https://www.audiothing.net/blog/News, audio production tutorials, and the stories behind AudioThing plugins.en https://www.audiothing.net/blog/no-subscriptions-here/https://www.audiothing.net/blog/no-subscriptions-here/Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:38:49 GMTHey, we’re AudioThing. We make high-quality audio plugins and try to do so ethically. We were customers and music lovers before being developers, so we get it. For many years… https://www.audiothing.net/blog/clap-plugin-porting/https://www.audiothing.net/blog/clap-plugin-porting/Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:54:06 GMTIf you haven’t heard about it yet, CLAP (CLever Audio Plug-in API) is a new open standard for audio plugins and hosts announced last week by Bitwig and U-he. Check the… https://www.audiothing.net/blog/wires-history/https://www.audiothing.net/blog/wires-history/Tue, 07 Dec 2021 11:57:12 GMTOne of the recent additions to our portfolio of plugins is based on a little-known, but fascinating thread in the history of sound recording, a thread that dates back to the 19th… https://www.audiothing.net/blog/10th-anniversary/https://www.audiothing.net/blog/10th-anniversary/Mon, 12 Apr 2021 12:36:27 GMTWe’ve been making audio products for ten years, and we’d like to mark the occasion by looking back at the history of AudioThing and looking forward to its… https://www.audiothing.net/blog/blindfold-eq-freeware-eq-plugin/https://www.audiothing.net/blog/blindfold-eq-freeware-eq-plugin/Wed, 17 Mar 2021 15:29:16 GMTWho would be so reckless as to EQ a mix blindfolded?Well, for one, multi-platinum producer Matt Wallace (Maroon 5, Faith No More, John Hiatt, The… https://www.audiothing.net/blog/the-dolby-a-trick/https://www.audiothing.net/blog/the-dolby-a-trick/Wed, 09 Jan 2019 15:59:48 GMTThe Dolby® A Trick was a technique used in the late 60s and early 70s to enhance the top end of recordings, especially vocal tracks, by using the encoding stage of a noise… https://www.audiothing.net/blog/moving-forward/https://www.audiothing.net/blog/moving-forward/Thu, 19 Apr 2018 18:28:06 GMTIn February 2018 we sent a survey to our customers to help us plan things for the future. We need to make a few changes to improve the quality of our products, customer service,… https://www.audiothing.net/blog/how-to-make-ambient-soundscapes/https://www.audiothing.net/blog/how-to-make-ambient-soundscapes/Sun, 15 Oct 2017 17:31:32 GMTThis is not a step-by-step tutorial on how to create soundscapes, but rather a collection of tips and processes that I’ve learned over the… https://www.audiothing.net/blog/how-to-make-creative-convolution-reverbs-irs/https://www.audiothing.net/blog/how-to-make-creative-convolution-reverbs-irs/Fri, 18 Aug 2017 21:41:31 GMTConvolution can be used to add reverberation or a specific tone to any input signal. For example, it can be used to recreate the reverb of a real space or the tone of a guitar… https://www.audiothing.net/blog/making-of-the-orb/https://www.audiothing.net/blog/making-of-the-orb/Mon, 10 Jul 2017 23:03:41 GMTWorking on an audio plugin requires a lot of focus on several different aspects. The first step is always trying to find a good product idea, something new that’s never done… https://www.audiothing.net/blog/how-to-make-a-8bit-chiptune-song/https://www.audiothing.net/blog/how-to-make-a-8bit-chiptune-song/Wed, 14 Jun 2017 18:02:07 GMTIn this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to compose 8bit/chiptune music for a video game soundtrack.If you are after that old-school chiptune synth sound, check out miniBit,…