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Should you upgrade to FL Studio 21? With the announcement of the FL Studio 21.1 Beta, I'm very excited for the maturity of FL 21, as well as improvements to its MIDI Scripting API (M-Audio Oxygen Pro users will benefit from this as I update the Oxygen Pro Premium Template for FL Studio). By the way.. FL Studio 21.1 has a new plugin called "Hyper Chorus". You can learn more here: https://itsGratuiTous.com/podcast/s3e18-should-you-upgrade-to-fl-studio-21/ 🏡 VISIT WEBSITE: https://itsGratuiTous.com/ 📘 FREE 5 KEYS Beatmaking Book: https://itsGratuiTous.com/5keys =========================== 🎤 Episode Resources: https://itsGratuiTous.com/podcast/ 🎓 FL Studio Courses: https://itsGratuiTous.com/courses/

This episode talks about my new premium video Sound Selection Tutorial "Sound Selection in Beats Course". You are taught many of the secrets revealed about how to select sounds in your beats which you probably will never learn anywhere else! 🔥 SOUND SELECTION COURSE: https://itsGratuiTous.com/product/sound-selection-in-beats/ 🏡 VISIT WEBSITE: https://itsGratuiTous.com/ 📘 FREE 5 KEYS Beatmaking Book: https://itsGratuiTous.com/5keys =========================== 🎤 Episode Resources: https://itsGratuiTous.com/podcast/ 🎓 FL Studio Courses: https://itsGratuiTous.com/courses/

Learn about online music distribution and getting your music on Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon music in this podcast episode! 🔥 ONLINE MUSIC DISTRIBUTION COURSE: https://itsGratuiTous.com/product/online-music-distribution-course/ Digital Distribution (Music Distribution) is the process of submitting your music to one of the Best Music Distributors, where they then submit your music to Spotify and other music streaming services on your behalf. The process is pretty straightforward, but it's important you're organized and have all your music assets in order before moving forward. My Digital Music Distribution Course will teach you step-by-step how to prepare your music for online music distribution to get your music on Spotify: https://itsGratuiTous.com/product/online-music-distribution-course/ =========================== 🏡 VISIT WEBSITE: https://itsGratuiTous.com/ 📘 FREE 5 KEYS Beatmaking Book: https://itsGratuiTous.com/5keys =========================== 🎤 Episode Resources: https://itsGratuiTous.com/podcast/ 🎓 FL Studio Courses: https://itsGratuiTous.com/courses/

When you are thinking of buying new music production equipment, we often think we should sell our old music gear. The real question is.. should you? Old equipment is often built better, and many times new equipment may have features REMOVED.. 🏡 VISIT WEBSITE: https://itsGratuiTous.com/ 📘 FREE 5 KEYS Beatmaking Book: https://itsGratuiTous.com/5keys =========================== 🎤 Episode Resources: https://itsGratuiTous.com/podcast/ 🎓 FL Studio Courses: https://itsGratuiTous.com/courses/

This episode of Music Production Made Simple Podcast for Beatmakers and Producers talks about Taxes as a Musician, Producer (or Online Business). It's not as hard as you think.. but it's extremely important to be organized, and know how to set up a spreadsheet that works each year, that you actively input any income and expenses. BEAT TAPES By GratuiTous Vol. 10 is RELEASED!: https://itsGratuiTous.com/music/beat-tapes-by-gratuitous-vol-10/ 🏡 VISIT WEBSITE: https://itsGratuiTous.com/ 📘 FREE 5 KEYS Beatmaking Book: https://itsGratuiTous.com/5keys =========================== 🎤 Episode Resources: https://itsGratuiTous.com/podcast/ 🎓 FL Studio Courses: https://itsGratuiTous.com/courses/

If you're a new producer wanting to start your online business, be very careful in the tools you are starting to use.. this includes your beatmaking plugins, and any online services you start using like Email Marketing, Website Hosting/Tools, and any other type of business tool that can lock you into that company's "ecosystem". The goal is to find affordable professional business tools that allow you to easily switch, and provide the most value to your customers. 🏡 VISIT WEBSITE: https://itsGratuiTous.com/ 📘 FREE 5 KEYS Beatmaking Book: https://itsGratuiTous.com/5keys =========================== 🎤 Episode Resources: https://itsGratuiTous.com/podcast/ 🎓 FL Studio Courses: https://itsGratuiTous.com/courses/

