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Blue Cat Audio Releases Blue Cats PatchWork 1.3
Blue Cat Audio have released Blue Cat’s PatchWork 1.3, a new version of their “universal plug-ins patch bay” available in multiple audio plug-in formats.
Satoshi Mark Noguchi Brings Manley into the Mix
Busy mixing engineer Satoshi Mark Noguchi has been working up a storm around Hollywood. After just under a decade in Los Angeles, the Seattle native’s list of credits suggest that he does more mixing than sleeping. Currently working on a number of film scores for the likes of Rob Simonsen, Nathan Whitehead, and Joe Trapanese, Noguchi relies on Manley Labs gear to inject life into the mix.
Novation Launchcontrol and Launchpad Mini – Gearjunkies Review
Last year, Novation released the Launch Series. In order to further expand their popular controller line they have now included a compact controller line. It consists out of two nifty small controllers which are aimed at the travelling artists or that home studio where space is not available in abundance. The controllers are called Launchcontrol and Launchpad Mini. Both are full functional controllers in a small package. How serious can we take these compact units? Read it here in our review:
New Sounds and Samples on Sample Saturday #203
Below are some of the new releases we have encountered this week on the Loops and Samples front. Just like the quality of the audio software we use these days the quality of the content we use (loops and samples) equally matches the high standards of this software. Below is this weeks selection. You may pay special attention to price reductions ranging from 25% up to 50%.
Waves Audio Showcases the Waves Dugan Automixer
Waves Audio is showcasing at Infocomm its Dugan Automixer plugin. Developed in association with sound engineering legend Dan Dugan, the Waves Dugan Automixer is a software version of the popular Dugan Speech System Automatic Mixing Controllers used the world over. Available for every console, the Dugan Automixer is MultiRack SoundGrid– and MultiRack Native-compatible and works on 32 or 64 channels.
Dave Smith Instruments Introduces Pro 2 Synthesizer
Dave Smith Instruments today introduced the Pro 2, an all-new, feature-rich monophonic synthesizer. “We really raised the bar with this one,” said Smith. “As synth geeks, we asked ourselves what our ultimate mono synth would be. Then we built it.”
Allen & Heath shows the new Qu-32 at Infocomm
Allen & Heath will be unveiling Qu-32 at Infocomm, a 32 fader, 38 in / 28 out digital mixer joining the rackmount Qu-16 and compact Qu-24. Qu-32 shares the Qu series key features, such as total recall of settings (including faders and digitally controlled preamps), Qu-Drive integrated multi-track recorder, dSNAKE for remote I/O and personal monitoring, multi-channel USB streaming, Qu-Pad control app, and the renowned iLive FX Library to deliver class-leading audio quality.
Audient Announces Hard-Fi Move Over Mixing Contest
British manufacturer, Audient announces details of a brand new competition to find the freshest new mixing talent this summer. Entrants are invited to mix indie-rock band, Hard-Fi’s brand new track ‘Move Over’ for their chance to win two great Audient products: ASP880 and iD22 worth over £1300!
Waves Audio and DiGiCo Offer DiGiGrid Advanced Audio Interfaces
Waves Audio offers DiGiGrid, a collaboration between Waves and DiGiCo. Following implementation of Waves SoundGrid for the DiGiCo SD consoles, DiGiCo and Waves recognized the potential and created SoundGrid-based studio hardware including a full line of I/Os with world-class converters, award winning pre-amps, headphone amplification, built-in DSP Servers and network switches.
Polymer Polyphonic Voice Distributor App for Mac
Coming soon to a Apple computer near you, the Polymer app. It lets you play your monophonic synths together, like they’re all part of some giant mutant polysynth. And it operates via plain old MIDI, so it’s compatible with almost anything — modulars, samplers, polysynths, even virtual instruments.
AAS updates String Studio plug-in to VS-2
Applied Acoustics Systems (AAS) is proud to announce availability of String Studio VS-2 an updated 64-bit version of its original String Studio VS-1 string modelling synthesizer plug-in released to critical acclaim almost a decade ago, dispensing with the traditional synthesizer audio pathway of oscillator, filter, and envelope elements in favour of real-life string instrument components.
Tracktion 5 Explained in 35 new instruction videos
Tracktion Software has announced the release of a new series of instructional videos for Tracktion 5 Music Production Software. The 35 video series from Groove3, a leading provider of training videos for today’s popular music software and recording techniques, was produced and narrated by Bill Edstrom.
Camel Audio Releases Artificial Intelligence For Alchemy
Camel Audio is proud to announce Artificial Intelligence, the 30th Sound Library for their award winning sample manipulation synthesizer, Alchemy.
Native Instruments launches Summer of Sound Sales Special
Native Instruments today launched their annual SUMMER OF SOUND sales special. Until June 30, 2014, current product owners can save 50% on updates, upgrades, and crossgrades including NI’s most comprehensive production suites KOMPLETE 9 and KOMPLETE 9 ULTIMATE.
New Korg LittleBits modules announced: MIDI – CV and USB audio
LittleBits by Korg adds 3 new moduls to the collection: a MIDI, CV and USB I/O audio intercafe module.