If you own a Focusrite product you can download the SurferEQ 2 Boogie plugin from Sound Radix for free through the month of October. A few months back Focusrite started a new thing called the Focusrite Plug-in Collective where they team up with plugin developers to offer free plugins and special promotions for Focusrite customers. […]
Soundtoys Sie-Q Equalizer Free for Limited Time (Video)
The folks at Soundtoys have released a new EQ plugin called Sie-Q and they are giving it away for free for the next couple of weeks for anyone who wants to put up with authorizing it through iLok. After the free release period is over the Sie-Q plugin will sell for $129, so act now […]
How to Connect MIDI Keyboards and Controllers to Computers
One question that frequently comes up, especially in regards to audio interfaces, is how to connect keyboards and MIDI devices and controllers to computers to use with DAWs and software instruments. A lot of lower cost audio interfaces like the Scarlett 2i2 and Audient iD4 don’t have dedicated MIDI connectors, and that sometimes makes people […]
Line 6 Releases New Spider V Series Guitar Amps
Line 6 announced the release of a new range of Spider V series guitar amps today. They come with some interesting new features, including built-in wireless receivers for going cordless and the option to connect directly to a mobile device or PC to record into a DAW. There are four different models in the new […]
10 Top Music Making Apps for iPad – iOS DAWs List
Steinberg updated their music making iPad app, Cubasis, this past week to version 2.0. It has a surprising number of features for being a DAW designed on a mobile operating system. That got me thinking about how the iPad has become a fully functional music producing tool over the past few years, while Android still […]
EZDrummer 2 Metal Drums Mixing Tips (Videos)
EZDrummer 2 is one of the more popular drum plugins available. The drums are already processed quite a bit to sound good out of the box, so to speak, but there are a number of mixing techniques that can be used to make the drums sound bigger and more balanced. EZDrummer has a built-in mixer […]
New “Spark” Guitar Amp Sim from Mercuriall Announced
The guys from Mercuriall Audio Software have announced the upcoming release of a new guitar amp sim package called Spark that includes four amps modeled after popular Marshall amplifiers. Spark also includes simulations of four cabinets with three different mics. And there are four overdrive/tubescreamer pedals and some effects included as well. Spark is expected […]
What’s With All the Generic Heavy Metal and Rock on Spotify?
I started to listen to Spotify a few months ago (yeah, I’m late to that party) and it turns out they have a lot of rock and heavy metal music that I’ve never heard on Pandora, which is what I usually listen to while working. The problem, however, is that most of the heavy music […]