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Épica Audio has released Resonant Reverb, a creative plate reverb and multi-effect plugin developed in collaboration with 11-time Grammy-winning producer and engineer Joe Chiccarelli. Joe Chiccarelli’s credits include The White Stripes, The Strokes, Morrissey, Little Dragon, The Killers, and U2, and Resonant Reverb is based on a technique he has used for years on vocals, guitars, synths, and other sources. The idea behind it is useful for getting cleaner mixes. Resonant Reverb places resonant high-pass and low-pass filters before and after the reverb engine, so you can decide which frequencies feed the reverb and then shape the tail again after…
Two Compressors. Thousands of Hit Records. “Tools come and go. Classics stay.” If you’ve spent any time looking at compressor plugins, you’ve probably seen these two names: They appear everywhere. Every plugin company has a version. Every major studio has used them. And together they have shaped the sound of countless records. Quick Summary 👉 The 1176 is a fast, aggressive FET compressor often used for vocals, drums, and guitars. The LA-2A is a smooth optical compressor famous for vocals, bass, and gentle leveling. Together they form one of the most popular compressor chains in music production. Before compressors…
In this YouTube Video, PML tutor Leo Lauretti explores 5 different bass line setups for Tech House / Indie Dance in the style of artists like Max Styler, Mau P, Chris Lorenzo, and Kolter. This video looks deeper into punchy drums, intense basslines, and briefly showcases some hook-driven synth work engineered for peak-time tracks! Watch and learn about The Main Bass Deep Bass Pluck Call & Response Restarting the loop Bass sweeps More key lessons in the video! Check out the “Drift” pack linked below. Inside you’ll find a tightly curated toolkit of drums, percussion, tops, Serum 2 presets and…
Analog Obsession has released an updated version of LOVEND, its free harmonic bass enhancer plugin for macOS and Windows. LOVEND is designed to add weight and focus to the low end. It gives you a continuous frequency control from 60 Hz to 180 Hz, up to 10 dB of boost, and an output control with +/-10 dB of gain adjustment. The newest release is version 3.0, and the two main changes here are the fully rewritten DSP code and AAX support. The interface is still classic Analog Obsession, and I mean that in a good way. It has a minimal…
Carve Audio has released Gas Can Amp ($49), a guitar amp plugin inspired by the rare battery-powered amplifier known as “The Can.” The original amp was built by SLM Electronics in the 1980s and housed in a plastic gas-can-style enclosure. It later became associated with the first Foo Fighters record, where its unusually gritty tone helped shape some of the album’s guitar sounds. Having this type of amp in plugin format is definitely more interesting than the average amp sim. “The Can” is not exactly something you can grab from the local ads, and when units do appear, they are…
Developer ypichev has released UnderwaterFX, a free and open-source creative multi-effect plugin for Windows. UnderwaterFX is built with C++ and the JUCE framework. And the idea behind it is pretty cool – it makes your audio sound like it is being heard from underwater. I am always on the lookout for unique sound design tools, and this one does a great job with a relatively simple concept. It gives you those deep, muffled sounds we’ve heard in dozens of movies during underwater scenes, flashbacks, and similar sequences. Obviously, I will use this for cinematic sound design projects, but I can…
S1gns Of L1fe has released Texture Loom, a free dual-sample atmosphere engine for Ableton Live, macOS, and Windows. I tested Texture Loom last night and ended up playing it for over an hour while also coming up with several layered sounds that I’ll use in future sound design projects. I have also seen some of Chris Bryant’s S1gns Of L1fe videos in the past, so it is nice to see a free plugin that fits so neatly into the kind of ambient sound design he teaches. Texture Loom is built for creating evolving pads, drones, cinematic beds, and slow-moving ambient…
Reverb is easy to get wrong. Too much, and your vocals can get buried under a wash of reflections. Too little, and your leads can become disconnected from other elements in your mix. Getting reverb right isn’t about using more or less of it. It’s about understanding which type of reverb your vocal needs, how to set it up properly, and how to dial in the controls that actually matter. Once you understand these concepts, reverb stops being something you wrestle with and starts becoming one of the most expressive tools in your mix. If you record vocals in…
UB DSP has released Vowel Blender, a formant filter plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Vowel Blender is the second plugin from UB DSP, following Grit Blender. Its main feature is a 2D phonetic XY pad. Instead of choosing a few preset vowel shapes from a menu, you drag a cursor through a vowel space based on real speech recordings, and the plugin retunes the formants in real time. The pad includes ten vowels from the International Phonetic Alphabet, arranged around the idea of tongue and jaw position. You can pick from seven voice models, covering three women, three men, and…
OTODESK has released Ambience, a free and open-source algorithmic reverb plugin for Windows. Ambience is a 16-channel Feedback Delay Network reverb from Makoto Iida, a solo developer and hobbyist producer behind OTODESK. I asked the developer how he made the plugin and was surprised to learn that it is not based on convolution and that there are no impulse responses involved. Makoto says the hall and studio presets are algorithmic approximations shaped with RT60 curves, early reflection patterns, and absorption settings rather than sampled spaces. I asked Makoto about this directly because reverb plugins often mix algorithmic design and sampled…