In this week’s Podcast Mike Thornton, James Ivey and Eli Krantzberg discuss the weakness common to the majority of hardware controllers - Plug-in control.
Deals
We have some great deals from Waves, Synchro Arts, Universal Audio, RSPE, Editors Keys and Avid on our Deals page.
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Talking Point - Control Surfaces for Plugins
Competitions
It’s a busy month for competitions and giveaways with no fewer than four running in October from leapwing, Krotos, Slate and Townsend Labs.
Download and remix 5x Grammy award winning producer Cassidy Turbin’s track Spell Of Love for a chance to win a Townsend Labs L22 microphone system worth over £1300 in their Halloween giveaway.
To celebrate the launch of their EDM pack, Slate Digital are giving away an ML-1 Virtual Microphone System and a 1-year subscription to their all access pass’ worth over $1000
Leapwing Audio are offering three chances to win their plugins worth over £700 including DynOne, CentreOne, StageOne and the new RootOne.
Our friends over at Krotos are giving away their Sound Design Bundle 2 - which includes Reformer Pro, Dehumaniser 2 and Igniter Full Tank - worth £1,842 to one lucky winner.
Check out the Win page for more details
Source Connect Now
As you may know, we are spread out around the UK, Europe and the US when we record the podcast. In the past, we have used a variety of internet-based solutions so we could hear each other. We have settled on Source Connect Now which gives us ISDN equivalent quality audio using a Chrome browser, no software to install. You can get a free account from Source Elements.
Find Of The Week Kindly Sponsored by RSPE Audio Solutions
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Mike - new ear pads for my Sony headphones
Eli - Musiversal. Unlimited access to session musicians to play on your tracks; for a monthly fee
James - New plastic (ABS) tough cases…..£55 on Amazon. Great for mics and pedals and all sorts of studio bits and bobs.