Audio Production Tutorials

The quick guides you need to get you started in digital sound production

Making your own music, and producing it to quality standards that rival commercial productions, has become accessible for everyone thanks to the advances in technology in the latest times. All you need is a computer, a few very cheap items of consumer electronics, and one DAW (Digital Audio Workstation), a piece of software that you can even get for free.

What the software won't teach you is the basic techniques needed to record and manipulate the sound, and the flood of information available on audio production can sometimes be intimidating for a beginner. To solve that, Audio Production Tutorials intends to offer a representative selection of video and text resources for those who introduce themselves into the creative world of audio production and are not sure about where to start. Triaged by an 'audiohead', with thousands of hours of production under his belt, the criteria for inclusion of the tutorials, out of many checked, were the following:

* Offering a complete 20,000 ft overview of the processes used in music production to create a music track, from beginning to finish

* Focus on the technique (the way to get a certain thing done), rather than the tools (particular programs or gear); once you learn the fundamentals, you can choose the DAW or plugins that are more to your liking, and will navigate through them easily.

* Avoiding technical terminology; only tutorials that explained things in layman terms, in a lively manner and with easy to grasp examples.

Very often, the first step is often the hardest. If you ever have had a wish to express yourself through music, this app can help you take that first step, so later you can move on from there, depending on your learning needs and priorities.

The audio production techniques covered by the tutorials are:

* Equipment used in digital music production

* Equalization

* Compression

* Reverb

You will also find access to an audio forum thread that has become famous as a comprehensive collection of all there is to know to audio production; not only clear and detailed explanations of all the aforementioned techniques, but also enlightening debate on issues like what makes a good song, or the situation and scope of music in the Internet era.