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Grid: snap together modular control surface coming to Indiegogo
02 Nov 2018 · Intech Studio is hoping to bring their innovative modular MIDI controller to life via crowdfunding site Indiegogo. Each 4x4 unit of controls snaps together magnetically and instantly works with your DAW.
Softube Harmonics: five distortions in one with intelligent signal analysis
02 Nov 2018 · Because they think your distortion sucks, Softube designed one with five "completely different" sounding algorithms in addition to high and low-cut filters and a blend knob.
The new Mac mini is the ideal starter Mac for music production
31 Oct 2018 · Apple is touting a full-fledged professional computer with big boy hardware such as quad-core 8th Gen Intel processors, support for up to 64GB of RAM, and up to 2TB of space.
The new iPad Pro has USB-C and charges your iPhone – pretty great for musicians
31 Oct 2018 · There are two particularly important changes for iOS musicians. The first is the 3.5mm headphone jack's removal, and the second is the introduction of USB C in place of the old Lightng port.
New MacBook Air delivers macOS & Thunderbolt to musicians for USD 1199
30 Oct 2018 · Apple's groundbreaking laptop receives a successor equipped with a high-resolution Retina display (no True Tone, though), USB-C/Thunderbolt ports, and Touch ID fingerprint-scanning protection.
Texture: A sound design plug-in that embraces layering sounds
30 Oct 2018 · Some of the creative possibilities offered by Texture incude “glueing” your hi-hats transients by adding dynamic filtered noise and beefing up a kick drum with a low sine wave.
Let 1989Reverb send you back to the 80s
29 Oct 2018 · Iconic looks aside, 1989Verb packs plenty of algorithms to get you grinning as you browse the various presets. There are reverse reverbs, re-gens, tap delays, flangers, and general 80s goodness.
Portable processing with the SoundGrid Mobile Server
25 Oct 2018 · 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.
Propellerhead launches Rent-to-Own on top selling Rack Extensions
24 Oct 2018 · You can now try out some of the top-selling Reason Rack Extensions for only $9.99 a month. Cancel or pause anytime and once you've paid the price of the plug-in the license is yours to keep - Rent-to-Own!
Overloud honours the granddaddy of compressors with COMP670
24 Oct 2018 · The plug-in market is ripe with F670 emulations of wildly varying quality, which means Overloud worked hard in order to differentiate their product. Hence, COMP670 provides not one, but three FC670s!
qwertySeq() – 8 track MIDI sequencer for your Chrome web browser
23 Oct 2018 · 8 banks of 8 tracks of 16 steps generating notes or MIDI CC the qwertySeq() is a dynamic and versatile step sequencer running directly in your Chrome browser - shame it looks a bit dull.
Acon Digital Mastering Suite: An affordable pack of essential mastering tools
23 Oct 2018 · Designed for signal transparency and with rather simplified user interfaces, these plug-ins obviously aren't for fans of thick, warm vintage sounds. Rather, they fully embrace the clinical sound of digital.
Sculpt noise into form with Noize, a sleek and creative noise generator
23 Oct 2018 · Noize is a noise-generating plug-in that adapts itself in real time to sound input and can be creatively shaped for a tasteful result. It includes all five noise types known to mankind!
Deal: grab Native Instruments’ Crush Pack + Mod Pack for USD 70 until Nov 4
22 Oct 2018 · NI is giving us an exceptional offer - buy the Crush Pack + Mod Pack effects bundle for the price of either one. The offer is valid until Nov 4, giving you enough time to come up with those 70 bucks!
Behringer drops prices on gear, rekindles Thomann partnership
22 Oct 2018 · Consumer technology has its Samsung, soft drinks have their Coca-Cola, enterprise computing has its Microsoft... and, in the very near future, if not already, music has its Behringer.
UVI Plate goes above and beyond that classic plate reverb sound
22 Oct 2018 · UVI enters the plate reverb market with, er, Plate, a "custom-shop" virtual electro-mechanical reverb with a configurable design and control over aspects such as metal type, plate size and more.
The 7-year wait is over: NI Kontakt 6 has landed with new instruments and effects
21 Oct 2018 · Kontakt 6 brings the world's favorite sampler up to scratch and has enough new content to warrant an upgrade from the almost 7-year old Kontakt 5 engine.
AES 2018: TC Electronic TC8210-DT & TC1210-DT bite-sized hardware/software combos
19 Oct 2018 · The TC8210-DT reverb and TC1210 spatial expander are both small-format units which honor the original hardware's layout, modernizing it for the studios and producers of today.
AES 2018: Waves Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain brings the utmost in vintage mastering
18 Oct 2018 · Created with Abbey Road Studios, this is a modular mastering chain which recreates the EMI TG12410's mastering processors, in use at the legendary facility's mastering suites since the early '70s right to this ...
AES 2018: Acustica Audio team up with Grammy producer Greg Wells for vintage comp
18 Oct 2018 · At AES 2018, plug-in developer Acustica Audio and producer Greg Wells revealed their latest creation: the 'El Rey', a virtual analogue Greg Wells signature compressor plug-in that certainly looks the part.
AES 2018: iZotope Nectar 3 automates vocal production with machine learning
18 Oct 2018 · Improvements and changes are aplenty, starting with an user interface facelift and moving through five new modules and an AI-powered assistant. Coming next month, N3 will be a free upgrade if you purchase N2 ...
AES 2018: SSL FlexVerb is a brand new reverb plug-in coming in SSL Native v6.1
18 Oct 2018 · SSL describes FlexVerb as a versatile reverb that's intuitive. Of note is the split early-late reflection interface, which lets you dial in the natural body and tone of different early room reflections.