Reverb: Everything You Need To Know

Many times I hear people saying they don’t like reverb on their tracks, or how they get a low-end mess after adding some reverb to the drums, or even how annoying those “s” sounds on their vocal track when they add reverb. Sometimes I hear mixes that are so wet that they make me think…

Puremagnetik Releases FREE Snare Designer For NI Kontakt (WAV)

Puremagnetik has announced the release of Snare Designer, a freely downloadable snare sculpting sound library for Native Instruments Kontakt, Ableton Live, and Logic. Snare Designer is a detailed sample library featuring the sounds of three different acoustic snare drums (Ludwig Acrolite, Mapex Birch, and Pork Pie Little Squealer). The team at Puremagntik captured 576 individual…

MathAudio Releases Free THD Meter VST/AU Plugin

MathAudio has introduced THD Meter, a freeware VST and AU plugin which measures the total harmonic distortion (THD) in audio interfaces, speakers, and headphones. THD Meter is a simple software tool designed for measuring the amount of harmonic distortion introduced to the signal by your audio equipment. This is useful in situations when you need…

Adding Reverb to a Techno Kick

In just a few steps, we show you how to create a booming techno kick with plenty of sidechain reverb. If you’re serious about making techno, then you’ll need a good understanding of how to make a serious kick drum. The low frequencies are one of the most integral and important parts of techno production…