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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 […]
Some very interesting content got put up as freeware today and over the past couple of days. Chief among the freebies has to be a pack of four full-fledged software synths from developer TrapDoor Audio. It will load you up with synth sounds for days and weeks to come. Also interesting are the Ambient soundscape […]
MAGIX has released Sound Forge Pro 13. The newest version of the long-running audio recording and editing software comes with a new VST engine, ARA2 support, and new mixing and mastering plug-ins, among other new features. You could call Sound Forge the granddaddy of PC-based audio editing software. Quite unbelievably, it’s been around for over […]
Some of you may fondly remember Sony ACID as an user-friendly, loop-based DAW which made it quite easy to stitch together tunes from loops. My first ever attempt at remixing a song was done in ACID way back in 2005 when I knew zilch about production. It was, and I believe it still is, a […]
SampleRobot Pro has always been an useful tool for any producer managing a vast sample collection in addition to a vintage sampler or two. It’s an application made to simplify and automate the process of sampling, sample editing and organizing while also exporting sounds in native hardware sampler formats. With the newly released version 6 […]
It feels like decades since the release of version 5 but finally we have a full version update and we’re trying not to feel underwhelmed with Kontakt 6. Kontakt 6 It is the 6th generation of what has become the industry standard sampled instrument player and development platform. It hosts a huge number of instruments […]
They’ve been teasing this “game changer” for a while and now we have the big reveal. It’s called Arcade, it looks beautiful and it’s a daily dose of loops within an easy-to-use manipulation engine. Try it free for 100 days and then subscribe for the rest of your life. Arcade So it’s a bunch of […]
Studio One gets a brand new version released today. There’s talk of loops and beat production, seamlessness and advanced virtual instruments. Let’s check out what’s new. Studio One 4 It’s all better and faster and cleaner and all the usual things we associate with a full version update. But here are some of the new […]
Softube has announced the third addition to its Weiss line-up of hardware emulations — the Weiss Deess. This is a de-esser which combines algorithms ported from Weiss’ DS1-MK3 digital hardware de-esser with a modern interface. Weiss Deess features two fully independent bands, various filter shapes, and detailed band-width control. A big color display visualizes FFT […]
I think it’s remarkable that Sound Forge is still going after all this time. Most DAWs have ample audio editing facilities built in these days. Sony never managed to do anything creative with it when they bought it from Sonic Foundry in 2003. When Magix picked it up last year I thought it might disappear […]