I recently stumbled upon an easy way to save some cash when buying music software, including certain plugins and some digital audio workstations like Ableton Live 10 and Reason. If you live in the US, sometimes the exchange rate makes it quite a bit cheaper to buy software from outside the US (not sure if […]
Arturia MiniLab MkII Ableton Live Tips
Last year I bought an Arturia MiniLab MKII and it has turned out to be a great mini MIDI keyboard controller for the price. The keys are a lot nicer than the Alesis MIDI keyboards I tried previously, and it has a lot more knobs and pads to work with. I especially like the integration […]
Free DAW: Cakewalk by BandLab, Formerly Sonar Platinum
If you like making music and you also like getting free stuff, then you’ll want to download Cakewalk by BandLab, a free digital audio workstation. Cakewalk by BandLab is a fully-featured DAW complete with a number of useful plugins and included instruments. It’s basically the exact same as SONAR Platinum, which used to sell for […]
Ableton Live 10 Theme Editor – Free Tool (Windows)
The update for Ableton Live 10 was released last month, and one of the differences with Live 10 is it has themes to customize the appearance instead of skins like in Live 9. Unfortunately skins from Live 9 aren’t the same as themes so if you had a skin that you liked in Live 9 […]
New Efektor Wah Pedal Plugin from Kuassa Sounds Really Nice
Kuassa has just released a new wah pedal plugin called the Efektor WF3607 Wah Filter. I’ve been a big fan of wah pedals ever since I heard Black Sabbath’s Electric Funeral. The Efektor Wah is the best-sounding wah plugin that I’ve come across. Previously I’d been using the Morley wah in Amplitube but I did […]
Free Amp Sim Plugin: The Anvil v3.0 from Ignite Amps
A couple months back the guys at Ignite Amps released another really good-sounding free amp sim plugin called the Anvil. It features three independent channels, one for clean, one for rhythm and one for lead. The sim supports stereo and mono routing and the controls can be automated. There are 3 oversampling settings (2x, 4x, […]
New JBL 3 Series MkII Studio Monitors Now Available (Video)
JBL recently released a newer updated version of their 3 Series studio monitors. The JBL 3 Series MkII monitors come in three sizes. There’s the 5-inch 305P, the 6-inch 306P and the 8-inch 308P. The 3 Series also includes a 10-inch sub, the LSR310S, but it hasn’t been updated like the rest. The prices remain […]
26-Band EQuivocate EQ Plugin Free Through October
If you haven’t heard about this new EQ plugin from Newfangled Audio through Eventide yet, get it now while it’s still free! After October 31st it will become a paid plugin with a retail price of $99. Until then EQuivocate is free for everyone and it’s one of those plugins that you don’t want to […]