It's starting to feel a little festive around here at MusicRadar HQ. There must be a spirit of generosity in the air, as the past month has seen a veritable sackful of free plugins and music software ...

In the era of digital music production, all you need to make great music is a capable laptop. Or at least that's what people say. In truth, you need not only a laptop but a digital audio workstation ...

Inside, there's everything from compressors to distortion plugins, amp simulators to pitchshifters, tape emulators to delays, reverbs to lo-fi processors... need we go on? When you purchase through ...

Everybody loves a free plugin. From bedroom beatmakers to professional producers, few can resist the allure of a decent freebie, but with so many powerful pieces of free music software being released ...