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The 15 Best Compressor Plugins For Every Mix Situation
Compression and EQ are the two most essential tools in mixing. You’ll probably apply them on every single track in your session before...
May 22, 20206 min read


Beat Block: Why it Happens and 11 Ways to Overcome It
Creativity is often compared to a water well, sometimes it overflows but sometimes it dries up. The same is true in beat making. When...
May 21, 20205 min read


Modular Synth: The Beginner’s Guide to Eurorack
Modular synth is taking over the world. This once uncommon synthesis type has become the main arena for sonic experimentation in...
May 20, 20206 min read


Plugin Review: Epic Ambience with Zynaptiq Adaptiverb
Reverb is one of the three most important effects in mixing. It’s the audio glue that situates your tracks in the virtual space of your...
May 20, 20204 min read


14 Distribution Articles to Help You Launch Your Release
Music streaming services completely revolutionized the way artists sell music online. Today millions of people pay to subscribe to...
May 19, 20204 min read


Hard Truths: It’s Better to Finish Your Release Then Play a Show
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...
May 15, 20203 min read


The 10 Best Drum Sample Packs for Head Turning Beats
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...
May 14, 20204 min read


How Songwriting With Samples Can Spark Inspiration
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. ...
May 11, 20204 min read


Sample and Hold: Music Theory Edition
Welcome to Sample and Hold, the series on the LANDR Blog where we highlight one unique crate-digging session and the digger’s gold we...
May 8, 20203 min read


The 11 Best Lo-Fi Plugins for Vintage Aesthetics
Lo-fi is the hottest trend in music production right now—for good reason. The warm, lived-in tones of retro gear will give your mixes a...
May 6, 20205 min read


Hard Truths: Everyone Edits Their Takes
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...
May 4, 20204 min read


Limiters: Should You Use Them in Your Tracks?
The two most important aspects of sound in mixing are dynamic range and frequency balance. When it comes to controlling frequencies in...
Apr 30, 20204 min read


The 10 Best Guitar Sample Packs
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...
Apr 30, 20203 min read


Sample and Hold: Making Ambient Music With Tape Loops
Welcome to Sample and Hold, the series on the LANDR Blog where we highlight one unique crate-digging session and the digger’s gold we...
Apr 27, 20204 min read


Subtractive Synthesis: Learn Synthesizer Sound Design
Subtractive synthesis sounds like an abstract scientific concept. But if you’ve ever used a synthesizer in your music production...
Apr 24, 20207 min read


5 Reasons Why Mastering Matters
Mastering is the last step in the music production process. It’s the phase where your song gets its final polish and presentation for...
Apr 23, 20204 min read


Music Collaboration: How to Keep Up Creative Relationships Online
Creative relationships are crucial aspects of making music, and collaboration doesn’t have to stop when you can’t meet with other...
Apr 22, 20204 min read


What are Drum Breaks? The 10 Best Break Beats Ever Recorded
Drum breaks are a special moment in a song. When the band drops out and you get to hear what the drummer’s been playing all along, you...
Apr 20, 20206 min read


Hard Truths: Doing it Yourself is Difficult
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...
Apr 17, 20204 min read


Audio Editing: 10 Helpful Tips for Better Results
Audio editing is one of the most basic processes in music production. It’s the key DAW operations you perform on your audio files before...
Apr 16, 20206 min read
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