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Making Music

Making music can be easy or difficult. It’s easy when you know what you’re doing, difficult when you have no clue how to.

In these posts I talk about music making ideas.

I hope to stimulate inspiration, ideas, as well as offer techniques and “how to’s” to get you started… or at least unstuck.

You can start with these:

  • How to Record Your Own Music
  • How to Make Your Own Beats
  • How to Record a Guitar on a Computer
  • What Is A Loop Station or Looper Pedal?
  • What Do You Need To Produce Music?

Have fun!

How to Produce Music
Learning Center / Making Music

How To Produce Music: A Free Beginner’s Guide

Most likely you’re reading this post because you want learn how to produce music, but either you don’t know where to look, don’t know how to begin, or, perhaps you’ve just started but you feel you need a little guidance. …

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What are Aux, Sends, and Returns
Learning Center / Making Music

What are Aux, Sends, and Returns? – Signal Routing in The Box

Auxes, busses, sends, returns. Music talk can be pretty cryptic. In the world of signal routing, it’s easy to get tangled. Let’s save you the hassle, and get you started on your road to successful signal routing by answering the …

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Understanding Gain Structure
Helpful Articles / Learning Center / Making Music

Understanding Gain Structure – Home Studio Recording 101

As you get going as a music producer, and start doing some home recording with your audio equipment, you’ll undoubtedly find the term “gain structure” or “gain staging” popping up a lot… And to you, understanding gain structure or gain …

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Mid-Side Mic Technique Explained
Helpful Articles / Learning Center / Making Music

Mid-Side Mic Technique Explained – Stereo Recording 101

In this guide, we’ll cover the mid-side mic technique, explained for the novice or the curious… … or for the home studio owner and audio engineer looking for a great way to capture stereo recordings without risk of phase cancelation, …

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How To Setup Bedroom Studio Monitors
Helpful Articles / Learning Center / Making Music

How To Setup Bedroom Studio Monitors – Monitor Placement Guide

It’s no myth that proper set up and positioning of studio monitor speakers are essential when it comes to producing great sounding mixes. More often than not, mixes that sound great in the studio but lackluster everywhere else can be …

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SELECT YOUR GEAR

BASIC GEAR

Laptops and ComputersDigital Audio WorkstationsStudio Headphones and SpeakersStudio MicrophonesStudio CablesMIDI ControllersBass Traps

INTERMEDIATE GEAR

Effects PluginsMixing PluginsVocal PluginsMicrophones by TypeStudio Monitor ControllersUSB MixersPower ConditionersStudio Patch Bays

PRO GEAR

Audio PluginsMastering PluginsWaves PluginsHardware ReverbSumming Mixer

GUITAR GEAR

Direct BoxesLoopersGuitar Tuners

OTHER GEAR

Mini SynthsDJ ControllersSampling TurntablesSound Modules

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