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The Best Free Reverb Effects Plugins
The Reverb FX plugin game is quite cluttered with options out there, with most of the recommendations costing a pretty penny. Of course, we all have our stock reverb in our DAW and in our opinion can get quite far with it if we take the time to learn them. However, there are always other […]
The Best Free Saturation Plugins for Music Production
The world of music making FX is insane, but saturation in production for us was one of the most important breakthroughs we’ve ever had as musicians. It’s hard to really identify . Heck, some hardware or even in-the-box FX plugins automatically subtle saturation to give it a “feel”, or what some describe as “warmth”, “analog”. […]
The Best Drum Machines for an Under $500 Budget
The best drum machines under $500 are going to give us a balance of a (relatively) affordable piece of analog gear while providing some nice step sequencing and sampling power. Yes, analog gear is still alive and well, despite all of the emulations we’re seeing these days! Many of these also come with some nice […]