We recently ran a poll asking you, The Production Expert Community, to take part in a unique Vox AC30 blind listening test. We provided seven audio examples with one of the clips being a real Vox AC30 recording, the other six where produced using a number of popular guitar amp plug-in emulations. The results are in!
We Test iZotope New Vocal Processing Suite Nectar 3 With The Powerful Vocal Assistant & Unmask Features - You Won't Believe Your Ears
For users of previous versions of Nectar this latest version is an absolute no-brainer. For those who regularly mix within all-in-one style plug-in chain windows, Nectar 3 could very well be the best vocal mixing suite out there, it’s worth checking out. Let us know what you think of Nectar 3.
Plugin Alliance Release Schoeps Mono Upmix Plug-in To Upmix To Stereo And LCR
Our friends at Plugin Alliance have released a new plugin for upmixing. This takes a new approach to a very common issue - how do you best make a mono signal wider? There are quite a few techniques which can be deployed using standard tools like using different EQ settings or short delays to introduce a pseudostereo effect but the Schoeps Mono upmix plug-in takes a different approach and offers greater control and realism.
Waves Announce Axis One - A New SoundGrid Host Computer
Waves has announced a new ‘standardised computer’ custom-designed and optimised to run Waves audio applications. The new Axis One comes as what Waves describe as ‘a road-hardy half-rack 2U case”, designed to be a trustworthy turn-key solution for live sound, broadcast, and the studio.
Test - Softube's New Harmonics Dynamic Distortion Plug-in Has An Awesome DTC Feature Which Preserves The Dynamics Of Your Tracks
The masters of analog plug-in emulations Softube recently released a new suite of distortion flavours ranging a variety of common mixing saturation styles in a plug-in they’ve called Harmonics, described by Softube as a dynamic distortion tool. In this video we put Harmonics to the test across several tracks in a mix and test the new DTC features that puts back track dynamics which are often mangled when saturation and distorted.
Universal Audio Announce Version 9.7 Of Their UAD-2 Software With 5 New Plug-Ins To Suit All Music & Post Workflows
The team at Universal Audio are very pleased to be able to announce version 9.7 of their UAD-2 software supporting all Apollo interfaces’s and UAD-2 DSP accelerated hardware. Version 9.7 brings us five new plug-ins featuring the Lexicon 480L Digital reverb and effects, Softube Vocoder, AMS Neve DFC Channel Strip, Brainworx Suhr SE100 Amplifier and the Brainworx bx_masterdesk Classic.
Is Illusion LiquidSonic's Best Reverb Plug-in Yet? Find Out Now In Our Drum & Vocal Mixing Test
In this video we put Illusion to work on a drum mix bus and lead vocal track. The overall mix is fairly solid but there’s a sense depth missing that makes the mix in this example sound a bit two dimensional and upfront. Watch the video to hear how a couple of Illusion presets, and some quick tweaks of the controls, transforms the presentation of the drums and vocals into tastefully sculpted ambiences that frame each of the tracks.
iZotope Release Nectar 3 And Music Production Suite 2 - Discover What Nectar 3 Can Do
We announced that Nectar 3 from iZotope was coming in November. Just 2 days into November and it’s here. Nectar 3 has undergone a complete redesign, iZotope have added 5 new modules as well as having improvements to the other modules for a total of twelve vocal processing modules. Nectar 3 now comes with Celemony’s Melodyne 4 essential time and pitch correction. Check out what it can do.
Do You Regularly Fix Inconsistent Levels In Spoken Word Recordings Using Clip Gain? Stop - Try Accusonus ERA Voice Leveler Real-Time Plug-in Instead - Watch Our Test
Accusonus, the smart developers behind many a great audio repair plug-in, have just released another string to their brilliant ERA one knob plug-in bow by adding a rather useful automatic real-time audio leveller tool. ERA Voice Leveler provides a straight forward approach to balancing inconsistent levels within dialog and voice recordings by use of a single dial.
Our List Of Top Audio Plug-in Developers That Offer You 2 or More Plug-in Activations Per License You Buy
In this article we list a number of plug-in developers who offer more than one plug-in activation per license along with their license policy statements. Did you know one brand offers up to 10 activations?
