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Leapwing Audio on their stable of forensic mix plugins
By Andy Price published
Leapwing's intuitive, incisive plugins let users perform forensic mix surgery with ease and emulate the tones of iconic producers.

“We’d never heard of ‘disco music’ at the time”: How the Bee Gees created the greatest dancefloor-filler of all time
By Neil Crossley published
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How modulation effects work and how to use them
By Roland Schmidt published
Phasing and flanging are often confused. We ask why - and demystify!

5 innovative synth plugins daring to do things differently
By Stuart Adams published
Unconventional and creatively inspiring, these soft synths are pushing synthesis in bold new directions

Musik Hack on their quest to refine plugin UI design
By Andy Price published
We sit down with Musik Hack co-founder Sam Fischmann to hear more about the philosophy behind its superb mastering plugin

Our pick of the very best VCA compressor software emulation plugins for any music project
By Jon Musgrave published
Our resident mixing expert Jon Musgrave, serves up his go-to toolkit for compressing with the best of them

ARMNHMR on their tools of the trade
By Andy Price published
Joseph Chung and Joseph Abella’s fusion of dubstep, trance and techno has found favour with millions of listeners globally

How to humanise your virtual acoustic instruments in your DAW projects
By Roland Schmidt published
Duff notes, timing errors and quirky performance choices are often the elements that underline the humanity of acoustic performances.
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