In this final part of our series on making trap beats, we’re going DEEP and giving the LOW-down on 808 basslines. If there’s one defining element to trap music other than the drums, it’s using…
We’ve found 5 free frequency shifter plugins that deserve a spot in your VST folder! Join us as we look at each one! MFreqShifter MFreqShifter by MeldaProduction is the first in our list of free…
Many of us have heard of dotted 8th-notes or noticed them in a quantisation drop-down menus. But what are they? And more to the point, how can you use them in your beats to add…
If you’re a beatmaker looking for some quick-fire trap melody composition hacks then the Red Bow Music channel has you covered. Red Bow Music demonstrate basic music theory compositional techniques that are geared largely towards…
It’s a bold claim! The BEST production trick of 2024. Well you can decide for yourself as we learn how to transform a fairly generic Electric piano loop into a lush otherworldly affair. In this…
In Part 1 of our guide to making Trap beats, we explored the foundation of Trap—The Drums. In Part 2, we shift our focus to Trap melodies, which are equally essential for shaping the mood…
Virtual Riot has created a bunch of sound design puzzles in Ableton! There is a set of example sounds that you have to try and re-create, How far can you get without listening to the…
Bit crushers are a super fun way to add lofi crunch and vintage distortion vibes to your productions. So we went out of our way to dig around in the deepest depths of the web…
Since its inception in the early 2000’s, trap music has become one of the most influential genres in contemporary music. An offshoot of hip-hop, trap was born in the so-called “Dirty South” of America, pioneered…
Whether you’re a beginner producer mixing your music in the studio or are a mix/mastering engineer looking for some new nifty tools for shaping the tonality of instruments or an entire mix – we have…
