Ear training is an important part of being a musician, bedroom producer or music lover. One of the best tools for frequency training specifically is TrainYourEars, made by the very talented Luis Herranz (check out our recent review here). We cornered Luis recently to pick his brains about all things ear training/softwarey and he was nice enough…
They may not be the newest impulses on the market, but the message bears repeating: Kalthallen’s impulses are probably the most balanced, usable and just all around best sounding impulses you can find. They’re also giving away a collection of them 100% free, which, once you’ve heard them, you’ll see is kinda amazing. Not much…
Here’s a sweet verb/delay plugin from STW Audio. The spiel: “REFLEX free is capable of generating huge spaces, short rooms, or chorus like modulations through a cascade of regenerating delays. It’s sound is a mixture of straight stereo delays followed by a dense cloud of reflections. It achieves a huge and spacey wideness with a…
The new Gibson Customs are really, really, ridiculously good looking. And with Gibson’s typically eye-watering prices, they may just ruin your day. Check ’em out: Les Paul Custom “The 2017 Les Paul Custom effortlessly lives up to the high standards set by its 1950s archetype while evolving to a level of tone and performance more…
A collection of funny(ish) stuff we stole from elsewhere…
Looking for the best cabinet impulse loader plugin around? Here it is. The PULSE from Ignite and Rosen Digital. Ignite Amps makes awesome, original amp stuff (and a bunch of sweet plugins), Rosen Digital make the much admired Rosen Impulses, and together they’re responsible for the sweet PULSE Cabinet Impulse Loader. It’s a fully functional,…
“All you need is ears” George Martin once said, and if George says it, it’s true. And when it comes to mixing music specifically, truer words have never been spoken. Though you spend your time wishing you had the cash to drop on that magical Pultec EQ your time would probably be better spent honing your ear…
Compression can seem baffling when you don’t know how to do it, and even when you do know how to do it, there’s always more to learn. And that’s what makes the MAX1 Compressor from BeatSkillz so cool. It’s an intelligent compressor that does a bunch of the thinking for you. “This is an automatic…
Sometimes the single twist of a knob is all that’s required to take a mix from good to great. If some clever cookies have gone to the trouble of making that single knob adjust several key parameters simultaneously, even better. Well that’s what Abletunes have done with their Knobs collection – DRIVE, SPACE and ATTACK –…
Isolated tracks. They’re great for figuring out parts, getting inspired, getting a sense of what techniques have gone into the recording and mixing of a track, as well as showing just what your favorite musicians are capable (or not capable ) of. Here we take a look at the best of the best isolated Metallica…
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