Posts by Lyubomir Dobrev

Kazrog True Dynamics models two rare vintage comps for the first time – save 25%

True Dynamics is a one-two punch of a plug-in which recreates the Presto 41A and ITA LA1B vintage tube comps for the first time. Early buyers get a discount of USD 20, that's 25% off.

Samson Q9U: A USB and XLR dynamic mic for easy homespun podcasts

Affordable podcasting mics for small set-ups are an exploding market, and Samson has a new horse in the race: the Samson Q9U. This one has a plug-and-play audio interface built in.

NAMM 2020: KORG NC-Q1 monitor headphones with active noise-cancelling

KORG is flexing its engineering and acoustics prowess with monitoring headphones with active noise cancellation for extremely loud environments like clubs, arenas or your drummer's basement.

The best music production books for 2020

2020 is here - now's the time to sharpen up your music production skills! Whatever genre you're into, these books will help you improve how you produce, mix and master music and audio.

Warm Audio BUS-COMP: all the mix glue you can get for USD 699

Manufacturer Warm Audio roars into 2020 with a no-bull replica of the fabled Oxfordshire stereo bus compressor at a price that will make its competitors take note.

Celestial, a FREE Christmas gift sound design plug-in by Acustica

A free effect plug-in from a top-tier manufacturer - what's not to like?!? Celestial is a creative sound design plug-in with a load of interesting effects and textures. Merry Christmas, Acustica!

Lem Echo Music simulates a vintage tape delay with three virtual playheads

Lem Echo Music recreates the sound of three playheads onto a single strip of tape, complete with the wow, flutter and audio degradation you'd expect from an old tape machine.

Studio One 4.6 adds amp sims, content hub, a better browser and pattern editing

Highlights in Studio One 4.6 include "dramatic improvements" to the Ampire guitar amp suite and updates to the Browser and Pattern Editor, alongside a reinvented Exchange content sharing hub.

MIA Super Bundle: Three one-knob plug-ins to add thickness, brilliance & punch

Add bass, improve clarity and smack up your audio with three super-sized one-knob audio processors from MIA Labs: Super Fat, Super Thin and Super Muscle.

FL Studio 20.6 update adds new effects, CV control and many improvements

FL Studio 20.6 is available! A sizeable update, it not only optimizes this venerable DAW but packs in a lot of new additions, like the Distructor and Voltage Controller features.

Colour your space with Perfect Room de-metalized reverb and Slappy hysteresis delay

Perfect Room (reverb) and Slappy (delay) appear just in time for the Black Friday frenzy, the latter being a free download with the former.

Berzerk distortion plug-in is the mean Waves freebie for Black Friday

A free download until Nov. 30, Berzerk is a pretty wild distortion plug-in that features creative and advanced controls like random waveshapes and M/S processing.

Lindell models Neve 8020 in-the-box with Series 80 console emulations

Lindell Plugins has recreated the famous 1073 mic preamp, the 1084 pre/EQ, the 2254 compressor/limiter, and 1272 line amplifier modules, complete with component crosstalk and tolerance.

Behringer WING pre-orders go live at Thomann priced €2999

You've followed the teasers and drooled over the early photos. If you're shopping around for a capable but budget-priced digital mixer, pre-orders are now open at EUR 2999.

Masterlab Audio DynaQ simplifies dynamic EQing with its smart design

What makes DynaQ special is that it offers independent processing of the two frequency ranges, simultaneously. So you can equalize the loud and quiet parts of your track independently. Neat.

UAD 9.11 brings Catalina support and the fabled Avalon VT-737 tube channel strip

The Avalon VT-737 is the Jay-Z, Dre, Eric Clapton and Rolling Stones rackmount, or in other words, the sound of radio chart toppers. The update also features plug-ins by Antares, Sonnox and brainworx.

New 16-inch MacBook Pro with Killer looks and sounds but keeps the T2 chip

At least on paper, the new 16-inch MacBook Pro makes the Apple laptop great again with bigger screen, impressive sound, faster graphics, and more memory than ever before.

iZotope aims Pro Tools-exclusive Dialogue Match at audio post professionals

Dialogue Match combines reverb algorithms with machine learning and audio processing digital voodoo to streamline producing dialogue recordings - but could be used for music production, too.

Eventide MangledVerb scrapes and growls at Mac, Windows and now iOS

Originating with the rackmount Eclipse and ripped straight from the H9 Harmonizer hardware units, Mangledverb combines reverb and distortion for an edgy space processor.

Get spooky with Abyss, a free post-Halloween reverb for Ableton Live 10

Abyss is a Halloween gift purpose-built for the kind of spine-chilling reverbations only something digital (and sinister) can pull off. If that sounds like your thing, read on...

Loupedeck CT: A compact alternative to Ableton Push?

Loupedeck CT isn't as full-fledged as Ableton Push, but it's fairly unique and discovering opportunities to put its controls into action should be a rewarding endeavour.

16-inch MacBook Pro keyboard changes hinted in Catalina 10.15.1

Rumors about Apple separating the Power key with TouchID sensor from the OLED Touch bar may turn out to be true. Oh and the physical Escape key may be making a return, too...

Old Blood Noise Endeavours MAW XLR, a multi-FX pedal for vocals, goes on sale

Hey, how about a stompbox-sized mic preamp with saturation and effects for the price of a good guitar pedal? MAW XLR is hitting the streets after debuting as a prototype at SNAMM. Check this out.

Waves launches SuperRack, the heir apparent to MultiRack, SoundGrid and StudioRack

Predictably comprehensive, SuperRack handles up to 128 audio channels in an Audio-over-Ethernet network centred around a dedicated SoundGrid DSP server.