Today Nugen Audio has revealing a new and improved version of their clever and deceptively powerful channel ops utility plug-in SigMod. They have made it even easier to use as you can now use VST3 plug-ins inside the signal path of SigMod instead of having to route out of SigMod to process with plug-ins. Check out our exclusive review and learn about a special NAMM 2019 price reduction.
Using The UAD Softube Vocoder To Add Interest To Drums In Studio One
In this free video tutorial, producer Paul Drew shows how to add interest to drums using the UAD Softube Vocoder.
Over the past four decades, vocoders have been used to stunning effect, transforming human voices into various forms of robot speak on hits by Herbie Hancock, Imogen Heap, Kraftwerk, Daft Punk, Afrika Bambaataa, and countless modern hit-making producers.
12 Powerful Plug-ins That Demonstrate The Power Of Inter Plug-in Communication - Is This The Future For Our Mixing Workflows?
Inter Plug-in Communication is very exciting and appears to be growing in popularity. Thankfully there have been a good number of plug-in developers introducing some cool workflows in their products, which feature inter plug-in communication that you can learn more about in this article.
McDSP Announce New 6060 Ultimate Module Collection. Why Have One Plug-in When You Can have 30?
Our friends at McDSP have announced an update to the very popular Ultimate range of plug-ins, the 6060 Ultimate Module Collection. The 6060 includes over 30 unique modules for EQ, compression, saturation, distortion, specialised filtering, dynamic range expansion, gating, and more.
Roundup - Just Keep One 3rd Party Plug-in In Your DAW. Find Out Which Plug-in Each Team Member Chose And Why
As a bit of fun on the Production Expert team over the holiday break, we’ve challenged one another to this; you get to keep all the plug-ins supplied with your DAW but then you only get to keep one more plug-in. Find out which plug-in each team member chose and why they chose it.
Using The UAD Lexicon 480L On Vocals In Studio One - Free Video Tutorial
In this short video tutorial, producer Paul Drew shows you how to use the UAD Lexicon 480L plugin on vocals.
Released in 1986, the Lexicon® 480L Digital Effects System and its iconic fader-driven remote control are recognized the world over — residing at the center of famous studio consoles for more than 30 years. The 480L's spacious reverb and vivid effects textures are a coveted sonic benchmark, helping to shape thousands of chart-topping tracks to this day.
Results - One Third Of You Who Voted Prefer The Sound On Accusonus' Noise Remover Plug-in In Our Blind Listening Test Which Removed Hiss From A Dialogue Track
The results are in. Accusonus ERA Noise Remover received the most votes in our noise reduction blind listening test, but by how much of margin? How did noise reduction plug-ins by iZotope, Waves & Acon Digital fair in the results?
How To Create Punch And Attack In Your Drum Mixes Using One-Shot Samples - Joey Sturgis Shows You How
Using drum samples to augment your acoustic drum recordings is nothing new but sometime you just want to add some much need raw power to your mix and this is where the use of whats called one-shot samples can really help by creating a punch and consistency to the track that was perhaps missing from the original.
Using Limiters Sensitively When Preparing Tracks For Music Streaming Services
With the growth of music streaming services and how they deliver music to the consumer is changing the way we need to mix and master content, especially for music streaming services. In this article and free video Tutorial in conjunction with Nugen Audio, our own loudness guru Mike Thornton demonstrates the importance of True Peak metering and limiting and how they can help prevent the consumer getting distorted tracks.
5 Audio Recording Industry Predictions For 2018 - Check Out How We Did
We get a lot of people asking us what we think is going to be happening in the world of recording during any given year. At the beginning of 2018, we laid out our 5 predictions for the pro audio industry. Before we present our predictions for 2019, in this article we take a look at our predictions for 2018 and see how well we did...
If I Could Keep Just One Plug-in Which One Would I Keep? Nugen Audio VisLM
As a bit of fun on the team we’ve challenged one another to this; you get to keep all the plugins supplied with you DAW but then you only get to keep one more plugin. Mike Thornton makes his choice.
If I Could Keep Just One Plug-in Which One Would I Keep? Sonnox Inflator - Loud Without Level
As a bit of fun on the team we’ve challenged one another to this; you get to keep all the plugins supplied with you DAW but then you only get to keep one more plugin. Julian Rodgers makes his choice.
If I Could Keep Just One Plug-in Which One Would I Keep? Empirical Labs Arousor
As a bit of fun on the team we’ve challenged one another to this; you get to keep all the plugins supplied with you DAW but then you only get to keep one more plugin. James Ivey makes his choice.
If I Could Keep Just One Plug-in Which One Would I Keep? FabFilter Pro-Q 3
Pro-Q 3 must be the jewel is FabFilter’s crown as it is adored by countless music and post production engineers across the globe. I know for a fact that I use FabFilter every time I mix a track but up until recently I didn’t realise how much I used it until I did some investigating. I was surprised to say the least!
Put The Life Back Into Music When Preparing Tracks For Music Streaming Services
With the growth of music streaming services and how they deliver music to the consumer is changing the way we need to mix and master content, especially for music streaming services. In this article and free video Tutorial in conjunction with Nugen Audio, our own loudness guru Mike Thornton shows how the loudness wars have destroyed the dynamic range of our music and how loudness normalisation used my music streaming services is enabling us to bring back life into our music tracks.
If I Could Keep Just One Plug-in Which One Would I Keep? Exponential Audio R4
As a bit of fun on the team we’ve challenged one another to this; you get to keep all the plugins supplied with you DAW but then you only get to keep one more plugin. Russ Hughes makes his choice.
One Of The Coolest Essential Free Plug-in Packs Gets An Update And Now Includes A Guitar Amp Sim - Get It FREE Now!
If you are looking for a useful set of FREE plugins then the Blue Cat Freeware pack has always been a must-have to add to the collection. The Blue Cat Freeware pack has just been updated to Blue Cat's Freeware Plug-ins Pack II and now also includes the Free Amp plug-in.
Winner Of A Source Elements Source-Connect Subscription, Source-VC, Source-Zip & Source-Talkback Bundle worth $790
In the Production Expert 10th Anniversary Christmas Competition we offered the chance to win a Source Elements software bundle worth $790, as one of over 30 great prizes on offer worth over $30,000 in total. The competition closed on December 31st 2018 and we are pleased to announce that the winner of the Source Elements Bundle is Holger Jung.
Winner Of The Krotos Sound Design Bundle Worth $999 Announced
In the Production Expert 10th Anniversary Christmas Competition we offered the chance to win the Krotos Sound Design Bundle, worth $999, comprising of Krotos’ ground-breaking Weaponiser, Reformer Pro and Dehumaniser plug-ins.
The competition closed on December 31st 2018 and we are pleased to announce that the winner of The Krotos Sound Design Bundle is Brian Haas, from California.
How To Create A Christmas Tree Using Insight From iZotope
You may remember that we shared a very clever video from community member Nick Harrison showing how he created a Christmas tree using modulated sine waves and Insight 2 from iZotope. In this article Nick shares how he did it. Over to you Nick…