Our friends at Slate Digital have released 4 new products at NAMM 2019 ranging reverbs, made in collaboration with our friends at LiquidSonics, guitar amps & cabs, gates and microphones emulations for Slates popular virtual mic system.
Exclusive Video Review Of Waves New CLA MixHub - Arrange Your Tracks Side By Side In True Console Fashion All Within One Plug-in Window - Everything You Need To Know
In this exclusive video review we take Waves new CLA MixHub plug-in for an test drive. Do not for one second think that this is just another run-of-the-mill console emulation… there’s some real innovation in this plug-in that could very well change the way you mix with console emulations altogether.
Blue Cat Audio Announce New Re-Guitar Plug-in. Emulate Acoustic & Electric Guitar Tones From One Guitar
Our friends at Blue Cat Audio have just announced a new type of guitarcentric plug-in that enables users to emulate a range of acoustic and electric guitar tones from one guitar. It features a built-in pickup simulator that you can use to emulate many types of electric guitar pickups without needing to modify your guitar.
iZotope Announce That Ozone Elements Will Be Bundled Free With Korg MIDI Controllers
At NAMM 2019, in collaboration with KORG iZotope’s mastering software, Ozone Elements worth $129, will now come bundled free with KORG’s MIDI controllers. You also have a chance to enter a contest to win a iZotope Spire Studio.
Plugin Alliance Release Magnum K Compressor From Maag Audio. Do Your Mixes Need Compressed Air?
Our friends at Plugin Alliance have announced the release of the Maag Audio Magnum K, as plug-in emulation of the Magnum K compressor from Maag with some added extras from Brainworx.
Accusonus Reveals New ERA BUNDLE 3.0 And ERA De-Clipper, The World’s First Fully-Automatic De-Clipper Plug-in
Our friends at Accusonus have just announced the release of the ERA Bundle 3.0, an update to the collection of Accusonus’ multi-patented audio repair plugins. The ERA Bundle offers users both fast workflows and high-quality audio repair processing.
Antares Launch New Streamlined $99 Auto-Tune Access Plug-in. Get Essential Pitch Correction At A Fraction Of The Cost
Our friends at Antares, the developers of the hugely popular Auto-Tune Pro plug-in, has just announced a new slim-lined version of their vocal tuning plug-in called Auto-Tune Access that Antares describes as the simplest, most affordable way to use Auto-Tune.
Intelligent Automatic EQ Plug-in Gullfoss From Soundtheory Now Available For Windows
Soundtheory has just announced the Windows version of their intelligent automatic EQ plug-in, Gullfoss and Windows users will get a first look at it at the 2019 NAMM Show that runs from January 24th to 27th 2019.
Eventide Release Instant Phaser Mk II - Plug-in Evolution Of The First Ever Digital Hardware Studio Effect
Our friends at Eventide have released Instant Phaser Mk II which in itself has a cool bit of history. The original hardware was the world’s first studio electronic effects box. Free for current users on Anthology XI or intro price of $37
Nugen Audio Announce Update To SigMod With Hosting For VST3 Plug-ins Within Their Clever Utilities Plug-in. We Have An Exclusive Review
Today Nugen Audio has revealing a new and improved version of their clever and deceptively powerful channel ops utility plug-in SigMod. They have made it even easier to use as you can now use VST3 plug-ins inside the signal path of SigMod instead of having to route out of SigMod to process with plug-ins. Check out our exclusive review and learn about a special NAMM 2019 price reduction.
Using The UAD Softube Vocoder To Add Interest To Drums In Studio One
In this free video tutorial, producer Paul Drew shows how to add interest to drums using the UAD Softube Vocoder.
Over the past four decades, vocoders have been used to stunning effect, transforming human voices into various forms of robot speak on hits by Herbie Hancock, Imogen Heap, Kraftwerk, Daft Punk, Afrika Bambaataa, and countless modern hit-making producers.
12 Powerful Plug-ins That Demonstrate The Power Of Inter Plug-in Communication - Is This The Future For Our Mixing Workflows?
Inter Plug-in Communication is very exciting and appears to be growing in popularity. Thankfully there have been a good number of plug-in developers introducing some cool workflows in their products, which feature inter plug-in communication that you can learn more about in this article.
McDSP Announce New 6060 Ultimate Module Collection. Why Have One Plug-in When You Can have 30?
Our friends at McDSP have announced an update to the very popular Ultimate range of plug-ins, the 6060 Ultimate Module Collection. The 6060 includes over 30 unique modules for EQ, compression, saturation, distortion, specialised filtering, dynamic range expansion, gating, and more.
Roundup - Just Keep One 3rd Party Plug-in In Your DAW. Find Out Which Plug-in Each Team Member Chose And Why
As a bit of fun on the Production Expert team over the holiday break, we’ve challenged one another to this; you get to keep all the plug-ins supplied with your DAW but then you only get to keep one more plug-in. Find out which plug-in each team member chose and why they chose it.
Using The UAD Lexicon 480L On Vocals In Studio One - Free Video Tutorial
In this short video tutorial, producer Paul Drew shows you how to use the UAD Lexicon 480L plugin on vocals.
Released in 1986, the Lexicon® 480L Digital Effects System and its iconic fader-driven remote control are recognized the world over — residing at the center of famous studio consoles for more than 30 years. The 480L's spacious reverb and vivid effects textures are a coveted sonic benchmark, helping to shape thousands of chart-topping tracks to this day.
Results - One Third Of You Who Voted Prefer The Sound On Accusonus' Noise Remover Plug-in In Our Blind Listening Test Which Removed Hiss From A Dialogue Track
The results are in. Accusonus ERA Noise Remover received the most votes in our noise reduction blind listening test, but by how much of margin? How did noise reduction plug-ins by iZotope, Waves & Acon Digital fair in the results?
How To Create Punch And Attack In Your Drum Mixes Using One-Shot Samples - Joey Sturgis Shows You How
Using drum samples to augment your acoustic drum recordings is nothing new but sometime you just want to add some much need raw power to your mix and this is where the use of whats called one-shot samples can really help by creating a punch and consistency to the track that was perhaps missing from the original.
Using Limiters Sensitively When Preparing Tracks For Music Streaming Services
With the growth of music streaming services and how they deliver music to the consumer is changing the way we need to mix and master content, especially for music streaming services. In this article and free video Tutorial in conjunction with Nugen Audio, our own loudness guru Mike Thornton demonstrates the importance of True Peak metering and limiting and how they can help prevent the consumer getting distorted tracks.
5 Audio Recording Industry Predictions For 2018 - Check Out How We Did
We get a lot of people asking us what we think is going to be happening in the world of recording during any given year. At the beginning of 2018, we laid out our 5 predictions for the pro audio industry. Before we present our predictions for 2019, in this article we take a look at our predictions for 2018 and see how well we did...
If I Could Keep Just One Plug-in Which One Would I Keep? Nugen Audio VisLM
As a bit of fun on the team we’ve challenged one another to this; you get to keep all the plugins supplied with you DAW but then you only get to keep one more plugin. Mike Thornton makes his choice.