The main reason for the lack of updates in the gearcorner of my website has been the lack of interesting news to write about. Now, the guy named Bootsy aka Variety of Sound just released his take on classic chorus / tape delay simulation with NastyDLA. » read on!
November 2nd, 2010 in Gear/News
Tagged with Delay, VST-plugin
The Cambridge EQ is – hands down – the best software equalizer i ever used. It is perfeclty predictable, precise and easy to use, sounds very natural and serves all my equalizing needs. » read on!
December 30th, 2009 in Gear/Essentials
Tagged with EQ, mixing fx
I was looking for a transparent mastering limiter and bought Elephant back when the first version appeared. It always did a very good job to keep the levels in place. Last not least thanks to its reliable metering and ease of use it’s one of the workhorses in my setup. Can be purchased online at the Voxengo website, mac and pc versions available.
December 29th, 2009 in Gear/Essentials
Tagged with dynamics, Limiter, mixing fx
AD’s Rough Rider is the single channel and free brother of their multiband Pro version which reminds me a bit of Empirical Labs Distressor and its insane nuke compression mode. If you want to kill people with rimshots, burn those drumbusses in hell or just slightly attenuate effects on percussion, Rough Rider is a good one. Available for both: mac & pc.
December 29th, 2009 in Gear/Essentials
Tagged with Compressor, free, mixing fx
Being part of the UAD-Series, the Fairchild 670 emulates the classic hardware compressor from the 50s. It’s known for its magic mix-glueing abilties and usually the sum compressor in my setup. Also awesome on groups and loops it is, alongside with the other UAD plugs in the bundle, the best thing i bought over the years.
December 29th, 2009 in Gear/Essentials
Tagged with Compressor, effect, mixing fx
Although it sounds quite different i think of Density mkII as being the nearest neighbour to UAD’s Fairchild. Capable of glueing a mix in a good way while preserving a good amount of dynamics, you shouldn’t miss it by any means. Last not least it’s free, like all those v.o.s./ex-Bootsie plugins. At the moment available for pc only.
December 29th, 2009 in Gear/Essentials
Tagged with Compressor, free, mixing fx
RME’s Digicheck is some kind of swiss army knife when it comes to audio analyses and measuring. Bundled with their soundcards it offers many very reliable tools, the most powerful being its Totalyser (as seen in the screenshot). Offering a configurable 30 bands analyser, a goniometer and a levelmeter while running on the cards dsp-chip i couldn’t be bothered to use anything else. Standalone, works with RME cards only.
December 29th, 2009 in Gear/Essentials
Tagged with analyser
This metering plugin is a little bit odd: it attempts to tell you how much dynamics are available in your mix. If you’re not sure wether you’re already running into overcompression or if you’ve got some headroom leff you can use this as a guide being the last effect in your signal chain. I use to keep my tracks around a DR value of ~9. » read on!
December 29th, 2009 in Gear/Essentials
Tagged with meter, mixing fx
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. » read on!
October 13th, 2009 in Gear/Production
Tagged with Dubtechno, Music production
Variety of Sound aka Bootsie updates his free mixing EQ BootEQ to version 2, introducing a new UI and advanced signal coloring facilities. The look is just amazing and a major improvement, soundwise i can’t say much else but check it out immediately! More.
February 13th, 2009 in Gear/News
Tagged with Download, EQ, VST-plugin
Yeah, i’m kinda late with this one but you know my policy, i don’t write about stuff i didn’t check out myself. Which i just did. What we have here is another fine and well tuned VST by Bootsy (or Bootsie?). A reverb. » read on!
January 18th, 2009 in Gear/News
Tagged with Download, Reverb, VST-plugin
Let’s be honest, Mr. Alias 2 hates you. He hates you so much he spits all his hatred in form of beautiful, ugly noises in your face. And you’ll just bloody enjoy it! » read on!
January 13th, 2009 in Gear/News
Tagged with Download, instrument, VST-plugin
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