Why Mixing Through a Gain Maximizer is a Bad Idea
Here’s a common mistake I see over and over: producing and mixing a track with a gain maximizer on your mixer’s main output.
Coolest Accessory Alert: The Guitar Pick-Punch
In the long quest for tone, we often leave out the discussion on guitar picks. The question, “What kind of guitar pick do you use?”
Commercial Appeal: The Changing Relationship Between Music and Advertising
The music industry is in such rough shape that some of your favorite bands have resorted to selling automobiles.
Hip-Hop Drum Beat and Bass Tutorial
Berklee Online music production instructor Erik Hawkins offers a tutorial for writing and producing a hip-hop or dance beat.
Programming and Producing Drum Beats Course and Book
I’ve been busy rolling out a new book and a new Berklee Online course that I’m very excited to tell you about.
Stutter Edit Plug-in by BT
The Stutter Edit plug-in, conceived and developed over the past fifteen years by pioneering electronic music artist and composer, BT, is pretty amazing.
Sidechain Compression in Pro Tools and Reason
Sidechain compression is a wonderful production trick. Originally, it was used to duck music behind an announcer’s voice on the radio.
Neunaber Wet Reverb Guitar Pedal Review
Here is this week’s amazing pedal to add to your arsenal of tone shapers: The WET Reverb pedal.
Imaginary Barlines in Musical Notation
Jonathan Feist explains the concept of imaginary barlines in music theory, a notation convention designed to help the music reader know what’s syncopated.
When to Hire a Mastering Engineer
A common question I hear from students is, “Do I need to hire a mastering engineer?” The answer is, it really depends; it depends on what you’re trying to accomplish.
