Posts by Lyubomir Dobrev

SPL Crescendo duo: a new hi-end dual-channel German mic pre

The Crescendo duo features two mic pres with the same sonic and technical specifications as the flagship 8-channel Crescendo mic pre, the one that's "impossible to overdrive."

Undertow FX box: dub it out with saturation, tape echo, phasing & LFO

From saturation to lo-fi flavoured with extreme echo and rhythmic modulation, it looks like there's plenty of fun to be had with Undertow, an absorbing new plug-in by Psychic Modulation.

Logic Pro X to get Session view clip-launching feature

Big news for Logic Pro X users! Session view is coming to Apple's Mac-exclusive DAW. The news comes from a very reliable source: the Apple Education Products webpage!

Fantastic Voyage: a hot-rodded virtual 4-track Portastudio for Mac

Fantastic Voyage is a new plug-in modelled on old Tascam tape Portastudios. updated here with effects and functionality by developer Giorgio Sancristoforo.

Apple to unveil all-new Mac computers with ARM processors in 2021?

Apple wants to switch its computers to ARM processors. According to well-informed analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, this could happen as early as 2021. What's in it for us Mac users?

Apple Logic Pro X and Final Cut Pro X go on 90-day free trials

Apple is offering a free 90-day trial of Logic Pro X and Final Cut Pro X, so if you'd like to give either or both of these famed packages an extended try, now is the time!

Radial Engineering USB-Mobile: An active DI box for smartphones and tablets

Radial Engineering's newest invention is a high-end active DI box that connects to your mobile device to pipe audio into a mixer, console or PA - pricey, yes, but for some a godsend.

HoRNet TotalEQ: a USD 30 Pro-Q alternative for mixing and mastering

The USD 30 dollar equalizer offers pretty much everything you'd expect from a full-featured parametric EQ, including a real-time spectrum analyzer, 12 freely adjustable bands, and analog saturation.

Coronavirus Relief Funds For Musicians: Where to get help or donate

Are you a musician whose earnings have been decimated by the outbreak? Or are you looking for a way to help those who've been hardest hit? Find out here where to get help or support others.

iZotope March Mix and Master Sale: Up to 50% off many iZotope products

iZotope launched a big sale offering significant discounts across its product range, as well as an update for Ozone to version 9.1, adding macOS Catalina support.

Apple news: iPad Pro 2020, MacBook Air 2020, more SSD for Mac Mini

The new iPad Pro and MacBook Air offer little in the way of music production, but the souped-up laptop can be a great little computer for live performances and lite production.

Waves MultiMod Rack: assemble a multiband distortion and mod monster!

Waves' MultiMod Rack lets you drop the Abbey Road Saturator, Berzerk and MDMX distortions into its three slots and dial in multi-band distortion while modulating nearly every parameter!

LEAK: MPC Live 2 is in the works at AKAI!

Images have surfaced on Reddit showing a putative MPC Live 2, showing - if genuine - added CV outputs, an armrest, and more shortcuts to aid live performers in the heat of the action.

Deal: Get the new Softube Volume 4 plug-in collection at 30% off

Softube Volume 4 adds Softube's American Class A channel strip, Monoment Bass, the Marshall Plexi Super Lead 1959 amp, and assorted effects like Spring Reverb. Intro pricing is 30% off!

Deal: Stay home and grab Arturia V Collection 7 at 50% off!

Arturia slashes prices on its V Collection 7 synthesizer suite by 50% - a perfect offer for us homebound synth nerds! This lovely ragbag of awesome classics is will get your creative juices flowing.

Deal: get IK Multimedia Lurssen Mastering Console at 65% off!

Until March 24, IK Multimedia is taking a hearty 63% off its Lurssen Mastering Console mastering software for PC/Mac as well as in-app purchases for the iOS app.

Acon’s $200 Acoustica audio editor is an affordable RX7 alternative

If you can't quite afford iZotope's RX7 package, Acon's more affordable Acoustica software has just reached 7.2 and is definitely worth a look, with features like AI-driven stem-splitting.

AR1: Grab this sweet little reverb plug-in from Initial Audio at 75% off

With AR1, you get a high-quality reverb algorithm that can be shaped to fit vocals, synths, loops, and the usual instruments like pianos and drums. A very nice little reverb, indeed!

NI Maschine to become “start to finish” production gear in next updates

A future Maschine 2.10 update will provide major workflow enhancements, NI says on its forum, making Maschine an end-to-end music creation solution. Not surprisingly, user reaction is positive...

Your Android Wear watch is a drum machine and you didn’t know it!

This musical Easter Egg should work on any Android Wear watch built since 2015, so if you happen to rock one, try the tiny drum machine and let us know how it goes.

Freakshow’s Mishby has to be the strangest tape sim out there

Another plug-in which you can legally steal, Mishby is an unorthodox tape sim meant for creative audio degradation and destruction. One look at the interface says it all...

Sizzle and roast your audio with Softube’s take on the Chandler Germanium Compressor

Softube emulated the Chandler Limited Germanium Compressor in all its FET glory . including the choice of diodes. Meanwhile, the hardware unit is at a hefty discount at Thomann!

PreSonus adds 7-inch Eris E7 XT to its studio monitor range

Like its brethren, the Eris E7 XT features a custom Eliptically Boundary Modeled waveguide which is designed for a 100-degree wide "sweet spot" - and it's attractively priced, too.

Leak: meet the Elektron model:cycles FM groovebox

model:cycles is Elektron's new machine, or should we say one of the machines which the Swedish manufacturer wants us to meet on February 26. It's an FM groovebox!