Articles by "OSC" Steve

“OSC” Steve is a composer, producer and educator with a background in piano, synthesisers and sound-engineering. He is an established, independent artist in the Synthwave and Retrowave music scenes, and has composed for several independent video-games including Nintendo Switch™ titles.

Articles by: "OSC" Steve

8 things I love about Logic Pro (and 2 that I really don't): "There are very few things I can't do with Logic's stock plugins"

By "OSC" Steve published 25 March 24

In the second of a new series exploring why music-makers choose their DAWs, "OSC" Steve talks us through the reasons behind his love of Logic

How to use Sample Alchemy, Logic Pro's wildly creative new hybrid sampler-synthesizer plugin

By "OSC" Steve published 15 January 24

A mashup of Quick Sampler and Alchemy, Logic's new stock plugin uses granular, additive and spectral synthesis to manipulate source audio

How to use Beat Breaker, Logic Pro's glitchy, beat-smashing new plugin that rearranges audio in real time

By "OSC" Steve published 15 December 23

This new stock plugin is the best thing about Logic 10.8. Let's break some beats!

10 more things you didn't know Logic Pro could do

By "OSC" Steve published 22 November 23

We spotlight another bunch of lesser-known features in Apple's increasingly powerful DAW

Fantastic (stock) plugins and how to use them: Logic Pro Delay Designer

By "OSC" Steve published 19 September 23

Get to know one of the most creatively versatile effects plugins included with Apple's flagship DAW

10 things you didn't know Logic Pro could do

By "OSC" Steve published 28 August 23

Apple's flagship DAW is more powerful than you think. Here's 10 useful features you might not have discovered yet

Fantastic (stock) plugins and how to use them: Logic Pro Space Designer

By "OSC" Steve published 16 August 23

Get to grips with impulse responses and convolution reverb in our guide to one of Logic's most versatile reverb plugins

Logic Pro's monster synth: The ultimate guide to Alchemy (Part 2)

By "OSC" Steve published 22 July 23

This beastly synth is one of the most powerful tools Logic has to offer. We finish up our guided tour

Logic Pro's monster synth: The ultimate guide to Alchemy (Part 1)

By "OSC" Steve published 13 July 23

Logic's most formidable stock plugin combines additive, granular and spectral synthesis with a host of powerful features and effects. Join us on a guided tour

Fantastic (stock) plugins and how to use them: Logic Pro Compressor

By "OSC" Steve published 27 June 23

This hugely powerful tool, included with one of the world's most popular DAWs as standard, packs several vintage-modelled, great-sounding compressors into one plugin

5 of the best free guitar amp simulator plugins

By "OSC" Steve published 6 June 23

Discover the best free guitar VSTs with our pick of no-cost amp and cab sims for guitarists and producers

Our guide to the internet's biggest collection of free effects plugins, the MFreeFXBundle

By "OSC" Steve published 10 May 23

This bumper pack of free effects processors from MeldaProductions is so good, it probably shouldn't be free (but don't tell them that)

Fantastic (free) synths and how to use them: TAL-Vocoder

By "OSC" Steve published 6 April 23

Next up in our guide to making music with the internet's most capable freeware, we decode the mysteries of the vocoder

Fantastic (free) synths and how to use them: Xenos

By "OSC" Steve published 13 March 23

Hold on to your oscillators as we journey into the realms of stochastic synthesis, randomized tuning and Iannis Xenakis

This huge free sample library is packed with over 1200 sample packs recorded by a "global collective of sound nerds"

By "OSC" Steve published 17 February 23

Our guide to one of the web's biggest free high-quality sample libraries and the free sampler plugin you can use to play them

Fantastic (free) plugins and how to use them: Spitfire Audio LABS & BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover

By "OSC" Steve published 7 February 23

Our guide to two of the most powerful free sampler instruments available to the budget-conscious producer

Here are our 5 favourite effects in huge free plugin bundle Kilohearts Essentials

By "OSC" Steve published 27 January 23

There are some real gems among the 32 included plugins

5 of the best free lo-fi tape and vinyl emulation plugins (and one worth paying for)

By "OSC" Steve published 27 January 23

Get that sweet, crunchy old-school sound with these free and affordable tools, or do it with the stock plugins in your DAW

Fantastic (free) synths and how to use them: Surge XT

By "OSC" Steve published 1 December 22

Our ongoing tutorial series takes on perhaps the greatest free synth of them all, the beastly Surge XT

Fantastic (free) synths and how to use them: Dexed

By "OSC" Steve last updated 2 February 23

We take on Digital Surburban's stellar recreation of the iconic Yamaha DX7

Fantastic (free) synths and how to use them: Magical 8bit

By "OSC" Steve last updated 3 February 23

Discover the magic of 8-bit sounds, chiptune and video game soundtracks with this free synth plugin

Fantastic (free) synths and how to use them: DiscoDSP OB-Xd

By "OSC" Steve last updated 31 January 23

We open the hood on a powerful (and free!) Oberheim emulation and dive into the world of analogue modelling

Fantastic (free) synths and how to use them: TAL-NoiseMaker

By "OSC" Steve last updated 29 January 23

We deconstruct this powerful freeware synthesizer and show you how to build a patch from the ground up

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