Free Music Production: The Complete Guide (Plugins, Beats, Mixing & Vocals)
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Everything you need to make pro music for free — the best free plugins, how to make any beat, mixing and vocals, and how to actually grow. Every guide on The Hidden Sauce, in one place.
Free Plugins
Start here. The free tools that rival paid ones — by type and by DAW.
The 10 best free plugins · synths · EQ · compressors · reverb · delay · saturation · mastering · 808 & bass · autotune · de-essers · piano & keys · guitar amp sims · vocal FX · sidechain · drum kits · free vs paid
Make Beats
Build any beat from scratch — the formula for each genre.
trap · lo-fi · drill · afrobeats · R&B / PluggnB · hyperpop · trap plugins · lo-fi plugins
Mix & Master
Make it sound expensive and translate everywhere.
mix vocals · EQ vocals · mix 808s · gain staging · mix on headphones · master for streaming · get louder
Vocals & Recording
Record and tune pro vocals at home on any budget.
record at home · record in FL · the vocal chain · free vocal chain · auto-tune settings · auto-tune vs Melodyne · sing better · home studio · cheap mics
Grow Your Career
The networking and promotion that actually move the needle.
networking · beat placements · sell beats · Spotify playlists · promote for $0 · grow as an indie artist · my story
Want the pro sound instantly?
These free guides get you most of the way. My presets, templates and vocal chains get you the exact pro tone in one drag — the settings I pulled from 100+ Grammy sessions.
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33 Free Music Production Tools
Calculators, converters and generators that run entirely in your browser. Your files never leave your computer.
Calculators & reference
Theory & timing
Audio file tools
Generators
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