Tag: vst

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 […]

Wavosaur – Setting up VST Rack

Using VST fx in Wavosaur is pretty simple, although it does seem like a bit more work than other Audio Editors. Find VST: Rack and click the button, You’ve now got the screen below, Here we can load our vst. If you’ve got this far and you don’t know where your VST folder is then […]

Render / Freeze Track Reaper

To render a vst instrument or effect in Reaper frees up your CPU resources. To render or ‘freeze’ your track: choose TRACK and you will see two render options The above picture shows the ‘Stereo’ stem render option. The above picture shows the ‘Mono’ stem render option. Sometimes too many VST’s can clog up your […]

Line 6 POD studio

Line 6 POD Studio UX1 with POD Farm Standard These days the amount of choice for guitarists when it comes to virtual effects is pretty breathtaking. The POD studio is no exception… POD Studio™ UX2 combines the stunning sounds of POD Farm™ plug-in with a powerful USB interface. POD Farm plug-in features every model necessary […]

Blue Cat's Digital Peak Meter – Free VST plugin

Blue Cat’s Digital Peak Meter is a simple yet powerful signal analysis tool: it measures the peak value of the signal and lets you record it as an automation curve, as well as the fact that your signal clips (‘clipping’ occurs when the signal is higher than the maximum value accepted by your audio system). […]