Blog - Tips & Tutorials

Discover the 4 simple steps you can take to take to turn your home guitar recordings into the crazy amped-up guitars you hear in rock and metal songs.

Discover how mixing with headphones compares to mixing with studio monitors and learn 4 tips to produce better mixes using headphones.

Learn how to use a vocoder to create robotic vocals. Control a vocoder, like Waves' OVox, using its built-in synth or Xfer Records' Serum.

Learn how clippers and limiters differ from one another by taking a look at Kazrog's KClip 3 and FabFilter's Pro-L 2.

Learn about the pros and cons of mastering your music going the DIY route, using an automated AI mastering service, and hiring a pro mastering engineer.

Learn what a music producer does and what's involved in the production process, as well as how to start producing music.

Learn the difference between mic-level signal, instrument-level signal, line-level signal, and speaker-level signal.

Learn how to set up and use a patch bay to create customizable signal processing chains using hardware like mic preamps, EQs, compressors, reverbs, and delays.

Learn how to prepare your mix correctly for a mastering engineer. Discover the export settings you should use when exporting your songs, along with other tips to ensure the mastering process runs smoothly.

Learn what an aux (return) track does and how to mix songs faster using aux tracks (tips for all DAWs). Use 4 go-to aux track templates to simplify the process of mixing.

Learn how to wrap audio cables using an over-under cable wrapping technique to wrap cables perfectly every time.

Music publicist, Kari Zalik, explains how to grow your fanbase using an 8-step public relations campaign formula.