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Ozone 8 Elements: How to get it for free (well, almost…)
16 Sep 2018 · Fed up with emails flogging "great deals" on software? This one is worth checking out: Ozone Elements 8 is going for (nearly) nothing, that's USD 129 off. Just spend $1 and give them your data.
iZotope RX7 and RX Post Production Suite 3 now available
13 Sep 2018 · The seventh generation of RX is spread across RX 7 Advanced and the RX Post Production Suite, which focus on the needs of audio post professionals, while RX 7 Standard and RX Elements solve common audio issues.
Lectrosonics’ SPDR stereo field recorder: Dual channel recording at a premium price
12 Sep 2018 · Lectrosonics has introduced the SPDR Stereo Portable Digital Recorder, a stereo version of its PDR micro digital recorder and priced squarely in the professional category.
Digital Brain Instruments’ Transformer is a sample mangler and VST host
12 Sep 2018 · With convolution processing, Transformer is able to load samples, microphone and virtual instrument inputs; and morph them into sounds unexpected and unknown. It adds new sound layers to existing audio this ...
Pay what you want for the RE4ORM synth and RE4ORM FX, half goes to charity
12 Sep 2018 · RE4ORM is an additive synthesizer that lets you draw and warp the shape of both the additive synth waveform and the multi-filter modulation LFO. And RE4ORM FX gives you eight of these to play with!
Vanguard Audio touts its aggressively priced V4 FET condenser mic
11 Sep 2018 · The Vanguard V4 has the characteristics of several classic FET mics, achieved via modern design methods. Crafted in Southern California, the mic is based on a 34mm edge-terminated, gold-sputtered 3um dual ...
Slate VRS8 audio interface finally available for purchase
11 Sep 2018 · Spending over an year in "announced but not released" hell, the Slate Digital VRS8 audio interface is finally available for purchase at the quite competitive price of EUR 2099. You get 8 preamps and 0.7ms ...
The ATOM: small but mighty performance pad controller from PreSonus
11 Sep 2018 · The small but mighty ATOM is a compact performance pad controller with lots of special Studio One integration. Perfect for banging out beats on the Impact XT drum machine.
Tinami MD-1 is a custom MIDI controller built to your design
11 Sep 2018 · Go to the website, design your dream MIDI controller using knobs, buttons and faders on a 4 x 4 grid and hit the order button. That's the plan and they are taking preorders on Kickstarter to make it happen.
Korg celebrates 10 years of the nanoSERIES MIDI controllers with a splash of colour
10 Sep 2018 · Korg releases their inner fabulousness with Orange/Green and Blue/Yellow anniversary nanoSERIES controllers. Or this is what happens when you let your kids loose in your design software.
iZotope RX7 coming this month with a free upgrade if you purchase RX6
10 Sep 2018 · iZotope Inc. is offering an immediate upgrade to the equivalent variant of v7 if you purchase any variant of v6 now. The same deal goes for purchasers of Post Production Suite 2, which will upgrade to PPS 3.
Best free plug-ins this week: KVR Developer Challenge 2018 has over 20 of ’em!
09 Sep 2018 · The KVR Developer Challenge 2018 entries are up now - over 20 free plug-ins and apps available completely free of charge! Plus there's a great Wurlitzer piano sample library for Kontakt owners, too.
Native Instruments Maschine Mikro MK3: Mini beats and big mobility
06 Sep 2018 · The little entry level Maschine gets a welcome upgrade. Mikro MK3 is smaller, lighter and sleeker than the previous version and is ideal for music production on the move with the full Maschine software.
A is for “Affordable” with the Komplete Kontrol A-Series controller keyboards
06 Sep 2018 · Looking suspiciously like the original Komplete Kontrol keyboards the new A-Series controllers aim to bring NKS instrument mapping to a keener budget.
Native Instruments pumps up the Komplete Kontrol S88 to MK2
06 Sep 2018 · Catching up the S49 and S61 the fully-weighted, hammer-action Komplete Kontrol S88 controller keyboard gets the MK2 makeover with dual screens, pitch and mod wheels and the sleek black buttons and lines.
Leak: Universal Audio to debut Apollo X8 Thunderbolt 3 interface
05 Sep 2018 · Universal Audio is prepping an updated Apollo 8 for release: the X8 uses Thunderbolt 3, has a new DSP engine, new Elite converters but appears to retain most of the Apollo 8s functionality.
Best free plug-ins this week: aXMeter, dpMeter 3, LuckyWorm, EasyReverb
02 Sep 2018 · It's that time of the week again where we take a look at the more interesting freeware releases. We have four - an Ambisonics metering suite, a proficient metering plug-in, a quirky synthesizer, and a reverb!
Cover of Jamiroquai’s “Virtual Insanity” produced in a VR studio
01 Sep 2018 · If you're a musician and VR enthusiast you're going to love this video: a song produced completely in virtual reality. But is VR music production the next big thing?
Samsung’s Thunderbolt 3 X5 external SSD can shovel 20 GB of data in 12s
29 Aug 2018 · Samsung's brand-new portable SSD, the X5, lets you haul around up to 2TB terabytes of audio (the most expensive model) and other data, transferred from your computer over Thunderbolt 3.
Blue Microphones launches Yeti Nano 99-dollar USB mic
29 Aug 2018 · The mic is designed like a tiny replica of the original Yeti and it has switchable pickup patterns - single and omnidirectional - so you are able to pick-up reflections and tone from the room as well.
GotoEQ plug-in does Pultec tricks, modern-style
29 Aug 2018 · GotoEQ does a Pultec, with dual Boost and Attenuate controls for the low shelving EQ and it also handles the high end. There's continuous frequency selection for zoning in onto a specific frequency, too.
Can Tascam crack the mid-sized digital mixer/interface market with Model 24?
29 Aug 2018 · Tascam announces a new medium-format digital mixer/recorder/interface: the Model 24, with 24-track, 48kHz sound capture and recording across 22 audio channels and a stereo main mix bus.