There’s a lot that goes into producing a convincing drum track, especially when your drummer is a software sampler.

Berklee Online music production instructor Erik Hawkins teaches you how compressors work and how to effectively apply compression in your mix.

It’s not the gear that makes great music. You’re the one that writes, plays, and produces the music, not the equipment.

It’s easy for me to advise you to finish all of your productions, no matter what, but what exactly are the steps to getting your tracks done?

Reverb should be applied as a parallel effect, on a bus, in the send/aux return position.

Learn how to remix a song with advice from Erik Hawkins, author and instructor of the “Remixing” course at Berklee Online.