Jakob Reinhardt Releases FREE Crispy Clean Strat For Kontakt

Jakob Reinhardt has released The Crispy Clean Strat, a free Stratocaster electric guitar sample library for Native Instruments Kontakt (also includes WAV samples). The Crispy Clean Strat is a freely downloadable Stratocaster sound library for Native Instruments Kontakt. The full version of Kontakt is required to use the included NKI patch. The library will only…

Creating A Daft Punk-Style Talk Box Effect With Waves OVox Vocal ReSynthesis

Waves’ new OVox Vocal ReSynthesis plugin is a powerful vocal processor that can do everything from robotic vocoder effects to full-on harmonies and beyond. In this tutorial, we’re going to use it to create a talk box vocal effect, much like the one in Daft Punk’s classic “Around The World.” The OVox actually already has…

8 Of The Best Apps For DJ Livestreaming On Mac, Windows, iOS & Android

Read on to discover the best software to use for DJ livestreaming, whether you want to livestream from your Mac or Windows computer, iOS/iPadOS device, or Android phone/tablet. In this article we’ll explain why you need such software, and talk you through our top choices from the many options out there. So why do you…

Kilohearts updates all software to v1.8.4

An update to all Kilohearts software is now available and is free for existing owners. Users can update to v1.8.4 by simply running the Kilohearts installer and clicking ‘update’…. Read More Read the full story

Smiley Is A FREE One-Knob Enhancer Plugin By Streaky Mastering

Audio Anoraks has released Smiley, a freeware one-knob equalizer and audio enhancer effect in VST3, AU, and AAX plugin formats for digital audio workstations on PC and Mac. Smiley is a simple single-control plugin designed to apply a “smile” EQ curve to the processed audio track. The equalizer curve can be both convex and concave…

Mike Huckaby: Ten Finest Musical Moments

Through the sadness of losing Mike Huckaby, we can take solace in the musical gifts he left for us.  Detroit producer, DJ and educator Mike Huckaby passed away last week from Covid-19 related complications following a stroke. He was 54. Huckaby achieved equal renown as a DJ, producer, educator and taste-maker during his career. He…

Facebook Blocking DJs For Livestreaming Copyrighted Content

We are getting reports of Facebook blocking users who repeatedly attempt to broadcast their DJ sets containing copyrighted music on Facebook Live. While on nearly all platforms it is technically not allowed to broadcast material you do not own the copyright for, or have permission to use directly from the rights holder (ie nearly every…