10 drummers you need to subscribe to on YouTube
Spanning longtime legends to up-and-comers, here are ten drummers who you should absolutely subscribe to on YouTube.
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Flipping Christmas songs into beats in FL Studio
In this beat making challenge, we flip two Christmas songs (The Emotions' "What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas?" and Issac Hayes' "The Mistletoe and Me") into smooth beats in FL Studio.
How to use XLN Audio’s XO
Learn about the key features, workflows, and capabilities of XO, XLN Audio's one-of-a-kind drum programming plugin.
Recreating Cardi B, The Weeknd, and SZA’s beats (free MIDI files included)
In this installment of In the Loop, we walk through how to recreate the grooves in The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights," SZA's "Good Days," and Cardi B's "Up."
Why you should care about polyrhythms as a music producer
Learn about what polyrhythms are, popular use cases of the technique, and why you should care about them as a music producer.
How to use Splice’s new Beatmaker
Learn how you can use Beatmaker to quickly get up-and-running with rhythm and produce some of your best grooves yet.
3 tips on crafting a unique sonic identity from Nick Ward
Songwriter, vocalist, and producer Nick Ward tells us about his creative process and three ways producers can craft their own sonic identity.
4 music production tips from krs.
Veteran producer and beat maker krs. discusses some of the most important music production tips he has picked up across his career.
5 techniques for improving your drums
From adding flavor to hi-hat rolls to making use of foley in creative ways, we explore five music production techniques for improving our drums.
Behind the beat in Ariana Grande’s “34+35”
Up-and-coming producer Xavi gives us an inside look into how he produced the beat for Ariana Grande's chart-topping single, "34+35."
How to create drum patterns across genres (lo-fi hip hop, metal, and more)
Learn about how to create original drum patterns in genres spanning lo-fi hip hop to metal, and download our free MIDI files to dive even deeper.
How to humanize your drums: 3 ways to breathe life into your MIDI
From manipulating velocity to adding ghost notes, learn about three key techniques that will help you humanize your MIDI drums.
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