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Rap Beat Maker: What’s the Best Way to Produce Your First Rap Beat? from Landr
Rap beats have evolved immensely ever since rap beat makers started crafting unique sounds with drum machines and turntables in the late 80s and early 90s. Today, there’s so many types of rap and styles of beat making it can be difficult to know how exactly to approach the genre and get the beat you […]
Plugin Picks: 5 Inspiring Free Plugins to Get in June from Landr
Free plugins are one of the best things about being a producer in 2021. Quality music production tools have never been more accessible for the average musician. But with more freeware plugins showing up on the scene every day, knowing which ones are worth your time isn’t easy. That’s why we’re bringing you our top […]
Mixing Trap in 7 Steps from Landr
If you make trap beats, you probably find yourself mixing trap samples on the regular. But any time you add samples to your track, you’re adding a recorded element that has completely unique characteristics that could affect the quality of your overall mix. For starters, one sample might have been recorded with a lot of […]
Rap Hooks: 7 Sample Packs With Catchy Rap Vocals for Your Track from Landr
Rap hooks are so important in modern hip-hop and trap music. It’s the part of the song that everyone wants to sing along to—it’s what makes your song memorable. The art of writing good rap hooks is nuanced yet simple—many of the best rap hooks are just a few catchy words, repeated over and over. […]
Polychords: How to Make Complex Chords Seem Easy from Landr
Just looking at a polychord can make your brain scramble for a second. Two chords at once? It can take a bit of getting used to. But there’s no reason to be afraid of polychords, it’s actually simple enough once you break it down. Plus, using polychords in place of chord extensions can help you […]
The 7 Best Auto-Tune VST Plugins at any Budget Right Now from Landr
Auto-Tune is easily one of the most iconic voice effects ever created. It spawned new genres and even became controversial in the 2000s when some producers were accused of using it too heavily. It’s such a huge production technique that the term Auto-Tune is commonly used in reference to the practice of pitch correction—even though […]
