Crossfades are boring? Not anymore! United Plugins and JMG Sound have released Transmutator, a crossfading plug-in that lets you get creative with 16 different fade modes.
Waves Kaleidoscopes takes the classic modulation effects phaser, flanger, chorus and tremolo and lets you combine them in a variety of ways. It's a colorful swirl of dynamic modulation.
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Zoom launches a powerful new podcasting recorder, the PodTrak P4 with 4 mic inputs, four headphone outputs and pads for sound effects. Yup, it's a complete podcasting studio in a portable format.
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The Aston Element microphone is now ready for pre-order. During the past three months, everyone was invited to help shape its sound in three rounds of blind testing and voting.
Which mics do you need in your collection? Here's a list of eight classic, indispensable microphones that will cover you in a huge range of situations, both live and the studio.
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The Thermion Zero is a compact, super-flexible new hybrid twin-output 40 Watt guitar amp-in-a-pedal, well thought out and with options galore. This thing ticks all our boxes, and then some.
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The Sennheiser HD 25 headphones are true classics! For its 75th anniversary, Sennheiser throws in an extra set of bright yellow earpads with each set of HD 25s. Here's a great way to stand out!
The Heil PR37 dynamic vocal mic is a new release from the most famous microphone company you've never heard of! Does the world need yet another live vocal mic? We think it might.
There are three models in the Mackie Element series: the EM-89D Live Vocal Dynamic Mic, the large diaphragm condenser microphone EM-91C, and the USB condenser microphone EM-USB.
Behringer has announced the BA 19A Condenser Boundary Microphone and B 906 Dynamic Microphone. With the new mics, the company continues its mission of cloning the most successful microphones around.
A vocal mic for 11 bucks? Eh, what? The Behringer SL 84C, BA 85A, SL 85S and SB 78A look very similar to various classics from Shure, yet all four of them together cost less than 90 US dollars.
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The new KMA Audio Machines Cirrus is billed as a Spatial-Temporal Modifier effect - to you and me that's a delay/reverb combo pedal, each with hidden modes and plenty of realtime control options.
Punchy sound for less! For the next five days, you can get a nice rebate on various zero-latency compressor plug-ins by PSP Audioware. Get four PSP compressors at less than half their regular price.
Becos Effects aims to give you a studio-grade compressor in a compact, pedalboard-friendly chassis with simple controls: Enter the CompIQ MINI ONE Pro Compressor pedal!
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Impulse Command is a ferociously dynamic stereo synthesizer that's built like a battleship console and doubles up on oscillators, envelopes, filters and sequencers - it's explosive!
Being spoilt for mic choice at every price point plays a huge part in democratising music making. But out Top 5 focusses on boundary-pushing innovation that doesn't come cheap.
