Virtual drum software allows you to quickly and easily create realistic sounding drum tracks using samples and grooves performed by actual drummers on high-quality kits that were recorded in world-class studios. Here’s a roundup of the most popular virtual drum plugins on the market.
Toontrack’s EZdrummer 2 is designed as a quick and easy way for guitarists to lay down drum ideas when songwriting. It includes a full library of MIDI grooves performed by professional drummers. While Toontrack’s EZdrummer 2 is meant for guitarists looking to quickly put together record-ready drum tracks. It is designed for hours of in-depth tweaking.
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Music Recording
Best VST Plug-ins for Vocals
The vocal is at the center of every one of your recordings. That means if your vocals sound bad, your whole project sounds bad. While nothing can replace a killer performance by a talented vocalist, there are scores of plug-ins available that will tune, fix, tweak, and polish your vocal tracks to perfection.
The Antares Auto-Tune Pro is arguably the world’s best-known vocal plug-in. Even folks who know nothing about audio engineering have heard of it. The Celemony Melodyne 4 editor is the industry’s other top dog when it comes to vocal pitch correction.
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6 Tips For Adding Effects To A Mix
One of the reasons why we record elements in stereo is to capture the natural ambience of an instrument. There are so many choices and variables available with effects these days. These 6 tips can help you choose what you need for each track more efficiently.
First, picture the performer in an acoustic space and then realistically recreate that space around them. This method usually saves some time over simply experimenting with different effects presets. Second, smaller reverbs or short delays make things sound bigger. Reverbs with delays under a second delay tend to make the track sound bigger.
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The BEST VOCAL PLUGINS on the Market
Over my many years of mixing, I’ve tried out hundreds of premium plugins. What you do with the plugins you have is 10 times more important than what plugins you have.
Softube Trident A-Range was modelled after the legendary Trident console. This analog EQ has an extremely smooth sound on vocals. You can really push your boosts and cuts farther before it begins to sound overdone. The Fabfilter Pro-Q 2 has become the industry standard for digital EQ. And it’s a well-deserved honor – this equalizer is maybe the most versatile and clean on the market.
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Soundation, Online DAW, Reveals New Studio And Design Plus 300% Performance Boost
Soundation is one of the most advanced web-based music-making systems around. Recently, the company launched a new browser-based studio and visual identity across all channels in co-operation with design agency Kurppa Hosk.
In collaboration with Google, the update improves performance by +300%. The new visual language served as a framework for a total redesign of the studio. The strict geometry and typography became a perfect fit for an app that demands precision and clarity. The new studio engine was built in collaboration with Google on WebAssembly Threads. Soundation is one of the world’s first adopters of this new web technology.
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