Musiccrow Free VST Pre-Amp Emulator Plugin ‘Preamp Emulator emulates the way tube preamps behave and sound. It will add the typical saturation and warmth of real tubes to your digital tracks!‘ Controls/Parameters: Input, Drive, Tube A, Tube B, Output and On/Off ‘Preamp emulator is very easy to use, and there are only a few parameters […]
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Free VST Plugin – Leveling Amplifier – limiter
Leveling Amplifier v1.2 by Martin Best – Free VST Plugin Download from here ‘Leveling Amplifier was inspired by the famous hardware limiters of the past, it has a very fast response to peaks with a slow release for minimum distortion even when driven hard. The ‘Gain’ controls the input level from 0dB to +10dB, the […]
Free VST Plugin – Sweetboys Volcano Limiter/Maximizer
Sweetboys Volcano Limiter/Maximizer – Free VST Plugin Get it here Volcano combines a peak limiter and a level maximizer. It’s a pretty simple to use plugin having only 4 parameters: Threshold: Controls the level of limiting. If clipping noise occurs reduce to a smaller setting. MaxOut: Controls the maximum level of output signal. It’s recommended […]
Free VST Compression Plugins – BuzComp Free Series
Free VST Compression Plugins – BuzComp Free Series – Download Here The BuzComp Free Series is a set of compression plugins from buzzroom. The Set contains the, BuzComp Free GranComp – Classic Hard Compressor – BuzComp Free GranComp3 – Multiband Classic Hard Compressor – BuzComp Free GeneComp – Generic Digital Linear Compressor – and finally […]
Free VST W1 Limiter Plugin
George Yohng’s W1 Limiter VST W1 Limiter is a clone of Waves L1, with identical output. Release curve simplified Release time multiplied 3 times (see notes below) Softening circuit filter changed Waves L1 famous limiter (and thus W1 – for compatibility reasons) uses three times longer actual release time than standard RT60 metric. This means […]
Voxengo – MSED free mid/side vst plugin
MSED is a professional audio encoder/decoder plug-in for mid/side processing which is able to encode (split) the incoming stereo signal into two components: mid/side pair, and vice versa: decode mid/side signal pair into stereo signal. MSED is also able to work in the “inline” mode with the ability to adjust mid and side channels’ gain […]
EQ – Jargon – What is rolling off? – Recording Tips
What is rolling off? I know, these phrases banded about by everybody ‘in the know’ are confusing. Put simply rolling off is a curve. See the pictures below, These pictures are designed to show what a curve will look like when applied. They’re only represenations but it’s a good way to understand what an EQ […]
Mastering Setup – The Limiter Explained
Pay attention to the ‘Input’ on a limiter. The ‘Input’ works a little like the ‘Threshold’ on a normal compressor. The more ‘Input’ the more the compression effect will be applied to your track. The second setting you want to look at is the ‘Ratio’. The ‘Ratio’ setting controls the amount of gain reduction that […]
Setting up – Mastering Effects – Home Recording Tips and Advice
If you are trying to Master your own tunes you will be wanting to know which effects to use and what order to use them in. Truth is there is no set way to set up your mastering effects. It’s all about your ears, does it sound right? 2 previous articles on this site. Mastering […]
KRK ERGO – The Key to a better mix
‘Is your mix Boomy, Flat, Muddy, Unbalanced and just not right? The problem is your room. Fix your Room and you’ll fix your mix…‘ Sometimes something comes along that you just wish you had enough spare cash to throw away on. I’d love to know if this works. KRK ERGO Room Correction System The ERGO […]