Jasmine Cole

Mix it. Do not master it. That single distinction decides whether an artist hears a competitive beat or a demo that loses to every … Read more

Here is the short version: hip hop chord progressions are usually one to four chords, almost always in a minor key, and they exist … Read more

To leave space for vocals in a beat you have to open room in three places at once: the level of the instrumental, the … Read more

A beat switch is a deliberate mid-song change in instrumentation, rhythm, tempo, key, or production style. Learning how to make a beat switch that … Read more

Time stretching changes the length of an audio sample without changing its pitch. A 2-second drum break can be made to fill four bars, … Read more

To quantize without losing feel, stop working at 100 percent strength by default. Choose the smallest grid that fits the part, pull quantize strength … Read more

Hi-hats sound robotic when every hit lands dead on the grid at the same velocity using the same sample. To program hi hats that … Read more

To use velocity to humanize drums, give each hit its own level of emphasis: louder on downbeats and backbeats, softer on ghost notes and … Read more

If you want to know how to make your drums hit harder, the answer is not more volume. It is a sharper transient on … Read more

How to layer kick drums well comes down to one idea: stack two or more kick sounds on separate tracks so each one owns … Read more