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What is the Best Audio Interface? – Let’s take a look!
If you're looking to produce music, you're going to need to purchase an audio interface. In a recent article I went over what an audio interface is, so check it out if you're scratching your head. You might also want to look into how to make a music … [Read More...]
Dirty Bass, Eh? Dubstep Making Software Here!
The bass groans like a dying tyrannosaurs rex from some sort of unreleased, twisted, post-apocalyptic Jurassic Park sequel with zombified raptors and cyborg pterodactyls. Then it quickly turns into a rapid, cybernetic whir, before dropping like a … [Read More...]
An Interview With KFDDA
KFDDA is a prominent figure in the synthwave / retrowave scene. From more romanticized, melodic tunes to glitched out synthwave, all the way to some of the darkest of darkwave, KFDDA has a diverse and unique sound. In this third Psyrox.net interview, … [Read More...]
How to Make a Recording Studio (A Guide)
If you've stumbled upon this article, chances are you're looking into getting yourself a recording studio so that you can begin to record your music from the comfort of your own home. Believe it or not, booking studio time for a full album will … [Read More...]
The Best Reverb VST
You know the sound you're looking for. You want the wailing of your guitar to sound like it's coming from deep within a cave. Or perhaps you want it to sound like it's descending from the craggy peaks of a distant mountain. Maybe your synth sounds … [Read More...]
Best DAW For Beginners
If you're here, I'm sure you are looking to get into music production for the first time, but aren't quite sure on where to begin. In this article I'm going to discuss some of best programs to start recording with. The best DAW for beginners is … [Read More...]
An Interview With Cluster Buster
Cluster Buster makes music that will strike you right at your nostalgic core. High tension atmospheres drenched in a retro 80's aesthetic will get synthwave, darkwave, and horror synth fans pumped. Hearkening back to the late 70's through the early … [Read More...]
What Is An Audio Interface?
As you start your journey as a music producer, you'll soon find out the process of recording music in a home studio requires a bit of a budget. While you may need to scour the local ads and craigslist posts for used audio equipment to get you … [Read More...]
An Interview With Ed Harbinger
Ed Harbinger has a heavy electronica sound that is quite unlike any other artist. With hints of industrial, electronic dance music, house, electro, synthwave, DNB, hardstyle, and more, Ed Harbinger truly boasts an eclectic and diverse sound. Ed … [Read More...]
How to Make Beats – Hip Hop, Rap, G-Funk
It's the mid 90's. You're cruising along in a car as Coolio's Gangster's Paradise blast out of the cars speakers. The melody is intimidating, the beat is laid back. It almost reminds you of a Mortal Kombat soundtrack or Lucio Fulci's Zombi, with it's … [Read More...]
Best Bass VST – Get Those Bass Bombs Raging With These Bass VST’s!
Ah, the bass. What an awesome (and oftentimes underrated) instrument. The anchor of a bands sound, the driving point in most electronic music and hip hop, an absolutely essential element to all funk music, and the link between all the instruments and … [Read More...]
Best Guitar VST Plugins to Get the Shred Out
In this day and age of recording technology, producers can program instruments that sound strikingly realistic without ever learning how to play said instruments. Technology has come a long way since the Mellotron of decades past. One of the most … [Read More...]
The 4 Best Piano VST Instruments Worthy of the Speakeasy
When I was starting this article I had this image in my mind of a prohibition era smokey lounge, filled with moonshine and the sounds of an old pianos keys beating away in accompaniment to a sultry alto wearing a red dress - laying across … [Read More...]
5 Thoughts on How to Learn Music Theory
Music theory was a term I remember the very first time I had heard it. My older brother (I come from a family of musicians) was talking about it and looking back, I don't think he quite understood what it was from the way he explained it to me. But, … [Read More...]