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It took 20 years, but justice has been dealt at last. In a case filed in the late 90s, the European Court of Justice ruled in favor of Kraftwerk, deeming the sampling of the band’s 1977 tune “Metall auf Metall” by the producers of singer Sabrina Setlur (in her 1997 song “Nur Mir”) unlawful. Granted, […]
Denise.io has released The Sweeper, an envelope filter plug-in with a sidechain input. The resonant filter reacts dynamically to the source signal or a sidechain signal, which lets you create all sorts of useful and creative filtering effects. Like other plug-ins by denise.io, such as Noize 2 and Transient Booster, The Sweeper has a very […]
Percussa’s remarkable SSP (Super Signal Processor) Eurorack module is about to receive a major update which will include multichannel audio and CV support over USB. Percussa SSP update Electronic music producer Matthew Hodson (MATTHS) has been hosting a number of live streaming events on the Percussa SSP Eurorack module. The 5th live-stream is due on […]
Audio for Mac is a new macOS app for organizing file-based music collections. As the consumer market is rapidly shifting to streaming services, and Apple announced the death of iTunes, collectors and industry professionals are wondering how to keep track of the audio files on their hard drives. The Audio app, which was just launched […]
It seems technology has managed to find an answer to almost every musician’s needs. I’d like to think it’s mostly a good thing, even if it has an overwhelmingly saturated market as a side effect. Anyway, check this out – the Reclouder, as it’s called, is a portable, battery-powered recording device with wireless connectivity. It […]
Steinberg has added the SpectraLayers software to its portfolio, and released SpectraLayers Pro 6. The latest version of the spectral audio editor comes with new editing tools and workflow improvements. They’ve also added ARA support for seamless integration in Cubase, Nuendo, and other ARA-enabled DAWs. SpectraLayers was originally published by Sony, and later became a […]
The Raspberry Pi is a complete computer in a miniature format. In its standard enclosure, it’s only slightly larger than two boxes of matches – that’s incredibly compact, especially if you consider the amount of available connectors. And it’s expandable, too. But is that enough to replace a DAW computer in the near future, or […]
Guitar stompbox effects always seem to turn up around Eurorack and synthesizers and while they can work ok out of the box a bit of signal matching and organisation could improve the sound quality and usability. Enter INTRFX to sort all that out for you. INTRFX It’s a little square box with 3 channels of […]
No, that’s not an audio interface! The SUONOBUONO nABC, which was just launched on Kickstarter, is “not Another Boring Compressor”. And boring it ain’t, that’s for sure. The nABC lets you control and trigger the compression using various methods including CV/Gate, USB, MIDI, and even a pedal. If you’re into creative sidechain compression, keep reading. […]
PreSonus released version 4.5 of its popular Studio One DAW with over 70 changes and additions, said to be mostly user-requested. On top of that, PreSonus managed to slash CPU load by 70% for native plug-ins inside Multi-Instruments and around 50% for third-party ones, alongside additional optimizations for its Mai Tai and Presence XT instruments. […]