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Ten of the Best Abandoned Plugins
From an early NI emulation to trackers and more, some of the best soft synths and effects ever made are now lost to the inexorable march of technology.
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Ten Of The Best Multiband Compressor Plugins
Multiband compressors are an indispensable weapon in any mixing arsenal. Here are 10 to consider for your next dynamics purchase.
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Pulsar Audio Plugins Are 70% Off
The French firm is offering up to 70% off all plugins for Black Friday, and customers who place orders over…
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Make A 303 Inspired Bassline & Win A Bundle Of Plugins Worth £236!
To celebrate 303 day, it’s time to see who has the best acid house chops!…
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Are There Too Many Plugins?
The plugin market is massive. How can we be expected to buy everything?
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GPU Audio Is Powering Plugins With Your Graphics Card. Is It Time To Finally Say Goodbye To Latency?
Constantly maxing out your CPU? GPU Audio is hoping to leverage your graphics card to speed up music production processing.
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GPU Audio Announce A Free Suite Of Modulation Plugins
GPU Audio has announced the first release in their free beta suite of plugins. The Modulation Bundle, features a Chorus…
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Mixing A House Track With Channel Strip Plugins
Is it possible to get a solid mix done with just channel strips? We use Waves’ SSL EV2 plugin and find out.
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Six Tips for Mixing and Producing with Waves Plugins
In this tutorial we look at some of our go-to Waves plugins and their applications across a full beat.
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The Upside Down World Of Film and Video Game Sound Design Plugins
Sound designers for movies and games often use specialized plugins. Can these be used to make techno? We find out.
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Five Plugins, One Chain: Creating A Reverb Effect With A Variety Of OneKnob Plugins
Single knob-style plugins can be convenient for quickly adding effects but can they be used in a more creative way? We string together a chain of Waves OneKnob plugins and find out.
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Organizing Plugins In Ableton Live And Other DAWs
In this tutorial, we look at different ways to organize your plugin collection based on your personality type.
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The Best AI-Assist Plugins
In this Best Of roundup, we take a look at the top five music plugins incorporating artificial intelligence.
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Eventide SplitEQ: Is It A Genuine Game Changer for EQ Plugins?
We take a look at Eventide’s new and revolutionary EQ plug-in that introduces a transient-based approach to EQ’ing
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New Steinberg plugins
German software heavyweights Steinberg have released two new plugins based on virtual instruments found in the latest version of Cubase…
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From Pedals To Plugins: A History Of Modulation Effects
The history of modulation effects is long and fascinating, stretching from the electromechanical devices of the 1940s up to our ultra-modern digital plugins.
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Creating Dub Delays With Standard Plugins
In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through how to create dub-style dirty tape delays using standard plugins.
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60% Sountoys 5 Bundle This Black Friday
Soundtoys 5 is a treasure trove of amazing plugins, 22 pro effects in total, on sale this Black Friday.…
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Get A Free AIR Music Tech Plugin
AIR Music Tech is launching a brand-new mystery plugin—available in limited numbers! Sign up now to secure your…
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Ten of the Best: Compressor Plugins 2020
We pick ten of our favourite compressor plugins, from affordable all-rounders through to top quality analogue hardware emulations.…
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Ten Of The Best: Analogue-Style Synth Plugins
A guide to ten of our favourite analogue-sounding soft synths, from light on the wallet to heavy on the…
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FL Studio Black Friday Discounts Are Live
Jumping early into the sales season, FL Studio has announced a flurry of Black Friday deals.…
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FL Studio Introduces FL Studio 2024
The latest update to the much-loved DAW, FL Studio 2024 introduces many new features covering FL Studio and FL…
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Ten Of The Best: Delay Plugins
From analogue emulations to the most techy digital options, we run through ten of our favourite delay plugins.…
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Ten Of The Best: Compressor Plugins
We pick ten of our favourite compressor plugins, from affordable all-rounders through to top quality analogue hardware emulations.…
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MNTRA, GPU Audio & Outer Echo Set To Drop ‘Living Sky’
Living Sky is a spatial reverb plugin driven to reimagine three-dimensional spatial audio production.…
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Beatport Announces New President & CRO
The Beatport Group has announced the promotion of Matt Gralen to President and Helen Sartory to Chief Revenue Officer at…
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Ten Of The Best: Drum Synth Plugins
We run through our pick of the best drum synth plugins on the market, from basic kick drum generators all…
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Ten Of The Best: New Synth Plugins
On the hunt for a new synth plugin or two? We’ve picked out ten of our favourite new VSTs…
My Studio
Alinka – “Sorry For Not Trending”
Berlin based Alinka shows us her playful but well-stocked studio.…
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Marketing & Advertising With Attack Magazine
If you’re reading this, you might consider working with Attack Magazine. Read on to find out how we can…
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Crossword #10 April 22
Aprils’ crossword is Ukrainian themed. How much do you know about Ukrainian music? Time to find out.…
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How High is Your Roland IQ?
You have 15 mins to complete 14 practical tests for a chance to win £2,000 worth of Roland gear…
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Ten Of The Best: Headphones For Music Production
We offer a selection of our recommended headphones for studio use, picking out our top choices at a range of…
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What Makes A Great DJ?
What makes a great DJ? Kristan Caryl asked a group of top selectors including Dave Clarke, Mr G, Mosca and…
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Ten Of The Best: New Analogue Mono Synths
2014 was an incredible year for analogue synths and 2015 looks set to deliver even more. We run through some…