Posts by Lyubomir Dobrev

Midas M32R Live digital mixing console: More than just a facelift?

Midas rejuvenates its compact digital mixer line with the M32R Live, an update to the M32R with a refreshed UI and pretty much the same feature set - except in one key area.

u-he Twangström: modern spring reverb plug-in enters public beta

A spring reverb that you can easily dial in and blend into your production, rather than letting it inevitably take center stage of your sound - sign me up, please!

Samplitude Pro X4 is here: does it have something to show?

Magix brought in version X4 of the Samplitude Pro DAW. Honestly, it's a bit of a catch-up release, for the changes it introduces have been part of most major DAWs' workflow for quite a while.

Klevgränd REAMP: 7 analog saturators in 1 with low-latency spectral processing

REAMP is a joy to look at with its pastel colors, and judging by the audio examples, the sound is on point. Among the available saturation modes are a casette deck, tape reel, and tube amplifiers.

Best free plug-ins this week: delay, synth pads, and a tremolo effect

Here's a collection of free plug-ins that were released throughout the week. We got Adam Monroe's Delay, a new Spitfire LABS instrument (Synth Pads), and a cool tremolo/modulation effect from NoiseAsh.

Maat thEQorange: the USD 990 linear-phase EQ for spendy professionals

Woah: a USD 990 price tag for a single EQ plug-in! What makes a software EQ justify a thousand dollars? According to Maat, this is the only linear-phase EQ without audible pre-echo...

FabFilter Pro-Q 3 coming November 29 with dynamic EQ and per-band m/s

FabFilter will release Pro-Q 3 tomorrow, November 29. We are looking forward to finding out more about it, including important information like pricing and upgrade paths.

Phil’s Cascade: a one-off tube colour and saturation box in plug-in form

Phil's Cascade recreates a boutique saturator best described as a hodge-podge of rare, aged analogue components made by brands like Philips, Sprague, Erdmet, Wima and PSW.

Grab another free Waves plug-in for Cyber Monday – H-Comp

Following the release of Sibilance for Black Friday, Waves is giving away another plug-in - H-Comp - for Cyber Monday. This little orange fella definitely offers some interesting possibilities.

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.

RODE goes all-in on podcast recording with the RODECaster Pro

Australia's renowned manufacturer RODE has gone all-in on the podcasting segment with the RODECaster Pro, an integrated podcast recording station that doesn't seem to skip a beat.

Best free plug-ins this week: Soundspot Ravage Lite, AirWindows BassKit, Adam Monroe’s Delay

As always, freeware Sunday is all about free gifts from generous software developers. For that, we say: Thank you! Today we have Ravage Lite, BassKit, and Adam Monroe's Delay to show you.

StageLight 4 is now on iOS and wielding a brand new sampler

Developer OpenLabs brought its StageLight cross-platform music production platform to version 4. Being a major update, it delivers significant changes and improvements.

Best free plug-ins this week: Snare Designer, Minus Delay & DeEss

Today on the list: all the snares you need in your life, an unusual delay and an important mix tool. Or in short: Puremagnetic Snare Designer, Bakuage MinusDelay and AirWindows DeEss.

Gramotech Babylon: 48 EQ filters in one modern, colourful GBP 10 package

Cheap yet stylish, Babylon is a graphic equaliser with six filters, eight fully automateable filter types and a high-res spectrum analyser with two user-selectable rendering styles.

iZotope Nectar 3, Music Production Suite 2, Vocal Chain Bundle out now

Nectar 3 features the Vocal Assistant with Unmask functionality, Celemony Melodyne Essential, two new dynamic EQs, redesigned modules, RX Breath Control, and other goodies. It's a massive update, indeed.

Zoom Q2n-4K lets you film performances in glorious 4K video and 24/96 audio

The Q2n-4K is equipped with a 150-degree wide-angle lens and five field-of-view (FOV) settings as well as a color LCD display and one-touch recording mode. It also does 24-bit/96kHz audio!

Mackie ships its DL16S and DL32S digital mixers, releases Master Fader 5.0

Mackie has a new pair of digital live mixers with built-in Wi-Fi out, the DL16S anc DL32S. Both have built-in Wi-Fi networking and can be controlled remotely with the Master Fader™ control app. But then not ...

Softube Harmonics: five distortions in one with intelligent signal analysis

Because they think your distortion sucks, Softube designed one with five "completely different" sounding algorithms in addition to high and low-cut filters and a blend knob.

The new Mac mini is the ideal starter Mac for music production

Apple is touting a full-fledged professional computer with big boy hardware such as quad-core 8th Gen Intel processors, support for up to 64GB of RAM, and up to 2TB of space.

The new iPad Pro has USB-C and charges your iPhone – pretty great for musicians

There are two particularly important changes for iOS musicians. The first is the 3.5mm headphone jack's removal, and the second is the introduction of USB C in place of the old Lightng port.

New MacBook Air delivers macOS & Thunderbolt to musicians for USD 1199

Apple's groundbreaking laptop receives a successor equipped with a high-resolution Retina display (no True Tone, though), USB-C/Thunderbolt ports, and Touch ID fingerprint-scanning protection.

Texture: A sound design plug-in that embraces layering sounds

Some of the creative possibilities offered by Texture incude “glueing” your hi-hats transients by adding dynamic filtered noise and beefing up a kick drum with a low sine wave.

Let 1989Reverb send you back to the 80s

Iconic looks aside, 1989Verb packs plenty of algorithms to get you grinning as you browse the various presets. There are reverse reverbs, re-gens, tap delays, flangers, and general 80s goodness.