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Play beats without a DAW with our YouTube ‘Beatmaker’
Have some fun creating beats away from your DAW with our YouTube 'Beatmaker'—simply press the number keys on your computer keyboard to play.
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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.
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 chords, hooks, and beats in Ableton Live 10 (without music theory)
In this tutorial video, learn how you can create chords, hooks, and beats in Ableton Live 10 without any extensive experience with music theory.