Music it’s your hobby or it’s your vocation and job? Once you’re up on this roller-coaster you’ll be always on hunt for new hardware, software and plug-ins to enhance your productions. It’s a never ending investment, there’s always (at least) one more thing that you need immediately! Most of these stuffs are pretty expensive, but you can get always some amazing free stuffs as well. Free – but keep in mind, those people invest time, work and money to develop those products, so, donations always will be much appreciated!
At very first you MUST have the plug-ins by Variety Of Sound. Some of them are much-much better then some plug-ins you have to pay for. Seriously. Read more Some of the best FREE VST plug-ins for your audio projects
Second life… half life… ain’t life at all? Difficult to be extremely precise, we’re living kind of interesting times and well, interesting is also the music of Dirk Geiger and this collection of remixes by 14 talented electronic artists, so this is quite an opportunity and we’ve got both: the interesting universe of Geiger, but also the reinterpretation of some fellow electronic artists. Even further, you can download also for free – “name your price” (I’m priceless! 😀 ) – this release from the Tympanik Audio’s official web site.
Geiger’s world is gloomy and contorted, subtle dark layers and distorted glitcherings are bring to the surface a dark, but pulsing universe. This is a post-industrial area of the music filled with cinematic soundscapes, post-psychedelia and percussive noises, a world of modern isolation and cold desperation. Still, Geiger is full of colors and life, he’s music is intelligently build and subtly driven, groovy and vibeful merging of hard and smooth counterparts. Read more Dirk Geiger – Second Life (2011)