production tips

The Koala sampler app – available on both iOS and Android – has won the hearts of many mobile beat makers since its release in February 2020. Its simple and intuitive interface allows for sound construction fairly easily, and it's pretty…

A mixing engineer’s job is to make productions sound both technically solid and artistically engaging for the listeners. Although engineers have many tools to achieve this, it’s key to remember that mixing is not magic – and…

Roland first released the iconic SP-404 in 2005 – then in 2009 as the SP-404SX, and again in 2017 as the SP-404A. The fourth and last release came from Roland in 2021, which came with the introduction of the MK2 version of the sampler.…

Today, we're exploring the depths of the Sourcery album, the latest release from California-based musician A Path Untold – a project from producer and composer Daniel Merrill, who has been creating and releasing under the moniker…

As part of a training program with the newly launched Toolroom Academy, DJTT contributor Tenova shares five pieces of production knowledge he picked up during his time spent in studio with D. Ramirez and Mark Knight.

Trying to perfect a kick/bass mixdown and it’s going nowhere? It's hard to tell what you're hearing because your neighbors have asked you to wear headphones, or your studio monitors aren't properly acoustically treated. Bottom line, the …

Nearly every DAW has a piano roll that serves as the canvas for almost every harmonic part of a track. For some producers and DJs, samples are an easier solution - but many creators long to master the ivory keys, building catchy riffs and…

We're excited to present yet another video in our studio production series from Riverside Studios in Berlin. This time, production duo Pan-Pot show off a few clever techniques for recording handheld shakers and mixing them in a track, as…