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Effects processing for gritty Psychedelic Leads Today we’re discussing some common effects processing techniques for creating gritty Psychedelic Leads – Distortion, Saturation and Bit Reduction. One of the many great aspects of owning hardware equipment is the ability to modify it to create your own unique instrument or effect. Granted, it’s not something we all […]
Kilohearts Phase Plant hybrid synth plugin | Product Spotlight Kilohearts Phase Plant is a new hybrid synth plugin offering insane sound design capabilities and incredibly intuitive workflow. The Run-Down Kilohearts Phase Plant is a hybrid synthesizer plugin, it’s based around several synthesis methods and bundled in a shockingly simple interface. It’s based around three main […]
Plankton Electronics Spice is a standalone and modular FX unit The new Plankton Electronics Spice is a hybrid analog/digital distortion and filter effects processor for modular and standalone application. A few months ago Plankton Electronics were teasing their upcoming release, at first we thought it was a synthesizer – we couldn’t have been further from […]
How to make robotic Psytrance lead sounds with DS Audio Thorn Today we’re exploring FM in combination with Phaser and other techniques, to create robotic Psytrance lead sounds with Thorn. One of the key aspects that sets Thorn apart from a variety of contemporary plugins, is the unique approach to the “Oscillator FX” which are […]
What is Wavefolding? And how to create a similar effect in Serum Wavefolding is a type of distortion although instead of truncating the signal peaks, they’re inverted in a series of folds. This may sound fairly complex, and the science behind it is, however it’s simple to employ by just understanding some basics. Wavefolding is […]
Arturia Drumbrute Impact – Much more than a smaller Drumbrute! The Arturia Drumbrute Impact has just been launched and it sports some unique new features and bold aesthetics. The first thing that caught my eye on the new Arturia Drumbrute Impact is the addition of a new FM Drum voice. The new voice has parameters […]
Native Instruments Crush Pack – the filthy new plugin bundle The Native Instruments Crush Pack is a variety of plugins designed to add grit to your sound sources. The pack is comprised of three unique effects, each bringing their own style of distortion to the table. Native Instruments Crush Pack crams in a total of […]
