Our Start Here features are easy-to-understand introductions to the world of music production on a computer. Last time, we explained the principles of creating a track from scratch in one of today's ...

"The people appreciate the melody and the composition - they don't appreciate the guy who put four samples on top of each other" When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Though tape was developed as a high-fidelity recording medium, its ability to impart something 'other' to its subjects has always been a feature to be exploited, even before the days of digital ...

Today, we are taking a look at creating Apple Loops, Untagged Loops, the Loop Browser, and some related updates. With the influx of new content and patterns, alongside some improvements to Apple’s ...

Earlier this year Splice launched a new mobile app called CoSo that used AI to build what it calls "Stacks" collections of samples that are supposed to work well together. Slowly but surely elements ...

Oftentimes when people think of hip hop production as an art form, their minds eventually wander to the art of sampling. It is one of the pillars of production, as the skill has been a part of the ...

Music software and hardware company Native Instruments announced today that it’s launching a new subscription platform in the US called Sounds.com. Meant for music creators, Sounds.com is a way to ...

High school sophomore Vikas Prasad has one main goal: score a production placement with a major rap artist before the end of the school year. When he’s not in class, the 16-year-old spends most of his ...