What Is the Tutorial Library on producerlibrary.carrd.co?

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producerlibrary.carrd.co is a free, curated index of music production tutorials hosted on YouTube. It is built as a compendium rather than a course: the stated aim is to collect in-depth but still practical material while avoiding too much redundancy. It is useful if you want a structured map of what to learn across effects, composition, sound design, and technical topics — and it is not a place to watch videos directly, since the content lives on YouTube. The project has since evolved into a monthly newsletter at producersmonthly.substack.com, so the Carrd page functions mainly as the original library and archive.

What the library covers

The page organizes links under four main headings, each with subcategories.

Effects

  • Dynamics & Gain: a beginner's guide to compression (series), how to hear drum compression, hearing attack and release, using clippers to get loudness, an overview of sidechain methods, maximum accuracy in sidechaining, sidechain compression when and how, dynamics and physical integrity, limiter lookahead, and a transfer functions deep dive.
  • Saturation, Distortion & Waveshaping: how distortion works, saturation for peak control and harmonics, and a three-part in-depth saturation/distortion tutorial series.
  • Filters & EQ: a beginner's guide to EQ (series), "EQ, why bother?", EQ ear training, EQ to shape distortion, linear phase vs. minimum phase, why most EQs shift phase, what phase is and when it matters, EQ cramping, and an EQ deep dive.
  • Reverbs, Delay & Space: how to shape a reverb, an advanced reverb explanation, different ways to use reverb in mixing, Haas delays, panning above/below the head using psychoacoustics, different panning and widening methods, and delay beyond echo and reverb.
  • Creative FX: thinking outside the box with FX.
  • General Mixing: The Art of Mixing (Dave Gibson), four traits of a good mix, ear training for mixing, basic routing terminology, phase in mixing, and bus processing and mix glue.
  • General Mastering: loudness and what LUFs are exactly, the three main goals of mastering, Spotify tech specs as an alternative to mastering, a Matt Davis mastering masterclass, and a Matt Davis workshop.

Composition

  • Melody: a 5-step melody checklist and Ethiopian pentatonic scales.
  • Harmony: chord progressions and harmony (series).
  • Counterpoint: counterpoint for arrangement, applied species counterpoint (series), imitative counterpoint (series), Schenkerian analysis (series), and Bach's puzzle canons.
  • Arrangement: arranging your music, arrangement of a hyperglitch EP (series), and Tracey Brakes' "My Twee Monsters" project breakdowns.
  • Ear Training: intro to ear training and the major scale.
  • Microtonality: a primer on microtonal stuff and an intro to microtonal in electronic music.

Sound Design

  • Synthesis Methods: subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis, FM synthesis, FM synthesis in depth (series), granular synthesis, modal synthesis with EQs, physical modelling basics, physical modelling techniques, concatenative synthesis, a wavetable masterclass, and recreating all basic waveforms with FM.

Technical Info

The page lists a "Technical Info" heading, though the excerpt does not detail its contents.

Who it is for

This library suits producers who already know they want to learn a specific topic and would rather follow a curated path than search YouTube blindly. The compression, EQ, and synthesis series are sequenced, so they work as a study plan. The counterpoint and Schenkerian analysis material is theory-heavy and aimed at readers comfortable with notation and classical concepts. If you want a single linear beginner course, this is not that — it is a reference map.

How to use it

  1. Open producerlibrary.carrd.co and pick the heading closest to your gap (Effects, Composition, Sound Design, or Technical Info).
  2. Choose a subcategory and start with any item labeled "beginners guide" or "intro" before the deep dives.
  3. Follow the linked YouTube videos in the order listed where a series is indicated.
  4. For ongoing material, subscribe to the newsletter at producersmonthly.substack.com, which is where the project moved.

Practical notes

  • The site itself hosts no video or audio; every entry is an outbound YouTube link, so playback and availability depend on the original channels.
  • The page does not state pricing for anything, and no payment or login details appear in the source. Treat the library as a free index of third-party videos, and check each linked channel for its own terms.
  • Because it is a curated list, some links may age out if a creator removes or reuploads a video. If a link fails, search the exact title on YouTube.