Posts by Lyubomir Dobrev

Can RØDE conquer the USD 99 market with the NT-USB Mini microphone?

Can RØDE conquer the 99-Dollar price segment? The new USB C NT-USB Mini microphone shows they're trying hard! It's a tough market, though, with competitors include M-Audio and others...

NAMM 2020: The Coolest Studio Gear by Wes, Antelope, Korg, AKAI, Golden Age Premier

NAMM 2020 made for another solid all-around music tech show! Here are our Top 5 music tech announcements from Annaheim, California including mics, interfaces and headphones.

Acustica Emerald 2: All the rare vintage German EQs you need

The Emerald 2 suite is based on a series of rare German processors (2x EQs and a filter) made in the 60s and 70s, which look and operate like lab equipment.

Stream is a creative granulizer plug-in inspired by Eurorack equipment

Need a creative new audio mangling tool? Check this out. Stream is a modular-inspired granulizer with up to 16 voices that lets you manipulate audio with a sleek, user-friendly interface.

Sell a kidney and get this vintage-style tube console handmade in the USA.

What is Tree Audio prepared to give you for EUR 65,000? A hand-made, all-tube, 16-channel mixing desk with space for four Series 500 rack modules, that's what. Worth it?

RCF intros M 20X & M 20XD compact live mixers with DSP and networking

RCF adds two new compact live mixers to its line-up, the M 20X and M 20XD. Both have 5-inch color touchscreens and five encoders, built-in DSP, motorized faders and remote-controlled preamps housed in rugged ...

Enter SoundWeaver, a standalone sample layering and sound design tool

SoundWeaver conjures fresh sound FX from any sample library you have laying around. It searches for audio files by keywords, picks them randomly, and layers them. Neat!

NAMM 2020: Relab turns classic Quantec QRS reverb into plug-in

Relab is gunning for a straight-up emulation of the vintage Quantec QRS unit. It demonstrated the plug-in at NAMM 2020 and shared photos on its Facebook page.

NAMM 2020: Millennia HV-316 military-grade Ethernet preamp

Millennia Music & Media Systems joins the LAN party with the HV-316 rackmount preamp, made of military-spec aluminum and featuring a medical-grade power supply unit.

Danley Sound Labs enters the studio with new monitor and sub

Manufacturer Danley Sound labs introduced a studio monitor and subwoofer, expanding its product line-up to include studio equpment in addition to PA systems.

NAMM 2020: Flock Audio Patch LT, XT take care of your signal routing

For NAMM 2020, manufacturer Flock Audio is expanding its Patch digitally-controlled rackmount patchbay with two additional variants, LT and XT.

NAMM 2020: Blue Cat Audio intros AcouFiend, Re-Head, Hot Tuna plug-ins

Acoustic feedback generator, virtual speaker simulator and a flexible guitar/instrument tuner - all working at no latency, claims Blue Cat Audio.

NAMM 2020: JST Howard Benson Vocals gives you the sound of modern rock

JST finished NAMM 2020 with Howard Benson Vocals, a vocal chain plug-in. Knowing Mr. Benson's productions and Sturgis' workaholic tendencies, there's no way this channel strip can disappoint.

NAMM 2020: 10 Best Guitar Videos

Here are the best guitar videos we made at NAMM 2020, featuring highlights and crowd winners right from the show floor!

NAMM 2020: Silo makes a Trident-honoring debut with two plug-in EQs

A new plug-in developer by the name of Silo SoundLabs debuted a pair of Trident-inspired console EQ plug-ins at NAMM 2020. Low CPU use and low latency are a priority here!

NAMM 2020: Massey Plugins Golden Master – Soft Clipper for Pro Tools

At the request of users, Steven went to work and developed this new tool which deals with soft clipping - in the typically elegant behavior of Massey plug-ins

NAMM 2020: Serrano 87 pays tribute to the K87 German condenser

Serrano 87 is a high quality replica of a very famous mic with hand-made K87 capsule and SER-T13 transformer, original 2N3819FET amplifier biased to genuine spec, and Styroflex capacitors...

NAMM 2020: MXL Revelation 2 multi-pattern tube condenser mic

Revelation 2 is a variable pattern tube condenser microphone that's based on a classic design with an EF86 pentode tube. Think of warmth and mid-range detail when picturing how it sounds.

NAMM 2020: Antelope teases Galaxy 64, world’s first 64-channel AD/DA converter

The Galaxy 64 is shaping up to be a landmark product for Antelope. Remarkably, it's the first-in-world 64-channel AD/DA converter and also Antelope's first Dante interface.

NAMM 2020: soothe self-adjusting dynamic EQ plug-in gets a big budget sequel

Rewritten from the ground-up, soothe 2 expands its processing engine to all frequencies (not just three bands), gets important attack and speed parameters, and two new processing modes.

NAMM 2020: Become the next Joe Rogan with Sontronics’ Podcast Pro mic

Made in black and red, the new Sontronics mic is designed for spoken word applications and features a tight supercardioid pickup pattern.

NAMM 2020: RME 12Mic, M-1610 Pro, AVB Tool

Three brand new pieces of high-end RME equipment are being shown at NAMM 2020, all built with networking and signal conversion/routing in mind.

NAMM 2020: Slate intros Infinity EQ, throws the glove at Fabfilter

Confident in the plug-in, Slate has written up virtually nothing about it, rather the man would have you watch a pair of videos to see what's cooking...

NAMM 2020: Mackie MC-350, MC-450 studio headphones

At NAMM 2020, Mackie launched two headphones called MC-350 and MC-450. Both have frequency response rated between 20 Hz to 20 kHz, an adjustable headband and ear pads made of genuine leather.