The best free plugins for music production in 2025
Let's explore 18 must-try free plugins for music production that can elevate your tracks without denting your budget.
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Getting creative with the Minimal Audio Effect Bundle
We discuss the four plugins in the Minimal Audio Effect Bundle and explore how they can help make your next session feel like a breeze.
What’s new in Arturia’s FX Collection 4?
From cutting-edge distortion tools to a lush reverb unit, here are the four newest plugins added to Arturia's FX Collection 4.
The 10 best free mixing plugins you need for your music
From EQs to multi-effects units, here are ten free mixing plugins that you can try out today to expand your creative horizons.
The top 10 sound design plugins and VSTs you didn’t know you needed
Here are ten high-quality sound design plugins (VST / AU) that can help you reimagine your musical ideas in unique but powerful ways.
The 4 different elements of texture in music production
Let's explore four elements that will allow you to more deeply explore and apply the concept of texture in your music.
The difference between “good” and “bad” distortion
Let's explore the different qualities and factors that go into determining whether distortion is helping or hurting your music.
How to use Minimal Audio’s Rift
Learn about the key features, workflows, and capabilities of Rift, Minimal Audio's hybrid distortion plugin.
What is waveshaping? How to add color to the simplest of sounds
We explore two particularly popular waveshaping techniques that can be used to transform the timbre of your sounds.
The best free effects plugins you need in 2021 (VST / AU)
Spanning lush reverbs to gritty distortion units, these high-quality free effects plugins will help you take your productions to the next level.
3 tips for using microphones and recording live instruments
Saxophonist and engineer Mario Castro gives us three insightful tips around how to create colorful recordings of live instruments.
What is distortion? Distortion’s main types and use cases in music
Let's define what distortion is, and explore some popular types and use cases.
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