tips & Tutorials

Making beats with iconic video game sound effects

We sample ten iconic video game sound effects and flip them into tracks in FL Studio, Bitwig, and Ableton Live.

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Sound Design

What is waveshaping? How to add color to the simplest of sounds

We explore two particularly popular waveshaping techniques that can be used to transform the timbre of your sounds.

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Tips & Tutorials

What is the phantom fundamental?

We uncover the secrets of the phantom fundamental, a spooky audio illusion that has us hearing pitches that may not actually exist.

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Tips & Tutorials

How to make a pop beat in 10 minutes

Get a firsthand look into the basics of arranging pop rhythms, chord progressions, and basslines in Logic Pro.

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Tools

Kenny Beats’ 10 favorite plugins (stock and paid)

Kenny Beats shares ten of his favorite plugins, specifically focusing on Ableton stock plugins and third-party tools he likes to apply to guitars and basses.

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Tips & Tutorials

Breaking down 3 contrasting tracks co-produced by Kenny Beats

We examine tracks by Vince Staples, Joji, and Ed Sheeran that Kenny Beats had a hand in and break down how he applies different sides of his musicality to best serve each artist.