What's up guys! Welcome to The Sound Design Channel - my name is LAR and today we're going to look at five key elements from Ben Böhmer’s sound - so let's have a listen to what we've got:     It's this really nice, warm, melodic sound that was really signature from Böhmer. I used some patches from Serum to make this. Let's go through some of the things in here including the drums. Everything is taken from Ben Böhmer’s pack which he made with Production Music Live. Let's have a look at the drums which are also taken...

In this article you'll find the absolute best VST plugin manufacturers in 2023. Let's get started!   1. FabFilter FabFilter are makers of incredibly popular plugins like the Pro Q (equalizer), the Saturn (saturator), Pro R (reverb) and Pro L (limiter) - as well as plenty of other useful tools. Check out FabFilter Pro Q on PluginBoutique 2. Soundtoys Soundtoys develop some of the most popular creative processing plugins in electronic music. Their products include the legendary Decapitator (distortion) and the popular Crystallizer (reverse shimmer delay). Check out Soundtoys 5 on PluginBoutique     3. Solid State Logic SSL are known...

In this article you'll find the top 10 most widely used music production VST plugins in 2023. Let' get started!  1. Xfer Serum - Wavetable Synthesizer Serum has been the go-to plugin of EDM producers over the recent years for a reason. It features an incredible set of functions and doesn’t fail to deliver bright, punchy sounds. Despite the built-in library of presets being quite small, multiple preset packs have been made for Serum, allowing you to make every genre possible. Check our Serum preset packs here. 2. Spectrasonics Omnisphere - Hybrid Synthesizer Omnisphere is a hybrid synth that continues...

In this article you’ll find VST plugins which are most widely used in 2024 by music industry professionals - producers, mixers and mastering engineers. We’ll start with the best free plugins available, and then go through all the categories of paid plugins. It's a complete overview of the plugins which are definitely worth getting in 2024.  Let’s get started!   1. Free plugins2. Synthesizers3. Processing plugin bundles4. Reverb plugins5. Vocal processing6. Distortion & saturation7. Drums plugins8. Sampled instruments9. Other processing plugins   I. Free plugins 1. Vital This wavetable synth VST continues to be incredibly popular because of the fact that...

In this article you'll find the absolute best VST plugins for processing vocal performances in 2023. Let's get started! 1. Antares Auto-Tune Antares AutoTune is the most popular plugin for treating vocal recordings. It’s used by countless professionals and makes working with vocals incredibly easy. New features of AutoTune include flex-tune as well as time correction and humanization. Check out Antares AutoTune on PluginBoutique 2. Pro-Q FabFilter make incredible processing plugins, including EQs, Compressors, Limiters, Reverbs and much more. The most popular FabFilter plugin is the Pro Q which offers ease of use with absolutely pro equalization quality as well...

In this article you'll find the top plugins which allow you to change the timbre of any vocal by altering the formants. Let's get started! 1. Little AlterBoy The most popular formant shifter from SoundToys. 2. MAutoPitch  MAutoPitch is a completely free AutoTune and formant shifter from MeldaProduction. 3. The Sauce Besides being primarily a vocal chopping plugin, The Sauce is perfect for formant shifting as well. 4. Izotope Nectar Nectar is an all-in-one vocal processing plugin that uses AI. It also includes very good formant shifting features. 5. Melodyne Melodyne allows you to change the pitch of certain recorded notes...

How to install Vital Banks: Before installing the “Vital Preset Pack”, make sure to download and un-zip it.Remember the location of the downloaded file. It’s most likely going to be in your “Downloads” folder. Vital has it’s own “Preset Banks”. All you need to install the presets is the Vitalbank-File. Here’s an example of how the Vitalbank-File looks: This Vitalbank-File is included in the downloaded “zip.-Folder”.Now that you have located the Vitalbank-File, you want to open your DAW (for example Ableton) and follow the steps below: 1. Open Vital 2. Click on the three horizontal lines and select “Import Bank”...

In this article you'll find how to easily import new preset packs into the Diva synthesizer. Let's get started! Before installing the Serum Preset Pack, make sure to download and un-zip it. Remember the location of the downloaded file. It’s most likely going to be in your “Downloads” folder. Now you want to open your DAW and follow the steps below: 1. Open Serum2. Click on “Menu”3. Select “Show Serum Presets Folder”   4. Open the folder “Presets” in finder 5. Create a new folder “User” (if you don’t already have one) and open it 6. Drag and drop the...

In this article you'll find how to easily import new preset packs into the Diva synthesizer. Let's get started! Before installing the Diva Preset Pack, make sure to download and un-zip it.Remember the location of the downloaded folder. It’s most likely going to be in your “Downloads” folder. Now you want to open your DAW (for example Ableton) and follow the steps below: 1. Open Diva2. Click on “Presets” 3. Right click on "User" and select “Open in Finder” 4. Drag and drop the new “Presets Folder” you just downloaded (in this case “Diva Presets”) into the “Diva User Folder”...

In this article you'll find the top 10 synth VST plugins for music production in 2023. Let's get started!  1. Serum Serum has been the go-to plugin of EDM producers over the recent years for a reason. It features an incredible set of functions and doesn’t fail to deliver bright, punchy sounds. Despite the built-in library of presets being quite small, multiple preset packs have been made for Serum, allowing you to make every genre possible. Check our Serum preset packs here. 2. Omnisphere Omnisphere is a hybrid synth that continues to be amongst the top VSTs. It has a massive library of built in sounds, giving you access to...