Double tracking is one of the more commonly used methods of thickening up a track and giving the overall sound greater depth. Vocals and guitar tracks are the two things that benefit most from double tracking in my opinion. When double tracking the guitars, you really want to try and make it seem like [...]

Reason is one of the coolest, user friendly, bits of software available for song creation. Even so, the number of features available can make it a little daunting to get started.
Here’s a tutorial that should help you get the ball rolling.
It’s called “How to create a song in Reason in 20 mins” and is presented [...]

It’s been a while since I posted a useful tip on this blog, that’s largely due to me not being able to spend enough time with my music related stuff, as well as not finding anything useful enough to post! :p
In any case, this ‘How to’ clip for Reason 4.0 should go some way toward [...]

It’s been a little while since I have had a play around with Reason, so I thought I’d have a quick browse of YouTube to see if there were any interesting tutorials up since I last looked. With Reason 4.0 out on the streets now, there are a few new tricks to learn, as well [...]

Ok, here’s another gem from good ol’ YouTube. The focus of this one is to show beginners how to construct a beat using the MPC1000. I’d love to get my hands on one of those to mess with for a while, but I think I better keep saving!
Anyway, I know what your thinking, MPC1000, what [...]

Here are a couple of cool demonstration videos I found on YouTube showing how to use the in loop sampler on the DJM-400 DJ Mixer.
It looks like a pretty cool unit, although it looks like it could do with a few more banks in which to store samples.
I’ve never really got into the DJ side [...]

Here’s an outrageously simple idea I just read that could make managing your songs in Pro Tools a lot easier (if you’re using Pro Tools 6.7 or later).
Use the track colour coding to manage your song and use it to help visualize what parts are grouped together within your session. For example, make all Verse [...]

If you’ve got a stack of vinyl LP’s lying around and have been putting off transferring them to CD because you believe that it’s either too hard, or too expensive, then it’s time to think again!
There are a number of different tools and programs you can use to go about transferring your vinyl records [...]

Raise your hand if you like the whacked out time stretching effect that you can here on tracks from artists such as Aphex Twin.
Good news is, this style of effect can be reproduced at home using nothing more than the Reason software (still waiting for version 4.0 by the way!).
Here’s a pretty good “how to” [...]

This a little Pro Tools tip I picked up from an old interview with Junkie XL that was in one of the 2004 issues of the Digidesign Digizine. In the interview, Junkie XL talks about a range of things important to the production of dance music. One of these things is the importance of creating [...]