Articles

  • Mixing & mastering

How to master a song: the chain, step by step

Master your own track at home — how much headroom to leave, the gain, EQ, compression, limiting and metering chain in order, how to use reference tracks properly, and the mix problems you should send back rather than master around.

  • Audacity
  • Free tools
  • DAWs & editors

The best free audio editing software in 2026

Ten free audio editors that are genuinely free — for Windows, Mac, Linux and mobile. What each one is best at, where the free tiers hide limits, and how to extend a free editor with plugins.

  • Audacity

How to record a turntable into Audacity

Digitise your vinyl with free software — which of the three hardware setups you have, why a phono preamp matters, the Audacity settings that matter, and how to split a side into individual tracks.

  • MuseSounds & notation
  • Virtual instruments

Vienna Symphonic Library on MuseHub: every VSL MuseSounds library

Ten Vienna Symphonic Library libraries play back inside MuseScore Studio via MuseHub — strings, brass, woodwinds, percussion, piano, harp and more. What each covers, what it costs, how to start, and what MuseSounds Pro includes.

  • MuseSounds & notation
  • Virtual instruments

Audio Imperia Nucleus and Solo for MuseScore Studio

Audio Imperia’s epic orchestra (Nucleus) and lyrical soloists (Solo) as MuseSounds Editions: what each contains, the writing each suits, how they complement each other, and which Audio Imperia titles MuseSounds Pro includes.