Music & Audio Tutorials

Discover thousands of free tutorials covering all aspects of music and audio, from music theory to audio production. Follow our expert instructors who'll help you become more productive and effective.

Whether you want to learn best practices for audio recording, sound design, podcasting, or any other audio topic, you'll find plenty of useful tips and advice to help you meet your goals. You can also find practical tutorials on using software like Audacity and Reaper.

And why not spice up your audio projects by discovering some great royalty-free music and sound effects to use to your heart's content?

All Music & Audio tutorials:

  1. How to Build a Versatile Home Studio for $537

    How to Build a Versatile Home Studio for $537

    Tutorial Beginner

    It's easy to get carried away with equipment, when it's really skill that matters. Here are the core items that are needed to build a home studio.

  2. 15 Best Royalty-Free Electronic Dance Music (EDM) Samples

    15 Best Royalty-Free Electronic Dance Music (EDM) Samples

    Tutorial Beginner

    If you're looking for the perfect royalty-free electronica music track for your audiovisual project then look no further. Here are fifteen of the best to be...

  3. 10 Production Tips for Starting a New Track

    10 Production Tips for Starting a New Track

    Tutorial Intermediate

    If you have ever sat down at a DAW and thought, “I am going to make the next big hit, but I don’t know how to start the track or what to make”, then this...

  4. 5 Quick and Easy Music Theory Tips for Electronic Music Producers

    5 Quick and Easy Music Theory Tips for Electronic Music Producers

    Tutorial Intermediate

    For many Electronic Musicians, learning music theory can seem like a daunting task. For many Electronic Musicians, learning music theory can seem like a...

  5. Essential Equipment for Any Mastering Studio

    Essential Equipment for Any Mastering Studio

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial I'll help you understand what is the most suitable equipment to purchase for a mastering studio.

  6. The Studio Monitors That You Need to Consider for Your Audio Studio

    The Studio Monitors That You Need to Consider for Your Audio Studio

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this article I will show you speakers for music production, mixing and mastering. This is my latest list reflecting on the options for 2017.

  7. How to Use Compression in Different Genres

    How to Use Compression in Different Genres

    Tutorial Intermediate

    One of the biggest challenges as a developing mixer is understanding the nuances of different genres. In this tutorial, I'll demonstrate how the use of...

  8. Improve Audio Mixes With These 3 Compression Tricks

    Improve Audio Mixes With These 3 Compression Tricks

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this tutorial you will learn 3 advanced compression techniques: serial compression, sidechain compression and parallel compression. Mastering these...

  9. My Small Studio Setup Explained

    My Small Studio Setup Explained

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial, I'll show you my kit list and how I use that kit. I will guide you through both hardware and software tools that will provide the basis for...

  10. How to Master Electronic Music

    How to Master Electronic Music

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial, I'll show you how to professionally master an electronic track without having to send it off to a mastering engineer.

  11. The Pool Window in Cubase—Part 4

    The Pool Window in Cubase—Part 4

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In the previous tutorials, in this series, I've shown you how to use the basic functions in the Pool Window. In this part of the series, I'll focus on the...

  12. The Pool Window in Cubase—Part 3

    The Pool Window in Cubase—Part 3

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this, the third part of the tutorial series, I'll show you how to fix the missing files issue and auditioning clips.