Spire is a really nice, clean modern sounding synth capable of some really unique sounds. To get the best out of it many producers turn to tailor made Spire presets. So we show you how to quickly load up your Spire preset banks.
As the 1990s progressed, trance evolved from an early experiment into a legitimate genre which would gain massive popularity. Songs featuring emotional, usually female vocals lead to the formation of a sub-genre known as vocal trance.
Usually a synth will come bundled with many, often hundreds of presets. They showcase the synths capabilities as well as provide quick easy access to a good range of sounds which can serve either as starting points or can be left and used as is.
A survey conducted on popular music production forum site KVR [Source] found that of 333 participants polled over 70% commonly use Synth Presets to achieve their musical goals.
Convolution reverb takes an input signal (the sound to be reverberated) and processes it with the sound of an actual or virtual acoustic space to create the illusion that the input was recorded in that space.
Three different signal levels which you will come across in audio recording are mic level, line level and instrument level. These terms refer to the voltage level of a signal. Instruments, microphones, outboard equipment ...
Not all synthesisers work the same. In fact there are many different ways to create a sound, from Subtractive to Phase Distortion. We take a look at the most common types of ways to make a sound electronically and talk a bit about each.
