In a world obsessed with audio plug-ins, MIDI plug-ins may not seem sexy—but with MIDI’s continued vitality, they remain very useful problem solvers. ...Read More
DX and DXi plug-ins are orphaned formats, and some programs no longer support them—in theory. But you can use those “vintage” effects with VST-only DAWs....Read More
Novel EQ curves can create some of the clean guitar sounds associated with out-of-phase pickups—but without loss output level loss, and with more options....Read More
Melodyne can correct amplitude as well as pitch. This technique creates more consistent dynamics, without any artifacts from compression or limiting....Read More
Why is your brand new, high-capacity hard disk showing only about 2 Terabytes of storage in your Windows machine? Find out why, and how to fix it....Read More
Leading or lagging rhythms by only a few milliseconds can make a major difference in the “feel,” and therefore emotional impact, of many types of music....Read More
Improve mixes by adding pink noise? Yeah, it sounds crazy...until you find out how to do it, and end up with better, more translatable mixes as a result....Read More
Analog or digital meters give you insights as to whether your signal levels are adjusted optimally—but digital meters offer you far more options....Read More
This may not solve all possible problems, but it can certainly solve some of them You plug your USB audio interface into your USB port. Great! The sound is there, the drivers show up in your app, and ...Read More
Keyboard synthesizers and samplers are the go-to choice for sound design, but with today's technology, you can do some amazing sound design with guitar. ...Read More