Posts by Lyubomir Dobrev

Magix Samplitude Pro X6: New features and improved workflow

On sale until May 26, Samplitude Pro X6 brings a plug-in browser with search function, advanced automation, and tools such as a dynamic EQ.

Free recording software Audacity acquired by firm behind MuseScore and Ultimate Guitar

Is the future of Audacity mired in corporate nonsense, app bloat, and greedy subscription models? I'd like to think not...

Softube Mastering May deals: mastering plug-ins sale for DAW and Console 1

Softube is kicking May off with a big sale on its mastering-oriented plug-ins, such as analog-modeled compressors, equalizers, and saturators.

Caelum Audio Beef: plug-in offers six ways to muscle up your audio

Caelum continues its quest for analog mojo with Beef, a distortion and saturation multi-effect plug-in with six kinds of processing.

HoRNet MultiFreqs: spectrum analyzer plug-in for up to 28 tracks at once

MultiFreqs offers two types of spectrum analyzers, three modes, and it puts up to 28 audio tracks on the graph at once.

Acustica’s new Snow plug-in suite models upper class British gear

Snow, Acustica's new plug-in suite, has four modules modelling preamps, EQ, compression and a master bus processor, all with a British sound.

New iMac and iPad Pro with M1 processors hit the block

A mixed bag of Apples: The M1 iMac is here but looks underpowered for big music productions, while the expensive M1 iPad Pro doesn't run macOS...

iConnectivity AUDIO4c: multi-platform audio and MIDI interface for USD 399

The new AUDIO4c offers value for musicians and streamers with 4 analog inputs, MIDI, and macOS, Windows, Android, and iOS compatibility.

Behringer MIC300 Tube Ultragain: A portable EUR 49 tube preamp

Behringer debuts its third-generation of portable, inexpensive tube preamps, with less features than the MIC200 but a price that can't be beat.

Nembrini Audio Shimmer Delay: an ambient machine for your DAW and iPad

Shimmer Delay from Nembrini Audio is the kind of delay effect that turns a single note into an album's worth of ambient soundscapes.

RODE Connect: free software turns the USD 99 NT-USB Mini mic into a beast

Rode has come up with a smart wee software that connects up to 4 NT-USB Mini mics to a single computer for recording, podcasting, and streaming.

KINDZAudio DDpressor: multiband dynamics plug-in with selectable crossover filters

Will DDpressor be your next dynamics processing workhorse? This 4-band plug-in lets you set three frequency crossovers and four filter algorithms.

Apple April 20 launch event: “Spring Loaded” with new iPads and announcements

What's Apple planning for 2021? Mark your calendar for 20 April! We're expecting new iPads and other news of interest to musicians and producers.

TASCAM TM-250U: USB-C microphone for recordists and content creators

TASCAM is about to release a new USB microphone called the TM-250U. Does it have what it takes to stand out among the fierce competition?

Output Spring Sale: Save 35% on plug-ins and Kontakt instruments

The folks at Output are offering tasty spring discounts on many plug-ins and Kontakt instruments until mid-May. Been holding off? Now's the time.

SSL UV EQ and SiX Channel: new 500-Series analog modules

SSL revamps the 500 series with UV EQ and SiX CH, derived from the Fusion and SiX respectively... Oh, and the brushed steel looks pretty swish, too.

Xhun Audio FilterCult: Moog ladder filter emulation with virtual rack modules

FilterCult is a deep software emulation with lots of features on top of a meticulous Moog ladder filter model. Could this be your next go-to filter?

High Voltage Audio VMC-76: the 1176 reimagined as a mix bus compressor

The 1176 becomes a bus compressor with matched components and switchable tube saturation - all in just 1U size! Check our High Voltage's VMC-76.

Cyberfader: A retro-style fader plug-in with channel strip benefits

Cyberfader turns the DJ fader into a channel strip plug-in with several effects that seem particularly handy for performance and automation.

Boom Library Enrage review: multi-FX plug-in that needs some taming

Boom Library's Enrage is a beast of a modular multi-effects plug-in for music producers and sound designers - we took the animal out of its cage.

Arousor v3: Distressor plug-in gets 2 Opto modes, on sale at USD 70 off

Empirical Labs' compressor plug-in gets 2 new Opto modes, more ratios, second harmonic distortion, and other goodies in version 3.

Peluso P-47 SS: U47-style studio microphone with solid-state FET stage

With the P-47 SS, Peluso is not necessarily reinventing the wheel, but it offers what seems to be a solid take on the Berlin classic.

Acustica Audio Sienna: frequency correction and virtual studios for headphones

Acustica Audio is trying something different! Instead of another emulation of rare studio hardware, Sienna is a headphone correction plug-in.

Seriously upgraded iPad, iPad Mini, iPad Pro 2021 may be announced in April

Apple may bring back the iPad Mini with a larger screen and add Thunderbolt connectivity to a new, faster iPad Pro.