As sampling becomes more and more common, Drum VSTs are becoming increasingly popular with music producers.
Because the world of Hip Hop drum VSTs is so broad, there are far more than a few products to choose from, including beat machines, percussion libraries, virtual drum...
As a producer or engineer, you're no doubt always on the lookout for tools to enhance the most important part of any song: your vocal recordings. Waves are renowned for their plugins, so the CLA Vocal Plugin from Waves is sure to be of interest.
This blog post reviews the CLA Vocal Plugin...
There is a reason why the piano is one of the most beautiful-sounding instruments in the world. With an array of complex harmonics, overtones, and nuances, everything from the world to the strings to the room will have a significant impact on its tone.
Capturing all of the nuances to get...
Waves Tune Realtime is a powerful pitch correction software created by Waves Audio that allows users to correct their vocal recordings in real time with ease. It is a great tool for singer-songwriters, sound engineers, and voice-over artists who want to modern sounding vocals, and is...
One of the most useful yet underrated VST plugins is the filter.
The beauty of filters is that you can automate and manipulate your sounds in several ways. You’ll hear filters in everything from lo-fi hip-hop to indie music to EDM, as they can alter the sonic qualities of your...
There’s nothing that can add organic thickness to an audio signal quite like chorus. Whether you need to spread your synth across the stereo spectrum, give your guitars a bit of warbly character, or ever-so-slightly widen your vocals to lift them outside the center of the mix, a...
With streaming and online broadcasting becoming more popular than ever these days, it’s important to have mixing and mastering tools that can help you maintain the standard for each particular platform. There is no other way to get quality assurance that your mixes will hold their own...
Some drummers like going full force into their playing with bare hands, though for others, the protection of a quality pair of drum gloves can provide the confidence they need to rock out.
Some of the most popular drummers in the world, such as Stewart Copeland from The Police, Tommy...
While many recording applications are done in the box these days, there are many people that still record live vocals and instrumentation with microphones. Whether you're a podcaster looking for a simple solution to reduce noise in your podcasts or a mixing engineer trying to rescue...
Pitch shifters are incredibly versatile tools that work for pitch correction and pitch-bending effects. One of the most well-known types of pitch-shifting effects is auto-tune. However, there are many other great types of pitch shifters out there, which you can use to enhance, manipulate,...
Tremolo has been around for ages and is defined as a rapid note reiteration that produces a trembling effect. People often confuse the tremolo effect with vibrato, though the two are very different.
While vibrato moves a pitch up and down, tremolo retains the pitch while the volume...
If you want to take full advantage of the 180-degree stereo field in your mix, then there is no better way to do so than with stereo imaging. With stereo imaging, you can push the limits of your individual instruments to create wider mixes.
