For computer musicians, a good synth plugin is likely to be the beating heart of any software-based studio setup. A quality virtual synthesizer is right up there with a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) ...

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Falling in love with a new plugin feels great, but if that plugins happens to be free, the love feels even sweeter. Fortunately, free instruments, effects, apps and samples land in our lap pretty ...

Christmas is a time of generosity and good cheer, and there's nothing that quite gets us in the holiday spirit like a festive bundle of free plugins. (That's a bit sad, isn't it?) We know we're not ...

One of the most cherished chorus effects ever isn’t some piece of expensive studio rack gear or a guitar pedal with piles of knobs. Instead its the almost painfully simple chorus unit built into ...

PLUGIN WEEK 2025: It's likely that we're all guilty of periodically shunning our existing repository of plugins and VIs, and splash out on a shiny new synth, hoping it’ll provide us with a fresh, ...