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The 10 Best DAWs in 2026 (Mac, PC, Linux)

The 10 Best DAWs in 2026 (Mac, PC, Linux)

Having a great digital audio workstation (DAW) is 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 its pros/cons and workflow. Some suit particular styles of music, and others shine for use with ...

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Bass Master by Loopmasters – Review

Bass Master by Loopmasters – Review

Making bass lines with the Bass Master is super easy. This plugin offers an great design that insists on both flexibility and simplicity. The plugin comes with a fine dose of options to polish your sound, all the essentials are there. Bass Master keeps the controls straightforward, which makes it approachable if ...

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Plugin Boutique Scaler 2 Review – Our Verdict

Plugin Boutique Scaler 2 Review – Our Verdict

Scaler 2 is an impressive music-theory plugin that we think will make music composing and production a lot easier for beginners, while also serving as an advanced tool for experienced composers. Scaler 2 has been replaced by Scaler 3 and is no longer sold or updated. Existing owners can still download Scaler 2 ...

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Plugin Formats: Differences between VST, VST3, AU, AAX, RTAS, TDM

Plugin Formats: Differences between VST, VST3, AU, AAX, RTAS, TDM

When you come to think about music plugins, you will inevitably see that there are numerous different formats. Today, we focus on VST, VST3, AU, AAX, RTAS, TDM.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 ...

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The 15 Best Distortion and Saturation Plugins (2026)

The 15 Best Distortion and Saturation Plugins (2026)

Distortion and saturation plugins can add gentle colour, bring a drum bus forward or turn a clean recording into a much rougher sound. These 15 free and paid options cover simple drive, tape and tube modelling, multiband processing and creative effects. Saturation is a form of nonlinear distortion, often used for ...

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22 Free Drum VSTs to Improve Your Beats

22 Free Drum VSTs to Improve Your Beats

Free drum plugins can cover acoustic kits, electronic drum machines and individual percussion sounds without buying a large sample library. The useful choice is the one that supplies the sounds you need and runs in your DAW. MT Power Drum Kit 2 is a good starting point for acoustic drums and ready-made grooves. ...

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Xfer Nerve Review – Drum Machine Plugin

Xfer Nerve Review – Drum Machine Plugin

Xfer Nerve is a drum machine plugin for building beats from samples and loops. Its compact interface takes some learning, but the detailed pattern editing, sample shaping and Repeater make it a useful choice for electronic production and live variations. A software drum machine lets you build a kit, program its ...

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The 15 Best Drum VST Plugins (Free and Paid Options)

The 15 Best Drum VST Plugins (Free and Paid Options)

The right drum VST can make your beats sound amazing. These can help you create real-sounding drum tracks and e-drum machine sounds. There are plenty of emulators of iconic vintage instruments, samplers, step sequencers, all-in-one plugins, and virtual studio acoustic drum kits out there. For acoustic drums, start ...

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