This mook is the successor to the "Creator's Direct Teachings!" and "Engineer's Direct Teachings!" series, which compile popular features from the monthly magazine "Sound & Recording Magazine." It condenses the composition, arrangement, and mixing know-how of leading creators and engineers, focusing on techniques centered on the DAW environment. It also covers a wide range of music genres, from band sounds to pop, hip-hop/trap, and four-on-the-floor dance music. The magazine also offers linked audio files online, so you can listen to them while reading the articles and experience the effectiveness of each technique. By learning from this book and putting its know-how into practice, you can expect to level up your DTM skills! [Contents] ■Chord Progression Easy chord progressions for beginners starting with Do Re Mi Fa So La Si KOUGA (author) ■Band Sound Create a band sound using programming! Kagome P (author) ■Four-on-the-floor 4/4 Beat Track Production: An Introduction Yuichiro Kotani (author) TR-808 Style Kick Bass How to make the most evil trap kick bass Atsushi Asada (Author) ■Hi-hat Latest Hi-Hat Production Techniques - Trap/EDM/Hip Hop SUI (author) / Matt Cab (author) / MK (author) / mabanua (author) ■Saturation Saturation is key for the rhythm section! ~ Learning from the Center of Gravity and Groove of Black Music by Satoshi Fukuda (author) Low End The key to modern sound: A low-end strategy that controls frequencies below 50Hz. By Ayaka Toki ■Side-chaining How to Use Side Chain to Enhance Your Vocals Atsushi Asada (Author) ■Vocal Effects Learn Vocal Production Techniques with Plug-ins and How to Create Vocal Effects MATZ (author) / TeddyLoid (author) / T-SK (author) / JUVENILE (author) / yasu (author) / MK (author) / murozo (author)