Posts by Lyubomir Dobrev

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...

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.

ART TubeMix ships from mid-August: a 5-channel mixer with tube preamps

What's a TubeMix? This is ART's compact five-channel mixer featuring two tube microphone/instrument preamps and a built-in USB audio interface. Wooden sides and VU meters asidе, it's a rather no-frills ...

Order a Shure SM58 in your favourite colour via Colorware

If you ever wanted to inject a dose of personality in your trusty Shure SM58, you now have the opportunity to choose the color of the mic and windshield yourself, thanks to the master colorists at Colorware!

Radial DiNET DAN-TX and DAN-RX: Dante-enabled DI boxes

Radial, maker of assorted live sound and studio gear, is shipping its DAN-TX and DAN-RX. These sturdy steel DI boxes are capable of sending or receiving two channels of analogue audio over a digital Dante ...

HoRNet Tape plug-in: four tape machines in one for that vintage vibe

HoRNet thinks your digital recordings sorely lack the distinct hiss, flutter, and warm musical saturation of magnetic tape. Tape is another but intriguing cure for this problem...

PreSonus AudioBox 96 Studio: a $199 recording bundle with a full-blown DAW

Yet another all-in bundle of DAW, interface, condenser mic and headphones! Not the first, but the best value package of its ilk we've seen yet! Here's why PreSonus AudioBox 96 Studio is killer value for money.

Logic Pro X 10.3.2 update: three new Drummers and many improvements

Now at version 10.3.2, the $200 Mac-only DAW grows with the addition of three new Drummers, new ready-made Drummer loops, several improvements to Alchemy, the Touch Bar, and tons of fixes and improvements!

Live Performer: a free, streamlined AU plug-in host with MIDI features

If you are looking for a simple, yet capable plug-in host so that you can run your favorite AU effects and instruments in a live context, Live Performer might be just the thing. The streamlined Mac app is ...

Fender muscles in on budget PA market with Fighter 10 and 12 powered speakers

At Summer NAMM 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee, Fender unveiled a new series of powered speakers – the Fighter Series. They are designed for small to mid-sized venues and are priced within reach of bands and ...

Free plug-ins this week: a delay, synthesizer, and three more useful tools!

Ready for the best free plug-ins this week? There's a delay, a compressor, a Korg-style synth, a console emulation and a tape saturation effect - phew!

Yonac KASPAR: a monster 24-osc synth is heading for the iPad!

Yonac KASPAR looks like it could be a great iOS alternative to "monster" synths like KV331's SynthMaster, with 24 oscillators, 8 filters, 8 arpeggiators, and 2 effect buses - running simultaneously...

Summer NAMM 2017: Eventide UltraTap delay brings H9 sounds to your DAW

At Summer NAMM 2017, Eventide announced the UltraTap delay plug-in. It comes from the company's H9 Harmonizer multi-effect, complete with the original presets and newly added ones for use in DAWs...

Mackie refreshes MR studio monitors with ‘Acoustic Space Control’

Mackie has overhauled its MR studio monitors, stressing features designed to adapt speaker performance to less-than-optimal acoustic spaces. But are these a great advance over other monitors like JBL's LSR ...

BandLab unveils Link, 3 cheap, compact on-the-go audio interfaces

BandLab, the online platform for collaborative music making, is launching three no-frills audio in/out boxes designed for "plug in and go" operation with both computers and smartphones. And they're cheap, too.

Waves’ Chris Lord-Alge MixDown plug-in: Radio-ready mixes made simple?

Waves' new CLA MixDown plug-in is designed to simulate two of Chris Lord-Alge's mix buss compression chains, with added console overdrive and a general purpose EQ to enhance bass and treble...

Synergy R1 by Audified: a DAW-controlled hardware reverb and saturation unit

Audified has created a new hardware reverb/saturator and software controller combination – the Synergy R1. It features seven types of reverb algorithms, paired with three analog saturation modes...