A common question I hear from aspiring music producers is, “How can I use a sample pack to quickly build a beat?”

Berklee Online music production instructor Erik Hawkins discusses how a song evolves from demo to mix to master.

If you ever have the opportunity to visit a major recording studio, someplace where the history of recording was written, such as Abbey Road Studios in London

Berklee Online instructor Erik Hawkins shares techniques for easy sound design in Reason and ways to help to develop your voice as a music producer.

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.

Berklee Online music production instructor Erik Hawkins offers a tutorial for writing and producing a hip-hop or dance beat.

The Stutter Edit plug-in, conceived and developed over the past fifteen years by pioneering electronic music artist and composer, BT, is pretty amazing.

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.

Every term, without fail, I get a few assignments handed in with all of a mixer’s solo buttons enabled.