Granule has been inspired by the Red Panda Particle guitar pedal and works by chopping audio into tiny grains. These are routed through a looper, a spectral pitch shifter, and a variable delay line.
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In this week's Virtual Guitar Amp Roundup I go over IK Multimedia's AmpliTube 4 software and give you an insight into what makes this a very flexible and customisable package for guitarists.
Bridgewize is a bit-bridging app that lets you run 32-bit VST and AU plugins inside 64-bit DAWs on Windows and Mac computers. Audio transfer is claimed to be zero-latency, with negligible CPU use.
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Which virtual amp software should you buy? In this new series, I give my thoughts and opinions on all the major virtual amp packages. First up on my test bench is Line 6' Helix Native software package
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Apple has just published a new update to OSX - but should you update right away? We checked out a few apps and called the most important software developers. Find out here if your software is supported.
Freakshow Industries introduces the Backmask reverse delay plug-in, a scary-sounding thing with an interface as rich in graphics as a tattoo parlor's showroom, and a full license you can legally 'steal'...
Line 6's Echo Farm 3.0 is finally available on Windows, in 64-bit AAX format. These simulations of delay and echo effects won over many producers back in the day, and are now making a long-awaited return.
The Krakli Arminator is a beast of a synth that will let you coax authentic 80s soundtrack tones with ease, while saschArt has cooked up a brutal, two-headed distortion unit. Check them out!
Notable additions to SF Pro Mac 3 include loudness metering and the iZotope Plug-ins RX Elements and Ozone 7 Elements. MAGIX also added support for 64-Bit float/192kHz/32 channels...
Overloud's new EQ495 mixing and mastering plug-in models an EQ originally designed for vinyl transfer duties - can it give your mixes a bit more analogue magic?
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Sound Radix are responsible for some very smart plug-ins and this 'major' update to their Surfer EQ 2 continues to fly their flag high. Very high, in fact!
Spaces is a reverb plug-in that uses algorithms to generate reverb from variable dimensions of a theoretical square room. Whilst this is mathematically quite interesting, is it musical?
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Slam Pro is a new all-in-one enhancement mixing and mastering plugin from BeatSkillz, with cues taken from their Slam Dawg 'beat phattener' plugin.
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Here's a cool new reverb plugin which claims to harmonically trace and 'fit' around your input signal. ADAPTIVERB also has a few party tricks on offer too.
Designed to emulate the 'all-buutons-in' trick with the famous 1176 compressor, The Monster includes a couple of features for extra versatility. Could this be the coolest free plugin this year?
This is the first free plugin from Acustica since the launch of their highly praised CORE8 technology. Could TAN set a new standard for free plugins?
