44 posts tagged mixing.
Recently we discussed the intricacies of how insert processing order can affect your mix. Most understand the implications, but what we really wanted to know wa…
→ ContinueDoes anyone love studio admin? We on the site certainly don’t, but luckily there is one tool in 2026 that has made our plugin lives more manageable. Here we rou…
→ ContinueTriton Audio has announced Tilt EQ, a phantom-powered inline tone-shaping tool and microphone booster built around a single control knob. It's aimed at anyone w…
→ ContinueA recent commercial project and a trip to the beach reminded Russ Hughes why sound design is a craft that needs to be protected - most of all for the sake of ma…
→ ContinueAcoustica Premium Edition is known for restoration, but its metering tools and six-plugin Mix & Mastering Suite make it a serious mastering ecosystem too. In th…
→ ContinueSoftube has today announced Reference 1998 Equalizer and Reference 1956 Equalizer, two new plugins modelled on classic passive tube EQ hardware. Both are built …
→ ContinueSolid State Logic has announced SSL 360° V2.1, a major update to its U Series controller ecosystem. Covering UC1, UF8 and UF1, the release adds tighter DAW inte…
→ ContinueAs one of audio’s more enigmatic traits, nothing can confuse quite like phase can. For anyone who has struggled to tame it in the mix or on the studio floor, he…
→ ContinueA new generation of these tools has been landing recently, built by developers who clearly recognise the gap. Some replace clunky, ageing utilities. Others solv…
→ ContinueWith Studio Pro providing a natural home for both engineers and musicians, Fender’s latest production controllers promise to better bridge the gap between perfo…
→ ContinueViolet Audio US has announced the DX16B and io44, a passive analogue transport and distribution system that moves balanced microphone and line-level audio over …
→ ContinueThe Crow Hill Company has made Pocket Strings permanently free, approximately a year after its initial paid release. The plugin combines live orchestral recordi…
→ Continuereminitone has released Sphere Flow, a visionOS spatial panning app for Apple Vision Pro. Engineers grab Dolby Atmos objects with their hands in the room and mo…
→ Continueebbandflow has released Hallowed Bells, a sample instrument built from a Schiedmayer Celeste on loan from the National Ballet, recorded in the company's own sco…
→ ContinueBoris FX has released Sequoia 2026.5, a major update to its mastering and broadcast DAW. The new version adds a unified Spatial Panner that brings stereo, surro…
→ ContinueIt's 2026, and yet we could be writing this a decade ago. We've been talking about these missing features in Pro Tools affecting professional workflows for so l…
→ ContinueA successful studio no longer needs a big-city postcode, but it does need a clear reason for artists to choose it. Local knowledge, adaptable skills, and a repu…
→ ContinueIn this free plugin roundup, we are focusing on a practical toolkit for dialogue editors on a constrained budget. Each plugin has a specific post workflow task,…
→ ContinueTRANSFORCE from BOOM Library is a transient shaper built with professional sound designers in mind. It’s designed to go beyond traditional dynamic control by sp…
→ ContinueOur 2021 "5 Things" piece is still one of the most read articles we've published. Five years and several chip generations later, here's the updated list: the me…
→ ContinueDeveloper Matt Housley has released a driver that enables the Avid Eleven Rack to run on Apple Silicon Macs, something Avid itself has never provided. Built ent…
→ ContinueLANDR’s online mastering services can conjure the finished results for producing creatives, but then what? Here we take a look at LANDR Studio Pro’s included di…
→ ContinueSteinberg has announced a celebration marking 30 years of Virtual Studio Technology (VST) and 25 years of its HALion synth and sampler platform. The milestone b…
→ ContinueSound Radix has announced Radical1 Solo, a free monophonic additive synthesizer built on the complete Radical1 synthesis engine. It gives producers and sound de…
→ ContinueThe super-powers of vocal layers and harmony stacks to elevate productions are well known, but are we ruining what made them special in the first place? Here we…
→ ContinueUniversal Audio has today announced the native release of its UAD EMT 140 Classic Plate Reverberator and UAD EMT 250 Classic Electronic Reverb plugins, bringing…
→ ContinueKush has today announced Omega 2: Model A, a new version of its harmonic saturator. Aimed at mix engineers who want fast access to saturation with a small contr…
→ ContinueNaked Productions' Eloise Whitmore and Tony Churnside explain why Descript-led editing is eroding the pacing and silence that make dialogue sound human.…
→ ContinueMyAudioFactory has released DialogueExtractor 2.0, a significant update to its AI-powered dialogue separation plugin for post-production. The headline addition …
→ ContinueWith the release of PEEL STEMS 2, magic plugin purveyors Zplane claim to have delivered something that is not only quicker, but also crucially better sounding t…
→ ContinueFender has announced Fender Motion, a line of creative controllers built for songwriters and producers who want tactile, DAW-integrated control without stepping…
→ ContinueBOOM Library has today announced ROAD RAGE, a sound effects library dedicated to vehicle damage and crash sound design. Built for sound designers working in fil…
→ ContinueRhodes Music has released Clav Pro, a virtual instrument plugin built from multi-samples of a rare 1977 Clav D6 Transition model. Running on the same engine as …
→ ContinueIn the 2020s, engineers have an increasing cohort of intelligent gates and de-noisers that do not always rely on the old simple paradigm of “turn down quiet thi…
→ ContinueApple's price rises and RAM cuts mean a studio-ready Mac mini can now cost £2,999. Here's what it actually costs against a base Mac Studio, spec by spec.…
→ ContinueForty-nine app updates in two weeks, a plugin folder near 1,000, and the maintenance hours nobody bills for. We do the maths on what it costs.…
→ ContinueAAF Checker is a free macOS app from Forte AI that checks an AAF before you import it. It validates the file, including whether the media is properly linked and…
→ ContinueAAFTools has announced AAF Everything today, a batch converter for macOS that converts timelines between AAF, Apple Final Cut (FCPXML & FCPXMLD), and Premiere P…
→ ContinueThe transparency requirements in the EU AI Act will come into force on August 2nd, 2026. If you are using AI to edit, modify or generate voice, dialogue or vide…
→ ContinueIf you are a Pro Tools Studio or Ultimate user, here are five Pro Tools Automation Techniques you should check out, from simple additions to basic automation us…
→ ContinueWhile there are few engineers who haven’t used or considered using AutoTune, Antares also have a harmony stacker that sets out to deliver lines to partner perfe…
→ ContinueSSL has today announced the Odyssey, a modular analogue mixing console that pairs fully analogue signal processing with complete instant recall and DAW-integrat…
→ ContinueGalaxy Studios has today announced the Galaxy Immersive Academy, a three-day hands-on seminar in immersive audio production held at its studio complex in Mol, B…
→ ContinuePlanning and strategy are essential components of the creative process; otherwise, we can very easily end up down rabbit holes and spend way too much time focus…
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