Posts by Lyubomir Dobrev

Top 5 Studio Gear in 2018 by Eventide, Neve, SSL, PreSonus, Zoom

2018 saw some big names in the audio industry reminding us of their decades-old legacy with fantastic new hardware. At the same time, perfectly good gear like digital mixing desks that used to cost a lot more ...

Warm Audio WA-251 tube mic: $10,000 quality for under $1,000?

A straight-up USD 799 replica of the Telefunken ELA M 251 whose official reissue costs no less than USD 9500! Can Warm Audio deliver ten-thousand-dollar quality at a tenth of the price?

Midas M32R Live digital mixing console: More than just a facelift?

Midas rejuvenates its compact digital mixer line with the M32R Live, an update to the M32R with a refreshed UI and pretty much the same feature set - except in one key area.

u-he Twangström: modern spring reverb plug-in enters public beta

A spring reverb that you can easily dial in and blend into your production, rather than letting it inevitably take center stage of your sound - sign me up, please!

Samplitude Pro X4 is here: does it have something to show?

Magix brought in version X4 of the Samplitude Pro DAW. Honestly, it's a bit of a catch-up release, for the changes it introduces have been part of most major DAWs' workflow for quite a while.

Klevgränd REAMP: 7 analog saturators in 1 with low-latency spectral processing

REAMP is a joy to look at with its pastel colors, and judging by the audio examples, the sound is on point. Among the available saturation modes are a casette deck, tape reel, and tube amplifiers.

Best free plug-ins this week: delay, synth pads, and a tremolo effect

Here's a collection of free plug-ins that were released throughout the week. We got Adam Monroe's Delay, a new Spitfire LABS instrument (Synth Pads), and a cool tremolo/modulation effect from NoiseAsh.

Maat thEQorange: the USD 990 linear-phase EQ for spendy professionals

Woah: a USD 990 price tag for a single EQ plug-in! What makes a software EQ justify a thousand dollars? According to Maat, this is the only linear-phase EQ without audible pre-echo...

FabFilter Pro-Q 3 coming November 29 with dynamic EQ and per-band m/s

FabFilter will release Pro-Q 3 tomorrow, November 29. We are looking forward to finding out more about it, including important information like pricing and upgrade paths.

Phil’s Cascade: a one-off tube colour and saturation box in plug-in form

Phil's Cascade recreates a boutique saturator best described as a hodge-podge of rare, aged analogue components made by brands like Philips, Sprague, Erdmet, Wima and PSW.

Grab another free Waves plug-in for Cyber Monday – H-Comp

Following the release of Sibilance for Black Friday, Waves is giving away another plug-in - H-Comp - for Cyber Monday. This little orange fella definitely offers some interesting possibilities.

A free Waves plug-in for Black Friday: Sibilance, an organic de-esser

Incorporating Waves’ Organic ReSynthesis technology, Sibilance is a "transparent"-sounding vocal de-esser for clamping down harsh ‘s’ and 'sh' sounds. Go on, dial in that additional brightness.

RODE goes all-in on podcast recording with the RODECaster Pro

Australia's renowned manufacturer RODE has gone all-in on the podcasting segment with the RODECaster Pro, an integrated podcast recording station that doesn't seem to skip a beat.

Best free plug-ins this week: Soundspot Ravage Lite, AirWindows BassKit, Adam Monroe’s Delay

As always, freeware Sunday is all about free gifts from generous software developers. For that, we say: Thank you! Today we have Ravage Lite, BassKit, and Adam Monroe's Delay to show you.

StageLight 4 is now on iOS and wielding a brand new sampler

Developer OpenLabs brought its StageLight cross-platform music production platform to version 4. Being a major update, it delivers significant changes and improvements.

Best free plug-ins this week: Snare Designer, Minus Delay & DeEss

Today on the list: all the snares you need in your life, an unusual delay and an important mix tool. Or in short: Puremagnetic Snare Designer, Bakuage MinusDelay and AirWindows DeEss.

Gramotech Babylon: 48 EQ filters in one modern, colourful GBP 10 package

Cheap yet stylish, Babylon is a graphic equaliser with six filters, eight fully automateable filter types and a high-res spectrum analyser with two user-selectable rendering styles.

iZotope Nectar 3, Music Production Suite 2, Vocal Chain Bundle out now

Nectar 3 features the Vocal Assistant with Unmask functionality, Celemony Melodyne Essential, two new dynamic EQs, redesigned modules, RX Breath Control, and other goodies. It's a massive update, indeed.

Zoom Q2n-4K lets you film performances in glorious 4K video and 24/96 audio

The Q2n-4K is equipped with a 150-degree wide-angle lens and five field-of-view (FOV) settings as well as a color LCD display and one-touch recording mode. It also does 24-bit/96kHz audio!

Mackie ships its DL16S and DL32S digital mixers, releases Master Fader 5.0

Mackie has a new pair of digital live mixers with built-in Wi-Fi out, the DL16S anc DL32S. Both have built-in Wi-Fi networking and can be controlled remotely with the Master Fader™ control app. But then not ...

Softube Harmonics: five distortions in one with intelligent signal analysis

Because they think your distortion sucks, Softube designed one with five "completely different" sounding algorithms in addition to high and low-cut filters and a blend knob.

The new Mac mini is the ideal starter Mac for music production

Apple is touting a full-fledged professional computer with big boy hardware such as quad-core 8th Gen Intel processors, support for up to 64GB of RAM, and up to 2TB of space.

The new iPad Pro has USB-C and charges your iPhone – pretty great for musicians

There are two particularly important changes for iOS musicians. The first is the 3.5mm headphone jack's removal, and the second is the introduction of USB C in place of the old Lightng port.

New MacBook Air delivers macOS & Thunderbolt to musicians for USD 1199

Apple's groundbreaking laptop receives a successor equipped with a high-resolution Retina display (no True Tone, though), USB-C/Thunderbolt ports, and Touch ID fingerprint-scanning protection.