New gear corner: my studio essentials

I always find it very interesting to learn which gear people use and why. So here’s a look behind the curtain of my virtual setup from the category of mixing & mastering effects. More to come. For now, have a nice slip into 2010 – happy new year folks!

A look at dubtechno chords’n’stabs

The creation of chords and stabs remains one of the most frequently asked questions on music production forums. Specificly about those floating-around-your-head chords as heard in nowadays dubstep, dubtechno and related genres. The building blocks are actually quite basic stuff, nevertheless many people think way too complex. Let’s have a look. » more

Buzé 0.5.8 is here

Good news everyone, the first public beta of Buzé (an attempt to develop an alternative to Buzztracker) is available after the huge core rewrite. Version 0.5.8 adds and changes a huge number of things. I didn’t check it out myself yet (lack of time, the redesign is still on first priority) but the changelog sounds promising. Can’t wait to have a play with it myself. » more

Summer on the web – it’s Buzéing hot

Uh oh, it’s getting hot in herre. I took off all my clothes (don’t visualize)… Anyways, while the temperature keeps climbing up the barometer the amount of things triggering my newsworthy-radar is close to zero.

Well, not entirely. For those fellow Buzzers of you, there are certainly kickass news. » more

Free reverb of the moment – Ariesverb VST

The list of available reverberation effects, even free ones, is long – very long. I’ve heard a pretty good selection of those the market has to offer. And eventhough i still dig the good UAD-1 Verbs and Magnus Ambience, the one that gets most of my attention at the moment doesn’t cost a dime and not even much cpu. I hereby confess to worship at the church of Christian Schüler aka Ariescode. Pretty sure – you will too! Cause his reverb keeps up with the best in business. » more

“2x 303s and a 909 to go, please.” – Hobnox Audiotool

ERRR WHAT? Insane! Above screenshot shows a little application called Hobnox Audiotool that runs in your browser. Yep, like, in your browser! April fool? No way. » more