sound design

Sixty-three bpm in milliseconds. Musical note name Duration in milliseconds octuple note (8) 31474 quadruple note (4) 15737 breve (2) 7868 semibreve (1) 3809 minim (½) 1904.762 crochet (¼) 952.381 quaver (⅛) 476.19 semiquaver (¹⁄₁₆) 238.095 demisemiquaver (¹⁄₃₂) 119.048...

discoDSP's Discovery, a virtual analog synthesizer modeled after Clavia's Nord Lead 2 — released in 1997 — has been updated to version 5.1, and the following changes have been made to the audio software plug-in: New features Fixed bank and preset recall. Fixed VST3 delay mix and pitch...

The main difference between an algorithmic and convolution reverberation plug-in is that the former uses specified mathematical algorithms, hence the name, to generate a sense of space, while a convolution reverb utilizes impulse response samples. These impulse response samples are recorded...

I know both are bass enhancement plug-ins but what's the underlying difference between Waves Audio Renaissance Bass and MaxxBass? And which one is better, particularly for audio mastering?

In an effort to meticulously emulate the high-gain Mesa Boogie guitar amp, Kuassa has now released a new digital audio dynamic effect, Amplifikation Rectifor, which makes it the company's fifth guitar amp simulator they have launched to date. And at the time of writing, there is a generous...

Hey all, in this easy-to-follow tutorial series, you will learn how to create a basic Zimdancehall instrumental from scratch or a blank canvas with stock and third-party VST plugins. Although I use Image-Line's FL Studio as my primary DAW, you can pretty much do the same thing in any music...

Last year in December 2021, Impact Soundworks released Tokyo Scoring Strings, an NI Kontakt sample library containing the sounds of Koichiro Muroya. Now, fast forward to January 2022, Tokyo Scoring Strings, id est Impact Soundworks' flagship orchestral string library, has recently been updated...

RT60 is a standard measurement used to specify the time it takes for a reverb sound to decay by 60 dB. In general here is a common reference for RT60 times: Space Time Generic room 0.8 seconds (or 800 ms) Generic medium hall 1.2 seconds (or 1200 ms) Generic large hall 2.5 seconds (or...

One of the most important things to learn in contemporary computer music production is understanding sound design basics (i.e., sound synthesis or synthesizer programming). Hence, the best way to approach the basics of sound design is by picking a simple-to-use virtual software synthesizer...

This sound design tutorial shows how to make deep wavy synth keys using a virtual synthesizer — Lennar Digital Sylenth1. It's a synth preset that's perhaps suited for slow or mid-tempo music, but you can use it in whatever genre of music you are into. Follow the steps below to make this sound...

This sound design tutorial shows how to make a basic electric piano using Native Instruments' Massive VST wavetable synthesizer. 1) Initialize Massive VST to its default preset. 2) For Oscillator 1 choose a "Sin-Squ" wavetable, and turn the wavetable position knob completely to the...

Before you understand how foldback distortion works you may need to have a basic knowledge of audio distortion in general. Of course, there are several types of distortion but in this case, let's focus on hard-clipping distortion to keep things simple. Okay, so in the digital domain...

To understand what is meant by the terms 2-pole filter and 4-pole filter, you first need to know that the word "pole" in the context of filters refers to a 6 dB per octave roll-off. Well, a 2-pole filter = 12 dB/octave slope, and that's because 6 dB x 2 = 12 dB. Furthermore, a 4-pole filter =...

The muffled sound of overlapping 808s in Image-Line's FL Studio is often caused by a series of notes played consecutively. However, this issue can be resolved by using FL Studio's Cut itself channel rack menu option which forces previous notes to be automatically silenced. Eventually, this...

FL Studio tutorials are educational video material about using Image-Line's digital audio workstation in the context of music production, sound design, sound engineering (recording/mixing), and finally audio mastering. Newbie music producers often start with beginner tutorials and later on...

"Reverb Damping" refers to how much "high frequency" absorption is going to be simulated by a reverb plugin or a reverb hardware unit. For example, a hall that has a multitude of people will produce a unique reverberation sound compared to an empty one. Therefore, we can deduce that a hall...

The main difference between reverb and delay is that delay is a repeated signal that's held in the audio buffer for a few milliseconds and finally mixed with the original signal. On the other hand, reverb is the ambiance of a room made up of numerous echoes packed closely or loosely together...

Many music producers like to tune 808 kicks so that it matches the key of the song. This can help make 808 kicks to sit better in the mix. For example, if the song is in the key of A major. The ideal approach is to tune the 808 kick drum in same key of the track. However, not all 808 kicks may...

In Image-Line's FL Studio you can change the master pitch of a project (or flp) from the default 440 Hz to 432 Hz using the master pitch slider. Some music producers may often utilize this feature if they want to make music in 432 Hz tuning instead of standard pitch tuning of 440 Hz. When FL...

Legato and portamento are common parameters that come with almost every synthesizer. In layman's terms, these are articulation functions that replicate different styles of playing instruments. Both legato and portamento are Italian words, where legato means to tie together and portamento means...