The Pandemic and a Changing Music Production Industry

The 14 months have been hard and challenging for everyone, and the music production industry is no exception. Indeed, it may have been more vulnerable because the heart of music is collaborative and spontaneity, two things that more or less have been on hold. At the end of the day, however, the industry is…

Exploring new plugins is a great way to inspire creativity and find new ways to set your sound apart from others. But sometimes they can be tough to find. When it comes to audio plugins, the big brands take up most of the attention. Brands like FabFilter, iZoptope, Waves, and Xfer Records (Serum) are…

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Omar, Can You Tell Us a Bit About Your Background? We are Hyde Out, a duo (Omar and Jaka) from London, England who have been musically collaborating since 2014. Both of us have rich musical backgrounds. Since the mid to late 90s, Omar has been the musical lead of several bands throughout Europe and…

I think every music producer can agree that starting a new track is a lot easier than finishing an existing one. Putting together a few bars while jamming is a great way to get started, but turning it into a full track can sometimes seem like an impossible task. Getting stuck on unfinished tracks…

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Wandering how to record vocals at home and make them sound great? Not long ago, recording professional quality vocal tracks from a home studio used to be a difficult and expensive undertaking. Now, with so much easily-accessible information at our fingertips and lots of affordable equipment on the market, anyone can achieve industry standard…

Have you ever thought about trying to create a new song with only one VST/instrument? For example, imagine if all you could use in a song is a bass guitar, how could your song sound complete with that? Can you see a way how this limited scenario would actually boost your music creativity? Or,…

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