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Yamaha announces new MG10XUF & MG12XUK compact mixers
15 Feb 2018 · Yamaha has a pair of new compact mixers on the line, the Yamaha MG10XUF and MG12XUK. They are based on the third-generation XU models of the company's MG-series, but offer different controllers.
SPINK0: Ableton Link for Eurorack is almost a reality
14 Feb 2018 · The Pink-0 open source project investigated how to put Ableton Link sync technology into a Eurorack module. Seismic Industries appeared to have cracked it with SPINK0 and now I can sync my laptop to my modular!
Universal Audio updates UAD to version 9.5 with Helios 69 EQ and Preamp
14 Feb 2018 · Universal Audio have released a new update to its UAD software, with new goodies for 9.5 including an emulation of the Helios 9.5 preamp and EQ, Friedman's Buxom Betty amp and the A/DA flanger.
Elektron’s Overbridge DAW integration app delayed again
14 Feb 2018 · 9 months since the release of the Digitakt and there's still no Overbridge. Elektron put back the release date for a second time and ask for our patience as they try to get their awesome integration to work.
Krotos is coming in guns blazing with Weaponiser, a hot shot sound design tool
14 Feb 2018 · Krotos' upcoming tool looks interesting and capable. It's focused on weapon sounds, with a library of SFX organized by gun type and firing mode. The sounds can be edited in great detail!
Time-stretch any sound into oblivion with PaulXStretch!
14 Feb 2018 · If you want to do some seriously mean time-stretching with your audio - we are talking stretching a 3-minute song into a 10-hour ambient masterpiece, for example - you are going to love this one!
Olympus’ new LS-P4 looks like a great portable recorder for the money
13 Feb 2018 · Olympus introduced a new portable recorder, the LS-P4. Up to par with competing offerings from Roland and ZOOM, the LS-P4 records audio in 24-bit, 96kHz lossless .FLAC format.
TEM Mini monophonic synthesizer inspired by the Minimoog
13 Feb 2018 · In light of the Behringer Model D is there still room for a boutique analogue synthesizer based upon the Minimoog? ADSR seem to think so and offer up the TEM Mini for your consideration.
TouchPad: groovy programmable shortcut and macro controller
12 Feb 2018 · Navigate your DAW like a boss with this palm-sized programmable keyboard shortcut and macro controller. TouchPad has 36 keys for up to 5 commands per key for super fast audio editing.
Behringer VC340 Vocoder Plus spotted in the wild
12 Feb 2018 · A prototype Behringer VC340 Vocoder Plus was spotted languishing in the studio of Facebook user Firechild. Now with a video demonstrating the awesome heart of this nonsense instrument.
Golden Age PRE-73 Premier and PREQ-73 Premier 1073-style preamps are coming
12 Feb 2018 · Golden Age is introducing Premier versions of its affordable Neve 1073-style preamps, the PRE-73 and PREQ-73 Premier. Priced reasonably and built with high-quality components, these could eat up the market!
Get those 50s and 60s vibes going with Audiority’s Tube Modulator plug-in
12 Feb 2018 · Audiority has released a really cool-looking vintage modulator and tremolo effect called Tube Modulator. It emulates several tremolo, vibrato, and spatial positioning effects, starting with a late '50s unit.
Free plug-ins this week: A mic sim, a saturator, a distortion and two synths!
11 Feb 2018 · After a brief hiatus, we're back with coverage of the best free plug-ins that popped up throughout the week. We have a whopping five of them to present and we think they will make a fine addition to your ...
Gibson Modern Flying V boldly goes where no guitar has gone before
11 Feb 2018 · Finally! The full details of the Gibson Modern Flying V are now official - this guitar first beamed onto the Earth's surface at this year's CES. Make it so!
Line 6 Helix 2.5 Update now available – and it was worth the wait
10 Feb 2018 · As we reported during NAMM, Line 6 had planned a big Helix 2.5 update - now it's here and adds a bag of effects and two very convincing boutique amp models.
Vermona release randomRHYTHM trigger sequencer Eurorack module
09 Feb 2018 · randomRHYTHM is an 8 channel 2 x 4 rhythm section with on and off-beat randomisation, CV controlled muting, swing, clock division and endless percussion pattern generation.
Is the PRS John Mayer ‘Stratocaster’ about to drop?
09 Feb 2018 · It's been rumoured for a year, and for the first time John Mayer has posted the first clean photo of a PRS model that looks a lot like a Fender Stratocaster...
DDMF Plugin Analyzer tells you what your plug-ins are doing to your audio
09 Feb 2018 · Plugindoctor is an analyzer for VST and AU plug-ins that comes recommended for plug-in developers who want to test their creations or users who want to understand exactly what a plug-in is doing to their audio.
Output’s new Analog Brass & Winds instrument: “Next level air”?
08 Feb 2018 · We're pretty sure Output's new baby is capable of some bad-ass sounds in the right hands. Remember Nine Inch Nails' Capital G? Yeah, that's what distorted brass can sound like!
Zynaptiq to release Orange Vocoder 4 with new algorithms and quantization
08 Feb 2018 · Scheduled for Q2 2018, version 4 of the classic software vocoder that first appeared in 1998 has been "fully reworked" and does come with a bunch of significant improvements.
OkaiR2R: a 1965 Akai tape recorder inside your DAW
07 Feb 2018 · Evil Turtle Productions (don't you just love the name?) released a plug-in, OkaiR2R, that emulates the preamp section of the Akai X-100D reel-to-reel recorder. This is a 4-speed, 3-head unit way back from ...
Can UVI Meteor make an impact on the modern rompler market?
07 Feb 2018 · Meteor is designed to bring the most content to producers and sound designers involved in film, games, music production and anything else in need of a variety of moods and timbres.