Hip hop
Exploring Jacob Collier Audience Choir: immersive vocals for music production
Learn how to make your own track with Jacob Collier Audience Choir: a free choir vst plugin that brings expressive vocals to your productions like never before.
The 10 best hip hop beats (and how to make them)
Discover what makes some of the biggest hip hop beats in the world famous and learn how to recreate them using modern production techniques.
Mixing beats: essential skills for hip hop, rap, and electronic music producers
Explore essential beat mixing techniques for hip hop, rap, and electronic music and learn how to mix a beat with leveling, panning, EQ, compression, and effects.
How to make a Jersey club track
Interested in creating Jersey club music? Discover the world of Jersey club music and learn how to produce it, from crafting beats to mastering bass and synths.
What are 808 beats? How to create their iconic sound in your music
Learn about iconic 808 beats, including their history, how they’ve been used in modern productions, and how to create your own 808 beats in your music.
How to make a drill beat with haunting, dark undertones
Learn how to make a drill beat step-by-step, from selecting the right sounds and tools to arranging your track like a pro. By the end of this tutorial, you’ll be...
What is reggaeton? How to make reggaeton beats that move you
Discover the rhythms and beats of reggaeton music with our comprehensive guide on how to create it. Learn about the history of the reggaeton genre and explore essential tips for...
What is boom bap? How to produce a 90s-style hip hop beat
Boom bap is a subgenre of hip hop music characterized by its heavy use of samples and drum-based beats. Learn how to make a boom bap drum pattern, compose a...
What is sampling in music?
What is sampling in music? This comprehensive tutorial explains the techniques and history of sampling and shows you how to sample music in your own tracks.
How to make a trap beat
Learn what trap music is and how to make a trap beat with all of its hallmark elements, including a half-time drum pattern, a deep 808 bass, a triplet flow,...
Hip hop drums 101: How to write drum patterns
Analyze the fundamental elements of classic hip hop beats and learn how to make hip hop drum beats, rap drum patterns, and trap drum patterns in your DAW that can...
Hip hop sampling 101
What is sampling in hip hop, and how can you use it in your own tracks?
5 free lo-fi instruments for KONTAKT
Bathe your tracks in dreamy retro vibes with these free lo-fi libraries for KONTAKT.
Beat-making 101: How to make a beat
Learn everything you need to produce your first beat, and download free plug-ins to get you started.
5 essential – and free – electric piano libraries for KONTAKT
We enlist the help of London-based producer Eun to prove that soulful keys needn’t come at a cost.
6 iconic sounds of the 90s (and 6 easy ways to recreate them today)
We begin our look back at the sonic inspirations behind three different decades of NI.
4 free KONTAKT libraries to lend your trap beats a unique, moody vibe
808s and trap hats are a given – but how about textural drones, evolving pads, and baritone ukuleles?
How to make your first beat
Start making music with these introductory MASCHINE tutorials
