We explore Jacktrip, a new platform aimed at real-time remote performance, collaboration, and recording for musicians, studios, and venues.
The RTL Utility is a tool for measuring the Round Trip Latency (RTL) of your audio interface through your DAW. It's just got an official release with lots of updates.
ASIO4ALL version 2.15 (Beta2) brings a welcome refresh to this vital utility and updated support for those pesky Windows 10 Intel SST audio drivers.
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Elk, the creators of the Elk audio OS has created a new service called Aloha which hopes to enable real-time remote music creation and performance across the Internet and 5G networks.
US startup Access Analog launches an innovative online service to let you run audio into a dream rack of hardware equipment and back into your DAW. And you control the knobs and buttons in real-time!
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The new Boss WL-60 wireless system uses a body pack transmitter and pedalboard-mounted receiver, has a large LCD display and automatic channel selection, so should be easy to use for live players.
Blue Cat Audio has just released the Re-Guitar plugin for your DAW and it allows guitarists to access unlimited guitar tones from a single instrument.
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SoundGrid Mobile Server is a mini PC that'll host a stack of Waves plug-ins at extremely low latency. Use it for real-time monitoring or offload the processing from your laptop in a live or studio situation.
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.
Hailing from Sweden, MIND Music Labs introduced a Linux-based operating system - a MOS (Music Operating System) designed for low-latency audio, running on pretty much everything with a chip in it.
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Too good to be true? The new XT-1 pedal simulates different guitars at the push of a button. OK, so it might not stop you ever buying a new guitar, but there's some promise here...
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In light of recent reliability concerns, SurfaceProAudio.com set out to investigate the Surface Pro 2017's ability to do music production. It's resulted in an hour long video of depth and detail.
Quantum is the first Presonus interface to have DC coupled outputs for running analog, trigger, or control signals to Eurorack gear. The Quantum is designed to run at low buffer sizes with very low latencies ...
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Is this round 2 of the Apogee vs Focusrite Thunderbolt 'inter-face-off'? These new Element Thunderbolt interfaces almost mirror the Focusrite Clarett range.
If you are a musician and an Android smartphone user I guarantee that at some point you've looked at what's on offer and thought - 'If only I had an iPhone'.
The removal of the headphone socket from the iPhone 7 and the drive to a wireless future could spell disaster for the mobile musician.
The freedom to perform without wires and know that you won't drop a beat: could this new Bluetooth transmitter finally untether the wired world of DJing?
Antelope are soon to roll out a free update for their Orion Studio, Zen Tour and Goliath interfaces adding new plugin emulations, including the FET-A76.
Although these might not be products for every home studio, the technology is of significant interest. The Audio-over-IP revolution is here and growing.