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A quick 10-minute conducting lesson from maestro Chris Wilhjelm — and then I'll be ready to take the baton and lead the 60-piece New Jersey Wind Symphony in a stirring rendition of my "USA TODAY March ...

Whereas making an album a couple of decades ago required a mountain of gear, a seismic industry shift means you can now do it for free on any Mac with the free ...

Music production software programs are digital audio workstations (DAWs) that provide music artists with a platform where they can record, mix, edit, and otherwise perfect their audio tracks. As a ...

Quantizing audio involves tightening up the feel of an audio track. Generally, there are two different approaches to audio quantize, and you can also find a combination of the two: with or without ...

There comes a time in every musician's life when they feel a desire to record their work. As a guitarist, recording programs can be used as a writing tool to assist with the creative process, to build ...

Your Mac has the potential to be a powerful music studio for recording and editing, and that’s just using GarageBand – an app that comes free with your device. There are plenty of options out there, ...

Tips, hacks and shortcuts for the most flexible DAW on the market When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Cubase is the most flexible DAW ...

If you’re here reading this, chances are you’re trying to get into audio editing. Whether it’s for audio editing of your YouTube videos, a hopeful future in the movie industry as the next Hans Zimmer, ...

The musical landscape looked very different back then, with computers just starting to become a viable option for making music, and the introduction of MIDI was a revolution when it came to ...

Dubstep is a genre of music that has just been thrown into the spotlight, and many tech savvy people love it. Why? You can make your own tracks without having an innate songwriting or singing talent.