Since I started producing beats I have always trying to find what factors distinguish an okay beat with a killer banger. I become obsessed with making my Hip Hop drums sound better. But…What’s the key?. During the first months, I thought the key was to come up with the best musical arrangement ever. After that, I convinced myself the most important thing was to add more and more instruments. Maybe my beats weren’t good enough because I needed to buy more plugins, more synthesizers, more samplers… I was wrong the whole time. So…What’s the key to making great Hip-Hop / Trap Beats? THE GROOVE! Th ..read more

What does a Music Producer do? Being a music producer has become a very wide term within the music industry and its meaning can vary. Traditionally, the music producer was the person ‘in charge’ of the whole production process. The music producer used to lead the band during the different production stages, be in touch with the record label, giving instructions to the engineers etc. They usually had the last word when the good takes or decisions had to be taken. The music producer was supposed to understand the musical concept the artist was trying to achieve and have an overall vision of how ..read more

Equalization is one of the fundamental steps when we approach the mixing process. Here you will find the top 12 tips about how to EQ during the mixing and mastering process. 1.Think before you touch anything One of the most common mistakes among beginner producers. They start immediately adding plugins without even listening to the whole song. Don’t’ rush and try to analyze how is the sound and what it needs. Think about how it should sound and which frequencies can be the problems’ cause. 2. Less is always better You don’t have to equalize everything. Don’t go crazy with those gains unless it ..read more

Have you ever thought about mixing taking into consideration your song’s key?. The Note to Frequency chart can give your projects a more musical result. Do you want to know how? Just keep reading! Find your song’s musical key or scale First of all, you need to find the key of your song. You can know the frequencies that correspond to each note, but this is useless if you have no idea about what are the most important notes in the song you are mixing. Experienced musicians and music producers can detect this immediately or just playing a few seconds a keyboard while they are liste ..read more

If you are going to send your engineer all the tracks from your next project, you want to be sure to do it properly. This way you will save time, money and will make the whole process much more easy-going. Don’t know how? No worries, here you have a few key guidelines before exporting/bouncing/consolidating (each DAW has a name for it) for mixing 1. Send only the tracks you want to be in the mix. Nowadays, the digital domain and technology in general, allow us to record as many takes as we desire, this can often end up in a huge stack of files and a huge headache for the mixing engineer ..read more