A curated Library of Music Production Tutorials on Youtube
Effects
Dynamics & Gain:
beginners guide to compression(series)how to hear drum compressionhearing attack and releaseusing clippers to get loudnessoverview of sidechain methods ~maximum accuracy in sidechainingsidechain compression, when and howdynamics and physical integrity
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Saturation, Distortion & Waveshaping:
how distortion works:saturation for peak control & harmonics ~sseb in-depth saturation/distortion
tutorial 1sseb in-depth saturation/distortion
tutorial 2sseb in-depth saturation/distortion
tutorial 3
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Filters & EQ:
beginners guide to eq(series)eq, why bother?eq ear trainingeq to shape distortionlinear phase vs minimum phasewhy most eqs shift phasewhat is phase and when does it matterEQ crampingEQ deep dive ~
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Reverbs, Delay & Space:
how to shape a reverb ~advanced reverb explanationdifferent ways to use reverb in mixinghaas delayspanning above/below the head using psychoacousticsdifferent panning & widening methods ~
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Creative FX:
thinking out the box with fx
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General Mixing:
four traits of a good mix:ear training for mixing ~basic routing terminology ~phase in mixing ~bus processing & mix glue ~
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General Mastering:
loudness and what LUFs are exactly ~the three main goals of masteringspotify tech specs:an alternative to masteringmatt davis mastering masterclass
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Composition
Melody:
5 step melody checklist
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Harmony:
chord progressions & harmony(series)___
Counterpoint:
Counterpoint for arrangementApplied Species Counterpoint(series)Imitative Counterpoint(series)Schenkerian Analysis (Series)___
Arrangement:
arranging your musicarrangement of a hyperglitch ep(series)
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Ear Training:
intro to ear trainingthe major scale
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Microtonality:
primer on microtonal stuffintro to microtonal in electronic music
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Sound Design:
Synthesis Methods:
subtractive synthesisadditive synthesisfm synthesisfm synthesis in depth(series)granular synthesismodal synthesis with eqsphysical modelling basicsphysical modelling techniques ~concatenative synthesiswavetable masterclass___
Drums:
basic kicks and snaresreplacing drum transientslayeringfm rimshots---
Bass:
better substurning anything into a bassa comprehensive guide to neuro bass___
Glitch:
creating glitchy variations of a motifmechancial percussive glitchesaliasing sound design___
Melodic:
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Pads:
Pad and Drone Design___
General Advice:
Modern FX based Sound DesignElements of Realismtechnical fundamentals of soundlearn to hear overtones___
Technical Info:
Digital Audio:
how computers store sounddigital audio fundamentals(series)applied dsp(series)the fourier transform explained
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Analog Audio:
The mechanism behind speakers & headphonesDIY Analog Signal Processing Tutorials---
Dither:
what is dither?how & when to ditherdither & bit depth___
Monitoring & Metering:
an intro to analyzers ~noisia on how to use spectrograms(series)checking sub levels with a spectrum analyzersetting up an analyzerword of caution abt waveforms___
Curiosities:
understanding filter dsp with stock delayrotating sound in a spectrogramthe loudest sound you can make ~making waveforms look like imagesevery sound is made from sinesfilter artefact deep dive
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Software Specific:
Ableton:
getting faster at abletonguide to ableton shortcutsfile organisation___
Bitwig:
101 bitwig tips ~the grid & why its tbeguide to the grid ~phase & maths in the gridbitwig routing ~setting up a listen bus___
Vital:
vital, the movie50 vital tricksvital hidden tricks___
Phaseplant:
phase plant in depth50 phaseplant tricks___
Written Resources
sheet music & theory:
a fuckload of sheet music, mostly classicalaural sonology___
Manuals:
BitwigAbletonfabfilterkiloheartsnewfangled elevatespotify for artists___
Cheers
that's it, my vain attempt to bypass the youtube algorithmfor transparency's sake i'll mark my own tutorials with a ~I aim to maintain this list and keep adding/removing things as i see fit.
I hope it is of some use to you.I'll leave you with a link to my discord and to my personal website:discordwebsite~