There is a surprising number of free limiter plugins available online in VST and AU formats, and even some in AAX format for Pro Tools. They come with varying levels of features. Some are brickwall limiters, some are soft limiters, and some add extra clipping and compression features. Some of the free limiters are exceptional, […]
Pre Black Friday Sales and Deals on Musical Instruments and Software
Now that November has rolled around and Black Friday is just a couple of weeks away, a lot of companies have started offering up discounted music gear and software plugins for the holiday shopping season. This time of year is always one of the best times to stock up on new gear because the prices […]
Toneforge Guilty Pleasure High-Gain Amp Sim Released (Videos)
There’s a new high-gain amp sim suite available on the market from Toneforge by Joey Sturgis. The amp sim pack is called Guilty Pleasure. It’s the third Toneforge guitar sim pack behind the Menace and Ben Bruce plugins. The Guilty Pleasure amp sim comes with a custom high-gain amp, four effects pedals, two cabinets, and […]
Line 6 Spider IV vs Spider V Amp Comparison Review
Line 6 Spider amps don’t have the greatest reputation among guitarists, but that hasn’t stopped them from being some of the most popular entry-level amps on the market for many years. Now that Line 6 has released the Spider V series to replace the Spider IV amps, I wanted to put together a quick comparison […]
Positive Grid BIAS FX LE Amp Sim Pack – Free Focusrite Plugin
Focusrite has teamed up with Positive Grid to offer a free version of the BIAS FX guitar effects processor as part of the Focusrite Plugin Collective. The BIAS FX LE plugin is free to download for Focusrite interface owners (or anyone who registers an account with them, it seems) throughout the month of November. Just […]
Spider V Amp Review – Metal Samples (Video)
Last week I posted a review of the Line 6 Spider V 30 amp and I wanted to put together another quick review specifically about how the Spider V amp sounds when it comes to metal tones. The Spider V amps have a bunch of high-gain amp simulations built-in and over 100 effects, including various […]
Toontrack Big Rock Drums EZX – Classic 70s Hard Rock Drums
Toontrack has released a new expansion pack for EZdrummer 2 called Big Rock Drums. The expansion library includes five new drum kits recorded by engineer Dave Cobb and drummer Michael Miley of Rival Sons. The drums were recorded in Cobb’s Low Country Sound Studio in Nashville. The Big Rock Drums expansion was inspired by popular […]
FL Studio Mobile 3 DAW Released (Videos)
FL Studio has started rolling out a major update for their mobile DAW. They released FL Studio 3 for Android this week, and they plan to launch the iOS, Windows Phone and Windows App versions of FL Studio 3 soon. According to the release notes, FL Studio Mobile 3 is a complete re-write of their […]