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Ableton: options.txt

If you’re using Ableton Live’s hidden options. txt file to access extended features, functions, workflows, hacks, which experimental feature is your …

November 18, 2022 Recording Engineering

songwriting finish

Raise your hand if you get stuck finishing a song. You’re not the only one. Then my advice to you is pretty simple.

November 18, 2022 Songwriting

Picardy Third

If you ever played a pretty chord progression in a minor key and then just switched to a major at the end, you probably just played a pickerty third. It’s …

November 13, 2022 Music Theory

making sense of numbers in music production

It doesn’t matter what your jam is, even if you’re in a math rock, what moves you isn’t numbers, it’s music. It’s really easy to lose sight of that when …

November 12, 2022 Synthesis

32 bit float

Logic Pro’s recent update adds support for 32-bit floating audio files. This is news for one reason. 32-bit float files are a professional standard, but …

November 11, 2022 Software

Form: Music Theory Unlock Code

Producers have this habit of trying to understand music theory without understanding one really basic thing, which is form. The elements of music include …

November 8, 2022 Songwriting

Your Cable Wrapping Game

It’s time I showed you how to wrap a cable. You may think this is silly, but don’t make a big mistake. Engineers are low-key judging you if when you’re …

October 25, 2022 Music Theory

Mode-Less

Last night, I lay awake thinking about scales and modes so you don’t have to. The concept of a mode only makes sense as a scale starts to get asymmetrical. …

October 23, 2022 Music Theory

Nyquist Frequency

Here I am at the beach. Instead of frolicking in the water and skipping rocks, I’m thinking about the Nyquist frequency. When we sample something, we’re …

October 19, 2022 Music Theory

simplifying augmented chords

Let me simplify chords for you a little bit by telling you that on the piano there are only four augmented chords. Check it out. We build an augmented …

October 18, 2022 Music Theory

Targetting EQ

When dialing in an equalizer, it’s helpful to think of the workflow is happening in two stages a targeting step and an adjustment step. The targeting step …

October 16, 2022 Synthesis

Piano Tuning Basics

Today I’m gonna tune this monster. I’m not a piano tuner, but I know enough that I don’t get myself in trouble. You probably already know that a piano has …

October 8, 2022 Music Theory