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The ProducerTube canon
10 videos · 4 h 5 min
The ten videos producers have saved to their playlists most often, year after year. Digital audio, gain staging, theory, compression, a home studio, and the history and money behind it all. Short and easy first, longer talks at the end.
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The Amen break: how one six-second drum loop shaped modern music
Landon ProctorSix seconds of drums that shaped modern music.
- 210:33
Six gain staging mistakes, and how to avoid them
Mastering․comThe level mistakes almost everyone makes early on.
- 323:53
Digital audio explained: sampling, bit depth and dither (Monty Montgomery)
FL StudioWhat sample rate, bit depth and dither actually do.
- 411:34
Building a basic home studio on a small budget
recordingrevolutionWhat you need for a home studio, and what you don't.
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19:53Music theory for producers, part 1: notes, octaves, staff and clefs
MusicTechHelpGuyNotes and octaves, explained for producers.
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29:57Rick Beato on how compression works and how pros use it
Rick BeatoHow compression works, and how pros use it.
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41:12Trackers and the sound of 16-bit music
AhoyTrackers, and how 16-bit limits made a sound.
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21:35Tantacrul's critique of Sibelius' interface design
TantacrulWhy music software feels the way it does.
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44:02Adam Neely on the Western bias in music theory
Adam NeelyQuestioning the theory you were taught.
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23:49Jeff Price on the streaming royalties artists aren't being paid
Recording Academy MembershipWhere streaming money goes, and where it doesn't.