Category: Software

I use many free software applications in my home recording studio. That includes the excellent free audio editor and recording application Audacity, which I have been using for almost 20 years. Back...

I use amp sims for all the electric guitar parts I record in my home studio these days, and have done for many years. My amp sims are all used as plugins inside Reaper, my DAW of choice. Do I rely on...

Autotune or pitch correction software is something I use in my music productions in quite a subtle way, hopefully without it being too noticeable. But for many people, their use of autotune produces...

When recording in my home studio, I almost never use hardware effects. This is because there is almost always a VST plugin that can do the job in software. I also use plugins for their other main...

In my years using Reaper as my DAW, I have imported mp3 files into it many times. There are actually several different ways to import mp3's into Reaper, ranging from simple drag-and-drop to full...

There have been several times when working on my own music projects, that I have had to prepare the files to give to someone else to work on. When you do this, it is important to consolidate your...