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  • 5th Element – Hiroshima (Gary Moore cover)

    5th Element – Hiroshima (Gary Moore cover)

    I rarely use my blog for “self promotion” but sometimes I just can’t do without it, especially when I’m really proud of what I’ve done. Sometimes ago we decided with 5th Element project to produce a very important cover for all of us, with a deep meaning, to pay our tribute to one of…

  • Producing a song with free plugins only

    Producing a song with free plugins only

    It’s been a while that I’m thinking about producing an entire song with just free plugins. I’m not talking about mixing and mastering only, I mean also songwriting: vst instruments, guitar and bass amp simulators, drum samples. I already did an entire mix using just free plugins, you can achieve very good results, free…

  • Creating “mix groups” in Mixbus 3

    Creating “mix groups” in Mixbus 3

    Harrison Mixbus 3 has been released few days ago, even if on Windows systems it seems to be a little bit unstable (my Windows workstation keeps on crashing, I’ll wait for a fix release…), on Linux it works flawlessly, also thanks to the native Linux support for Ardour DAW (which is the “core” of…

  • Reaper JS plugins: amp-model

    Reaper JS plugins: amp-model

    The more I use Reaper the more I love how easy it is to get what you need working with it. Lately I was experimenting with some Jesusonic plugin (for any further information you can find everything on Cockos website). Jesusonic is a sort of programming language that let you “build” plugins from scratch,…

  • My solo project: OUTERBURST

    My solo project: OUTERBURST

    It was 2013, I was working on some material for the blog, just recording some riffs to use for training purpose for mixing, mastering and other things like that. After some days of recording I realized I was writing songs, not just riffs here and there. Everything sounded great to me, so I decided…