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The MIDI Velocity Limiter

April 04, 2025

Don't settle for lifeless MIDI! Here’s how to limit MIDI peaks to control dynamics elegantly, without audio-based processing.

April Selects for Touring & Festival Season

April 01, 2025

Get ready to hit the road with the best gear for your upcoming gigs, festivals, and tours! Whether you're playing intimate coffee shop sets, rocking out at your local bar, or headlining the main stage, PreSonus has everything you need to bring your sound to life.

Over-the-top rock drums reverb

March 28, 2025

Amazingly, this huge, high-def reverb sound crafted for rock drums doesn’t use any kind of time-based or convolution plugin. Say what? Well, let’s hear what a dual vocoders + pink noise reverb engine sounds like… but you may have a hard time believing your ears.

Try This Easy Vocal Doubling Trick

March 21, 2025

This doubling technique with no flanging or chorusing effects doesn’t sound weird if the mix collapses to mono, and creates a sense of space rather than sounding like two different vocal takes.

Ban Boring Loops!

March 14, 2025

Are you missing out on some inventive features in Studio One Pro’s loop implementation? Let's take a look.

The Power of the Dual Panpot

March 07, 2025

Don’t get tripped up by the panpot paradox: it may look like it’s stereo, it may think that it’s stereo, but it’s not always stereo. Let’s investigate.

How to Revolutionize Your Reverb Send

February 28, 2025

If you want a big reverb sound on drums, there’s a fine line between big reverb and cluttered reverb. Let's take a look.

Auto Talk Box FX Chain

February 21, 2025

This unique FX Chain creates a virtual “talk box” effect. Although based on my Virtual Talk Box design from early 2022, this updated version adds the option to follow your playing’s dynamics. You can also control it manually, or with a MIDI foot pedal.

DIY Analog Reverb Chamber

February 15, 2025

Want a better, more realistic reverb sound? Insert your digital reverb—then go to the bathroom.

Notion Mobile 3.4 Now Available

February 10, 2025

Notion Mobile v3 took mobile music creation to the next level with support for iOS, Android, Windows, Fire OS and macOS. Now v3.4 adds many enhancements and fixes, leading with its support for layout control, enhancements to its notation including writing for harp, and a new cross-platform document recovery feature. Notion Mobile is free, and […]

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