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XILS-lab releases ‘lite’ version of PolyKB soft synth plug-in
XILS-lab is proud to announce availability of PolyKB II Player, a ‘lite’ (yet fully- featured) version of its acclaimed PolyKB II soft synth plug-in as of February 26, 2011.
Wave Arts Dialog spoken voice plug-in released
Dialog combines in one plug-in all the processing needed to clean up, adjust, and sweeten recordings of the spoken voice. It is perfect for voice-over, film/tv recordings on location or sound stage, and broadcast. Dialog includes brickwall filters, de-hum and de-buzz processing, broadband noise reduction, de-ploding, de-essing, 10-band equalization, compression, and limiting. Separate presets for each section allow you to get results fast.
Image Line FL Studio 9.9 Beta available – Video
Image-Line Software are pleased to announce the FL Studio 9.9 Beta is available for testing. You can find the download links here. The FL Studio 9.9 Beta introduces the ‘Chainer‘ plugin. In this video theFL Studio Guru runs though some basic operational principles. Chainer will load as an Instrument Channel or Effect and from there you can happily chain both instrument and effects plugins.
Novation Dicers – Turntables and Dicers in Technicolor!
Gizmo (Skratchworx) recently did a review on the Novation Dicers. As part of that review he made this video with DJ Woody who does a snippet of his 1 hour “Turntables In Technicolor” using Novation Dicers.
Serato Itch 2 coming next month?
According to a message on their Facebook wall Serato is about to reveal more on the next version of their DJ software Serato Itch. Features that night be included in this new version could be FLAC support, video support, 4-deck support for more controllers, a sampler, compatibility with Serato’s The Bridge to allow DJing with Ableton Live within ITCH (like Serato Scratch), vertical centre waveform option (like Serato Scratch).
LoopTV Interview with House DJ Fedde Le Grand
LoopTV interviewed DJ Fedde Le Grand to find out about his label ‘Flamingo recordings’ and his production studio setup. Fedde’s parties have been rocking the Netherlands since 2001, his label ‘Flamingo Recordings’ has been pushing its unique sound since 2004, and then in 2006 ‘Put your hands up for Detroit’ happened…and the rest as they say is history!
Paul Oakenfolds Songwriter TC aka Spitfire on Cakewalk Sonar X1
Cakewalk‘s Jimmy Landry talks to TC a.k.a. Spitfire about his various roles as Paul Oakenfold’s songwriter, engineer, and assistant producer. TC also talks about who he is working with in the industry and how SONAR X1 helps him stay successful.
New Sounds and Samples on Sample Saturday
These are the 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.
Haute Couture for DJs with the Reloop RHP-10 DJ Headphones
Haute Couture for DJs: The limited special editions of Reloop’s top-of-the-line headphones RHP-10 embody individuality and character. Each pair of headphones is unique – the engraved serial number on the aluminium plate documents this matchlessness.
Adrian Bushby & the sound of Focusrite ISA
Double GRAMMY award winning engineer Adrian Bushby has been using Focusrite equipment since he began his career in the late ʼ80s as a budding tape op at Londonʼs Trident Studios. “We were all dying to try Focusrite when it came along and whenever we did, it sounded amazing. It’s something that I’ll always go for if it’s in the room because I trust it and I know it always sounds great and it always comes through.“
Synth-Project presents The MC-20 Controller – Video
A little while ago we brought you a post on Mario Jurisch (a.k.a. Synth-Project) who just had finished his latest project. A hardware controller for the iMS-20 app for the iPad. The controller is appropriately named MC-20 controller. Mario has now made a video in which he shows the functions and the handling of the Controller. Look at the video and you will agree he did a great job.
Johnny McDaid on being UAD-2 Powered
Producer, engineer and songwriter Johnny McDaid took the plunge with a UAD-2 Quad Omni for FieldWork Music Studios Mac Pro system. Intrigued, Source dropped by the studio to discover whether his leap from native to UAD plug-ins has lived up to his expectations…?
Apple GarageBand coming to the iPad
Apple probably made a brilliant move with the release of a Garageband app for the iPad (and iPad 2). With a price of only 5 dollars you get a very nice DAW for your iPad.
Propellerhead Presents Record Drum Takes vol 6 & 7 – Power Pop and Indie Rock
Real drums. Nothing can beat it. Loops or multisampled kits can take you a long way, but if you want your pop or rock track to really come alive, you need a real drummer playing real drums in a real room. And Record Drum Takes gives you exactly that. Each Drum Take ReFill comes with two separate three minute backing tracks of live drumming organized in classic song form; intro, verse, chorus, bridge and breakdown. Record Drum Takes builds a steady foundation for any rock or pop creation.