Get inspired by disco and funk and bake your own dirty, rezzy filtered Rhodes electric piano. Usually, Synth Secrets is all about synthetic tones – analogue bass, FM leads, wavetable madness. But there’s something to be said for more organic tones too. If you’re working in genres like disco, funk or soul, a good electric…
Final Mix Software offers the Bass Buss Lite ($19 value) plugin as a free download by the end of the month. Bass Buss Lite is an easy-to-use bass enhancer plugin. The developer describes it as a “plugin that helps the Bass sound the way it should.” If you’re following our news section, you’ve probably already…
Samplab is a free VST plugin (AU available for macOS) that makes your loops and samples stand out from the crowd. It analyzes the audio, converts it to MIDI, and lets you rearrange the notes. Whether you use Loopcloud, Splice, sample packs (Slate Digital makes awesome packs), or anything similar, finding the right loop/sample is…
Got a Philips Hue lighting system at home? The latest 2.3 version of SoundSwitch, the lighting control interface between DJ software and lights, can now also control it – one of several new features and improvements just announced for the software. You connect SoundSwitch to an entertainment area on your Philips system, hit “play” on…
“I want to learn to DJ, is there a DJ school near me?” This is the question that kicks off many people’s journeys into learning to DJ. But before you look for a DJ school, you should know some of the limitations of learning to DJ from a local DJ school, and why learning from…
SonaMetro has released a public beta for Guitar Notebook, an app for iPhone and iPad that allows guitarist songwriters to keep all their songs together in one place. They… Read More Read the full story
Ginger Audio has released a major update for GroundControl Room with a new tool for creating dedicated virtual drivers. Features added in v1.0.7: Create dedicated virtual… Read More Read the full story
Sade and her eponymous band are one of the most sampled artists in house music and there are countless edits, re-edits, bootlegs, remixes, re-works and re-rubs of their songs. We collected a few of our favourites together – what’s your go-to Sade re-edit? Helen Folasade Adu CBE and her band, both known are Sade are extremely…