There's still no replacement for having good taste and finely attuned ears — but when it comes to the tools of production, ...

Virtual Studio Technology allows you to incorporate a variety of effects and instruments into your recording projects. VST effects and instruments are called plugins, and are implemented within a ...

This article highlights eight standout free VST plugins that offer powerful tools for music producers and sound designers without costing a dime. From rich synthesizers and dynamic effects to ...

Black Rooster Audio’s Ro-Gold is a free reverb plugin that emulates the rich, vintage character of classic plate reverbs using high-fidelity modeling. Inspired by legendary gold-foil reverb units, ...

Cloud gaming demands low latency and smooth visuals, and a free plugin for Microsoft Edge helps achieve that: Better XCloud, which I’d say is a must for anyone trying to play Xbox Cloud games via the ...

Free plugins vary considerably in their capabilities, and more often than not are stripped back ‘lite’ versions of existing designs, with minimal support and no development. This is totally ...

Christmas is a time of generosity and good cheer, and there's nothing that quite gets us in the holiday spirit like a festive bundle of free plugins. (That's a bit sad, isn't it?) We know we're not ...

In the era of digital music production, all you need to make great music is a capable laptop. Or at least that's what people say. In truth, you need not only a laptop but a digital audio workstation ...

Getting those precise tonal characteristics you're after for a guitar track is a tricky task. Whether you're a producer capturing tracks for a project or a hobbyist playing the guitar, you should know ...

Arturia just dropped a new multi-fx plugin called Refract and, even better, it's free until January 4. Refract is a unison-based effect that stacks voices to create unique soundscapes, which could be ...