When it comes to software samplers the choices are vast. And HY-Plugins have just added to this long list of options with an update to their HY-Slicer sample slicing and arrangement tool. The rather imaginatively…
Author: Simon Gilbert
Audio-to-midi conversion has been a staple of DAWs and music software for many years now. As far back as 1992 Melodyne by Celemony introduced its revolutionary polyphonic mode. This allowed users to extract pitch and…
Hats off to Ableton. They managed to keep this one quiet. You may have heard by now that there’s a new Push controller in town. The news of Push 3 sent certain factions of the…
Love ’em or hate ’em, Behringer has been part of the music tech landscape for over 30 years. Once synonymous with budget mixers and outboard gear, Behringer has managed to reinvent itself in recent years…
So, you’re ready to get your fingers dusty and try your hand at some lofi Hip-Hop beats. In this article, we will be taking you through the key principles involved in producing lofi hip-hop beats.…
Although the vast musical landscape is always evolving and progressing, a recent major trend in music has taken a nostalgic step back into the past. I am of course referring to lofi Hip-Hop. This downtempo…
Soundtoys have built a loyal fanbase and enviable reputation for highly usable and innovative plugins. It has however not gone unnoticed by fans that they have been MIA recently. Well, they need worry no longer…
We have all been there. You drive umpteen already highly processed audio channels into a separate bus only to pile on a bunch more plug-ins. Not only is the CPU starting to grumble but often…
It may be hard to believe but 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. From Hip-hop’s humble beginnings on the Streets of The South Bronx, this musical and artistic subculture has gone on to infiltrate…
Hip-Hop is unquestionably the musical art form that helped to cement ‘sampling’ as a household term. Originally Hip Hop DJs and producers would plunder old obscure vinyl records for sample gold, but thankfully we now…
