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  1. How to Slice Audio into Tempo-Fitted Loops

    How to Slice Audio into Tempo-Fitted Loops

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Hypothetical: you record a drum beat. The next week, you record a totally unrelated bass riff. The week after that you decide the beat and the bass would...

  2. 3 Tips to Super-charge Your Production Efficiency

    3 Tips to Super-charge Your Production Efficiency

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Picture this: you've produced that epic song that is going to be the next top 40 radio hit. You've had it done for about two years when a label approaches...

  3. Create a Stereo BPM-locked Delay Effect in Reason

    Create a Stereo BPM-locked Delay Effect in Reason

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Stereo echoes are great to fill up a track with some added ambience. They can be used to make a synth trail off, or a beat bounce. In this tutorial I will...

  4. Make a Punchy Rock Drum Beat Using Reason's Redrum

    Make a Punchy Rock Drum Beat Using Reason's Redrum

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Reason is used by musicians across many genres; not just electronica artists, but rockers, folk artists and pop bands, too. I know one punk rock band that...

  5. Create a Triggered Noise Gate Effect in Logic

    Create a Triggered Noise Gate Effect in Logic

    Tutorial Intermediate

    The use of Gate Effects has become increasingly prevalant in today's music scene. Typically used for supressing noise, gates are also useful creative tools...

  6. 36 Reason Tutorials, Refills, Applications and Communities

    36 Reason Tutorials, Refills, Applications and Communities

    Tutorial Beginner

    Reason is the most popular and one of the most versatile sampling and sequencing applications available today. Unlike other programs like Fruity Loops,...

  7. Thick and Crunchy Guitar Distortion Without Using an Amplifier or Effects Pedals

    Thick and Crunchy Guitar Distortion Without Using an Amplifier or Effects Pedals

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial we will explore how to produce a nice thick and crunchy distorted guitar sound using nothing more than your guitar plugged straight into...

  8. 10 Ways to Improve Your Mix-down

    10 Ways to Improve Your Mix-down

    Tutorial Intermediate

    With so many things to remember when performing your final mix-down, it can sometimes feel like you're spinning plates. Luckily, there are a few principles...

  9. How to Make One Vocal Sound Like a Choir

    How to Make One Vocal Sound Like a Choir

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial we are going to explore how we can make a simple four-part vocal harmony sound like a full choir. We're going to do so by using a freeware...

  10. Perfect Balance: Arrangement from the Engineer’s Perspective

    Perfect Balance: Arrangement from the Engineer’s Perspective

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial we’re going to look at a method of arranging the song from the engineer’s perspective, so that when you fire up your sequencer or go into...

  11. Create a Parallel Compression Bus in Logic Pro 8

    Create a Parallel Compression Bus in Logic Pro 8

    Tutorial Intermediate

    When it comes to processing a drum bus, parallel compression is a technique that produces great results on just about any DAW available. Of course, the...

  12. Create a Vocal Glitch Sequence

    Create a Vocal Glitch Sequence

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Glitch processing is a popular technique in contemporary electronic music. Although this method can be used on any sound it is often most effective when...