Posts by Lyubomir Dobrev

Best free plug-ins this week: FB-3200 synth and Jamstix 4 free

This week has a humble selection of two great free tools for music producers - a simulation of a Korg synthesizer and a drum plug-in. You probably don't want to miss these, so be sure to give them a go!

sonible unleashes smart:EQ live, an AI partner for live sound pros

smart:EQ live is a new adaptive equalizer plug-in from sonible that's designed for live sound mixing. It employs intelligent algorithms to listen to live audio signals and optimize them in real-time...

Slate expands VMS with Classic Tubes 3, a pack of five vintage tube mics

Steven Slate primed and launched an expansion pack for the Virtual Microphone System (VMS). Classic Tubes 3 contains digital recreations of five hand-selected vintage tube condenser mics...

Top 5 audio interfaces by Focusrite, Roland, UAD, Presonus, Antelope

With a single exception, our selection includes only products announced and launched (or soon to be released) in 2017. They are spread in five price categories from entry-level to high end pro.

UA gives away plug-ins and DSP accelerators for Apollo interface purchasers

Universal Audio has a pair of Christmas offers that will net Apollo Twin and Apollo Rack buyers some free quality plug-ins and DSP hardware, including sims of Neve, Fairchild, Lexicon, and UA gear.

CableGuys homes in on half-time slowdowns with the HalfTime plug-in

CableGuys has a new plug-in out - HalfTime. With it, those clever developers are taking on the half-speed effects popular across EDM genres and making a mean creative tool out of them...

W.A. Production hails The King, a multi-band compressor and EQ

W.A. Production released The King, an interesting take on a multi-band compressor. It's the kind of plug-in that simplifies complex processing with an intuitive, clearly laid-out interface...

WeissKlang announces V17 condenser microphone with TransHarmonic coloration tech

Mic maker WeissKlang announced the V17, a new large-diaphragm condenser microphone. Touted as a versatile model for professional recording, the V17 has a low self-noise of <8dB-A and boasts TransHarmonic...

Best free plug-ins this week by Waves, SampleScience, Flintpope, Audio TK

Up for some freebies? Black Friday got developers in a generous mood, releasing several free plug-ins in addition to all the deals and discounts going on...

SoundSpot Velo: get a modern brickwall limiter for 90% off

SoundSpot just released Velo, a modern brickwall limiter made for loudness maximization without the loss of transient information. And it's available at a hefty 90% off introductory discount...

Infected Mushroom presents Gatekeeper, a do-it-all gate plug-in with a trippy GUI

Developer Polyverse Music and producer duo Infected Mushroom have teamed up for another plug-in. It's called Gatekeeper, a volume modulator designed to pull off tricks like sequenced volume patterns.

Akai turns its MPC 2.0 software into (almost) a full DAW

Akai has announced the release of MPC 2.0, a long-awaited update that turns its MPC software into a DAW (well, nearly). Will NI Machine users be eating their heart out?

Audiority Echoes T7E plug-in: a vintage Italian disc echo for your DAW

Audiority has a brand new analog simulation plug-in out. It's called Echoes T7E and it recreates a vintage disc echo unit from Italy. The gizmo is based on a magnetic spinning drum with record and playback ...

OWOW Wiggle controller – shake your hands, get rad vocal FX!

Wiggle Kit is a combination of tiny handheld controller and smartphone app. The former has technology to make it respond to hand movements, as well as four control buttons.

Best free plug-ins this week: Snapshot, U-He Repro 5, Stagecraft Infinity

This week, we are blessed with an useful tool - Snapshot - along with two superb synthesizers. One's the Repro 5 by U-He, the other is Stagecraft Infinity, a thoroughly modern sample-based synth...

Abletunes EQ WISE+ is a parametric EQ with built-in frequency cheat sheets

EQ WISE+ is an 8-band parametric equalizer with an educational purpose - it's got built-in interactive instrument frequency charts to help you with the delicate task of equalization...

Black Rooster Audio VPRE-73: a very affordable Neve 1073 preamp emulation

Black Rooster Audio released a very affordable emulation of the classic Neve 1073 pre-amp. Though it's not a one-on-one clone, the VPRE-73 Silk Edition aims to deliver the same enhancements to the sound...

UAD Software 9.4 is here with Distressor sim and exclusive plug-ins by Softube & Brainworx

With the latest 9.4 update to its DSP-bound plug-in suite, UAD is introducing new plug-ins from Softube, Brainworx, and Townsend labs, alongside an "exact recreation" of the Empirical Labs Distressor...

Steinberg unveils 9.5 updates to Cubase Pro, Artist, and Elements

Version 9.5 brings a new mixing engine with 64-bit resolution for greater performance and even cleaner audio. The single-window layout now sees the addition of file browser and other useful panels to the ...

Apogee outs Mic Plus digital condenser microphone for Windows, Mac, and iOS

Apogee annonced an update to its digital condenser microphone, the Mic 96k. The new Mic Plus offers several improvements, in addition to the well-known Apogee preamp and A/D converter...

AIR sets off its Boom drum machine as stand-alone plug-in

features 10 electronic drum kits that pay homage to classics like the 808, 909, 606 and CR78. Each kit has 10 different drum sounds with adjustable pan, volume, tuning, and decay. They can be mixed and ...

Alter Audio Timetosser boxes in real-time audio slicing, dicing, and re-sampling

Timetosser is a ready to go re-sampling maschine - not that a Kaoss Pad or an iPad with effects apps won't be able to get you the same effects, but they can't beat this little box's immediacy...

TBProAudio DynaRide tames those troublesome loud or quiet parts

DynaRide probably won't smash drums in the style of a 1176, but might end up sounding cool and useful for other things - like more "surgical", mix leveling work. It looks modern, but with a vintage edge...

Flintpope Palette brings some thick synth pads for free on Windows and Mac

in case you are in the mood to try something new, here's a cool freebie that just popped up - Palette is inspired by paintboxes and has eight coloured rectangles that trigger samples.