Lars Lentz Audio™

Techniques in electronic music and audio production.

Category: DAWs

  • Gain Staging Tips for Optimal Music Mixing

    There are a lot of ways to measure the levels of sound in your music production. Meter scales vary widely, and there are many misconceptions about what are the correct levels. Here below is what I have found currently works best for me. Last updated: 19-August-2025. There’s another, more current post about this: Levels in…

  • Make Softube Modular Usable on 4K Displays in FL Studio

    Softube Modular is a fantastic synth but I’ve had trouble getting some sizing that I could actually see while using it in FL Studio. Here’s what you need to do to resize it to a workable level.

  • Hear What You’ve Been Missing in Music Production

    Like most people, my hearing lacks in some frequency bands. But now I can hear what I’m mixing thanks to a plugin, and it’s changed my music production – for the better!

  • Xfer Records Cthulhu program creates arpeggios and chords like none other. Lots of patterns when used with the correct synths, can sound a lot like deadmou5 and this makes sense as Joel Zimmerman has been known to use Cthulhu made by his associate, Steve Duda. I find that often it is desirable for me to…

  • Here are some things to try if you are experiencing jerky video renders from ZGameeditor in FL Studio. Last updated: 24-September-2024

  • How to Make Convincing Disintegrating Tape Loops in a DAW (no tape)

    For the aspiring tape loopers out there, I’m sure I speak for us all when I say that we’d all like to have the time to play around with splicing tape into loops and recording through a four-track. But when this is not possible, here’s an easy alternative right in your DAW.

  • Looping in FL Studio

    Loop recording in FL Studio is one thing I would like to master because it means I can potentially create Eno-style tape loops. In the following months, I will be adding to this post with whatever I can find that can enable me to get some good loops going. I have put my method for…

  • I am not a master at organization when it comes to my music, but I can tell you what works and what doesn’t work for me. Maybe it could help you.

  • Xfer Records Dimension Expander is a free vst plugin effect that makes any synth or instrument sound much “wider.” This means more presence and stereo effect. I wanted to create this in FL Studio using the stock plugins, so first I had to understand what the Dimension Expander plugin was doing. It seems to be…

  • Want to capture the sounds of nature and then make a great-sounding soundscape recording? Here is how I do it using Audacity software: Last updated: 02-April-2018