The folks at Propellerhead Software have released a new updated version of their digital audio workstation, Reason 9, for Windows and Mac computers. Reason 9 adds three new Player devices, a thousand new sounds, and some new production tools and workflow improvements to help make music creation easier and faster. There’s also a new audio […]
Best Free DAW Software for Recording, Editing and Creating Music
It’s amazing how many free Digital Audio Workstations (DAW for short) are available these days for recording, creating, editing and mixing music from a simple home computer setup. When I first started getting into recording music from home, I thought it was pretty much required to spend a few hundred dollars (at least) on music […]
Pro Tools Stomp Box Plugins Now Available for $5 Each
Avid recently started selling over a dozen different stompbox plugins for Pro Tools, with everything from distortion to reverb, delay, flanger and wah plugins. Some of the pedals come free with certain Pro Tools plans, and Focusrite has the new Pro Tools First Creative Pack that comes with their Scarlett audio interfaces that includes several […]
Review: 2nd Gen Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Audio Interface (+Video)
For this review I’m going to talk about the 2nd generation Focusrite Scarlett 2i2. I use it mostly for guitar and bass recording so that’s the angle this review will cover. The 1st gen 2i2 model has become one of the most popular USB audio interfaces for under $150; in fact Focusrite claims that it’s […]
Focusrite Scarlett 2nd Gen 2i2 vs 1st Gen 2i4 Comparison Review (Video)
For this review I’m going to compare the 2nd generation Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 USB audio interface with the 1st gen 2i4 model, and list the differences between the 1st and 2nd gen Scarlett models in general. I bought a 1st gen Scarlett 2i4 a few months ago and it has worked out well for recording […]
Free Plugin: Tubes Creamer 808 Core Pedal Released
The folks at Mercuriall Audio Software have released a new tube screamer pedal plugin that’s based on the ever-popular Ibanez TS-808. The plugin is called the Tubes Creamer 808 Core—making tubes creamier since 1808—and it’s available for free for PC and Mac in VST, AU, and AAX formats. Here’s the link to download the TSC […]
Led Zeppelin II (Remastered) Album is Free at Google Music
Google sometimes gives away full albums to download for free from Google Music, like Black Sabbath’s Paranoid a couple months ago. This time around they are giving away Led Zeppelin II (Remastered) for an indeterminate amount of time (probably a week or two). Once you add the album to your Google Music library you can […]
Focusrite to Update Drivers for 1st Gen Scarlett Interfaces Too
Last week Focusrite released 2nd generation models of their Scarlett line of USB audio interfaces. One of the main benefits of the newer models is the overall latency is much lower, about half the latency as the 1st gen models on Windows (Scarlett interfaces latency comparison). Owners of 1st generation Scarlett interfaces were wondering what […]