Learn how to make beats for a song with this in-depth guide, where we cover everything from the tools you’ll need to how to sequence your own rhythms.
Tools
Here are ten high-quality sound design plugins (VST / AU) that can help you reimagine your musical ideas in unique but powerful ways.
Have some fun creating beats away from your DAW with our YouTube ‘Beatmaker’—simply press the number keys on your computer keyboard to play.
Learn about how an audio interface works, why you would need one as a musician, and which interfaces you should consider purchasing in 2022.
In this 101 guide to audio compressors, we answer the popular question “What is compression?” by exploring the effect’s sound, main parameters in music, and more.
We go over our revamped list of the top free music production plugins that you need to try out in 2022.
Learn about the key features, workflows, and capabilities of XO, XLN Audio’s one-of-a-kind drum programming plugin.
Learn about the key features, workflows, and capabilities of Rift, Minimal Audio’s hybrid distortion plugin.
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.
We explore how to recreate the iconic vocal sounds of Daft Punk, Kanye West, and more using iZotope’s VocalSynth 2.
Producers / educators Bad Snacks and J3PO give us an inside look into how they use RC-20 in their own creative processes.
Spanning lush reverbs to gritty distortion units, these high-quality free effects plugins will help you take your productions to the next level.