Violet Recording Editorial Team

Hunting for the best pitch shifter plugin? Learn what pitch shifters do, how to use them on vocals and sound design, plus the top…

Learn how to use a vocoder step by step: set up the carrier and modulator, dial in the key controls, and get clean, intelligible…

What is a tuner plugin? It’s a software tuner inside your DAW that shows pitch in real time, helping guitarists, bassists and singers tune…

What is a delay plugin? Learn how delay works, its key controls, the main delay types, common mistakes, and the best free delay plugins…

What is a phaser? Learn how this classic modulation effect sweeps notches through your sound, its key controls, and how to use it on…

What is a flanger? Learn how this modulation effect creates its whooshing jet-plane sweep, which controls shape the sound, and where to use one…

What is a chorus effect? Learn how chorus works, its key controls, when to use it on vocals and guitars, common mistakes, and the…

What is a stereo imager? Learn how stereo width plugins work, the key controls, when to widen or narrow a mix, and the mistakes…