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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.

Our resident platinum award-winning mixer and producer shares 10 of his go-to plugins
By Jon Musgrave published
Our picks of the modern virtual tools that will transform any self-sustaining producer’s workflow

"If your singing sounds like a dying cat, this finally kills the cat": This hilariously bad mic modelling plugin is free for International Joke Day
By Matt Mullen published
Caelum Audio's Toyphonic Micraliser is the plugin nobody asked for

How to master virtually any software synth
By Roland Schmidt published
Don't let your software arsenal overwhelm you - sometimes the best route to creative success is to mine just one instrument

Steven Wilson reveals the $20 plugin he used on all the guitars on his new space rock epic
By Jonathan Horsley published
And it turns out it is the same affordable plugin Finneas used on Billie Eilish’s Barbie track, What Was I Made For?

Our go-to plugins for adding flavour to our sounds
By Roland Schmidt published
With so much processing available in modern DAWs, we take a look at some of the more left-field plugins and approaches for maximising the colour of your audio signal

Output's AI-powered Co-Producer plugin chooses samples for you, but is it streamlining workflows or outsourcing creativity to AI?
By Matt Mullen published
We speak to Output CEO Gregg Lehrman about the company's AI-assisted digital crate-digger designed to speed up sample discovery

Exploring the rise of plugin subscriptions and possible alternative models
By Adam Douglas published
“I think the dislike of subscriptions is almost universal”

How to record virtual and live instruments more smoothly by taking stock of your sample buffer
By Roland Schmidt published
Latency on your plugins and audio recordings can derail a developing musical idea - but if you get a handle on managing your sample buffer you’ll have a much smoother ride
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