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W.A Production is aiming to simplify ducked delays with Mutant Delay, a vocal processor plug-in that features in-built dynamic ducking. The advantage of combining ducking with delay is that you can dial in extreme delay effects while retaining the clarity of the original signal. This allows you to have pronounced delays packed with feedback that […]
Auburn Sounds, the makers of the widely used Panagement binaural positioning reverb, has released Panagement 2. The updated plug-in integrates binaural positioning with reverb and delay to give you ambiences including lush hall reverbs and rooms that are even more realistic than before. The new version offers the same binaural panning and distance modelling features […]
Puremagnetik has unveiled Zerone, a plug-in that employs granular processing to help you discover hidden sounds within your audio signal. At the heart of Zerone are two granular processes. These are designed to first isolate your signal’s audio segments, before modifying them with time-compression or expansion and letting them “iterate over time segments”. According to […]
Price £189/$229 Contact TC Electronic The digital revolution hit studios long before DAWs got in on the act. From the mid 80s until well into the 2000s, most studios were adorned with rack cabinets packed with digital boxes dedicated to performing specific studio tasks: reverbs, delays, SMPTE sync and all the rest of it. And, […]
Townsend Labs has added ten new microphone models to its Sphere plug-in. With the new additions in Sphere 1.4, the company’s L22 dual-capsule microphone is capable of emulating more than 30 individual microphone models. Sphere is the software component of the L22 dual-capsule microphone, which competes with the Austrian Audio OC818 and the Lewitt LCT […]
Ocean Swift has released the OSS Enterprise hybrid vector software synthesizer. It’s a space-themed machine that offers several different kinds of synthesis, including additive, subtractive, and wavetable. Paired with some stellar-looking modulation options, this looks like a capable spacecraft for all kinds of sonic exploration. Four multi-mode oscillators with vector synthesis Upon opening the hatch, […]
It’s time for this week’s roundup of the best free tools for your DAW. This time around, we have a virtual analog synth, a sonic enhancer, and an “intensenator”. If you’re into free plug-ins (and who isn’t?), check out ANA-1000, Reviber, and Dyno. Lurker Beats ANA-1000 Lurker Beats, also known as SynthIV, is giving us […]
The sound quality of free plug-ins has come a very long way in the past decade. Freeware used to be somewhat synonymous with effects that sounded inferior, forcing you to shell out precious budget on paid plug-ins and preventing you from investing in other areas of your recording setup – but this is no longer […]
Propellerhead has introduced a new synth Rack Extension from DNA Labs. The Helium Quad Evolving Synthesizer fuses synthesized waveforms with real instrument waveforms to crossbreed hybrid alien/human sounds controlled by a very dark interface. Helium Quad Evolving Synthesizer Behind the darkness is 4.48GB of sample content containing 2000 waveforms that can be loaded into any […]
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 […]