Will MacOS 28 Break Your Digital Studio Environment?
In MacOS 28 Apple will remove support for applications and plugins compiled for Intel processors. Is your home studio safe to upgrade?
Read moreMusic Software
MIDI – The Ultimate Guide to Get Started
Do you want to make songs, but can’t play all the instruments needed? Virtual instruments to the rescue! And MIDI is the way you control them – what they play, and how they play it. In this video you will learn everything about how MIDI works in a DAW – especially in Reaper, but valid for any DAW.
We will cover recording, editing, instrument plugins, velocity, quantizing, humanizing, pitch bends, drums and advanced track routing. Go from MIDI curious to MIDI expert in 22 minutes and 19 seconds.
Read moreRecording Metal Guitars in Reaper – Tutorial
Learn what equipment and software you need to get started recording guitars, how to battle latency, how to stay in tempo and how to double track.
Read moreHow to Make a Great Backing Track for Any Song
How to Make Unsigned VSTs Work in MacOS Catalina, Big Sur, Monterey and later
Learn how to make unnotarized (unsigned) VSTs work in MacOS Catalina, without compromising the security of you OS.
Read moreSubMission Bass – Affordable, Great-Sounding Bass Plugin
The author of The Systematic Mixing Guide has released a great-sounding bass plugin at a very reasonable price.
Read moreFinding a balanced low end
In my struggles to get levels right in my mix I found this interesting video. Unfortunately it doesn’t actually adress the problem I want to solve: the balance between lows, mids and highs in a mix when you don’t have access to a conditioned room and perfectly flat monitors. It does however have a good […]
Read moreGet your Bluetooth headset to work properly in Reaper
I got a fancy new Marshall MID headset for my phone. I’m really happy with the sound, but it’s kind of pressing to hard on my ears causing a lot of fatigue. But that’s not what this post is about :-). I wanted to check my latest mix out i the Marshall MIDs. It’s always […]
Read moreAndroid Gets USB Audio Support
One of the most visited posts on this blog is Why There is No AmpKit for Android. After Android got core support for low-latency audio about two years ago I was sure that we would see some amp sims worth the name on Android, but there has been pretty much a continued vacuum. According to […]
Read moreMaking Programmed Drums Sound Real
Even with great-sounding VST drumkits, it can be tricky to make them sound real – here are some great tips!
Read more