In this week's Free Plug-in, we are featuring Filterjam from Audiothing, a multi-band resonant filter delivering weird ring-mod-like filtered sounds.

There’s been a steady flurry of activity as more professional audio users invest in Apple Silicon. So here is a short survey, asking those who have purchased a new Silicon powered Apple Mac if you are more or less satisfied than expected.

The Pro Tools Inner Circle Loyalty rewards scheme continues to expand and Avid has announced further loyalty rewards worth over $2000 for those users with annual subscriptions or update and support plans. Qualifying users can now get a copy of PSP Audioware’s Old Timer Compressor Plugin worth $49.

Add rhythmic interest to sustained sounds using the intriguingly named ‘Phantom Trigger Sidechain Technique"‘ Ufuk Onen explains how to add movement and interest with just the tools in your DAW and a little know-how.

Everybody who has spent any amount of time mixing will be aware of the Pultec EQ. In this article we look at the best out there, from premium to free.

In the age of video learning, it’s easy to forget the ultimate container of information: the written word. With the quality of video information varying immensely, we suggest that written information has never been more important.

Getting the low end right in the mix can be elusive. There are the tried and trusted ways that can get the engineer to subsonic nirvana, but some issues call for more than a couple of EQ scoops or fader rides. We show you how…

When revisiting mixes, working with premixed audio has fewer limitations than was once the case. We look at one technique that works better than you might think…

The Pro Tools Inner Circle Loyalty rewards scheme continues to expand and Avid has announced further loyalty rewards worth over $2000 for those users with annual subscriptions or update and support plans. Qualifying users can now get a copy of PSP Audioware’s Old Timer Compressor Plugin worth $49.

In news from Avid it appears that the additional content previously offered only to users who access Pro Tools via a subscription will now be available to perpetual licence holders who have an active support plan. We have the details.

Avid have released Pro Tools 2022.7. There are no new features but the following bug fixes have been implemented including issues relating to sluggish UI performance on macOS big Sur and Monterey:

Did you know you can run two mixes at the same time in Pro Tools? Well with a little lateral thinking you can. Taking this idea further, with a little lateral thinking you can compare nearly anything with anything else. Here are some examples which night make your decisions the right ones.

There are certain operations in Pro Tools which operate destructively, meaning that the original files are permanently overwritten. Here are 5 destructive Pro Tools features to be aware of.

In this premium video tutorial, Julian Rodgers looks at the various ways to bring collections of tracks together for extra control and convenience. What is the difference between using submixes or VCAs and how do Folder Tracks fit in?

In this article, we build on an idea from a post on mapping Maschine to folder tracks in which Tristan Mendoza highlighted a technique from an Avid Blog article in which a step sequencer style workflow can be achieved for programming beats in a way which is particularly well suited to drum machine style programming.

Avid today released Pro Tools 2022.5. This release fixes several bugs but no new features have been announced. We have the details.

For the uninitiated, dither exists to solve a distinctly digital problem. That is, how to resolve very low level sounds that happen beneath the lower limit of a system’s working range. Most will be familiar with dithering, but in the streaming era do we still need it? We investigate.

PreSonus, makers of Studio One and audio interfaces, has today announced two new additions to their Revelator range of audio interfaces, the io44 and Dynamic microphone. We have all the details.

Most DAWs offer us everything we could possibly ever need to produce world class mixes, but for the recording musician or producer, the process begins before we press record and after we hit export. Now you can have all those tools in one place.

PreSonus has today announced the availability of Studio One 5.5, the latest version of its recording and production software (DAW). We have all the details.

PreSonus has announced Studio One 5.4, which includes a host of new features but also includes full native support for Apple Silicon powered Mac computers. We’ve had a preview copy for some time and in this article we outline the new features and what difference Apple Silicon makes to a DAW previously coded for Intel.

This final part of our series on the Waves Abbey Road RS124 Compressor for Studio one Expert, Brent, concludes by looking at the Super-Fuse Drum Room Channel.

Every mixing engineer working on a Dolby Atmos Music mix in Logic was waiting for this feature which is now available: The ability to monitor your Dolby Atmos mix using Apple's Renderer in real-time. We have the details.

In this article Edgar Rothermich explains the differences between using the Dolby renderer and the built in Logic Pro renderer. Should you create your mix with the standalone Renderer app or the built-in Renderer, now fully integrated in Logic Pro v10.7?

How large a Logic Pro session can the new MacBook Pro M1 Pro handle? Spoiler alert, it’s over 650 tracks and 2500 plugins.

If you want to harness the power of Atmos in Logic Pro 10.7 the Logic Expert and Atmos guru Edgar Rothermich demystifies it. This includes an extended 47 minute video which will take you from zero to hero.

In this article Edgar Rothermich answers the question by considering what Apple Logic Pro does so well and where it drops the ball.

Logic Pro 10.7 was announced with Dolby Atmos. Read on for full details and watch a free tutorial on how to get started mixing in Dolby Atmos.

Our friends at Nugen Audio are giving audio producers the chance to save money on one of the most powerful loudness solutions for your DAW. Save 1/3 on their Loudness Toolkit as well as its individual products (VisLM, ISL, LM-Correct + DynApt) until 18th August 2022.