Sugar – The Ultimate Audio Sweetener
Sugar – The Ultimate Audio Sweetener This week we are covering an incredible multiband plugin called Sugar. Sugar is made by Process.Audio where they are all about the music. They are a collection of artists and music makers who got together to shift the focus of modern production back onto the music-making and less on the minutia of music editing. Sugar is the result of this mission, and is appropriately dubbed the ‘ultimate audio sweetener’. Sugar is a one-stop-shop, a plugin that is meant to put mastering-level processing in an easy to use package. In this article, we will run through the plugin’s features and tell you what we love and think could improve (if anything). Continue below! su_divider top=”no” divider_color=”#d2d2d2″ size=”1″ Workflow The workflow with Sugar is simple, it is made to enhance audio. There are limited controls so you only need to face a limited amount of parameters …
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Fresh Tracks of the Month August 5th, 2019
Fresh Tracks of the Month August 5th, 2019 Ahoy ahoy, we hope everyone is shaving a smooth summer and enjoying their vacations. If you haven’t been on vacation don’t worry, we’re back with another edition of Fresh Tracks of the Month so you can turn on, tune in, and drop out with us, listen below. su_divider top=”no” divider_color=”#d2d2d2″ size=”1″ DJ Sidereal – McLaren DJ Sidereal hit us with the jam a few weeks ago and were so excited to share it with everyone. It’s a blissful Big House/Progressive House track full of energy and perfect for summer! The catchiest melody rides throughout and falls in line with the drums effortlessly. Dj Sidereal truly expresses his skills on this production with choice sound design and arrangement. There is never a dull moment, listen below. su_divider top=”no” divider_color=”#d2d2d2″ size=”1″ Greesha – Burn This Fire Burn This Fire starts off …
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Korg Minilogue XD Review – A Powerful Synth for Beginners and Synthlords
Korg Minilogue XD Review – A Powerful Synth for Beginners and Synthlords This week we have a video with me, Mikey Backpack, going over our favorite features from Korg’s new Korg Minilogue XD. The synthesizer is an update to the original and packed with a lot of incredible features. We’ll take you on a ten-minute journey and show you the gorgeous sounds while we’re at it. View below. su_youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/taiXY0a956U” width=”400″ height=”200″ rel=”no” modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes”
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Fresh Tracks of the Month July 8th, 2019
Fresh Tracks of the Month July 8th, 2019 Welcome back everyone, it has been two months since our last release of the Fresh Tracks of the Month. We hope you all enjoyed and celebrated Independence Day (American readers mostly). If you weren’t celebrating then we welcome you to the month of July regardless! Continue below for some of the hottest tracks that were submitted to us recently via Submithub. Listen below. su_divider top=”no” divider_color=”#d2d2d2″ size=”1″ Prayrain, Tom Lohrman – One-Sided Prayrain and Tom Lohrman teamed up on this electric collaboration called One-Sided. The production is clean and a pleasure to listen to, especially with the powerful vocals of both artists included. The vibes create a catchy back-and-forth between the two vocalists that is easy to move to and easier to hear again. The song’s release is just in time for summer and will surely make its way into pool party …
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iZotope Neutron 3 – Mixing in the 31st Century
iZotope Neutron 3 – Mixing in the 31st Century We’ve covered various products from iZotope over the years and are excited to cover their updated version of the insanely powerful plugin Neutron 3. This marks the third iteration of the plugin, which we wrote about the first version back in 2017. The most significant changes to the plugin come with the Module Interface, the Masking Meter, the Assistant Feature, and the brand new module called Sculptor. iZotope also made changes to the technology under the hood to improve performance and processing, these changes are tangible as you can now throw more instances of Neutron 3 in your project than before. In this article, we’ll take you through the new features found in Neutron 3 and show you how to get the most out of the plugin. su_divider top=”no” divider_color=”#d2d2d2″ size=”1″ General User Interface First thing’s first – the GUI (general …
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How to Change the Game When Mixing Low-End
How to Change the Game When Mixing Low-End Introducing – Mastering the Mix’s Bassroom Whether you’ve got great studio gear and acoustic treatment or not, getting a well balanced low-end is really hard. It’s a make-or-break part of the production process and getting it wrong will guarantee that your track doesn’t reach it’s fullest potential. The team over at Mastering The Mix recognized that this was a huge problem holding back a vast number of producers. In response, they created BASSROOM – a final mix and mastering EQ that helps music producers get a well balanced low-end in seconds. In this article, we will tell you all about the new plugin and how to use it to shape your low-end to your picture-perfect settings. Quality Is Essential High-quality EQ filters are essential when adjusting the low-end of your entire mix. The leading school of thought is that linear phase …
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