Posts by Lyubomir Dobrev

Philips retools the portable recorder for musicians with the DVT7500

Billed as the musicians' portable recorder, the Philips DVT7500 has three (!) built-in mics and two XLR inputs, letting you record from the three microphones, the XLR and line-in inputs, or from both...

Kilohearts Phase Distortion: Get your frequency modulation on!

Instead of traditional waveform clipping and amplitude shaping, Phase Distortion modulates the phase of the input signal with its own amplitude. The effect gives the distortion a different flavor...

Slate Raven Core: finally, a complete system for touchscreen mixing

Slate Media Technology announced Raven Core, the latest addition to the company's line of touchscreen-based mixing consoles. The Raven Core comprises two touchscreens, a Slate Control Monitoring system...

Free plug-ins last week: PAPU and Fathom synths at your disposal!

Last week saw two interesting releases that you might want to check out right now! We are talking about two synthesizers that embody very different approaches to synthesis that go by the names PAPU and Fathom ...

Rob Papen RP-VERB 2 is in the air tonight!

Rob Papen has made RP-VERB 2 available, and in addition to a range of enhancements, we're also pretty sure any Phil Collins fans out there have plenty of incentive to update...

Erica Synths Fusion Drone: a roaring tube-based synth for modular rigs

The newly announced Erica Synths Fusion Drone System is an Eurorack-compatible synthesizer module based on vacuum tubes that's prime and ready for generating saturated analog madness!

Sequencing tunes feels like playing old-school arcade classics with this Ableton Live pack

Isotonik Studios designed a set of four generative sequencers for Ableton Live, styled after arcade game classics. They support most Ableton controllers, so playing them using pads and switches can feel like ...

Get the sound of classic spring reverb units with the new PSP Nexcellence

Polish developer PSP Audioware released Nexcellence, a powerful spring reverb plug-in with two processing engines that can be isued independently, or simultaneously, depending on the kind of sound you like...

Line 6 brings Helix Native amp and effects sim to a DAW near you

Line 6 is bringing the same software technology that drives its Helix line of guitar processors to Windows and Mac computers. Helix Native features improved, more detailed amp and effect models...

Sterling Audio outs an arsenal of six affordable new microphones

Sterling Audio announced six affordable new microphones designed for professional recording applications. They also come with carrying pouches and shock mounts for your convenience.

Roland SP-404A announced: a cool little sampler for DJs

Roland announced a new sampler today, the SP-404A. With a maximum 12-voice polyphony, the SP-404A is able to store up to 120 samples and up to 120 patterns. It looks like a great tool for DJs wanting to ...

Best free plug-ins last week: free HY-Delay 3, Overloud TH3 free, Tilt EQ

Last week saw the release of three excellent free plug-ins: a free delay by HY, a free version of Overloud TH3 guitar amp simulator, a Tilt EQ for small-scale adjustments, and a cool little flanger...

LeafAudio Microphonic Soundbox: ambient swells for days!

Check out the video demo for some serious ambient action, achieved by bowing springs and tapping plates. The Microphonic Soundbox is gloriously weird and you don't have to be Trent Reznor to buy one...

Galaxy TQ8 – an affordable, self-contained PA to get your live shows going

Designed as an "all-in-one" PA system, the TQ8 can be hooked up to two wireless receivers with handheld mics or body pack transmitters. Running on AC or battery power, the TQ8 has a built-in 150w amplifier...

Zoom seeks to rejuvenate its digital recorder line-up with the LiveTrak L-12

The Zoom LiveTrak L-12 is a reasonably compact unit and has a fair share of LED indicators, color knobs, and buttons. There doesn't seem to be much menu diving to do, which is good to know...

Apogee revamps Ensemble Thunderbolt audio interface with new control app

Apogee adds some new functions to its Ensemble Thunderbolt solution through the back door, with a new Apogee Control software and enhanced support for Logic Pro X.

Erica Synths Joystick Controller: Play your modular like a video game!

Latvian synth specialists Erica Synths introduced another interesting modular toy to spice up your everyday patching. This is the Joystick Controller, which uses a joystick to drive your modular rig insane...

Viktor NV-1: a full-fledged synth running in your browser!

For an open-source synth running completely online, the Viktor NV-1 is impressively fully-featured with its three oscillators (with 6 waveforms each), noise generator, LFO, 2 envelope generators, LP filter...

Erica Synths lets you go crazy with DIY modules SWAMP and Multimode VCF

Erica Synths introduced two new DIY kits/modules, the DIY SWAMP and a DIY voltage-controlled filter. Both can do funny and musical things with control voltage synths, especially SWAMP, a crazy CV randomizer...

Top 5 starter recording bundles: Which one’s right for you?

Good news! No matter which starter recording pack ends up in your hands, the doorway to nice-sounding recordings is open for you. But we still need to figure out which bundle provides the most value, right?

Zoom teasing possible new recorder, to be unveiled on 3 August

Is Zoom about to update its R-line of digital audio recorders? We can't know for sure, but judging by this teaser image posted on Facebook, this might just be the case. Two additional images hint at ...

Amalgame by Inear Display: audio mangling fun with processing chains

Amalgame features 23 effects that can be hooked up in various ways and modulated by 6 XY pads - this promises to be a lot of fun if you want to artistically mess up your audio!

Best free plug-ins last week: A modular synth and delays for days

Last week, talented and generous developers delivered three interesting new pluggos - Seismic (a modular synthesizer), Entropy (a delay), and WOK XDEL2 (suprise, another delay!) Grab them right here...

FabFilter summer sale: 25% off all plug-in bundles until 1 August

FabFilter are taking a substantial 25% off their their bundles for the rest of July - if you've held off buying into their gear because of the price, this offer might nudge you over the edge.