Waves Release New Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain Plug-in - Intro Pricing $39 (Reduced From $199)
Waves has just released a new modular mastering chain plug-in modeled after the EMI TG12410 Transfer Console used in all Abbey Road's mastering studios since the early '70s to date. Create custom processing chains with a flexible flow and the TG magic on master tracks, individual tracks or sub groups in your mixing sessions.
iZotope Announce Nectar 3, A New Vocal Chain Bundle And An Update To Their Music Production Bundle
On the run up to AES New York, which opens tomorrow, iZotope today announced updates to Nectar and Music Production Suite in addition to the creation of the Vocal Chain Bundle. iZotope had redesigned Nectar 3, adding five brand new modules and new assistive audio features such as RX 7 Breath Control, and partner product Celemony Melodyne 4 essential.
Expert Reverb Tips & Tricks From The Reverb Maestro Michael Carnes At Exponential Audio
In this article we are going to bring together the first 4 tips from reverb maestro Michael Carnes from Exponential Audio that we have been sharing on the Pro Tools Expert Podcast recently. The first 4 are Using the Compressor To Make Level-Sensitive Reverb With The 2nd Generation Exponential Audio Reverb Plug-ins, Making Great Sounding Small Rooms, Using The Chorus Effect In Reverbs Creatively In The R2 Series and How To Use The Tail Suppression Feature In The 2nd Generation Exponential Audio Reverb Plug-ins.
iZotope Release Free Vocal Doubler Plug-in - Get It Now
Our friends at iZotope have released a new free Vocal Doubler plug-in designed to enhance your vocal track with a natural doubling effect, to add richness and depth. IZotope’s tell us that they have reimagined their doubling technology with a brand new interactive UI dedicated to help everyone achieve a great double faster than ever.
Get The Best Results From Your Leapwing Audio DynOne Smart Parallel Multi-band Dynamics Plug-in With Our Exclusive Tutorial
Multi-band compressors can take too much time to set up and tweak. Leapwing have designed their DynOne to have fixed bands where you are literally mixing in the compressed signal. there are also min-max values for attack and release, and you can set different timing depending on whether the signal is transient in nature or not. In this free video tutorial brought to you with the support of Leapwing Julian Rodgers show you how the Dynone works.
Plugin Alliance Announce BYOME - Build Your Own Modular Effects
BYOME is a new plug-in from Unfiltered Audio which brings together some of everything Unfiltered Audio have ever done into a modular, patchable environment, which offers far more than would be available using discrete plug-ins. Using its clear interface and simple CV style patching system is is easy to set up multiple complex modulation paths. Modulation of modulators all automated via multiple macros, you name it you can probably do it in BYOME.
Tonsturm Traveller Doppler Plug-in Now Windows And Mac Compatible With New Update
Tonsturm have announced that TRAVELER Doppler plug-in is finally available for Windows too. They have also updated it to V.1.1 and added a number of new features. Existing users and download the new version. If you don’t own it, TRAVELER is on offer at $179 instead of $229 until 9th October 2018.
Reverb Is All About Placing Your Music In An Acoustic Space - We Try The New Spaces II Convolution Reverb From EastWest
There are two main categories of reverb. There is algorithmic reverb which uses a self contained step by step set of rules to create a reverb and there is that type I am going to look at in this article, convolution reverb. A simple way of thinking of it is that an algorithmic reverb is programmed from the ground up and a convolution is sampled from a real acoustic space, and I think you can already see where this is heading.
Krotos Audio Reformer Pro - Will It Transform Your Sound Design Workflow?
Many times, I've been in a mix or a sound design session and we've reached an impasse. No matter what we do to the sound, it doesn't match with what the director has in their head. Reformer Pro by Krotos Audio, promises to change all this by bringing live performance back to sound design, but can Krotos really transform your sound-design workflow? We put it to the test.
Tape Emulation Plug-In Added To Antelope Audios Range Of FPGA Effects
News of the new tape emulation plug-in “Reel To Reel” may have passed you by in the raft of updates Antelope Audio have been announcing to their FPGA based real-time effects platform. In this video from the team at Antelope check out how the 4 different flavours of tape emulation Reel To Reel offers can be use to gently add colour and dynamics to your music.