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Couture is a transient shaper and saturator with a sleek GUI
20 Aug 2018 · Auburn Sounds released Couture, a dynamics editing and transient shaper plug-in with saturation - all in a single window. This way, you no longer have to apply separate processing and switch windows.
Acustica Audio aims for classic British console voicings with Gold 2 plug-in suite
20 Aug 2018 · Acustica Audio released version 2 of its Gold suite of outboard gear emulations. Designed for lovers of vintage British console sound, Gold v2 introduces a new equalizer and three more preamps.
Stick your gear together with midiglue converter, sequencer and effects unit
18 Aug 2018 · Kickstarter project midiglue is a box of tricks that mutually converts MIDI, USB and CV/Gate, it splits and merges, sequences and arpeggiates and has a bunch of MIDI effects. Perfect for sticking your gear ...
UAD 9.6 update adds four new plug-ins – check them out!
18 Aug 2018 · UAD has updated its ample collection of plug-ins to version 9.6, adding four new titles - one made in-house and three developed by partnering companies. These include a channel strip, a guitar amp & more!
Transform the Microsoft Surface Dial into a MIDI controller with Elephant
17 Aug 2018 · The Surface Dial is a brilliantly engineering piece of hardware that sits around doing nothing all day. Not any more. With Elephant you can transform it into an awesome knob controller for your music software.
Get some guitar feel in your electronic music with the StrumPad MIDI Controller
16 Aug 2018 · A remarkable open source MIDI project that creates the feel of strumming a guitar. Feed chords from a keyboard into StrumPad and then strum away with your fingers to output a very expressive strummed ...
Harrison updates Mixbus32C to version 5 with new workflow enhancements
16 Aug 2018 · Harrison's interesting Mixbus 32C analogue-style DAW gets some new features in this latest v5 update; they're are mostly about speeding up your workflow,
Fully fledged DAW Tracktion 7 is now free
15 Aug 2018 · Tracktion Corporation has announced that Tracktion 7 is now completely free. Unlimited tracks, VST support, vocal comping and step sequencing it has everything you need to produce music on MacOS, Windows or ...
Ex-JBL crew Kali Audio intros LP-6 & LP-8 budget studio monitors
15 Aug 2018 · Project Lone Pine speakers will start at USD 150 for the 6.5" model and have a unique set of properties in their price class, with front-firing ports and selectable boundary EQs.
Apogee add their voice to growing concern about tariffs on US imports
10 Aug 2018 · Apogee has come out in support of Moog Music and against President Trump's 25% trade tariffs on Chinese electrical components. Is it political manoeuvring or are price hikes and outsourcing manufacturing ...
Audionamix Instant Dialogue Cleaner: AI-powered noise remover
10 Aug 2018 · This intricate tool uses artificial intelligence to automatically isolate unwanted noise and clean up dialogue. Audio material is separated into adjustable speech and noise components, controlling both.
Ribn: Looping finger driven modulation of any MIDI parameter from an iOS device
07 Aug 2018 · New into the Apple App Store is Ribn, an organic repeating modulation generator that you can run into any MIDI device. Record looping oscillations or complex finger movements for fabulously spontaneous control.
Genelec announces high-SPL S360 monitor and 7382 subwoofer
07 Aug 2018 · Well-known brand Genelec launched two new monitoring products - the two-way S360A active monitor and the imposing 7382A subwoofer. They are high-SPL models, which makes them ideal for distance listening.
Origin EON15-S and EVO17-S: monster laptops for audio and video production
06 Aug 2018 · Origin, maker of high-powered PCs and laptops, announced two new models for gamers and content creators - EON15-S and EVO17-S. Both computers are respectably thin and light, although the 15-incher steals the ...
Upcoming Apple MacBook Air refresh to be more powerful than the 12-inch MacBook
06 Aug 2018 · The 13-inch laptop will be powered by Intel's Kaby Lake Refresh 14nm processors. This implies the upcoming laptop will be significantly faster than the 12-inch MacBooks, which work with ultra low-power M3 ...
Audified MixChecker Pro lets you preview your mixes on a wide range of speakers
06 Aug 2018 · MixChecker Pro offers over 60 speaker models in different sizes, and you can also add ambient noise (subway station, in a vehicle, in the park). The pro version has been optimized to produce better latency.
Acustica Audio introduces Magenta 4 suite of EQ and dynamics processors
05 Aug 2018 · Acustica Audio released Magenta 4, a plug-in bundle comprising six standalone modules for frequency and dynamics processing. The modules recreate various pieces of analog hardware gear.
Get flexible metering in your DAW with Aura for macOS
05 Aug 2018 · Aura is audio-analyzing software that's loaded as an AU effect in your DAW. By choosing different meter sets, you can adapt the plug-in to your needs. The meters include Spectral, Needle, Bar and History.
New bx_masterdesk plug-in leaks at MixCon
05 Aug 2018 · The suite covers compression, EQ, deessing and M/S processing. We are yet to learn more about bx_masterdesk or its price and features, but we'll keep you posted about any new information that comes up.
Oscillot Audio Perspective simulates studio monitors for reference
05 Aug 2018 · Perspective is a plug-in that simulates different studio monitors and claims to reproduce them with your loudspeakers. That sounds very exciting and could eliminate investing in a second pair of speakers.
Intel series 9000 processors spec’d and i9-9900K benchmarked, release due in October
05 Aug 2018 · 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?
04 Aug 2018 · 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.