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Guide
Music Production
Your first £200 of plugins, spent properly.

A no-nonsense starter stack for bedroom producers — one synth, two effects, and the one freebie everyone forgets.

Sam Okafor·9 min
Best Of
Mixing & Mastering
30 best reverb plugins in 2026.

Every reverb worth owning in 2026 — ranked by character, flexibility, and value. From algorithmic to convolution.

Sam Okafor·Coming soon
Best Of
Music Production
Best trap VST plugins for 808s and hi-hats.

The plugins trap producers actually use — sub-smashing 808s, pitched perc, and the distortion units worth buying.

Sam Okafor·Coming soon
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Software
Serum 2 vs Vital — which is better for 2026?

Both are excellent wavetable synths. One costs £189. One is free. Here's what you actually get for the money.

Sam Okafor·Coming soon
How-To
Mixing & Mastering
How to sidechain in Ableton Live 12.

The clearest explanation of sidechain compression in Ableton — from basic pumping to invisible glue compression.

Sam Okafor·Coming soon
Guide
Music Theory
Music theory for producers who never learned it.

Scales, chords, and tension — just the parts you need to write better melodies without reading a textbook.

Sam Okafor·Coming soon