Whether you’re producing electronic music in the broadest sense or looking to bring a distinctive low-end foundation to your band recordings, these techniques and ideas will get your synthesised basslines booming.
5 Amazing Plugin Synth Bundles For Music Production In 2022
You can never have too many synths, so why not save yourself a small fortune and buy a load of them at once in the form of a discounted bundle? Here are five of the best on the market.
4 Killer Synths For Cinematic Scoring And Sound Design
Whether you’re actually working on a movie or game score, or just looking to bring a touch of Hollywood drama to your latest music production, these amazing virtual instruments can help you imbue your music with a palpable sense of silver screen spectacle.
Create Ideas Fast With Arturia Jun-6V
In this video for Production Expert, Brent March shows us how he creates musical ideas fast, all with one synth - Arturia Jun-6V.
Slate Digital Update ANA 2 With Ultra Bundle - Tested
In this video for Production Expert, Brent March takes a look at Slate Digital's ANA 2 Ultra Bundle, the most recent update to the multi-oscillator synthesizer plugin ANA 2, with over 400 new sounds, wavetables, samples, and 6 colourful new skins.
Krotos Concept 2 Tested - A Synth You Shouldn't Ignore
Concept 2 is the update to the award winning Concept synth from Krotos, it suffers from one thing. In an effort to make synthesis simple Krotos has made this synth look deceptively basic, it’s not and ignoring it would be a mistake.
Krotos Concept 2 Synth Released With Great New Features
Krotos, the company behind the innovative and award-winning Dehumaniser, Reformer, Weaponiser and Igniter product range - has today released Concept 2.
IK Multimedia UNO Synth Pro Desktop - Tested
In this article and series of videos for Production Expert, Brent March takes an in-depth look at the IK Multimedia UNO Synth Pro Desktop and puts it through its paces, to truly see if you can get authentic analog sound at a great value price point?
6 Superb Software Modular Synths - Best Of 2021
Here are six of the best software modular synths you can lay your hands on. These plugins and software do a great job of emulating the real thing.
Wavetable Synths - Our Pick Of 6 Of The Best
We give you our pick of 6 of the best Wavetable synths you can use in your music productions to give them sonic joy!
Arturia MicroFreak Should You Buy It Now?
In this article and series of videos for Production Expert, Brent March takes an in-depth look at the Arturia MicroFreak to see if it's an even greater value than ever before?
FM Synths - 5 Fabulous Plugins To Check Out
FM synths have a reputation for being difficult to use and sonically 'cold'. Frequency modulation synthesis is a sound design technique that many producers steer clear of in favour of the familiarity, warmth and ease-of-use of subtractive analogue instruments. With so many excellent ‘post-DX’ FM synths now peppering the plugin landscape, though, it’s time to look beyond the historic assumptions and try one for yourself. Here are five of the best.
Classic Analogue Synth Emulation Plugins - 6 Of The Best
With so many great classic analogue synth emulations available to the computer-based musician at all price points, how do you choose the best plugin for your particular needs? Allow us to narrow the field down…
New Avid AAX Plugins In Partnership With Noise Engineering
Boutique hardware brand Noise Engineering have announced their new partnership with Avid, makers of Pro Tools, that as of today if you’re a Pro Tools user, you can get the first three Noise Engineering plugins! They’re called Basimilus Iteritas, Cursus Vereor, and Desmodus. And for a limited time, they’re available exclusively at the Avid store!
Arturia MicroFreak V3 Firmware Update Released In Collaboration With Noise Engineering
Arturia have released the the latest free MicroFreak Firmware update, V3, designed in collaboration with Noise Engineering to push MicroFreak’s sound further into the experimental digital realm.