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One of the marks of being a professional when it comes to music production is knowing your strengths. It’s equally important, however, to know your weaknesses, or if you’re not comfortable with that terminology, maybe you could think along the lines of ‘areas that need improvement’. Your journey as a producer should be one of constant learning and self improvement. Not only because this will -in the long run- lead to great improvements in your skills, but also because on a more real world applicable level, often, creating a project for the purposes of practicing a new technique can often...

Do you know all there is to know about Audio Rendering? Have you ever wonder what Dither really does?  It´s funny but we´re sure there are plenty of incredibly talented Producers and Engineers that are able to make great sounding music but doesn’t know the first thing about Dither. Unfortunately, there is a lot of misinformation out there on this matter. It’s much more difficult than it should be to figure out what Dither really is if you should use it, and why. The truth is that there is nothing fun about the technicalities of digital audio, sample rates, bit rates, bit depth, file formats, truncating bits,...

Do you know that audio processing is one of the most CPU consuming tasks that people do on their computers today? If you don´t, here with Top Music Arts, we´re going to help you choose the best one for you! Always giving you some tips and guides, as always. The common debate comes up, Mac or PC? Desktop or Laptop or even Tablet? Well with the technological advances made in the last years, we will highlight the top computers, in their own types, and a summary of what they bring to the table. Here we’re looking for the best computer...

Is Music Production school really worth it? One of the many questions we get asked from amateur producers and friends, today with Top Music Arts, we´re going to help you in the first steps of your careers by helping you choose if a music production school is the best for you or not! The main goal here is to discuss the pro and cons of each matter or reason, so you can apply them to your own situation. We make tutorials, and help with tips, guides and any learning tool we can give to you here on the blog, but...

What if I tell you it´s possible to have a song mixed and well balanced in five minutes or even less? Setting your track levels properly in your mix can be tough, especially if you haven’t been mixing and mastering for a long time. Today with Top Music Arts we´re giving you a guide to get your mix up and running in less than 5 minutes! Always with some tips and guides for you to practice on your own. Let´s start by talking about some fundamentals.     You can use any technique at the time of mixing…   The...