https://desertmoonaudio.com/blogs/notes/plate-reverb-vs-spring-reverb 2026-09-24T13:42:05-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0844/4189/1052/articles/7_5af7afed-61fe-4ef5-9ea2-fd7b46f9cd6f.png?v=1790282525 Plate reverb vs spring reverb: which one your mix wants Plate Daddy – Plate Reverberator plugin for Mac and PC https://desertmoonaudio.com/blogs/notes/how-to-read-a-vu-meter 2026-09-24T13:42:08-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0844/4189/1052/articles/9_547b3948-4b2d-4b7d-90a4-e0131274f162.png?v=1790282528 How to read a VU meter (and why it ignores your peaks) VU-02 – Analog Volume Unit Meter plugin for Mac and PC https://desertmoonaudio.com/blogs/notes/passive-program-eq-boost-and-cut 2026-09-24T18:35:28-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0844/4189/1052/articles/DMAPDP_86452587-da12-47ef-8bca-d5fd1b79dc16.png?v=1790282530 Boost and cut the same bass: the passive program EQ trick Push Pull – Program Equalizer plugin for Mac and PC https://desertmoonaudio.com/blogs/notes/what-an-opto-compressor-does 2026-09-24T18:35:29-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0844/4189/1052/articles/DMAPDP_aa0f90ef-19f9-41f3-a00e-031c3dd1ca25.png?v=1790282533 What an opto compressor actually does (and why vocals love it) Optotron – Electro-Optical Leveling Amplifier plugin for Mac and PC https://desertmoonaudio.com/blogs/notes/cassette-four-track-sound-in-a-daw 2026-09-24T13:42:16-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0844/4189/1052/articles/8_90d43485-21d5-4d01-bdc0-824e6ce9d7f0.png?v=1790282536 Cassette four-track sound in a DAW: what the machine really did to your mix Nebraska 144 – Cassette Four-Track plugin for Mac and PC https://desertmoonaudio.com/blogs/notes/how-to-use-a-plate-reverb-on-vocals 2026-09-25T08:44:40-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0844/4189/1052/articles/7_a2a3c57d-3aea-4ce5-9916-711ea43744cf.png?v=1790351080 How to use a plate reverb on vocals Plate Daddy – Plate Reverberator plugin for Mac and PC https://desertmoonaudio.com/blogs/notes/how-to-make-a-snare-crack-without-making-it-louder 2026-09-28T07:12:28-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0844/4189/1052/articles/DMA_PDP.png?v=1790604748 How to make a snare crack without making it louder Trans-Box – Transient Smack / Girth Box plugin for Mac and PC https://desertmoonaudio.com/blogs/notes/how-an-analog-drum-machine-makes-sounds-without-samples 2026-09-30T07:12:37-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0844/4189/1052/articles/DMAPDP_b387353a-9aba-4254-8156-a1f4d0543095.png?v=1790777557 How an analog drum machine makes its sounds without samples Rhyth-O-Matic – Analog Drum Machine plugin for Mac and PC https://desertmoonaudio.com/blogs/notes/how-to-layer-two-drum-machine-rhythms-at-once 2026-10-02T07:13:55-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0844/4189/1052/articles/rhyth-o-matic.png?v=1790950434 How to layer two drum machine rhythms at once Rhyth-O-Matic – Analog Drum Machine plugin for Mac and PC https://desertmoonaudio.com/blogs/notes/how-to-make-a-di-acoustic-guitar-sound-miked 2026-10-05T07:13:10-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0844/4189/1052/articles/woody.png?v=1791209590 How to make a DI acoustic guitar sound like it was miked Woody – DI Acoustic Guitar Enhancer plugin for Mac and PC https://desertmoonaudio.com/blogs/notes/piezo-vs-soundhole-vs-internal-mic-acoustic-pickups 2026-10-07T07:13:34-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0844/4189/1052/articles/woody_b0e3ac13-fee0-45ea-be0e-a874e9dec5b0.png?v=1791382413 Why piezo, soundhole magnetic and internal mic pickups sound different Woody – DI Acoustic Guitar Enhancer plugin for Mac and PC https://desertmoonaudio.com/blogs/notes/3d-auto-panner-vs-pan-knob 2026-10-09T07:12:53-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0844/4189/1052/articles/locomotion.png?v=1791555173 3D auto-panner vs a pan knob: how distance, Doppler and ear cues make a sound travel Locomotion – 3D Auto-Panner plugin for Mac and PC https://desertmoonaudio.com/blogs/notes/clipper-vs-limiter-tube-clipper-mix-bus 2026-10-12T07:48:33-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0844/4189/1052/articles/tubeclip.png?v=1791816513 Clipper vs limiter: how a tube clipper makes a mix louder without aliasing TubeClip – Tube Clipper plugin for Mac and PC https://desertmoonaudio.com/blogs/notes/parallel-clipping-drums-and-vocals 2026-10-14T07:33:35-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0844/4189/1052/articles/tubeclip_0958785c-3e79-4475-84b2-d6a5d75bda55.png?v=1791988414 Parallel clipping on drums and vocals: GLOW, FAT and a time-aligned MIX TubeClip TC-19 - Desert Moon Audio plug-in