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. The Beginner’s Guide to Compression

    The Beginner’s Guide to Compression

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Compression is one of those studio processes that is all too often taken for granted and not used to its full potential. Today’s producers think nothing of...

  2. Quick Tip: Use Multiple Audio Interfaces on Mac OS X

    Quick Tip: Use Multiple Audio Interfaces on Mac OS X

    Tutorial Beginner

    This is a true gem for Mac users especially when most DAWs do not allow you to use multiple audio interfaces. This can be very useful if you have multiple...

  3. Top Secret Lavalier Microphone Concealment Techniques

    Top Secret Lavalier Microphone Concealment Techniques

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Hoping to get into pro audio? In this week’s Audio Premium content, Jonah Guelzo takes us through many of the common techniques used by those in the...

  4. How to Record Drums Like an Expert: Basix

    How to Record Drums Like an Expert: Basix

    Tutorial Beginner

    Drum recording is one of those things that you need to get right. There is much less room for experimentation in drum sounds. What I mean to say is, you can...

  5. Discover FL Studio 9

    Discover FL Studio 9

    Tutorial Beginner

    FL Studio (formerly "Fruityloops") is a DAW by Image-Line currently only available for Windows. The program's strength is its pattern-based philosophy which...

  6. How to Process Vocals for Podcasts or Voiceover

    How to Process Vocals for Podcasts or Voiceover

    Tutorial Beginner

    This is one I get asked about all the time, how do I process my voice recordings for clearer more professional podcasts and voiceovers? Well, the truth is as...

  7. Producing Great Sound on Location

    Producing Great Sound on Location

    Tutorial Beginner

    This video tutorial begins the series Producing Great Sound on Location. In this and future video tutorials, Jonah Guelzo will cover different topics that...

  8. Seven Steps To Writing Memorable Melodies - Part 1

    Seven Steps To Writing Memorable Melodies - Part 1

    Tutorial Beginner

    One of the most common questions I get asked by my students is 'How do I come up with a really good melody?'

  9. Everything You Were Scared to Ask About Autotune

    Everything You Were Scared to Ask About Autotune

    Tutorial Beginner

    Autotune is everywhere. It is found on countless albums, and with the help of iPhone apps, the rest of the world are getting in on the act as well. What is...

  10. 10 Essential Principles for Learning Guitar

    10 Essential Principles for Learning Guitar

    Tutorial Beginner

    The guitar is a great instrument. It's fairly portable, relatively inexpensive, easy enough to learn the basics - and you can take your playing as far as you...

  11. Write a Quick Tip and Make $50

    Write a Quick Tip and Make $50

    Tutorial Beginner

    We don't have a Quick Tip to bring you today, but you can help make sure we have plenty of Quick Tips in the future, and make US$50 if yours is published!