8 of the best new immersive audio plugins for 2024 By Andy Price published 28 March 24 GEAR EXPO 2024: Here are our picks of some of the slickest routes to creating and mixing in surround or 3D sound
"I started hallucinating whispers that weren't part of the composition - it was intense": Maria W Horn on spectral synthesis, recording in a former prison and her love of SuperCollider By Andy Price published 28 March 24 Through instrumental textures, room responses, the human voice and a specialised computer language, Maria W Horn explores sound's spectral properties. We heard more about her processes and the chilling story behind her affecting new album, Panoptikon
How to choose the right type of reverb for your mix By Jon Musgrave published 27 March 24 GEAR EXPO 2024: A dash of reverb can make or break the sound of your mix, so careful selection is key for getting the right spatial qualities
How to use sidechain compression to enhance your mix By Jon Musgrave published 26 March 24 Sidechain compression is an excellent mixing tool and in this tutorial we pick apart this essential process
Google's AI-powered Instrument Playground lets you play and sample over 100 instruments from across the globe: "Have you ever played the Dizi from China?" By Matt Mullen published 26 March 24 Initially launched in December, the browser-based tool is now available in the UK
How to choose the right piano sound for your track By Computer Music published 26 March 24 GEAR EXPO 2024: All pianos are the same, right? Wrong. There’s a ton of variety in brands and models, and it pays to know how they differ
How to design a filter-thumping bass patch By Roland Schmidt published 25 March 24 Following our deep-dive into the oscillator section of BazilleCM, we follow the signal flow to create a beastly bass sound
"Platforms don't need to be complex, or for someone to be hoovering up that much of the income": Wavetick on their new artist and producer-focused sample marketplace By Andy Price published 25 March 24 Promising an artist-focused service that gives musicians, beatmakers and producers a free marketplace to trade their sonic wares, Wavetick aims to disrupt the current sample website paradigm in the creator’s favour. Let’s find out more…
How to make a polished modern soft synth sound like a dusty old ’70s vintage synth: "Thanks to unstable circuitry, the vintage polysynths of yesteryear have a character of their own" By Andy Jones published 23 March 24 Get those vintage vibes without the price tag
How to use mid/side EQ in Ableton Live: "When we split mid and sides, we can take the opportunity to adjust the levels of these elements individually, and even apply different effects to them" By Martin Delaney published 23 March 24 Mid/side EQ is a mixing technique that can be put to practical or creative use, and Live has what we need to apply it