How to Take Your Songs From Studio to Stage
There are a ton of ways to get your recorded music out of the studio and into a room full of excited fans. Let’s explore the pros and cons of them all!
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Bouncing Audio 101: How to Export Tracks From Your DAW
Exporting your audio track is the final step before mastering. Here’s how to make sure you’re leaving no stone unturned in your DAW.
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Teaching Myself the Bach Chaconne With Ableton Live
From a South American dance to a romantically rubato performance piece, Bach’s Violin Partita in D minor has some funky rhythms and bizarre chromaticism!
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Our 7 Favorite Collaborative Music-Making Apps
The internet is horrible at getting us outdoors, but it’s great at connecting likeminded collaborators all over the world. Here are 7 apps to do just that!
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How to Organize Your Session in Ableton Live 10
A simple and handy rundown of some of the features new to Ableton Live 10, and how to reorient your audio editing behaviour around them.
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Humanize Your MIDI Sounds With These 5 Production Tips
With all the tech out there helping us make better-sounding digital music, the harder it is to make it sound live. Here are 5 tips for humanizing MIDI.
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How to Use Samples in Your Tracks Without Ruining Your Mix
+ Learn to create and arrange original, instrumental hip-hop music from sampling pioneer RJD2 himself in his new course on Soundfly, RJD2: From Samples to Songs. Samples are good for everything. They’re one of the most flexible and useful tools for any stage of music production. But mixing with samples is confusing… how do you get them out of…
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Using Ableton Live to Mess with the Rhythm of “Clair de Lune”
+ Master the tools and techniques of producing pro-level electronic music and audio in Ableton Live with Soundfly’s course, Intro to Music Production in Ableton Live. This article originally appeared on Ethan Hein’s blog. This video recently made the rounds on Facebook. I was thinking about “Clair de Lune” and how strange and complicated the rhythm is. I…
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How to Turn Nasty Noise into a Creative Mixing Tool
+ Learning to record and mix at home? Check out Soundfly’s acclaimed online courses on mixing, production, and beat making — Subscribe for unlimited access. You spend tons of time trying to reduce noise in your mixes. It makes sense. The cleanest signal possible ensures each element in your mix cuts through for maximum impact. But tirelessly trying…
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How to Get More From Your Samples Using Transposition
+ Learn to create and arrange original, instrumental hip-hop music from sampling pioneer RJD2 himself in his new course on Soundfly, RJD2: From Samples to Songs. Here’s a step-by-step guide to pitch-shifting, finding the key, and warping. When you’re working with samples, the pitch is key! You found that perfect sample, but there’s one problem… It doesn’t fit with…
