DAW (digital audio workstation) interface on a computer screen

What is the Best DAW (Digital Audio Workstation)?

If you want to begin a career in recording music, you just need a personal computer with a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). Here’s a list of the different DAWs to help you pick which one is best for you.

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Music Composition Techniques and Resources

Learn various music composition techniques and resources that will help you get started as you write your own piece of music.

10 Berklee Online Courses to Become a DIY Musician

As a musician, there’s nothing more empowering than learning a new skill that you would otherwise outsource to someone else. Become the DIY musician you aspire to be with these 10 Berklee Online courses.

A person wearing a blue shirt featuring several faces of women rappers. The shirt is one of the suggested gifts for musicians and music lovers.

Holiday Gifts for Musicians and Music Lovers

This holiday gift guide includes 20 gifts that musicians and music lovers will find useful and thoughtful, and should be able to accommodate all budgets.

An electronic musician composing house music on a synthesizer.

How to Make Electronic House Music at Home

As many of us are confined to our homes and searching for feel-good music, what better time than now to explore house music? Loudon Stearns shares the elements needed to produce a house song.

An illustration of a vintage synth next to a laptop displaying a DAW program. 

How to Connect Vintage Analog Synths into Your DAW

Incorporate some vintage synths into your computer setup, and you’ve got yourself an incredibly powerful music production and sound design toolbox. But first you need to know the best way to plug these old machines into your modern DAW.

How Student Shelbie Rassler Created the Viral “What the World Needs Now” Video

Shelbie Rassler, a senior composition student at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and a Berklee Online student, orchestrated a video of 75 of her peers performing “What the World Needs Now.” She shares how she did it.

Student studying guitar.

5 Ways for Musicians to Collaborate During a Pandemic

Social distancing can be a strange new concept for musicians who are used to playing in bands and being around other creatives on a regular basis. Here are five ways that you can collaborate with other musicians while waiting out coronavirus.

Berklee Online Certificate was a Stepping Stone for MP&E Student Josh Sebek

Right out of high school, Josh Sebek completed his Advanced Certificate in Music Production using Pro Tools, a stepping stone that led him to attend Berklee’s Boston campus.

John Escobar who teaches ambisonics at Berklee.

Ambisonics with Berklee’s John Escobar

In this series, Berklee Online instructor John Escobar discusses the key points in understanding ambisonics, specifically what ambisonics are, how to capture them, and what to do with them in post-production.