reading material

How to make 808s hit harder Tuning, the kick, the envelope, saturation, soft clipping and a mono low end.
How to make drums hit harder Samples, the transient, compression attack, soft clipping, saturation and room in the mix.
Soft clipping explained What a soft clipper does, how it differs from hard clipping and a limiter, and where to use one.
How to saturate drums Kick, snare, drum bus and parallel saturation, and how to keep cymbals from turning harsh.
Gain staging for beatmakers Channel levels, plugin input, buses and the master, plus the common mistakes.
How to make your mix louder without clipping Low end, balance, density, soft clipping and a true-peak limiter, plus what streaming does to loud masters.
Clipper before limiter Why the clipper goes first, how to set both, and why the true-peak limiter stays last.
How loud should a master be LUFS, true peak, what Spotify does to loud masters, and how to choose a level with references.
Saturation vs distortion Saturation, overdrive, distortion and fuzz: what changes, and which one you want.
How to use saturation in a mix Bass, drums, vocals, synths, buses and the master: what saturation is for and how much to use.
Parallel saturation Set it up on a return, drive it hard, filter the burnt copy, and blend it under the dry signal.
Tape vs tube saturation Which harmonics each adds, what they do to transients, and which to use where.
How to mix the kick and the 808 Who owns the sub, tuning, sidechain, phase, and using the 808 as the kick.
How to distort an 808 Keep the sub clean, distort a high-passed copy, pick the drive, and handle glides.
How to make bass audible on phone speakers Harmonics, a mid-bass layer, EQ that helps, and testing on a real phone.
How to make bass fatter Layer a sub and mid-bass, add harmonics, compress for consistency, and make it growl.
How to make a snare hit harder Sample and tuning, layers, transients, saturation, soft clipping and a short room.
How to make drums sound bigger Room, sustain, density, weight and width: the half of drum sound that punch doesn't cover.
How to make drums cut through the mix Fix masking, keep transients, add presence, duck busy parts, pan with purpose and tame the reverb.
Transient shaper vs saturation Why they push drums in opposite directions, which one your drums need, and how to use both.
How to layer kicks Top, body and sub: filter each layer, align the starts, fix phase and glue them into one kick.
How to make boom bap drums Tempo, sounds, a starting pattern, swing, drum bus processing and structure.
How to make drill 808s Glide, sliding lines that stay in key, distortion that keeps the sub, and room for the kick.
How to make a sample sound fuller Clean it first, add harmonics, compress for sustain, support it with a bass layer, and give it room.
How to make your beats sound fuller Cover the frequency range, layer and double, add saturation, width and space.
How to use distortion on vocals Saturation for presence, parallel distortion for aggression, and heavy drive as an effect.
How to make a synth sound thicker Unison, oscillators, a mono sub, chorus, saturation and layering, without the harshness.
Drum bus compressor settings Attack, release, ratio and threshold on a drum bus, and a starting point that works.

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