If you’re interesting in audio & music production, then you should always strive to learn new things. After all, more than the equipment, its you ability to use them that determines the quality of your final mix.
Fortunately for us, the internet has some really good audio tutorial sites that you could & should refer to, on a regular basis.
Even our website offers some excellent tutorials, but then there’s always more to learn.
That’s why we bring you here the top 50 Audio & Music production tutorial websites, which are simply the best of the lot out there.
And because this is a huge undertaking, & because there are always newer websites that come up every year, please feel free to let us know if we have missed on a really good resource (or if you get security or malware warnings).
Most of these audio tutorial sites are general in nature, and cover topics such as digital audio workstation software, the audio production terminology and techniques. But there are some sites that are focused & dedicated to specific DAW, sort of “fan” sites; these are listed under separate headings, after the general sites.
So check these resources out now!
General
Sound on Sound
This is one of world’s leading recording technology magazine! Learn about various Recording Systems/Equipment, Music Software: DAWs, Virtual Instruments, Plug-ins, Synthesizers, Soundcards, Mixing Consoles, Effects & Signal Processors and more. Plenty of Tutorials and practical ‘how to’ Workshops for beginners and professionals alike, helping them gain the most from their studio equipment.
FutureProducers
A cool website with excellent information on audio recording & music production techniques. Plenty of useful information for the novice as well as music producers.
keytarhq.com
You’re here so you probably already know a bit about us. Feel free to check out our tutorial websites.
Harmonycentral
HarmonyCentral.com covers lot of product reviews as well, in addition to various tutorials. This is among the leading online resources for musicians, and includes chat rooms as well.
Gearslutz
This is another huge site with a helpful Forum to share techniques and advice. Suitable for professional and amateur recording engineers, & Newbies to audio engineering & production.
Audiotuts+
A good resource for audio tutorials; has several premium tutorials as well if you’re willing to invest money into your education.
YouTube
That looks like an obvious one? But the fact is that it does offer good tutorials, the only challenge is that you should spend some time finding them. Some are great, some are not.
macProVideo
An online education community featuring Tutorial-Videos & Training for popular Audio & Video Applications including Adobe CS, Logic Studio, Final Cut Studio, and more.
Bobby Owsinski’s “The Big Picture” Blog
A production-oriented blog, where Bobby discusses everything you ever wanted to know about recording and music production. A popular feature is his breakdown and analysis of isolated tracks of popular songs.
Audio Issues
If you’re just starting out doing some home recording or have been engineering for a while, these quick and easy audio tips are guaranteed to be of interest and use to you.
Sonic Academy
Whether you are a DJ, producer or a singer/songwriter, you’ll find solid training material to get that competitive edge!
The Serious Sounds Network
Great site for recording, mixing and mastering techniques.
Key of Grey
Its easy to get started with music production using a powerful home computer. This website cuts the various jargon and helps songwriters and producers learn how to produce a quality product.
Home Studio Corner
Also known as HSC, it provides good knowledge, helps you hone your recording skills, and make better recordings. They cover a wide range of topics, everything from acoustic treatment to recording, editing, mixing, and mastering.
Electronic Musician
Covers all aspects of music production—performance, recording and technology, from studio to stage. Interviews of today’s most influential music makers, reviews and analysis of the latest music technology and hands-on production techniques.
Wire to the Ear
The popular pro-audio weblog with daily articles on creating music with computers, sequencers, plug-ins, synthesizers, microphones and more. On going discussions about song writing, the music business, promotion, live performances, publishing, royalties and great music recommendations.
Audio Geek Zine
You’ll find articles; videos; tutorials; and interviews relating to recording; mixing; mastering; sound design; and music production.
Audiomasterclass
Helps you to achieve professional recordings in your home studio. Offers free as well as premium tutorials / courses, in the technical aspects of music production and sound engineering aimed primarily at the home studio owner who wants to work at a professional level, and join the professional music or audio industry.
BPB (Bedroom Producers Blog)
This blog is dedicated to the community of home music producers, as well as all the developers, sound designers, and acclaimed companies that release some or all of their products for free.
Bedroom-Recording.com
There’s so much more than what the name of the website suggests! You need to start somewhere (a bedroom or living room is a great place to get your feet wet), but you are on your way to better results no matter where you record!
Mixing Tips.org
A useful website with several useful tips that are easily explained.
