Posts by Lyubomir Dobrev

Intel series 9000 processors spec’d and i9-9900K benchmarked, release due in October

The new Core i9 with 10,718 points is about 17% faster than AMD's pretender with a 9147 result. Intel's top-shelf CPU, the Core i7-8700K, racked up 7918 points, which calculates to a 25% performance difference.

Blue Microphones acquired by Logitech for $117 million – what does this mean for Yeti?

Blue seems very pleased with the development, citing Logitech's "vast resources" as capable of "supercharging" the company. We'll see how it's turning out for these two in the years ahead.

MOTU launches Touch Console tablet control surface for its modern interfaces

The Touch Console web app presents touchscreen control over the DSP-based 48-channel mixer with 12 busses and FX such as 4-band parametric EQ, compression, limiting, reverb, and an emulation of the old LA-2A.

Slate Digital introduces FG-A analog console EQ emulation

Slate Digital added a new vintage equalizer to its Virtual Mix Rack platform - the FG-A. FG-A is based on a famous American console channel strip EQ, which is another way of saying Slate simulated an old API ...

Don’t miss out on these two great plug-ins and a DAW – for free

These free music tools should be on your radar: Sampleson Electrix (a coveted electric piano), PreSonus Studio One 4 Prime (a free DAW) and Halls of Fame 3 Free (a handy convolution reverb).

Rumor: Upcoming Apple iPad Pro to lose 3.5mm headphone jack

Will this change sort of kill the iPad for some musicians incorporating the wealth of iOS apps in their setups? Unlikely. All it will take to fix things up is a dongle with a good ol' 3.5mm jack and an USB ...

AbleTunes FX MATE: An all-in-one FX plug-in operated by single knobs

This plug-in contains compression, distortion, reverb, delay stereo width, and low/mid frequency boost effects, all operated by single dedicated knobs. It doesn't get any easier than this.

PreSonus AudioBox Studio Bundle Ultimate, a music production setup for USD 300

PreSonus has whipped up a new studio bundle that now includes the speakers - at a very attractive price point. Looking for an all-in-one production bundle? This should be on your radar.

Enter the Abbey Road Echo Chamber with the help of Waves

Waves & Abbey Road offer a virtual recreation of the facility's defining echo chamber, used by engineers to create reverbs, delays, and other kinds of special effects on a plethora of classic records from ...

Roland GO:MIXER PRO and Virtual Stage Camera: a video recording studio for smartphones

The combination of GO:MIXER PRO smartphone audio mixer and the Virtual Stage Camera lets you create high quality video, while GO:MIXER PRO can connect to and mix up to nine audio sources.

EVO IN solves your audio phasing problems and adds saturation

EVO IN's linear phase rotation algorithm is the product of proprietary research and allegedly allows for accomplishing the same effect as the physical movement of a microphone, without introducing latency.

True Iron brings vintage transformer saturation to your DAW

True Iron is supposed to emulate a pair of vintage line transformers - the UTC 108 X (USA) and the Malotki 4001B (Euro) - known for their use in many pieces of analog outboard hardware.

Zoom LiveTrak L-20 console: 22 audio channels and effects for EUR 999

Zoom unveiled the big dog in its LiveTrak series of digital mixing and recording consoles - the L-20. The L-12's bigger relative has 22 audio recording tracks, 20 digital effects, all that at an affordable ...

Apple’s top-range MacBook Pro 2018 now supports up to 32GB of RAM

Apple has announced upgrades to the top-tier MacBook Pros of interest to music professionals needing more power and storage. But it hasn't addressed the butterfly keyboard's fragility.

iZotope aims to make vocal mixing easier with new Nectar Elements

The new Nectar Elements vocal processing plug-in is aimed at both novices and experienced engineers, with comprising compression, de-essing, tonal and subtractive EQ, pitch correction and reverb.

PreSonus refreshes its FaderPort DAW controller with new design and functionality

PreSonus has redesigned its FaderPort DAW controller with a jogwheel and more mission-critical controls. It's a sleek and streamlined device for sure, but can it compete with the Behringer X-Touch One?

Free plug-ins this week: MS EQ COMP, dpMeter 3, Pitchproof

This week we are back with a bunch of free plug-ins to aid your mixing and mastering duties. There are three bad boys here: a mid/side processor, an elaborate loudness meter, and a pitch shifter.

Eventide, Newfangled update Elevate bundle with Saturate and Punctuate plug-ins

Partnering up with developer Newfangled Audio, Eventide has updated its Elevate mastering bundle to version 1.5, adding a pair of new plug-ins and some enhancements to the already available EQuivocate.

U-He Colour Copy BBD delay plug-in enters public beta

Based on the Lyrebird delay in the Repro-1 synthesizer, Colour Copy is said to deliver the colouration typical of classic Bucket Brigade Delay units, but with a wider variety of options. The plug-in is now in ...

Behringer X-Touch One Universal Control Surface: hands-on DAW control

Behringer introduced the X-Touch One Universal Control Surface, a tool designed to enhance your DAW workflow. For USD 150, it comes across as a good option for supplementing the typical mouse-keyboard combo.

Intel to start producing 9000-series Core i3 & i5 CPUs

Intel is readying 9000-series processors for an upcoming refresh of its Cofee Lake generation. According to a leaked microcode update document, there will be five new models, with both quad-and hexa-core ...

Soundspot intros Paradox push-pull EQ & parallel compressor

Soundspot's Paradox plug-in offers a push-pull equalizer and variable RMS parallel compressor with stereo and mid/side processing, and is designed to quickly tighten up your mixes.

Is Apple readying five new iPads and five new Macbooks for Fall 2018?

It looks like Apple may have new MacBooks and iPads in store for the Fall 2018: Media reports say it's registered five new iPads and five new Mac laptops with the Eurasian Economic Commission.

Mackie intros affordable DL16S and DL32S stagebox wireless digital mixers

Mackie introduced a pair of new products in its DL Series of digital wireless live sound mixers. These are the 16-channel DL16S and 32-channel DL32S. The mixers will be available worldwide in the Fall.