78 Results for "vocal"

Kemper Profiler OS 6.0 adds Ionosphere and Formant Reverbs

Kemper adds two reverbs to its Profiler OS, which reaches v6.0. Available now via its website, the two reverbs are of the expansive "big studio machine-grade" variety, adding welcome new textures.

Antares Auto-Tune EFX+: An all-in-one solution for warped vocals?

Antares has introduced the Auto-Tune EFX+ plug-in. It combines pitch correction with additional effects, for the warped vocal sounds that dominate current hits.

NAMM 2019: Aston Stealth, a four-mics-in-one glowing in purple

Touted as a "broadcast-quality" mic, Stealth has four switchable voice modes (Vocal 1 & 2, Guitar, Dark) and works both as a passive and active mic with a built-in preamp.

NAMM 2019: Electro-Voice RE420 and RE520 live vocal condenser microphones

The RE420 has a cardioid polar pattern and sounds warmer, while the RE520 is supercardioid - thus with more back and side rejection, and tighter-sounding.

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.

The PIPE: Making out with a synthesizer by SOMA Laboratory

The PIPE takes a contact microphone through a labyrinth of effects and synthesis processing to generate extraordinary sounds out of an intimate, saxophone shaped device. All you have to do is pucker up.

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.

Genos: Yamaha’s next generation digital workstation keyboard

Be a musical magician at any party with this ultimate automatic music making machine from Yamaha. Genos will inspire and intensify your musical creation and performance.

KlangFormer: a Slate VMS alternative at half the cost?

The new KlangFormer mic modelling system combines German-made hardware with the Sonimus software studio - will this lower priced solution cut it against established products by Slate and Townsend Labs?

TC Helicon Critical Mass pedal: Vocal FX you can stomp on

Want to sound like a horde is behind you in the chorus? Need your backing vocals to sound like a gang? You need Critical Mass! Or do you?

Musikmesse 2017: Warm Audio clone another classic, introducing the WA-14

Warm Audio continue to produce clones of recording industry classics. The second mic to enter their mic locker is the WA-14, clearly after the AKG 414.

The 5 Best Microphones 2016: Shure, Lewitt, Chandler, Ocean Way, Townsend

This year has seen some significant advancements in microphone technology. Here's our run down of the Top 5 microphones, each with something to shout about.

Add some vowel sounds with The Orb formant filter plug-in

The Orb gets mouthy with its easy to use three band formant filter, but is it all mouth and no trousers?

Ocean Way RM1-B ribbon mic reaches 25kHz!

Is this the beginning of a new era for ribbon microphones? Ocean Way Audio's new RM1-B has high-intensity magnets to deliver a full-bandwidth.

sE Electronics V Series dynamic mics and X1 A Condenser

The cheap but very cheerful X1 condenser microphone from sE receives an update, and an affordable duo of dynamic mics surface from sE Electronics.

Jussi the Vocal Synthesizer steps up to the mic

Explore the male throat of Jussi in this voice and vowel emulating synthesizer

Output tease a new “engine”

Output are poised to release a new virtual instrument engine in September, but they won't tell us what it is yet.

Cusack’s Pedal Cracker puts guitar FX on your vocals

This neat-looking pedal provides an easy way to route vocals through a set of effects designed for a guitar. But is it an alternative to dedicated vocal FX processors?

Waves Tune Real-Time – Can’t sing in tune? Not a problem

The new Waves plugin seeks to keep you in pitch, allegedly with no noticeable lag...

sE finally upgrade Reflexion Filter Pro with Mounting Bracket Kit

sE Electronics are responsible for pioneering reflection filters and now offer an entire 'Reflexion Filters' range. But what about that troublesome mount? At last, it seems, there's an answer...

Lauten Audio add to their ‘Series Black’ with condenser mics

Building on their budget 'Series Black' range, Lauten Audio release two new condenser model microphones for 'budding recordists'.

‘The Monster’ dynamic plugin from Slate, for FREE!

Designed to emulate the 'all-buutons-in' trick with the famous 1176 compressor, The Monster includes a couple of features for extra versatility. Could this be the coolest free plugin this year?

VocalBoothToGo offer genuinely ‘mobile recording’

Do you often record on location in poor environments, or need a pop-up booth for recording at home? VocalBoothToGo might be just the answer.

Vir2 release Aeris Hybrid Choir Designer

Aeris takes a bunch of oo's ah's and oh's and transforms them into an interesting collection of pads in this Kontakt based vocal instrument.