2023’s Best Vocal Plugins: A Guide to Producing Professional Vocals
This post is the ultimate guide to the best vocal plugins for 2023. We’ll go over the different types of plugins and how they can help you create professional-sounding vocals.
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The Locrian Mode: A Complex Darkness
The Locrian mode is arguably the darkest of the minor modes. It’s essentially a natural minor scale with a lowered second and fifth scale degree (in addition to the existing ♭6 and ♭7 in the natural minor scale).
The Ultimate Guide to Using Reaper Plugins for Music Production
If you’re brand new to music production and you’re looking for an inexpensive way to get started, this post on using Reaper plugins is for you.
Minor Keys: Not Just for Sad Music
“If there’s one thing I really love… it’s sad music.” Danny Elfman, film composer Imagine, if you will, a world without minor keys – a world without sad music. A world in which every song was happy, upbeat, poppy, and chipper. There’s no room for feelings of heartbreak, longing, or regret – only bouncy joviality. … Read more
The Mixolydian Mode: A Major Scale with Attitude
The Mixolydian mode is a raunchier version of the major scale commonly used in rock, blues, and jazz. Here’s how to use it in your own music!
The Ionian Mode (the Major Scale)
The Ionian mode is another name for the major scale. Here’s how to build it and use it in your compositions!
The Aeolian Mode (the Minor Scale)
Aeolian Mode is commonly used in folk music as well as many classical compositions and contemporary pop songs. It is the go-to “sad” key for pretty much all music.
The Lydian Mode: a Brighter Major Scale
The Lydian mode is a major scale with a raised fourth. It takes the major scale and makes it sound more expansive, hopeful, floaty, and mysterious.
The Phrygian Mode: Flamenco and Gravitas
The Phrygian mode is a minor scale with a flattened second. It’s perfect for creating an even more dissonant or unsettling minor scale.
The Dorian Mode: Darkness with a Hint of Light
The Dorian mode is a minor scale with a major sixth. It’s perfect for creating darker sounding music without it feeling sad or overdramatic.