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Why would arguably the two best recent VST synths, Roland’s SH-2 Plug-Out and NI’s Monark Synth be monophonic? Why would there even be such a thing as a virtual monosynth in 2015 I hear you ask? Surely, only being able to play one note at a time is a ridiculous […]

Make Any VSTi Monosynth (Inc SH-2 Plug-Out | Monark Synth) ...

in Tutorial tagged Reaper / Synth

Want a free level matching plug-in for mixing and mastering? Fully bypass your insert effect chain and do A/B comparisons using RMS or R128 volume matching! In this tutorial we will cover: What is level matching and why do we need it when applying any processing to our audio? What […]

AB Level Matching Tutorial Using Free Plug-ins

in Tutorial tagged Volume

To normalize audio is to change its overall volume by a fixed amount to reach a target level. It is different from compression that changes volume over time in varying amounts. It does not affect dynamics like compression, and ideally does not change the sound in any way other than […]

How To Normalize Audio – Why Do It? Everything You ...

in Tutorial tagged Volume

In this tutorial my aim is to fully explain the workings of just one compressor, Variety of Sound’s ThrillseekerLA. While much of what you learn will be applicable to other compressors, my goal is that you have all the information you need to get fantastic results with this one. This […]

ThrillseekerLA Freeware Compressor Explained

in Tutorial tagged Dynamic Range Compression / ThrillseekerLA

If you haven’t yet checked out Acustica Audio’s Nebula VST plug-in, i highly recommend it. Read my comprehensive Nebula review. For those of you that are using the plug-in, and would like to get the very best sound quality from it, the good news is that there are various tweaks […]

Nebula VST Plug-in Tips – Switching To TIMED Kernels

in Tutorial tagged Nebula

Assuming you followed the instructions in Pt 1 then you now have foobar installed with flac.exe copied into the foobar2000 program files directory. Some DAW’s and sound editors will let you import and export in FLAC (eg Reaper), while some will not. This tutorial should be very helpful for when […]

Using foobar2000 For Professional Audio Pt 2 – Lossless Batch ...

in Tutorial tagged Flac / Foobar

Welcome to the first part in the series on using the free PC audio player foobar2000 for common tasks in digital audio processing. While there maybe other ways of getting these jobs done, in my experience the fastest and highest quality method is to use foobar, so let’s discuss foobar […]

Using foobar2000 For Professional Audio Pt 1 – Installation And ...

in Tutorial tagged Flac / Foobar