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Reverb.com, the online site for buying and selling guitars, music equipment and more has been sold to Etsy for a reported $275 million. In a thoughtful message to customers, founder David Kalt announced that he’s going to stand down as CEO. Etsy acquires Reverb for $275 million Reverb is a bit like the eBay for […]
British company Audio Animals has stepped in with an impressive collection of freebies that’s certainly worth checking out! Available in VST, WAV, and Kontakt sampler formats, the instruments seem well-crafted and musically varied. Among them, you will find stuff such as: – A bongo instrument covering 8 hand styles across 384 hits – Three emulations […]
At this year’s NAMM, boutique microphone maker Roswell Pro Audio revealed Delphos II, its second-generation flagship studio condenser mic. It improves on the original model with the addition of a third polar pattern and a new low-noise power supply. The mic body has been enlarged and finished in metallic blue. According to Roswell founder Matt […]
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 […]
We might have reached a plateau where everything is now version 10. Cubase, Reason, Ableton Live and Waveform are all at this solid two digit decimal. And now MOTU’s Digital Performer is joining the club. Featuring a new Clips window, Stretch Audio, workflow improvements and 100’s of instruments. Digital Performer 10 The big thing with […]
Cherry Audio has announced the release of Voltage Modular 1.2. It’s only an incremental update but it has a huge new feature – the ability to host VST and AU plugins. Voltage Modular 1.2 Since it first appeared at NAMM last year Voltage Modular seemed to crawl to its release in September. But since its […]
Lewitt Microphones is an Austrian brand which specializes in studio microphones. These two new condensers mark a bit of a departure, being aimed at the decidedly budget-conscious end of the market: the USD 99 LCT 040 MATCH and the USD 149 LCT 140 AIR. Both are full-fledged small-diaphragm condenser microphones primed for home studio owners intending […]
Warm Audio is among the leading brands making affordable replicas of rare and expensive vintage gear. This is one of the brands to go to for authentic sound on a reasonable budget. WA has now unveiled a new mic, a straight-up replica of the Telefunken ELA M 251 whose official reissue costs no less than […]
Long awaited and perhaps overdue, Native Instruments has finally announced the immediate availability of Kontakt 6, the de-facto industry standard sampling platform. So, what’s new this time around? If you tend to use Kontakt mainly as an instrument host, you’ll be thrilled to know that version 6 expands the factory library with three new sampled […]
Apogee has introduced its new Jam+, an update to its Jam USB audio interface. The new version has both an instrument input and a headphone output and lets you record an electric guitar, bass, keyboard, or any acoustic instrument with pickups directly to an iOS device, PC, or Mac. With an optional adapter, connecting a dynamic […]