How to Make Money on Spotify, SoundCloud, and Apple Music
So you’ve got some great songs, you’ve made some killer recordings, and it’s time to put them to work. While most of us are happy just...
iZotope Learn
Read and watch tutorials for iZotope audio plugins like Ozone, Neutron, and RX. Get music production tips, boost your post production skills, and more.
Exploring the Songwriting Techniques of Tom Petty
"Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I'm concerned, that's success." —Tom Petty There's little doubt about it: Tom...
How to EQ Vocals: 9 Steps for EQing Lead Vox
EQing vocals: it’s necessary, folks. The act comprises a large swath of what we do, or want to do, and learning how to EQ vocals...
Vocal Production Tips: 6 Ways to Create Magic Vocal Moments
We often talk and think about vocal production in terms of the entire musical arc of a song. What about those brief, unexpected moments that surprise us...
What's New in Nectar 3 and Music Production Suite 4
From corrective to creative vocal production, all the way to final polish, Nectar 4 brings out your intended performance in isolation and in...
How to Mix Vocals with Nectar 3 Vocal Assistant
Vocal Assistant in Nectar 4 creates a custom preset for your vocal to get it to sit right in the mix. Watch the video below for helpful examples and tips...
Intelligently EQ Vocals with Follow EQ Mode in Nectar 3
Nectar 4 ’s EQ introduces Follow EQ Mode. This mode enables you to sculpt and shape your vocal in real time, locking on to pitch to help remove unwanted...
How to Mix Vocals from Start to Finish
Conquer vocal mixing from start to finish with a comprehensive walkthrough of the prep and mixing stages of vocal production. We use some of the production...
Automatically Set Vocal Levels with Nectar 3's Auto Level Mode
Auto Level Mode is an exciting new feature in Nectar 4 that adjusts the level of your vocal in real-time, eliminating the need for corrective dynamics,...
How to Keep Repetition in Music Interesting
Electronic music production is defined by the use of repeating loops. They’re built into the machines we use to make beats—drum machines,...
A Brief History of Pitch Correction in Music
Even with the mid-20th century’s recording studio wizards, if you were a vocalist who sang off pitch, solutions were time-consuming, difficult, and not...
Arranging Music for Better Mixdowns
Why do some songs grab our attention and make us listen to them over and over again, while others sound stale after just a few seconds? There are...
