Tech
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Progressive House Production Tips
How to Produce Progressive House Simple elements stack up to make Progressive House achieve its characteristic sound. Here...
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Headphones or Monitors?
There comes a time in every young producer’s life when he realizes that his Beats by Dre headphones,...
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Five Tips for Writing Great Basslines
An EDM bassline is usually fairly simple, compositionally speaking, but it’s one of the most important elements of...
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Rapid-Fire EDM Production
EDM producers, maybe even more than other musicians, are prone to getting stuck in a perfectionism trap. We...
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Split the Panning, Expand the Sound
If you’re having trouble making your mixes sound full and powerful, this article will go over one of...
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Three Free String VSTs
The complex timbres and articulation techniques of acoustic strings make them among the most difficult instruments to accurately...
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Bezier Curves in Ableton Live 9
Curved automation envelopes were a highly anticipated feature of Ableton Live 9. Unfortunately, the reality didn’t totally live...
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More Natural-Sounding Chords for Pads and Strings
Programming pad synth and legato string chord progressions in a DAW can be challenging: perhaps more than any...
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How to Make Mixes Sound Big
How to Make Mixes Sound Big The level of perceived loudness in your music can make it more...
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Build a Phase-Cancellation De-Esser in Ableton
Sibilance (that harsh “sss” sound) is one of the most common problems that EDM producers run into when...