A quick look at what quantizing is, and when or when not to use it when making beats, producing tracks, and mixing songs.
Tag: Soundfly Basics
How Do Key Signatures Work?
Learning to read or write music? Here’s a quick-yet-deep primer on how key signatures work across major, minor, modal, blues and other tonalities.
Compressors vs. Limiters vs. Volume Automation: What’s the Difference?
What are the differences between these three forms of volume adjustment, and when to use each of them in your mixing process? We answer that and more here.
What Does a Music Publicist Do, Anyway?
One thing’s for sure, we don’t work miracles. Learn about what music publicists like me do and don’t do for our clients, and how we can help you too!
How to Pick the Point of View of Your Song
Here’s a quick lesson on songwriting perspectives with advice on how to choose your lyrical point of view when starting to write.
Chopping and Flipping: How to Clear a Music Sample
We caught up with the “Sample Clearance Queen” herself, Deborah Mannis-Gardner, to discuss how to make beats the legal way (and avoid and issues).
How a Speaker Produces Sound
Learn what makes your living room speakers different from your ear bud headphones and how our ears perceive sonic information in this quick read.
How to Avoid Mic Bleed in 3 Steps
In this in-depth guide, you’ll learn how to avoid mic bleed in three ways so that it will never ruin another great take in the studio again.
How to Transcribe Music in 15 Easy Steps
Looking to improve on music transcription but don’t know where to start? Here’s a quick starter guide with 15 easy steps, and it’s fun too!
How to Add a Shuffle Feel to Your Beats in Ableton Live
Here’s a quick and easy lesson culled from our mentored online course, Beat Making in Ableton Live, on how to get a shuffle feel in your quantized beat.