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…
Check Out Our Test Of 4 Top Noise Reduction Plug-ins That Quickly Remove Preamp Hiss From Your Voice Over Tracks - Compare The Plug-ins Used Daily By Audio Post Production Professionals Worldwide
In this blind listening test we feature 4 commonly used real-time noise reduction plug-ins available today. Each plug-in featured in this test used the same poorly recorded source audio clip, which was recorded using a dynamic microphone positioned at a distance of 3 inches from the voice with the mic preamp gain set to maximum to compensate for the low output from the mic.
Get Waves H Comp Plugin For Free TODAY ONLY - Cyber Monday - ENDED
As part of Cyber Monday Waves is offering their acclaimed H-Comp Hybrid compressor completely free, for today only.
Waves Release New Free Sibilance Vocal De-esser Plug-in - Download Your Free Copy Today - ENDED
To celebrate Black Friday our friends at Waves have just released an all new vocal de-esser plug-in called Sibilance, the best bit is that Waves are giving it away for free! This article includes the link to download your free copy of Waves Sibilance. Hurry as this is a time limited offer for Black Friday 2018 only… snooze and you lose!
Only 20% Of You Who Voted Successfully Identified The Real Vox AC30 Example In Our Blind ListeningTest - We Reveal The Top Guitar Amp Plug-ins That Best Emulate The Famous Vox AC30
We recently ran a poll asking you, The Production Expert Community, to take part in a unique Vox AC30 blind listening test. We provided seven audio examples with one of the clips being a real Vox AC30 recording, the other six where produced using a number of popular guitar amp plug-in emulations. The results are in!
We Test iZotope New Vocal Processing Suite Nectar 3 With The Powerful Vocal Assistant & Unmask Features - You Won't Believe Your Ears
For users of previous versions of Nectar this latest version is an absolute no-brainer. For those who regularly mix within all-in-one style plug-in chain windows, Nectar 3 could very well be the best vocal mixing suite out there, it’s worth checking out. Let us know what you think of Nectar 3.
Plugin Alliance Release Schoeps Mono Upmix Plug-in To Upmix To Stereo And LCR
Our friends at Plugin Alliance have released a new plugin for upmixing. This takes a new approach to a very common issue - how do you best make a mono signal wider? There are quite a few techniques which can be deployed using standard tools like using different EQ settings or short delays to introduce a pseudostereo effect but the Schoeps Mono upmix plug-in takes a different approach and offers greater control and realism.
Waves Announce Axis One - A New SoundGrid Host Computer
Waves has announced a new ‘standardised computer’ custom-designed and optimised to run Waves audio applications. The new Axis One comes as what Waves describe as ‘a road-hardy half-rack 2U case”, designed to be a trustworthy turn-key solution for live sound, broadcast, and the studio.
Test - Softube's New Harmonics Dynamic Distortion Plug-in Has An Awesome DTC Feature Which Preserves The Dynamics Of Your Tracks
The masters of analog plug-in emulations Softube recently released a new suite of distortion flavours ranging a variety of common mixing saturation styles in a plug-in they’ve called Harmonics, described by Softube as a dynamic distortion tool. In this video we put Harmonics to the test across several tracks in a mix and test the new DTC features that puts back track dynamics which are often mangled when saturation and distorted.
Universal Audio Announce Version 9.7 Of Their UAD-2 Software With 5 New Plug-Ins To Suit All Music & Post Workflows
The team at Universal Audio are very pleased to be able to announce version 9.7 of their UAD-2 software supporting all Apollo interfaces’s and UAD-2 DSP accelerated hardware. Version 9.7 brings us five new plug-ins featuring the Lexicon 480L Digital reverb and effects, Softube Vocoder, AMS Neve DFC Channel Strip, Brainworx Suhr SE100 Amplifier and the Brainworx bx_masterdesk Classic.
Is Illusion LiquidSonic's Best Reverb Plug-in Yet? Find Out Now In Our Drum & Vocal Mixing Test
In this video we put Illusion to work on a drum mix bus and lead vocal track. The overall mix is fairly solid but there’s a sense depth missing that makes the mix in this example sound a bit two dimensional and upfront. Watch the video to hear how a couple of Illusion presets, and some quick tweaks of the controls, transforms the presentation of the drums and vocals into tastefully sculpted ambiences that frame each of the tracks.
iZotope Release Nectar 3 And Music Production Suite 2 - Discover What Nectar 3 Can Do
We announced that Nectar 3 from iZotope was coming in November. Just 2 days into November and it’s here. Nectar 3 has undergone a complete redesign, iZotope have added 5 new modules as well as having improvements to the other modules for a total of twelve vocal processing modules. Nectar 3 now comes with Celemony’s Melodyne 4 essential time and pitch correction. Check out what it can do.