It’s easy to think of mixing as a magic process that turns raw tracks into slick productions. Complicated tutorials and racks of rare...

Every musical project is the result of a group of collaborators working together. Even when the artist is the star of the show, there’s...

Everyone knows mastering is an essential phase in the life cycle of a song. When the mix is finally complete, mastering is the step that...

So much effort goes into producing the tracks you love. Along the way, skilled pros lend their unique talents to every stage in a song’s...

Making money with music is no small task. Waiting for one of your tracks to blow up isn’t a great plan, and even if your audience grows...

Psychoacoustics sounds like an abstract scientific concept, but it comes into play whenever you listen to music. Listening to a track...

Beats rarely sound complete without a solid vocal sample or rap part. It’s all part of the arrangement process that every beatmaker goes...

Multiband compression is a unique type of dynamics processing It’s a powerful compresor style that can address mix problems you might...

Playlists are how people find music these days. It’s the modern take on the radio station, except now people have complete control over...

Creativity is often compared to a water well, sometimes it overflows but sometimes it dries up. The same is true in beat making. When...

Music streaming services completely revolutionized the way artists sell music online. Today millions of people pay to subscribe to...

Welcome to Hard Truths, the series on the LANDR Blog where we cut through the noise and take on a harsh reality from the world of music...

There’s nothing more fun than piecing together a drum part over top of some cool samples you chopped up and put together. But there’s so...

Inspiration isn’t always there when you need it. Sometimes you sit in front of a piano and stare at a blank piece of paper for hours. ...

Welcome to Hard Truths, the series on the LANDR Blog where we cut through the noise and take on a harsh reality from the world of music...

There’s a lot of terms floating around in the music world. Knowing what each term means is useful for understanding what’s going on in a...

The two most important aspects of sound in mixing are dynamic range and frequency balance. When it comes to controlling frequencies in...

Adding tasty guitar samples to a beat you’ve worked hard on is always an exciting moment. But getting good guitar recordings is often a...

Subtractive synthesis sounds like an abstract scientific concept. But if you’ve ever used a synthesizer in your music production...

Mastering is the last step in the music production process. It’s the phase where your song gets its final polish and presentation for...