Camel Crusher VST is an old skool VST that became famous for its simple design and cutting-edge sounds. It is primarily a distortion and saturation plugin with onboard controls for a filter and compression. It was acquired by Apple in 2015 and features from it were added into a stock plugin on Logic Pro X DAW ...
Optical Music Recognition (OMR) allows for the computers to read through PDF files of sheet music and convert them to MIDI files (or alternatively MusicXML format) This is essentially like OCR software for music. There are some free options for this kind of software out there, but they are often quite limited ...
Synthesia is a very useful software app to learn piano. With it you can learn how to play any song on a piano easily, essentially using your keyboard as a controller. The great thing about this is that you can add any song you like (using MIDI files), and the program will automatically read it and make it available ...
'Max for Live' is a creative platform that allows you to build instruments, effects, and tools for use inside the Ableton Live DAW. It is an incredibly powerful tool that often gets overlooked by music producers. From creating custom synths/samples to sequences to modifying Live clips to native devices, Max for ...
The name “Solfege” (English/French) or Solfeggio (Italian) is derived from the names of the two syllables of the system, Sol and Fa. It is system to learn basic concepts of music. In this post, we will explain how each system works in any given musical situation, their pros and cons, various hand signs and the ...
The recorder is such a popular and easy instrument to get started on. We’ve decided to put together a list of 10 easy songs that you can play on a recorder in no time at all! Apart from that, you can find some advice on what makes for an easy recorder song and what tunes you should pick when you're learning. 1. ...
If you're bored of the stock themes available in Ableton Live 10, then it's definitely worth installing some new ones. Making a change in the theme of the DAW meant that you could get a fresh view of things. Abelton Live 10 is a top of the line DAW that top producers and sound technicians use in their everyday ...
Text to speech plugins come in a few different forms. They all enable you to create synthetic voices on your computer from text. This is no new gimmick and it has been around since the ’80s, but it’s very widely used as it is quite practical. 1. Alter/Ego (Free) We start off this list with a free plugin ...
The Cloudlifter CL-1 by Cloud Microphones is an inline mic preamp. Its function is to provide a clean gain boost to your dynamic or ribbon microphone’s signal before it gets to your audio interface or mixer. Popular dynamic microphones such as the Shure SM7B or the Rode Pod Mic have a very low signal. That means that ...
ASIO4All is a free Windows tool that provides a generic high-performance audio driver for professional audio production in the absence of an audio interface with a dedicated driver. If you are a Windows user and you are not using a dedicated audio interface (such as a Focusrite Scarlett 4i4Focusrite Scarlett ...
VintageVerb continues ValhallaDSP’s excellent streak of ambiance plugins, with a rich, lush dreamy reverb emulating the hardware from the 80s. Excellent, lush sound right out the box Elegant, simple GUI Creative algorithm additions apart from standard ones ‘Color’ setting quickly imparts ...
The 'DI' in DI boxes refers to multiple names like Direct Insertion, Direct Injection, Direct Input, or Direct Interface. Fundamentally, DI boxes are used to take an unbalanced, high impedance signal and convert it to a balanced, low impedance signal. Unbalanced signals are prone to noise. Hence, it’s important to ...