Working with Intervals (part 2) Major 2nd

Continued form part 1… In the previous article I stated that in order to understand intervals and their importance we need to listen to them. In order to create a better feeling for the sound we also need to correlate that with playing. Below are pictures and tab describing how to play the major 2nd […]

Theory: Working with Intervals (part 1)

Hopefully you have a working knowledge of theory, if not I will try and keep this as simple as possible. This article is an expansion of the previous article, The Major Scale and Intervals. I’m going to use Sonars piano roll and staff views, the piano roll will fit the same with Reaper, Cubase and […]

Mcompressor free vst plugin

MeldaProduction have kindly offered this free vst compressor plugin that also has sidechaining capabilities. ‘MCompressor provides standard compression with volume maximization and has adjustable compression shape, which gives you power to set custom smoothing or even interesting sound effects.’ * Standard and custom compression shape – using user shapes you can easily create various dynamic […]

Shuttleplugs free vst plugins: Drove

Looking for a free overdrive plugin, why not try Shuttleplugs free VST overdrive, This is an overdrive designed specifically for drums. It’s also nice on electric piano-type synths. It uses a VCF that let’s you control the range of frequencies going into the drove & has an optional low-pass filter at the end for smoothness. […]

Voxengo Polysquasher version 2.1 update

Voxengo Polysquasher version 2.1 update is now available for download. Voxengo Polysquasher is a mastering compressor plug-in for professional audio and sound production applications, available in AudioUnit and VST plug-in formats, for Mac OS X and Windows computers. Version 2.1 update includes the following changes: * Ratio can now be entered without the trailing “:1”. […]