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Sennheiser to cooperate with smartphone startup Phonebloks
Sennheiser oannounces its partnership with Phonebloks today. The startup company Phonebloks, founded by the Dutch designer Dave Hakkens, has developed an idea for a modular smartphone where customers can use individual components to compile a phone specifically to suit their own needs. Sennheiser is one of the initiative’s first supporters and will be contributing its audio expertise. The concept of Phonebloks has been picked up by Google for the newly founded “Project Ara”, and they are just now working on the detailed functionality of the new forward-looking phone.
iZotope Releases Iris Resonant
iZotope has released the eighth sound library for Iris, an award-winning software synth built on spectral selection technology.
Abeem Rack Performer software – Gearjunkies Review
There have been a number of rack application that passed through time and it seems that it is a niche for who is interested in this type of applications. Never less the sheer possibilities of such an application has a wide reach of appliances and the people from Abeem aim to cater to this. The vast possibilities also require a certain technical level where you or someone helping you are comfortable setting up an environment to your own specific wishes. So lets put Abeem Rack proformer to the test!
Universal Audio announces v.7.7 software for UAD and Apollo
Universal Audio is proud to announce the release of UAD software v7.7 for their award-winning UAD Powered Plug-Ins platform and Apollo audio interfaces.
Solid State Logic announces three new Duende Native plug-ins
Solid State Logic is proud to announce that three new Duende Native plug-ins and migration to iLok 2 copy protection are now available online. The superior audio quality and deep feature set of the SSL Duende Native plug-in range has earned the respect of a very discerning clientele through the years.
IK Multimedia ships iRing motion controller for iOS
IK Multimedia is proud to announce that iRing, the first motion controller for music apps and more, is now available from music and electronics retailers worldwide.
Moog brings analog synthesis to the visually Impaired
Moog Music officially announced the release of its first instrument adapted for the visually impaired: the Sub Phatty with braille overlay. The Sub Phatty was chosen as the testing ground for the company’s first braille overlay efforts because of its tactile front panel and absence of menus.
DSP mixer app adds to Steinberg UR audio interfaces
Steinberg today announced the immediate availability of their dspMixFx app for the iPad alongside the firmware and Tools software update version 2.1 for the UR824, UR28M and UR44 audio interfaces.
Engineer Peter Moshay chooses Radial for Live From Daryl’s House
Since 2007 Daryl Hall has opened up his home to host a diverse selection of contemporary artists who walk in the front door bringing their instruments and their musicianship ‘A’ game. A sample of artists who have come to jam and dine with Hall include Jason Mraz, Cee-Lo Green, Shelby Lynne, Joe Walsh, Booker T, Blind Boys of Alabama, Rob Thomas, Train and Smokey Robinson.
K-Sounds Releases Epic Grand for Yamaha Motif XF / MOXF and Motif XS
K-Sounds presents Epic Grand for the Yamaha Motif XF / MOXF and Motif XS, featuring detailed stereo samples of a Japanese grand piano.
Epic Grand was designed with quality in mind. The samples were recorded and edited at 176.4kHz, 24 / 32 bits, then converted to Motif-compatible specifications for the final product. A close mic position was used, creating an up-front, studio sound. The stereo image is wide, centered, and mono-compatible. Every note has a generous, natural-sounding sustain.
FOH Engineer Chris Stephens Uses MultiRack SoundGrid to Run Waves Plugins with SSL Live L500
Live FOH engineer Chris Stephens (Jason Aldean, Wynonna, Michael McDonald) is part of a growing trend of live audio professionals turning to tools from Waves Audio when working with some of the biggest names in music. Lately, Stephens has been using his Waves plugins and MultiRack SoundGrid with SSL Live L500 on Jason Aldean’s Burn It DownTour.
Native Instruments – Maschine B-Day Sale
Native Instruments today launched A GIANT BEAT FOR MANKIND – a limited-time sales special to celebrate the 5th anniversary of MASCHINE.
Arturia announces availability of Spark 2
Arturia is proud to announce availability of SPARK 2, bringing a new look, new feel, and new features to its premier sound- sculpting and performance drum machine software for Mac and Windows.
Masters at Work: Man Made Mastering Berlin – Video
Point Blank travelled to Berlin to talk to the guys behind Man Made Mastering. Tim Xavier and Mike Grinser give us an insight into their approach to mastering and to see how a track is cut to vinyl.
Drumatom update version 1.5 available now
Additional Hi-Hat analyzing & processing made possible, A/B switching, custom naming abbreviations and more… It´s a major update & FREE for all existing Drumatom users. So be sure to grab it!