The list below features the best free virtual instruments and effects for your DAW. 1. Vital Vital is a spectral warping wavetable synthesizer by Matt Tytel. It is the best free synthesizer and one of the most popular free VST plugins ever released. With a feature set that matches the world’s most popular virtual instruments, such as Xfer Serum and NI Massive, Vital is a welcome addition to any music producer’s plugin arsenal. One o…
1. The Master Clip: Pushing the Master Bus into hard clipping saturation before the limiter to intentionally generate harmonics and glue the whole track with distortion. 2. The Detuned Sub: Extreme, intentional detuning and pitch modulation on the 808 to create an unstable, wobbly sub-bass that sounds physically painful. 3. Reversed Ghost Vocals: Chopping a vocal sample, reversing a tiny segment, and applying heavy dark reverb to creat…
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There's a ton of information online about digital music production, and finding your way through the web can be a daunting and time-consuming affair. So we put together this list of the most popular, as well as our favourite, music production resources, blogs, forums, and software to guide you. Audio Production Forums kvraudio.com gearspace.com djtechtools.com reasontalk.com homerecording.com soundonsound.com Audio Production News and B…
How do I fix high CPU usage in Ableton? Have you ever had the experience of booting up and playing an intense Ableton Live set that ran fine a few months ago, and now crackles and pops with sudden Ableton CPU load spikes ? These audio glitches are never fun. Perhaps you've noticed that Live suddenly takes forever to get off of the splash screen and finish launching? How do I stop CPU meter overload in Ableton? There are many…
1. Resample your Synths Collaborating on projects with others is the dream, but if you have different plugins it can quickly become a nightmare. Luckily FL Studio has a powerful workaround. If you’re collaborating on a track with, say, a Serum bassline and your partner doesn’t have Serum then you can easily turn it into a DirectWave sampler instrument. Just right click on the Serum channel and select Create DirectWave instrument. …
Tip 1: Add A Dry/Wet Knob To Anything With many effects and plug-ins it may unfortunately seem like an “all or nothing” situation. Take the Ableton’s auto-filter for example. It’s either on or it isn’t, no middle ground to introduce some of the original signal back in. Well what if I told you there was a powerful work around inside of Ableton. By setting up this powerful rack you’ll be able to add a “dry/wet” knob to anything. First …
