There are so many VSTs on the market, it can be difficult to sift through the noise and find the plugins that are actually going to help you make music – not waste your hard earned cash. That’s why we devised a list (with neat category headings) of 50 of the best VST plugins available … Read more
Whether you’re a gear nerd or a non-technical musician who lets his engineers do the hard yards, you’ve probably seen or at least heard of this military-grade metallic Pultec EQ. But with hundreds of attempted emulations floating around in the market, it’s hard to find the right one for you. In this Apogee Pultec review, … Read more
Mind the Gap, A.K.A. MtG is MAAT Labs’ is a time-saving solution to looping, and filling blank spaces when editing audio for videos, films, games, podcast, etc. This plugin was released a few years ago, and it’s a fantastic simplifier of a particularly annoying part of the editing work: matching the room tone and filling … Read more
Compression is one of the most valuable tools in your VST plugin arsenal. It has a variety of applications in music production and can be utilized to level out vocal performances, thicken drums, improve guitar tone, make bass sound tighter, and add considerable impact to sounds. Alongside EQ, every producer should learn how to use … Read more
Sidechaining is arguably the most prevalent mixing technique used in modern electronic music. Characterized by its signature “pumping” sound, sidechaining is the perfect tool for track separation in your music Most modern compression VST’s come with a sidechain feature built in, and a lot of the time, it’s the only thing you need. But sometimes, … Read more
Here is the complete list of the best free transient shaper VST plugins & transient designers: Auburn Sounds Couture Sound Anomaly Transpire Flux Bittersweet v3 Sleepy-Time Transient Ableton Transient Shaper Whatever genre of music you’re making, transient shaping plugins are extremely important to helping form a balanced mix. They can help to make your mix … Read more
Proudly called “The Modulation Heaven” by its makers, it is easier to define MPower based on its limitations, since they are so few. But is it so complex that it can only be used by producers with some serious technical know-how? I’ve given myself the mammoth task of breaking open its complex parts, in this … Read more
Limiters are dynamic processors (very similar to compressors) that are often used by mastering engineers to get a song to a commercial level. They work as a ceiling to prevent a signal from passing beyond a prefixed threshold by applying very hard compression to it. This compression helps glue together the different elements in your … Read more