Posts by Lyubomir Dobrev

Apple intros 8-core MacBook Pros for busy music producers

Eight-core configurations are accessible on the 15-inch MacBook Pro, starting at USD 2800. It's a significant upgrade in power for music producers.

UAD 9.9 brings Capitol Records’ reverb chambers to you DAW

In addition to an updated Tube-Tech CL-1B MKII compressor, version 9.9 introduces a major addition to the line-up - Capitol Chambers. Not cheap, but there are some special sounds on offer here.

Studio One 4.5 update brings dozens of user-requested changes

PreSonus has released version 4.5 of its popular Studio One DAW with over 70 changes and additions, said to be mostly user-requested, along with some under-the-hood work to reduce CPU load.

Can you quack? Devious Machines’ Duck gets your mix pumpin’

If you want to try a different approach to obtaining the ducking effect, or prefer a dedicated plug-in for the task, developer Devious Machines may have something for you.

Best free plug-ins this week: two synthesizers and a graphic EQ

More great gear for free! Get two thunderous bass synths and a capable graphic equalizer for free this week, courtesy of IK Multimedia, Distocore and King Oz...

Audiaire Nuxx has 55 lanes worth of effects automation

Nuxx is a multi-FX processor with 30 types of effects and dedicated effects parameter sequencer. Oh, and real-time effects parameter automation over 55 parameter sequencing lanes. Phew.

Get Kilohearts’ ONE virtual analog synth at 80% off till 19 May

It's a lot of synth for the money - ONE comes with 2 oscillators and a sub oscillator, a pair of filters, wave shaper, two LFOs and 3 modulation envelopes; and a total of 24 polyphonic voices.

Complexer 2: three dynamics processors, six modes, one plug-in

Could be a formidable tool, in the right hands: Complexer 2 is an affordable multi-stage dynamics plug-in with three independent dynamics processors, each incorporating six different modes.

Best free plug-ins this week: a bunch of synths and other good stuff

As you consider selling a kidney to fund your next 15 or so synth purchases, take a moment to stop and check out all the cool stuff you can have for free this week!

Best free plug-ins this week: Dulcimer, Loopcloud 4, FiltR, ToneZ

Over the last 7 or so days, we got top-notch stuff like the exotic Dulcimer instrument, a mammoth update to Loopnasters' Loopcloud sample slicer/manager...

Antelope Audio takes on mastering engineers and audiophiles with Amari

With some pretty hefty new HMWC technology and a price tag to match, Antelope's Lamborghini-colored hi-end converter is finally shipping and competes with products by RME and Ferrofish.

Sound Devices unveils Scorpio portable high-end mixer/recorder

Scorpio, as it's called, stands for a portable 32-channel, 36-track mixer-recorder that's equipped with 16 mic/line preamps and multiple additional inputs and outputs.

iZotope cures its GAS for reverb with Exponential Audio acquisition

Both brands are mainstays in music, film, and game audio, so I'd like to say their merger is sensible and promising! iZotope is also taking 30% off all Exponential Audio products and bundles.

Merging launches Missions for its Anubis networking audio interface

Anubus is a high-end networking-enaled audio interface designed to handle several fields of application through proprietary software. Anubis has serious conversion mojo with sample rates up to 384kHz.

Polyverse Comet morphing reverb goes for sale at reduced beta price

With so many convolution reverbs and emulations of ancient gear out there, maybe we need an unabashedly digital reverb right now! Enter the Comet, a morphing reverb that synthesizes sound trails.

Vertigo Sound VSC-3 analog VCA compressor plug-in: Smash your DAW drums!

Vertigo Sound has come up with a virtual replica of its VSC-3 hardware compressor. VSC-3 is a quad discrete VCA comp that Vertigo says can level, tame, glue - or even smash.

It’s April Fools and it’s epic: how the audio industry is having a laugh

It's April Fools today and the pro audio industry has been joking around like its making it money. We are diligently gathering the best pro audio humor from today in a single post.

Addictive Drums creator readies XO random beatmaker & pattern generator

XLN Audio, the creators of Addictive Drums, announced XO - a beatmaker and sample explorer which fuses together sounds from sampling services like Splice, Beatport, and Loopmasters

Best free plug-ins this week: loads of free sounds and a Swedish saturator

It's time for our line-up of free plug-ins and audio freebies. There is something for everyone, including a ludicrous number of sound effects, a saturation unit, reverb IRs, and scary strings...

Serato Studio hybrid groovebox/DJ DAW presents interesting possibilities

With Serato Studio, producers looking to get into DJ-ing can experiment inside a more familiar environment, without investing in decks or DJ software. Same goes for DJs interested in production.

Genelec Aural ID tech promises acoustically accurate headphone monitoring

"Virtual Earality", anyone? Genelec's Aural ID tech promises elaborate hearing compensation that takes into account the unique acoustical properties of your hearing anatomy. The next big thing?

Tracktion releases Waveform 10 with over 60 new plug-ins, workflow enhancements

Leading additions in version10 include the Actions Panel meant for faster work, flexible track grouping, and track editor window. Furthermore, Waveform 10 ships with no less than 62 plug-ins.

Apple partially fixes USB audio on 2018 Macs in latest Mojave update

The latest Mojave update (10.14.4), released yesterday, quietly improves the USB audio situation on 2018 Macs, as mentioned in the release notes and in beta testing user feedback.

denise.io releases Noize 2 creative sample mangling plug-in and Berlin sample pack

Upgraded to version 2, Noize adds new parameters designed to let you more flavours of dirt to instruments and sounds, and even includes a pack of atmospheric samples recorded in Berlin.