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Guides, comparisons and tone notes for metal production. Written by me, from a working studio.
Programmed drums sound like a machine because every hit is equally hard and exactly on the grid. Here is how to humanize MIDI drums by hand, step by step, why the random humanize function...
Double tracking makes rhythm guitars wide because two separate performances are never identical. Here is how to record a real double, how tight it...
Cliff Chase posted one word and one photo, and the Fractal forum exploded. A NAM block is running on the Axe-Fx III, on a...
Is Superior Drummer 3 still the best virtual drum instrument in 2026? A complete guide to presets, SDX libraries, and getting a mix-ready sound...
SMASHPLATE is a three-channel neural guitar amp simulator plugin built around NAM and NAM A2 captures, cabinet IR blending, pedal captures, gapless effects and...
A practical map for building a modern metal production toolkit with guitar tones, drum presets, DAW templates, cabinet IRs and synth layers.
A guide to guitar tone formats for producers choosing between Fractal presets, Quad Cortex captures, Kemper profiles, NAM profiles and cabinet IRs.
A practical comparison of Serum 2 presets and Vital presets for producers choosing synth tools for modern music production.
A practical guide to choosing Serum 2 presets for modern metal, darksynth, cinematic scoring and hybrid electronic production.
Dial in the Dream Theater drum sound in Superior Drummer 3 — Portnoy and Mangini era settings, plus a Parasomnia-era Hitmaker SDX preset.
If your guitar tone sounds massive alone but disappears the moment drums and bass enter, the problem is often not your amp or plugins...
Welcome to the definitive, ultimate guide to digital guitar modeling in 2026. If you are a guitarist reading this today, you already know the...
FL Studio vs Cubase for Metal Production: Honest Comparison is a question we get asked constantly. Both are excellent tools, but they serve different...
