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How Many Synth Plugins Do You Really Need?

Greg Savage — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:48:28 +0000

A lot of music producers have a synth folder that looks like a museum gift shop. There are analog emulations, wavetable monsters, FM machines, modular experiments, and at least 3 instruments you downloaded because the intro price felt impossible to ignore. Then you open a new session and reach for... Read More »

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How To Breathe Life Into Your Generic Sounding Drums

Greg Savage — Sun, 31 May 2026 19:10:53 +0000

MIDI programmed drums can expose a track fast. For many of us working in DAWs, this is what we rely on. Especially if budgets are low and we can’t hire real drummers. You can have a nice big kick, a snare with chest hair, and hi hats sharp enough to... Read More »

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Interview with Jeff Lupker, Co-Founder and CEO of Staccato

Greg Savage — Thu, 21 May 2026 22:02:05 +0000

Jeff Lupker is the co-founder and CEO of Staccato, the AI MIDI generation plugin that won AudioPlugin.Deals’ 2026 Plugin of the Year award. He completed his PhD at Western University Don Wright Faculty of Music, where the original idea for Staccato first surfaced while he was writing a string quartet for... Read More »

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How To Make VSTi Instruments Sound More Realistic

Greg Savage — Mon, 18 May 2026 14:55:30 +0000

Virtual instruments can speed up a session, but they can expose you to. A piano patch may sound good alone, then stiff once drums, bass, and pads show up. Strings can feel huge on one chord, then fake on the next line. That is because realism is not only about... Read More »

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inMusic Acquires Native Instruments – This Could Change A Lot More Than Kontakt

Greg Savage — Fri, 08 May 2026 16:46:53 +0000

inMusic gets ahold of Native Instruments….You read that right, I had to read this one twice myself. inMusic is acquiring Native Instruments. That means the company behind Akai Professional, Moog, M-Audio, Denon DJ, Numark, Rane, Alesis, AIR Music Technology, and BFD (to name a few) is now bringing Native Instruments... Read More »

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Stem Separation Is Amazing Until It Gets Sketchy

Greg Savage — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:51:14 +0000

Does your DAW have stem separation yet? If this was asked this around 2010, most music producers probably would have looked at me like I’d lost my mind. Now, it is becoming a standard feature of plugins and DAWs. Stem separation has been moving into major DAWs pretty fast. FL... Read More »

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How to Keep Your VSTs Efficient in Big Mix Sessions

Greg Savage — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:20:33 +0000

The best VSTs can take a session far. They speed up writing, help shape realistic tones, and support bold sound design choices. But once sessions start stacking up with detailed layers, timing tricks, and automation, we start to see weak points. We’ve run into this often during spring production cycles.... Read More »

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How to Properly Make Use of 30k Loops with LoopMix

Greg Savage — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:39:56 +0000

There is a producer problem nobody talks about enough. Having many loops does not automatically make writing easier. In fact, sometimes it does the opposite. You open a giant bundle, hear a bunch of polished sounds, and think, “Cool.” Then, 5 minutes later, you are stuck. Why? Because the loop... Read More »

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Reason 14 RV-9 vs RV7000: 5 Questions Reason Users Are Probably Asking

Greg Savage — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:51:44 +0000

Music producers can be funny. We can have 17 3rd party reverbs installed, but the second Reason gets a new stock reverb, and everybody suddenly salivates… A little bit. Reason users already know RV7000. It has been sitting in the rack for years, processing everything from drums, lead synths and... Read More »

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Is a Saturator Worth Adding to Your Vocal Chain?

Greg Savage — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:00:01 +0000

Saturation shows up a lot in vocal chains for a reason. Even a single saturator can bring life to digital recordings, helping vocals cut through a mix with more color and warmth. It changes how the vocal feels in the track and how the rest of the plugins respond. A... Read More »

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