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Mastering Suite from Vegeance coming soon
It looks like Vengeance will be adding a Multiband Compressor to their line of plugins. The Mastering Suite will be the third plugin next to Metrum: Kick Synthesizer VSTi and Vengeance Producer Suite: Multiband Sidechain plugin. Priced at 149 Euro the new Mastering Suite will be available for Windows and Mac, however no RTAS and PowerMac versions will be available. For activation of the software a (syncrosoft) dongle protection USB device is needed.
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.
Something for the Weekend: Alone with some Tea
Something for the weekend. This time with videos from Mark Mosher and sweet little Pixietea. Mark plays a track from his album REBOOT. And the video from Pixietea is a videoclip for her song ‘I don’t care’.
Loopmasters DJ Mixtools extended with editions five and six
DJ MIXTOOLS from LOOPMASTERS is the brand new concept for forward-thinking DJs and live artists. Imagine buying a track but then being able to separate that track into its key elements and having ROYALTY FREE access to remix, effect, chop and loop the parts in your own individual style to create an exciting and refreshing new mix. Today and last week the editions Tech House Deep Minimal volume 2 and Minimal Underground Techno volume 2 have been added to the DJ Mixtools series.
Quick and Easy Multipoint Interaction with … Flexiknobs
Flexiknobs is a project from students of the University of Applied Sciences Bremen: Kristian Gohlke, Michael Hlatky, Sebastian Heise, and Joern Loviscach (Fachhochschule Bielefeld – University of Applied Sciences). This project is a new and somewhat different view on the hardware to control MIDI.
Get To Know the AVID C|24 – New Pro Mixing Webinar
Sleek and stylish, the new 24-channel C|24 control surface provides direct hands-on control of Pro Tools mixing, recording, and editing, a complete array of high-quality analog inputs, and a 5.1 analog monitor section to use with your Pro Tools I/O. As the natural evolution of its predecessor — Control|24, one of the best-selling consoles ever in its class — C|24 integrates the latest advancements in Pro Tools software with many new features and improvements to provide an incredibly powerful and richly featured console option that’s easy to use and aggressively priced for Pro Tools|HD and Pro Tools LE users.
New Reloop DJ Controller Mixage
We knew this for a few weeks and the news was supposed to come out at the BPM show in October, but the internet is quicker so here it is: the new Reloop Mixage DJ Controller.
New Venture from Loopmasters – Innovative Label Promoting New Artists
Loopmasters, the sample boutique has set up a new record label, Public Records to connect music lovers with new and emerging raw talent from the underground – offering a springboard to new artists who deserve recognition for their music.
New Glow In The Dark vinyl for Traktor Scratch released
Native Instruments have released new ‘Glow In The Dark’ control vinyls for Tracktor Scratch. The new vinyls are in fluorescent Blue, Orange and Green. Both TRAKTOR SCRATCH versions come with two black vinyl records and two control CDs. But if you want to brighten up your decks, NI are now offering vinyl records in hot new colors. The records cost $/€19 and also work with the previous TRAKTOR SCRATCH version.
FREE Voxengo Spectrum Analyzer updated
Voxengo SPAN version 2.2 update is now available for download. SPAN is a free real-time “fast Fourier transform” audio spectrum analyzer plug-in for professional music and audio production applications. For the most part it was derived from Voxengo GlissEQ dynamic parametric equalizer and reproduces its spectrum analysis functionality. SPAN conforms to AudioUnit and VST plugin specifications, and is available for Mac OS X (v.10.4.11 and later) and Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) computers.
New Tape Echo plug-in for the UAD-2 platform
Universal Audio announced the release of the highly anticipated EP-34 Tape Echo plug-in for the UAD-2. Universal Audio’s EP-34 Tape Echo plug-in gives guitar players and mix engineers the rich, warm tape delay effects of vintage Echoplex* units, now on the UAD-2 Powered Plug-Ins platform for Mac and PC. One need only listen to classic recordings from Jimmy Page, Brian May, Chick Corea, Eddie Van Halen, Eric Johnson and Andy Summers to hear the Echoplex sound in action.
Full 64-bit compatibility for Melodyne with 1.2. update
Celemony is proud to announce Version 1.2 of Melodyne editor, Melodyne assistant and Melodyne essential. The update brings full 64-bit compatibility and various optimizations. What lies behind 64-bit technology and what profit there is in it for software like Melodyne in particular are explained in a Celemony film.
The Bridge – Closer Look – Video
Ableton and Serato today announced the release of The Bridge, a software partnership which brings together DJ performance and production. The new tools generated by this partnership emphasize ease and creativity while pushing the boundaries of live performance. Below are two videos to give us some more insight in the use of The Bridge for DJ’s.
New Sounds for the FabFilter Twin 2
FabFilter has released two new sound sets for the FabFilter Twin 2 synthesizer plug-in: Dirty House and Ambient. In addition, the new Sound Set Bundle now combines all five currently available sound sets in a single download.
Chromeo: Oldskool Gear in Todays Electrofunk
It is still being done! Artists who stay true to their past. And with this I mean, they still make music like it’s 1987. No software emulations of the great analog vintage gear from that era, loaded in a state-of-the-art DAW. Nope, they still use that exact same gear from that era! A perfect example of a band who does just that is Chromeo. Doing their magic from their small vintage packed Midi studio.