Production duo Brecon talk us through their debut release, track by track. HALF LIGHT A lot of the tracks on this EP stem from ideas that have evolved over a long time, however ‘Half Light’ is fairly new and came together pretty quickly. It’s hard to pick a favourite from the EP but this track definitely…
With the sad fall from grace of Frankfurt’s Musikmesse when it comes to what DJs and producers want to see from a show, it’s good to see alternatives getting established. This weekend sees an event that will particularly interest DJs and turntablists – The Sample Music Festival in Berlin. SMF18 is largely free, and has…
When you’re playing tracks everyone knows, it can be great fun to tease your audience so they have a sneaking suspicion they’ve heard the track you’re playing before – but nobody’s quite sure until you drop it properly. Using the beatjump feature in Traktor (although most DJ software has something similar, or at least you…
Numerical Audio introduces RE-1, a virtual tape machine mobile app simulating the classics such as the Roland Space Echo or Watkins CopiCat. RE-1 is available for the iPad and can be used for different scenarios. The iOS App RE-1 is a virtual tape machine designed to be equally suited to vintage echo and looper effects. The…
TouchAble entered the iOS market eight years ago and turned an iPad into an ultimate controller for Ableton Live, and now is available in version 3.3.6 which is now fully compatible with Ableton Live 10. Let’s see what’s new in this version and what you can do with this app. Now, the creators behind the…
Below are some of the new releases we have encountered this week on the Loops and Samples front. Just like Read the full story
Wusik has released Wusik P2000, a MIDI/Notes Processor and Plugin Chainer. What can you do with Wusik P2000? Bridge 32-bits plugins into 64-bits hosts (Windows). Use the… Read More Read the full story
In this section of our free VST plugins directory, we’re taking a look at the best freeware distortion effects in VST and AU plugin format for digital audio workstations on PC and Mac. Everybody loves distortion. No matter what style of music you make or what kind of sound design you do, distortion is universally…