Getting started working with free sample packs is exciting. Nothing feels better than loading something unique and new into your sampler...

Drum machines have a lot of practical uses in music production. They help you make beats to go under melodic elements in your track. You...

There’s a huge number of inspiring synthesizers out there. Every year more new exciting products hit the market. But learning how to use...

Everyone is making beats these days and it makes sense why. You can be up and running in no time, all you have to do is try out free...

MIDI is one of the most important tools for musicians and producers. If you interact with any kind of digital music machine in your...

Every year the Pantone Color Institute names a color of the year—a single swatch to accompany the global movements and trends that define...

For modern producers the laptop is the centerpiece of any music production studio. You use a laptop to run your DAW where you create,...

Acoustic treatment is one of the most misunderstood parts of building a home studio. It’s the special touch that turns an ordinary room...

Portable recording devices—or field recorders—are a great resource for collecting interesting sounds from the world around you. Field...

A music production computer is your first step toward building your own home studio. Good computers for audio production have never been...

Your home studio is your music creation hub. It’s the place where your inspiration and workflow meet and your tracks take shape. Advances...

The Soundcraft Notepad-12fx is a full-featured, compact analog mixer that offers great sonic performance for the price. This small but...

A million sounds is a lot of sounds. Over-browsing is a huge problem when you’re trying to stay in your creative flow. The new LANDR...

There’s nothing better than finding the perfect sample for your track. But scrolling aimlessly through random sample packs using...

Tired of staring at a DAW on your computer screen? A groovebox will help. It may seem like your VST plugins are the last tools you’ll...

As you build your home studio you’ll hear a lot about which gear is the most important. Some will shout “you need a better audio...

Looping is revolutionary music production technique. Loops, loopers and looping tools are essential to how we make music today. With such...

Lethal by Lethal Audio is the ROMpler synthesizer plugin that packs a huge library of tones and sound design tools. It’s also the first...

Ableton Live is the most popular DAW for producers of hip-hop and electronic music. It’s easy to see why. Live revolutionized the way...

Musicians are often forced to choose between the flexibility of digital and the reliability of hardware for live performance. Getting the...