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iLok 3: Smaller, bigger and faster
01 Nov 2016 · Pace have announced a smaller - or should that be larger - version of its iLok USB licenser.
Focusrite finally release Windows drivers for Clarett Interfaces
29 Oct 2016 · From the 10th November, Windows users will benefit from drivers for the Clarett range of Thunderbolt interfaces. Great news, even if it's quite late.
Apple’s MacBook Pro Touch Bar: A new audio production tool?
28 Oct 2016 · Apple's new MacBook Pro has been announced, featuring a new Touch Bar. We take a look at the interactive possibilities for DAW's.
Microsoft Surface Studio for music production?
27 Oct 2016 · Is Microsoft's new iMac killing Surface Studio up to the task of being a recording studio?
Deluge portable sequencer pricing and walk-through videos
26 Oct 2016 · The Deluge has launched and you can buy it now and have it delivered sometime around the end of March 2017. Somebody sort out their production line!
Novation celebrate the Circuit’s anniversary and tease an update
26 Oct 2016 · Happy Birthday Circuit! Novation are hinting at an exciting new update for their 1 year old groovebox on the 1st November.
FL Studio Mobile 3: Music making for every platform
25 Oct 2016 · FL Studio Mobile 3 is released on Android. The iOS, Windows App, Windows Phone and desktop plug-in version will be along shortly. That's mobile music making on pretty much everything.
Does McDSP’s new AE600 Active EQ offer too much power?
25 Oct 2016 · The AE400 'Active' EQ from McDSP receives an update, adding even more control with a crazy amount power. Is the AE600 a case of "too much of a good thing"?
Sibelius First 8: “Lite” composing software from Avid
25 Oct 2016 · New version of Avid's Sibelius First gives most composers everything they need to write scores of up to 16 staves.
Waves build new Greg Wells’ ToneCentric plug-in
24 Oct 2016 · Greg Wells describes his latest ToneCentric plug-in for Waves as a "homage to the great analog gear that leaves a wonderful sonic footprint on your sound". Is this new effect genuinely useful or just shameless ...
Metric Halo TransientControl sale at 86% off
23 Oct 2016 · Need an additional transient designer effect plug-in for your next mix? Metric Halo are offering a wopping 86% off theirs until 1st November.
Joué modular pressure sensitive MIDI controller
21 Oct 2016 · Joué is a customisable MIDI controller with modules for pads, knobs, XY controls, fretboards and weird knobbly nipples for the ultimate in modular tactile control
Apogee gets JAM all over Windows
20 Oct 2016 · Apogee actually release an interface for Windows but the JAM 96k's use of ASIO4ALL is going to seriously hamper its performance
Focusrite publish free iOS Control App
20 Oct 2016 · Recent Focusrite audio interfaces can now be remotely controlled via a free iOS Control App. These interfaces just keep getting better.
Can Warm Audio land a Christmas number 1 with the WA-412?
20 Oct 2016 · Warm Audio have done it again, emulating another piece of classic hardware. Will these 4 'API-style' mic pres be on the top of your Christmas list?
Avid comment on Pro Tools 12.6 licensing screw-up
19 Oct 2016 · Many users have found themselves unable to run Pro Tools 12.6 because licenses haven't appeared in iLok accounts. Avid finally tell us what's going on.
Deluge: portable sequencer, sampler, synthesizer gets bigger
18 Oct 2016 · Synthstrom Audible double the number of pads and invite everyone to the launch party of their Deluge portable sampler, synthesizer, sequencer box
Sandman Pro – a dreamy delay from Unfiltered Audio
18 Oct 2016 · Unfiltered Audio have upgraded their delay plug-in with an arsenal of modulation, delay modes and that pink/black interface - enter the Sandman Pro
Add some vowel sounds with The Orb formant filter plug-in
17 Oct 2016 · The Orb gets mouthy with its easy to use three band formant filter, but is it all mouth and no trousers?
Cakewalk give away their CA-2A, for FREE!
17 Oct 2016 · The LA-2A is one of the most emulated compressors ever. Cakewalk's CA-2A is one of the best emulations, and now you can get it free for a limited time!
DESTRUCTOR! Blue Cat’s suitably named distortion effect plug-in
16 Oct 2016 · Blue Cat Audio promise their new distortion plug-in Destructor will go to 11, and everywhere in-between. And it features guitar amp simulation, too.
Acustica release SSL-modelled plugin bundle: SAND FAB4
16 Oct 2016 · Acustica has again applied its sample-based CORE9 processing to emulate a classic British mixing console EQ, dynamics and control features.