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How to get famous sounds and effects using only Logic’s stock plugins
By Jon Musgrave published
If you’ve got Logic, you’re already more than capable of recreating Skrillex’s manipulated reverb, Billie Eilish’s formant shifting and much more…

How to emulate a classic analogue recording system entirely with plugins
By Jon Musgrave published
It’s entirely likely that you could recreate many legacy analogue set-ups with just a few chained plugins. Here, we’ll show you how to get started

Hans Zimmer on the synth plugin that he's been working with "for years"
By Matt Mullen published
Zimmer digs deep into his creative process in this interview with Rick Beato

Predicting the future evolution of plugin design
By Adam Douglas published
It's out with hardware replication and in with simplification, with a considerable heap of AI on the side - we ask the experts to foresee the plugin experience of tomorrow

To mark Plugin Week, here’s our pick of the most out-there sound design plugins you should grab now
By Jon Musgrave published
From wonky reverbs, complex motion designers and dehumanisers, this assortment of tools will take your music into places you never thought possible

Atlas DSP, Your Last Steps Review
By Phil Weller published
The new kid on the block delivers its first hard-hitting amp sim, which is tailor-made for brutal noise making and modern metal grit – just don’t call it the blues

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
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