Nexus 3, the long-awaited update to the very popular VST FINALLY dropped last Friday. If you've been producing for a bit then chances are that you've heard of Nexus because for a while it was the go-to VST for most electronic and urban producers.

Now although reFX, Nexus' parent company, has...

It's that time of the year again and if you're like me then you've been waiting for this all year long because this is the time when most of us can stock up some of those new music toys that we've been eyeing at some discounted prices. Every year I do a roundup of some of the best and some of my...

As urban producers, we are always looking for ways to get our drums to knock and cut through the mix. The methods for this vary but today I want to look at achieving this with parallel compression.

Parallel compression can be a bit difficult to understand at first and it does take a bit of work...

I think it's safe to say that there are plenty of pieces of software out right now that can help you make music and now more than ever you don't necessarily even need to understand music theory to create because these tools do it for you.

I don't have anything against these tools, I use them...

Recently I published a post titled "How to Make Beats Faster in Studio One 4" and you guys seemed to really enjoy that so today I thought we’d finish it off by talking about the other side of the equation, which is mixing and more specifically a mixing template.

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Izotope recently released the latest version of Ozone, which if you're unfamiliar is a mastering suite, sort of like a one-stop-shop for all of your mastering needs.

I've been using Ozone for quite a while now and I think it’s hands down one of the easiest and best ways to master a song...

Today we are talking about something that has made a world of a difference to my workflow when making beats and when creating music in general and that is templates. Templates are easy to brush over because they're not as exciting as new mixing techniques or new sounds but the irony is that...

As producers, we are constantly looking for new inspiration and that often comes in the form of new samples, loops, and one-shots.

To get these sounds we are left with two options, either buying them a la cart from companies/our favorite producers OR subscribe to a sound library membership that...

Throughout my time producing I've seen the argument come up a few times that MIDI isn't real music. The argument usually stems from someone with a more traditional music upbringing where electronic or "computer" music was less prevalent and playing or creating music usually involved learning to...

A huge part of music creation is deciding how loud a song should be so that it sounds good and it competes with other music. Over time there have been different metering methods that we have used to measure loudness and some of those include peak signal, RMS, & LUFS just to name a few.

For a...

As producers and engineers, we are always on the hunt for new tools to help us get our jobs done. Although it can be argued that everything we need to make great music is already at our fingertips in the form of stock plugins, sometimes 3rd party plugins can make our jobs easier (or simply just...

The arrangement is the pinnacle of engagement during the production process. The arrangement is ultimately what tells the story so even if you have everything else right, the wrong arrangement can break a track.

So what exactly is arrangement? Arrangement refers to the flow and layout of your...