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Our top 30 free plugins you can download now!

Our staff and teachers chose the best free plugins you can download today for your projects.Softube Saturation knob - linkHofa Collection 4U - linkTal Audio - linkSynister - linkTyrell N6 - linkPancake 2 - linkValhall DSP Freq Echo - linkTritik Krush - linkKlanghelm...

Partnership with NEXTALE Field Recording

What's NEXTALE ? An online sound bank with a subscription system and new content added every month. You can find all types of sounds, for all types of projects.From natural, urban or industrial environments to various sound effects created by our sound designers.What...

Interview: Mitch Oliver

We sat down with our graduate Michel Olivier Saucier to talk about his artistic project (Mitch Oliver), his upcoming releases and his audio training at Musitechnic. As an alternative to the video, you can also find the transcript of the interview below.Musitechnic:...

Newsletter June 2021

Student NewsletterNewsJune 2021Additional health protection measuresAir purification systemsWe have installed brand new Air purifiers expressively meant to give students, teachers and staff an even more secure place to work at. Those new devices target the airborne...

Musitechnic Graduates Directory

Musitechnic Alumni PlatformWe are pleased to present our new platform dedicated to our graduates: Alumni.Musitechnic.com !The Musitechnic Alumni directory, alumni.musitechnic.com, is a platform allowing the public to search for artists or audio technicians specialized...

Interview with DJ4RAIN

We asked a few questions to our graduate DJ4RAIN to have some news and know more about his artistic project as well as a few words on his audio training at Musitechnic.Musitechnic: What first got you into music? Who or what inspired you to make music?DJ4RAIN: I have...

Interview with Émilie Blaise

We sat down with Émilie Blaise to ask her about her artistic project, including her second album coming out soon and her audio training at Musitechnic. Alternatively to the video interview, you can read the transcription below. Musitechnic: Who are you and where are...

Distortion and timbral manipulation: 5 essential plugins

A perfect amplifier produces a signal of greater amplitude at its output, but of the same shape as the input signal. If the output signal does not have the same shape as the input signal, we say that there is distortion. This means that the audio system (the amplifier...

ADÉSAQ – Financial assistance from the MCC to support mental health.

The Association des écoles supérieures d'art du Québec (ADÉSAQ) has received $50,000 in financial assistance from the "Ministère de la Culture et des Communications " to support the mental health of its members' students and recent graduates. This funding will allow...

How to choose your first microphone ?

How to choose your first microphone?So you are looking to buy your first microphone. You have probably done some research already and, if you are a member of various Facebook pages or website chat rooms, then you have often seen the following. “What is the best mic...

The “Château d’Hérouville”

In 1962, Michel Magne, musician and composer, who became famous after composing the original music for films such as Les Tontons flingueurs, Mélodie en sous-sol, the “Angélique” series or the “Fantômas" series, buys the "Château d'Hérouville".It is a castle located at...

KLEVGR – Free Amp

Despite its simple look, FreeAMP was developed with the same algorithms than the amp modelisation plugin: REAMP.In this free version, the developers made one "universal profile" based on their favorite profiles of REAMP. It can be used on any elements that needs to...

Industry News – NAMM 2021

Industry News - NAMM 2021 (Online)Due to the current worldwide situation, NAMM 2021 was held online and we thought it could be convenient for anyone who missed it to gather the latest gear release news.Therefore here is a - non-exhaustive - list of some of the best...

December 2020 Newsletter

Student NewsletterNewsDecember 2020A few words for our Director of StudiesHello, A new year is ahead of us and like most people around the world we are preparing for what it looks like a promising 2021. We must all be ready for changes, large and small, that lie...

Christmas Gift Ideas for Musicians and Sound Technicians

Christmas Gift Ideas - Musicians, sound technicians and other audio professionals -With the holidays approaching, we wanted to suggest some perfect gift ideas for your loved ones who practice audio related practices. All prices are expressed in CAD ($), sometimes...

Musitechnic – Live Streaming Series

Musitechnic presents it’s new live streaming series featuring 4 bands from the Montreal music scene.

Musitechnic, proactive during the pandemic

Despite the various impacts of the pandemic, we have mobilized our teams in order to minimize the consequences of this situation for our active students as much as possible. As well as to allow those interested in registering to follow our program starting in the...