THE LATEST FROM THE HYPERBITS BLOG
Writer’s Block Isn’t Real: 4 Limiting Beliefs in Music Production
September 6, 2018Any time you feel stranded in the sea of writer’s block, know that there’s always a way out: action. You don’t write music by thinking....
How On Earth Do I Use Compression?
August 8, 2018Compression was built for one purpose (to reduce the dynamic range of a signal), but it can be used to achieve many specific results...
Dynamics in Music: The Key To Emotional Productions
July 31, 2018The concept of Dynamics is at the heart of what makes music memorable, special, and relatable to our lives....
8 Things You No Longer Need to Focus on as a Music Producer
July 10, 2018It can be tough to stop doing things that used to be effective strategies not too long ago. That said, it is time to change and stay...
Mixing & Mastering Electronic Music in 2018
June 26, 2018Mixing and Mastering electronic music is extremely hard. So today, I'm going to share the most popular mixing and mastering mistakes I...
8 Audio Editing & Warping tips for Ableton Live & Logic Pro
May 24, 2018Here are 8 of our absolute favorite techniques, tips and strategies (complete with video demonstrations for each) to help you take full...
Music Networking: How To Win Friends and Influence People (in EDM!)
May 14, 2018We’ve all heard stories of insanely talented artists getting accidentally “discovered” – but, that only happens to an incredibly small...
65+ Online Tools for Music Producers & Artists
April 30, 2018Here are over 65 of my favorite tools that I’ve used over the past 10 years to help me create music, manage my projects, tame...
A Simple Man’s Guide to Basic Music Theory for Producers
April 18, 2018Any online music theory course will present the same exact information in their course as what is in this article, albeit with some...
The Ultimate Guide to Multiband Compression: Tips, Techniques & Plugins
April 10, 2018Instead of aimlessly tweaking and adjusting knobs and parameters because it's fun to touch (and I admit, it is), let's demystify...
8 Things You’re Doing That Are Ruining the Quality of Your Music
March 12, 2018In music production, however, there are some common poor practices that many producers do not even realize are part of their workflow...
103 Music Production Tips: Mixing, Mastering, Sound Design, Composition & Mindset
February 8, 2018In reality, music production is a grind. It’s a true struggle – a beautiful pursuit that pairs a musical art-form with the...
10 Ways to Steal Like an Artist
January 17, 2018We are shaped and fashioned by what we love. And it is through our influencers that we borrow, chisel, mooch and acquire the necessary...
How to Achieve the Ultimate Kick-Bass Relationship
December 20, 2017Ahhh. That elusive kick-bass relationship… There are few things better than perfectly nailing the low end of a track. For me, it’s up...
The Ultimate Plugin Guide for Electronic Music
November 10, 2017Rules are meant to be broken. And the professionals break them every day. They just do it with a sense of purpose and reason. There’s...
8 Creativity Hacks: How to Start Your Song in an Empty DAW
October 13, 2017How many times have you sat down at your computer with the intention of producing a track – only to be intimidated and hindered by the...
The Ultimate Guide to the Loudness War
September 13, 2017So, why is the loudness war over? Well, all the streaming platforms have individually decided to match the loudness of the music on...
20 Lessons In Music Production I Wish I Knew When I Started
September 6, 2017Hyperbits here. Guess what? It’s story time, kids. But I’m not writing to you… I’m writing to myself. Well, the old me. I’m writing to...
8 Ways to Effectively Use Guitar Amps in Electronic Music
August 11, 2017Famous guitarists from the likes of Steve Vai to Kirk Hammett to Eric Clapton to Jimmy Page, were well known for their obsession with...
4 Stock Logic Synths You Need to be Using
July 9, 2017The stock synthesizers in Logic provide a unique suite of tools to create some high-quality sounds. While often written off as inferior...
Ultimate Guide to Layering & Humanizing Pianos in Electronic Music
June 7, 2017Electronic music, by nature, is digital. And when things get overly digital, productions sound flat, predictable, even boring. But that...
7 Must-Know EQ Tips with Fab Filter Pro-Q2
May 9, 2017The purpose of this video isn’t to show off the bells and whistles of Pro-Q2, but rather to show what you are capable of as a producer...
6 Tips for Effective Build Ups
April 3, 2017Don’t skimp on the details in your buildups. Your drop is only as good as the anticipation you create before it. Build ups are an...
5 Creative Composition Techniques Using Reverses
December 14, 2016Using reverse techniques in your music is a great way to add details, to add intricacies, to add energy and movement, or even just a...
8-Step Finishing Checklist
September 22, 2016Finishing music is hard. In fact, I would argue it’s the most difficult aspect of the creative process. It’s just a lot easier to...
Top 12 All Time Most Influential Music Production Videos
June 15, 2016These are the music production videos that changed my life as a producer. Not the hundreds, if not thousands of little tutorials and...
The Mono-Build Trick
May 15, 2016“Wow. What a great trick. I would definitely buy a book filled with things like this.“ – Some dude on Reddit....
Top 20 Saturation & Distortion Plugins for Electronic Music
April 22, 2016In short, saturation is THE most effective way to add analog edge and warmth to your music – often meaning the difference between...