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  • 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…

  • USB Audio Interface for 100€

    USB Audio Interface for 100€

    Quick question: “What audio interface can I buy with 100€?“. At the moment you have some good devices to check out (even if the answer to this question have to be considered within a certain time frame, things are always evolving these days :D), you just need to understand what your needs are. Let’s…

  • Essential free VST plugins kit

    Essential free VST plugins kit

    Some weeks ago I was asked this question: “Which are the most essential plugins (possibly free ones) to mix a song?“. To be honest, I was a little bit confused as I started thinking about strange psycho-acoustic tool to do weird things with audio tracks. Nothing like that. Actually, the answer is quite simple,…