No matter what music forum you go to or who you encounter in various music-related fields there’s always some jackass claiming that their DAW sounds better than your DAW. The DAW myth has evolved into an illogical beast that thinks audio produced by one DAW sounds different than audio produced by a different DAW, even […]
Brainworx V3 Amp Sim Collection and Free Preset Player Released
Plugin Alliance has released some new Brainworx pedal plugins and they’ve updated their amp sim package with a new V3 collection. They claim that the amp sims have been completely overhauled to improve workflow, lower CPU usage, and increase sound quality. The new bx_rockrack V3 collection includes what they call eight amp models but it’s […]
Sound Radix SurferEQ 2 Boogie – New Free Focusrite Plugin
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 […]