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 options out there with either different sounds, feels or better options when it comes to … [Read more...] about The Best Free Reverb Effects Plugins
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". That's because back in the day (and still today of … [Read more...] about The Best Free Saturation Plugins for Music Production
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 compatibility with digital setups so you can incorporate these drum … [Read more...] about The Best Drum Machines for an Under $500 Budget
The Best Synthesizers for Under $1,000
Although unfortunately analog synthesizers continue to become more "rare" as synthesizer VST continue to be created and fine-tuned, there are still some amazing pieces of gear in the synth world that are more than worth the buy. We've outlined quite a few different synthesizer price ranges (such as synths under $500), this particular range of $1,000 or less seemed to be worth … [Read more...] about The Best Synthesizers for Under $1,000
The Best Drum Machines for Under $200
We remember our first drum machine back in High School -- there's nothing like having one of these at our fingertips to emerge ourselves in a beat making or song writing process. Nowadays computers and software dominate the setups of many, but what about some old school drum machines and step sequencers? Better yet, perhaps both? We're looking into the best drum machines for … [Read more...] about The Best Drum Machines for Under $200