Should I Buy it? – Future Audio Workshops SubLab
Should I Buy it? – Future Audio Workshops SubLab Welcome back everyone to our latest edition of Should I Buy It! It’s been a wild few months of spring as we’re sure most of you can relate. We’ve gotten a bit more settled now that summer is here, we’ve reopened the school and our diving into our review schedule. First up is FAW’s killer plugin SubLab. Read below for our score and breakdown. su_youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/J9dSsNhXhY8″ width=”400″ height=”200″ rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” su_box title=”FAW SubLab Rating: 9/10″ style=”glass” box_color=”#333333″ su_row su_column size=”1/2″ Pros: – Well designed GUI – 3 powerful bass engines – Multi-stage maximizer – Quick Sampling Feature – Sweet distortion /su_column su_column size=”1/2″ Cons: – No manual??? – Can’t disable key tracking in oscillator – Some confusing GUI choices /su_column su_divider top=”no” divider_color=”#d2d2d2″ size=”1″ Get yours on the Future Audio Workshop website for a special $40 introductory sale price. …
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How To String a Guitar From Start To Finish
How To String a Guitar From Start To Finish As COVID closures and lockdown come to a slow end, we’re seeing plenty of optimistic returns to public spaces. People are going to the beach, protesting in solidarity with BLM and seeing a lot more of each other. At the end of the day, we all need a little relief. What better way than to pick up your guitar, and sing a tune with friends? In this article, we’ll show you how to give your axe some attention and replace the strings. We may be compensated for purchases made using the links to products below. su_divider top=”no” Materials You’ll Need You’ll need a few things before re-stringing your guitar, first and foremost: a guitar! We’re assuming you already have one but if you don’t we’ll give you a few good options below. After that, you’ll need to settle on strings. Various …
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Captain Plugins 5 – A Big Beautiful Update
Captain Plugins 5.0 – A Big Beautiful Update MixedinKey just released their most recent update to their killer composition suite – Captain Plugins. We’re here to announce the newest features and let you know what we think. Read on below. su_youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/vDZc6dDXemM” width=”400″ height=”200″ rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” su_divider What are the Captain Plugins? Captain Plugins 5 for Mac and Windows, comes with five VST plugins. The updated VSTs allow for super-fast songwriting and creation of chords, melodies, bass lines, and drums for any genre of music. Captain Plugins are designed for use by producers, DJs and songwriters. The Captain Plugins have had a solid place in our DAW workflow ever since reviewing Captain Chords 2.0 and Captain Melody 3.0. The plugins are fantastic tools for any producer whether new to the practice or a seasoned veteran. su_box title=”Captain Plugins Rating: 9/10″ style=”glass” box_color=”#333333″ su_row su_column size=”1/2″ …
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Stepping It Up: From Amateur to Pro
Stepping It Up: From Amateur to Pro You’ve been working hard, but there’s just something about your music that is missing. What could it be? After spending countless hours whittling away at a song, you feel like all the blood, sweat, and tears have gone to waste. Let’s not get caught up in the artist’s struggle. In this post, we’re going to take a look at some ways to give your music a more polished and professional sound. su_divider top=”no” Learn Music Theory It is super important to have a basic understanding of music theory if you want to produce music that sounds good. Sure, having a strong intuition is helpful, but rarely can a producer get far without knowing their scales and basic triads. Learning music theory will help you understand why certain notes sound good together and provide a foundation for your songwriting. It will also …
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Should You Buy It? – Genki Instruments Wave Ring
Should You Buy It? – Genki Instruments Wave Ring A while back we covered the now available MIDI controller – Wave – by Genki instruments. They eventually made their crowdsourcing goals and have produced fully functional models of the ring controller. We reached out for a demo unit and were glad we did, it’s as fun as it looks. A video review is to come but for now, read this article breakdown of the Genki Instruments Wave. su_box title=”Genki Instruments Wave Rating: 8.5/10″ style=”glass” box_color=”#333333″ su_row su_column size=”1/2″ Pros: – unique and comfortable form factor – easy to set up – highly customizeable – big live performance potential /su_column su_column size=”1/2″ Cons: – multidimensional gestures bleed into each other – your dumb ass may lose it because it’s small /su_column su_divider top=”no” divider_color=”#d2d2d2″ size=”1″ Get yours now for $199 on the Genki website. /su_row /su_box su_divider top=”no” Breakdown …
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5 Great Drum Machines for Beatmakers
5 Great Drum Machines for Beatmakers We live in a world where anyone can be a musician. The technology and innovations of the digital age have made music more accessible. It used to be a significant investment, as you would need to purchase an instrument and invest in lessons to learn how to play it. This simply isn’t the case anymore. As we’ve already discussed in our article on getting into music production, you can start making music with just an iPhone. You can even sign up for online lessons to learn how to manipulate digital audio workstation software such as Ableton. Doing all of that should give you enough to cover the basics and start making tracks of your own. However, we know you continually want to improve upon your craft. So how do you go about doing this? Well, try to recall any great song and they’ll have one thing …
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