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How to Export Beat Track Outs with Effects in Studio One 4

Last week I made a post about my new beat production and mixing workflow and the gist of it was that I recently changed the way that I export my beat track outs when sending out to an artist or to an engineer.

Before I used to take off all plugins before exporting but after some conversations...

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How to EASILY Create Trap Melodies with Scaler 2

Scaler 2 recently dropped with some fantastic new features and additions and while it is predominately used to create chord progressions based on scales and keys, with this new version we also got some new features that make music creation really easy.

So then today I want to show you how...

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How to Record Drums in Studio One with Impact XT & thePreSonus ATOM

A few weeks ago I switched from using a Native Instrument's Maschine to the ATOM by PreSonus to do all of my drum recording inside of Studio One.

Before this, I had been using the Maschine for 8 years or so and I think it's a wonderful piece of gear but the ATOM for me integrates flawlessly into...

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Making a Beat with Victoria MonƩt's Acapella

Last week I announced how I set a challenge for myself for April to make and post 1 beat a day to my Instagram. For the rest of the month, I also want to take the most voted beat from each week and break it down in a video the following week.

Last week you guys voted for the Victoria...

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How to Setup Studio One for Fast Beat Making

If you've been following me for a while then I'm sure you know that I love to make beats by playing in my notes in using physical hardware. I don't often click things in but I am using that technique more and I have to admit that sometimes working purely inside of a DAW is much faster,...

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How to Make Chords More Interesting

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...

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How to Make Beats Faster in Studio One 4

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...

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How to Arrange Beats in Studio One 4

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...

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