Hiphop Makers
Helps budding music makers by providing helpful articles, resources, and more.
The Musician’s Guide
Lots of music promotion and marketing resources to help musicians succeed in the new music industry. Find music contracts, contact lists, video courses, music promotion books, and a wealth of other information on promoting and marketing music. It covers various areas such as music law, touring, online marketing, artist management and much more.
TweakHeadz Lab
One of the leading sites for learning about home and project studios.
Studio-Central
Articles, reviews and lively discussion on Studio Production and Post Production. Studio-central covers all aspects of home and project recording studio.
WinkSound
WinkSounds is your source for free music and audio technology videos. Featuring: Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Reason, Cubase and more.
The Recording Revolution
Educates musicians and songwriters to make outstanding music with their home studio. Breaks through the hype and marketing that tells people they need to spend more money if they want better results.
Record, Mix & Master
An essential reference site for beginners and intermediates in pro audio recording.
techMUZE!
Provides information on everything related to modern mixing. You can get all of your questions answered and avoid mistakes that wastes a lot of precious time.
Pensado’s Place
Part of the “This Week In web TV” network, this site offers video interviews of well-known music producers.
War Beats
Warbeats is more of a community or club, not a school. You come through and learn and grow by being an equal member to everyone else.
Production Advice
Excellent articles and tutorials on recording, mixing and mastering.
Digifreq
Owned by Scott R. Garrigus, DigiFreq provides useful information, articles, reviews, tips and tutorials for home recording and pro musicians, including many free music recording downloads.
Homerecording
This is a forum for beginners, with plenty of useful information, in home recording and music production techniques. It offers community support for different digital audio workstation software.
LearnGuitar
Includes several articles & useful techniques on how to record acoustic, electric, bass guitars, & other string instruments.
Fan Sites
Avid Pro Audio Community
This is an excellent Pro Tools User Forums. Useful for both, users who are new to Pro Tools and even the experienced ones. You’ll find videos, software updates, drivers, manuals, and much more.
Steinberg Forums
There’s a huge fan-following of Steinberg products — namely Cubase & Nuendo. This is a site dedicated to these products. Get the most out of your Cubase or Nuendo software suite and learn all the latest tips, tricks and workflow methods here on this site.
Logic-Courses.com
Get the most out of your Logic software suite and learn all the latest tips, tricks and workflow methods here on this site. Logic Courses provides both basic/intermediate and advanced level courses through a series of online video tutorials.
ReasonCourses.com
Get the most out of your Reason software suite and learn all the latest tips, tricks and workflow methods here on this website. Reason Courses provides both basic/intermediate and advanced level courses through a series of online video tutorials.
Reason4Tutorial.com
This website brings to you a new and exciting way to learn how to use Propellerheads Reason software. Each tutorial covers a different topic, and once you have watched them all, you’ll have a good understanding of how to use Reason to its full potential.
Nick’s Tutorials
Comprehensive Ableton Live tutorial resource with video tutorials on music production and sound design.
Music Software Training.com
Find a wealth of information on Ableton Live, suitable for bands, aspiring Remixer, Producer or DJs.
Live-Courses.com
Get the most out of your Ableton Live software suite and learn all the latest tips, tricks and workflow methods.
Tom Cosm
Buzzing little community of Ableton Live fans!
GarageBand & Beyond
A YouTube channel dedicated to GarageBand and home recording.
The REAPER Blog
Excellent resource for the REAPER user community, providing news, reviews, tips & tricks, and detailed tutorials on music production using the REAPER software.
Maschine Tutorials.com
For those wanting to learn Maschine, or wanting a place to improve their current skills and share their own tips and advice. It is also intended as a general place to explore and discuss various aspects of Maschine and music production in general.
Forum: Image-Line (FL Studio Forum)
Get the most out of your FL-studio software and learn all the latest tips & tricks, here on this site, on how to make the most of this software.
The Flipside Forum
This is the unofficial FL-Studio forum, where you’ll find everything related to this music software. Fruityloops at one time used to be quite popular with novice programmers, and is still today, a widely used software.
Hiphopmakers
Useful resource for creating dance music. Has useful content on Music Production, for Music Producers. You’ll find free Music Resources, Beat Selling Tips, FL Studio, Beat Marketing Tips, Inspiration, and More.
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