See what's been going on behind the scenes over at itsGratuiTous.com .. and some real examples of life as a music producer where curve balls come, and you have to be ready for them. 🏡 VISIT WEBSITE: https://itsGratuiTous.com/ 📘 FREE 5 KEYS Beatmaking Book: https://itsGratuiTous.com/5keys =========================== 🎤 Episode Resources: https://itsGratuiTous.com/podcast/ 🎓 FL Studio Courses: https://itsGratuiTous.com/courses/

In this episode we talk about mastering tips to achieve a loud master which still has "dynamics", and how only .1dB was the difference between hearing distortion when mastering a song on BEAT TAPES By GratuiTous Vol. 10 When mastering music, there is a sweet spot to give your music the most excitement and energy.. go too loud, you're wrecking your music.. not loud enough, your music will be lacking! 🏡 VISIT WEBSITE: https://itsGratuiTous.com/ 📘 FREE 5 KEYS Beatmaking Book: https://itsGratuiTous.com/5keys =========================== 🎤 Episode Resources: https://itsGratuiTous.com/podcast/ 🎓 FL Studio Courses: https://itsGratuiTous.com/courses/

The two ways to make a beat are Original Compositions and Sampling. Both of these take immense skill and talent. Make sure you're practicing to become a better producer so you can truly be proud of your musical works. 🏡 VISIT WEBSITE: https://itsGratuiTous.com/ 📘 FREE 5 KEYS Beatmaking Book: https://itsGratuiTous.com/5keys =========================== 🎤 Episode Resources: https://itsGratuiTous.com/podcast/ 🎓 FL Studio Courses: https://itsGratuiTous.com/courses/

With Vol. 10 of BEAT TAPES By GratuiTous soon releasing, I'm currently in the final listening stage for audio translation.. in this episode I talk to you about HARSH and PLEASING speakers.. and how they are both beneficial to listen to your music before final release. Also, thanks for those who took part in the survey for the next beatmaking course to the platform.. Serum was the clear winner, so the new course will be Serum for Beatmakers Course :) 📘 FREE 5 KEYS TO A SUCCESSFUL BEAT Book: https://itsGratuiTous.com/5keys =========================== 🎤 All Podcast Episode Resources: https://itsGratuiTous.com/podcast/ 🎓 FL Studio Courses by GratuiTous: https://itsGratuiTous.com/courses/

VST3 vs. VST2 Plugins.. What Should You Use? In short, use VST3 for best future-proofing of your music projects... however, there may be times where your software does not support VST3, and that's where you'll have to fallback to the VST2 version of that plugin. As an end user, we really don't see too many benefits of VST2 vs. VST3, as it's mainly developers who gain more features and functionality that we end users get to use when making our music. (The main benefits of VST3 would be usually a resizable GUI, and in FL Studio, we can often right-click in VST3 third-party plugins!) As a bonus, we cover how to buy plugins for music production, and being careful about the best VSTs for beatmaking when they are subscription plugins. 📘 FREE 5 KEYS TO A SUCCESSFUL BEAT Book: https://itsGratuiTous.com/5keys =========================== 🎤 All Podcast Episode Resources: https://itsGratuiTous.com/podcast/ 🎓 FL Studio Courses by GratuiTous: https://itsGratuiTous.com/courses/

Did you know that you as the music producer have more control than mixing and mastering engineers? Because music producers work with VSTi's, and have the RAW MIDI Files, we have customizability that no one else has! Take advantage of this to fix problems that audio tools like EQ, Compression, and Gates cannot! 📘 FREE 5 KEYS TO A SUCCESSFUL BEAT Book: https://itsGratuiTous.com/5keys =========================== 🎤 All Podcast Episode Resources: https://itsGratuiTous.com/podcast/ 🎓 FL Studio Courses by GratuiTous: https://itsGratuiTous.com/courses/