Drum loops are a major part of music production and they more common now than ever. For convenience, Using drum loops is very efficient when done the right way and it can make your work easier by saving you time…
How To Structure Hip-Hop Beats
Beat structure or arrangement is so important and critical to hiphop beat production, because it allows the listener to either have a good experience or a not so good one. The basic Structure of a hip-hop beat is: INTRO-HOOK-VERSE-HOOK-VERSE-HOOK-OUTRO. This…
How Long Does It Take To Produce A Song?
Music production can be a time consuming job, it involves a lot of delicate handling for different elements and a good ear to accompany this handling of detail. On average, it takes 4-5 days to fully produce a song. An…
How Can I Tell If FL Studio Is 32 Or 64bit ?
FL Studio is Digital Audio Workstation developed by image line and it is one of the most commonly used DAWs. There exist the 32bit and 64bit versions of FL Studio. The best way to check if you’re running either the…
Where Do I Put VST Plugins In ProTools?
Pro Tools supports Avid and RTAS format plugins and doesn’t support stand alone VST Plugins. With this said, there are quite a number of ways in which you can use VST Plugins in Pro tools and will discuss that here.…
What Is A One-Shot In Music Production?
A one shot or one shot sample in music production is a single hit that is the result of a single strike of a chord, drum, or a note. An example of a one shot could be the single strike…
What Characterizes A Good Melody?
A good melody paired with other good sounds is the perfect way to make a song. What characterizes a good melody is: 1. Simplicity 2. its ability to fit a chord 3. A contour that goes in somewhere 4. motives…
Is It Illegal To Sample Songs?
Sampling is a very delicate art in the music business and has been around for decades. Legal issues always arise when one doesn’t understand the law of music copyright. Which leaves the question: Is it illegal to sample songs? It…
Is AAX Better Than VST?
Plugins are the tools that every producer utilizes in the process of music production. There exist different plugin that each work to a specific end. In this post we examine which is better between AAX plugins or VST plugins. so…
Why Are VST Plugins So Expensive?
VST plugins are the most used tools in music production, this is because a large part of music production is now software based. So then, Why are VST Plugins so expensive? VST Plugins are expensive because they are heavily pirated…