Music tuition

Learn to set and maintain your guitar’s neck relief

We profile the melody-laden tricks of Beck, May, Gilmour and more

Take control of your stereo image using two of the most common effects around

Push your virtual drum kit to the rhythmic extremes with our MIDI programming guide

Learn how to get more from those humble pan pots

Get your prog on with Image-Line’s freshly updated DAW

Wield the power of Trower

Change the key of a track and you change its harmonic and melodic character entirely, Learn how with our walkthrough

When the wellspring of inspiration dries up, there are plenty of things you can do to get it flowing again…

Turn your chords on their heads and get them sitting where you want them

Add colour and interest to your harmonic progressions by working in extra notes. We show you how

The world’s most popular DAW is 20 years old, and what better way to celebrate than with a whopping great update?

As the track element that you often most want the listener to remember, your melody has to be on point. Read on and it will be…

Create your own instruments and effects

Pay attention now - if you learn one thing about music theory, it should be this

Distortion, glitching and juxtaposition - just some of the techniques that can turn leaden mixes into dancefloor gold

Top advice from top techs

We kick off the first in a series of music theory tutorials with a look at the very basics of chord construction

The build-up to the drop is the most important point of any club track. Here are some easy ways to create and release tension