In June 2007, Rihanna reached the No. 1 spot on the Hot 100 for what was then only the second time in her career. “Umbrella,” written and produced by The-Dream and Tricky Stewart, was originally meant ...

Using a filter plugin on drum loops has been a common technique since jungle and drum & bass first emerged in the ’90s, but it’s a little over-used. However, Flux Mini, a free plugin from Caelum Audio ...

If plugin developers are to be believed, static drum loops that haven't been messed with in some way are to music what vanilla is to the ice cream world. We're constantly being offered tools that ...