Posts by Lyubomir Dobrev

DDMF Plugin Analyzer tells you what your plug-ins are doing to your audio

Plugindoctor is an analyzer for VST and AU plug-ins that comes recommended for plug-in developers who want to test their creations or users who want to understand exactly what a plug-in is doing to their audio.

Output’s new Analog Brass & Winds instrument: “Next level air”?

We're pretty sure Output's new baby is capable of some bad-ass sounds in the right hands. Remember Nine Inch Nails' Capital G? Yeah, that's what distorted brass can sound like!

OkaiR2R: a 1965 Akai tape recorder inside your DAW

Evil Turtle Productions (don't you just love the name?) released a plug-in, OkaiR2R, that emulates the preamp section of the Akai X-100D reel-to-reel recorder. This is a 4-speed, 3-head unit way back from ...

Can UVI Meteor make an impact on the modern rompler market?

Meteor is designed to bring the most content to producers and sound designers involved in film, games, music production and anything else in need of a variety of moods and timbres.

Fredenstein F610: a bad-ass 500-series EQ with a big ol’ touchscreen

Fredenstein announced a badass-looking equalizer in 500-series rack format - the F610 Universal Entzerrer UE-1. Yeah, it's named like a piece of lab equipment and it very much looks like one!

Audio Damage is ready with Discord 4, a souped-up stereo pitch shifter

The most visible change in Discord 4 is the all-new vector-based and resizable interface that makes it easier to get around the plug-in's many features. Of course, pitch shifting is still the prime directive...

TBProAudio launches FinalLoud loudness and True Peak finalizer tool

TBProAudio released FinalLoud, a loudness and True Peak finalizer tool designed to help you reach a specific target loudness level during the mastering stage - and it's very reasonably priced.

NAMM 2018: Heil Sound PR 77D mic looks great in purple

The Heil PR 77D is a dynamic mic designed for use in commercial broadcast, podcasting, studio and home recording. Heil Sound says the mic boasts a smooth and flat frequency response, among other nice things.

Native Instruments releases Mod Pack – 3 modulation effects at a wonderful price

Native Instruments released a collection of three effects called the MOD PACK. It contains three essential modulation effects - CHORAL (chorus), flanger (FLAIR), and phaser (PHASIS).

NAMM 2018: UK Sound intros 176 & 276 compressors, promises 1176 sounds on the cheap

At NAMM 2018, BAE Audio-owned brand UK Sound introduced a pair of rackmount hardware compressors that promise a lot of vintage compression mojo for a fair price. These are the UK Sound 176 and 276 units.

10X makes sounds go to far-reaching places – and it has a bad-ass GUI

10X is a fairly unique plug-in with a bad-ass mechanical interface. This plug-in is about placing signals in their own virtual space, and creating some pretty strange depth effects. Weird as it gets!

AEA R84A: A super-charged ribbon mic for the modern era?

Touted as an active (phantom-powered) version of AEA's R84 ribbon mic, the R84A sounds very much the same, but with plenty more output, a 12dB increase in sensitivity, and a newfound immunity to ...

Quantakor plug-in: Mean AI-generated soundscapes and alien drones

Need a collection of moody sounds for your production? Eplex7 has come up with Quantakor, a soundscapes and FX instrument based on artificial intelligence algorithms. It packs scifi, kybernetic, experimental ...

Can this trio of plug-ins handle all your chord, melody, and bassline duties?

Developer Mixed In Key unveiled an interesting trio of plug-ins designed to help with all things songwriting - sans lyrics writing. These are the Captain Chords, Captain Melody, and Captain Deep.

NAMM 2018: Harman Professional intros AKG C636 rugged handheld condenser

the microphone builds on top of the C535's sound quality with improved reliability and performance. With a custom-tune capsule, the C636 is made to capture a vocal performance in all its nuances.

Audec rolls out three awesome free Mac plug-ins: Crush, Vibrato, and Ring

For fans of free stuff - developer Audec released a trio of free plug-ins for Mac computers. These are the adc-Crush, adc-Ring, and adc-Vibrato. The plug-ins are very straightforward, yet fairly functional.

NAMM 2018: the Samson XP108w looks like another great portable PA!

Samson's Expedition XP108w is a rechargeable, portable PA that comes with a handheld wireless mic and Bluetooth connectivity. The XP108w comes off as a powerful portable PA indeed!

NAMM 2018: ToneBoosters Equalizer 4 is the most affordable AI powered smart EQ out there

At NAMM 2018, plug-in developer ToneBoosters unveiled TB Equalizer 4 - a very interesting equalizer backed with spectral side-chain compression, machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms.

NAMM 2018: AEA TRP2 may be the ultimate ribbon mic preamp

AEA introduced the TRP2 preamp - a follow-up to the original TRP, which was likely the first preamp designed exclusively for ribbon microphones. It all starts with a hign-gain, high input impedance design.

sE unveils sharp-dressed Billy F. Gibbons signature dynamic microphone

At NAMM 2018, Chinese mic powerhouse sE Electronics presented what has to be the most sharp-dressed microphone ever - the Billy Gibbons Signature Edition V7 BFG Dynamic Microphone.

NAMM 2018: can ELK become the Android of musical instruments?

Hailing from Sweden, MIND Music Labs introduced a Linux-based operating system - a MOS (Music Operating System) designed for low-latency audio, running on pretty much everything with a chip in it.

NAMM 2018: HEDD Audio touts powerful Tower Mains monitors

German manufacturer HEDD Audio announced a new full-range monitoring system - the HEDD Tower Mains. They are designed to be cost-effective and compatible with "every possible studio environment.

NAMM 2018: Daking Mic Pre 2 brings console-grade analog sound down to 1099 USD

Created by drummer, audio engineer, and electrician Geoff Daking, the preamp basically combines a pair of standalone Mic Pre One units in 1U rackmount form. The circuitry is based on a classic console design ...

ART readies $150 dual compressor & limiter with PWM gain control

Somewhat under the radar, maker of sturdy and affordable studio gear ART is unveiling Dual Limiter - a two-channel 1U rackmount limiter that's priced a measly 149 USD. This doesn't mean ART...