Are your synth lines getting a little stale? Do you feel like your drums and percussion tracks need to be spiced up a bit?
While there are many ways to accomplish these ends, many producers are turning to the power of glitch VST plugins to add interest, randomness, and even chaos to their tracks.
In this guide, we look at the best free glitch VST plugins. These plugins ought to keep you busy for a while.
…21 Best Free Glitch VST Plugins 2025 Read More »
Beautiful. Haunting. Emotionally evocative. These are the qualities many producers are looking to inject their productions with.
Orchestral music can deliver, and this is indicated by the many films, TV shows, video games, and more, that now rely heavily on orchestral scores.
In this guide, we’ll look at the best orchestral sample packs and loops to create cinematic, electronic, video game music, and more.
…8,678 Best Orchestral Sample Packs & Loops 2025 Read More »
Synthesizers are a must-have in modern music production, in just about every genre. And pad sounds are a favorite for most producers because they make for great space fillers in a mix.
Nowadays, though, synthesizers aren’t the only tools that can provide great pad sounds. There are composer and sound design tools, ROMplers, flexible virtual instruments, and more. And there is a good variety, even when it comes to freebies.
In this guide, we look at the best free pad VST plugins.
…21 Best Free Pad VST Plugins 2025 Read More »
Emerging from the rave and club scenes of the United Kingdom in the early 1990s, “progressive house” originally described the sound of a house genre distinct from American house.
As with any genre, progressive house continues to evolve. And as a producer, if you’re still using the same sounds, you were using five to 10 years ago, you’re quickly getting left behind.
So, let’s freshen up your sounds. In this guide, we look at the best progressive house sample packs and loops.
…16,152 Best Progressive House Samples Packs & Loops 2025Read More »
16,152 Best Progressive House Samples Packs & Loops 2025 Read More »
“Clipping is generally to be avoided in music production.”
Yes, but there is a time and place for clipping, as it can increase loudness and add harmonic saturation and distortion to your tracks.
Contrary to what some are saying out there, most clipper VST plugins are not for protecting your tracks from clipping (although they may come with peak protection), but rather for intentionally clipping your tracks for loudness maximization and some auditory grit.
In this guide, we look at the best free clipper VST plugins.
…31 Best Free Clipper VST Plugins 2025 Read More »
Rock was the dominant genre of the 60s, 70s, 80s, and even 90s. While electronic music succeeded in a takeover, rock still plays an important role in modern productions, from heavy, distorted power chords to delayed and atmospheric melodics on the higher registers.
Rock sample packs and loops can offer some intriguing possibilities in your productions, especially combined with your favorite electronic audio material.
In this guide, we look at the best rock sample packs and loops.
…12,504 Best Rock Sample Packs & Loops 2025 Read More »
While ROMplers are quickly getting replaced by the Omnispheres and Serums of the world, enthusiasm for the plugin type hasn’t died down yet. If anything, we’re seeing more, better free ROMplers across the web than ever before.
It could be because they generally sound great out of the box, and they are light on CPU usage.
If you’re one of those people that can’t live without ROMplers, you’re in luck, because in this guide, we look at the best free ROMpler VST plugins.
…23 Best Free Rompler VST Plugins 2025 Read More »
If you’re looking for crossfader sample packs and loops, it probably means you’re a DJ. Or you’re thinking about putting together a big selection of beats you can blend and play back-to-back.
Either way, it’s all about having the right material to work with. Make no mistake – you can take advantage of just about any sample pack or loop collection you like, but some are certainly going to make the job easier on you than others.
So, in this guide, we look at the best crossfader sample packs and loops.
…5,646 Best Crossfader Sample Packs & Loops 2025 Read More »
If there’s one thing we know about bass guitar, it’s that getting the right tone on your recordings is probably going to take more than recording the instrument directly into your audio interface and using a generic compressor VST plugin to tame the dynamics. That’s not going to get you a killer tone.
This is where bass amp VST plugins come in. These amp sims can do most of the heavy lifting for you, giving you the foundational tone characteristics, you need for your bass to sound like a bass. And in some cases, they come with all the effects and frills necessary to get that bass pumping and thumping to the max.
In this guide, we look at the best free bass amp VST plugins.
…17 Best Free Bass Amp VST Plugins 2025 Read More »
What makes classic recordings stand out? Generally, analog recording equipment.
As digital recording began to evolve, analog recording gear and methods were left in the dust – but not for long. They soon became in vogue again, and in a way, they never really left mainstream consciousness.
If you’re chasing that warm, gritty, flavorful lo-fi sound, then you need the right tools to make it happen. And in this guide, we highlight the best free VST plugins for lo-fi music.
…20 Best Free VST Plugins For Lofi 2025 Read More »
