Having a great digital audio workstation (DAW) is absolutely essential in modern day music production. They give you all the digital tools you need for recording, producing, mixing, mastering, sound design, and more! Each DAW has it’s own pros/cons and workflow. Some suit particular styles of music, and others really shine for use with on-the-fly … Read more
When you come to think about music plugins, you will inevitably see that there are numerous different formats. When buying plugins you want them to be compatible with your music production software. How to choose which format you want to use? In this article, we explain the differences between different formats to you. Introduction In 1996, Steinberg, maker … Read more
Distortion and saturation processing are a must-have for almost any time of music producer. Nowadays, instead of buying a house full of equipment, you just need to get the right plugins for your computer, and you’re all set for recording and mixing. Saturation and distortion are basically the same, with saturation just being low-key distortion that happens when you play your instrument … Read more
If you ever had the opportunity to record a song with your band, you know the difficulty of recording and miking drums. After all, you can always borrow or already have some small audio interface with 1-4 inputs, that will do just fine for vocals, guitars or keyboards, but even a basic mic setup for … Read more
The prices of top drum VSTs can often be outside of the budget for many people. Fortunately, there are enthusiasts all over the world that are willing to share their VSTs for free. Most people feel skeptic about these plugins. Simply, it makes perfect sense that paid software feature better quality, especially in terms of … Read more
The music specialists at Musicshop.sg have kindly sponsored this post. Musicshop.sg are an online retailer offering quality music equipment. All opinions and suggestions in this article are still my own! Setting up a home recording studio doesn’t have to be a major investment. Thanks to a rapid technological advance in past decades, hardware and software … Read more
Music production was a quite hard and complicated job in the past, but the advance of modern technologies brings benefits in many ways. This particularly refers to drum samples, as drum recording has always been one of the most demanding studio tasks, as it requires amazing mixing skills and takes a lot of time. Fortunately, … Read more
Drum sampling and synthesis have been around for decades. In early days, these instruments were a synonym of electronic music. Today, these units are an integral part of the music industry of all genres. Not only is electronic drumming used by DJ’s and producers of electronic music, but even pop music producers use this tool … Read more