Universal Audio’s award winning Apollo interface will gain new features in the first half of 2013. One of the major upgrades is the capability to cascade multiple units. Multi-unit cascading allows simultaneous use of 16 analog inputs and outputs, including eight mic preamps, 12 digital inputs and outputs which is perfect for tracking a full band. […]
Reverb Classics are two new reverb plugins created by Native Instruments in collaboration with Softube. The plugins are obvious emulations of the the Classic Lexicon 224 and 480 hardware reverb units. Unique about these two plugins are their real-time visual displays that show you the shape of the reverb with each adjustment that you make. […]
Mixing possibilities with the plugins of today are almost endless. Plenty of high quality plugins can be acquired for a very low price and sometimes even completely free. Still, many high end studios and producers often choose expensive hardware gear over plugins. Why is that? Analog hardware contains nonlinear electronic components like transformers, transistors and […]
The first major Mix Buddy update is coming along very nicely We’re working extremely hard on this one. That’s the reason why it has been a bit quiet in terms of number of posts. But that will change soon. A new post on analog sound and plugins is on the way. Plus the latest tweets […]
UAD today released version 6.4.1 of their UAD powered plugins software. This version is a public beta release intended primarily for Apple Logic Pro 9 64-bit users. 32-bit and 64-bit versions of VST and Audio Units plug-ins are included but they are not fully tested with other hosts. This release is for all UAD hardware […]
German Hofa plugin developer is holding a Christmas Mix and Remix contest with two times €1000,- to be won for the best Mix and Remix of the German Christmas song “O, Come Emanuel”. The song is recorded in HOFA’s own studio and comprises of 41 high quality tracks in 24-bit – 44.1 kHz. To get […]
Native Instruments is giving away two great pieces of audio software absolutely free. First one is a filter and distortion plugin called Driver. In NI’s words ‘Driver combines an inspiring and powerful high-quality filter with a sonic beast of a distortion section. Next to Driver NI is giving away five DJ Remix sample sets from […]
IK Multimedia today released a new version of its T-Racks Mastering Suite called T-Racks CS. The CS stands for Custom Shop and allows you to buy extra effect and processing modules from within the plugin. With the release of the Custom Shop in T-Racks, IK Multimedia follow the same path as with their Amplitube 3 […]
Waves announced today that the price of the Waves Update Pan (WUP) will be increased from $200 to $300. Waves have had some criticism from users this year after they announced they wouldn’t be updating their large plugin library to AAX DSP format for the Pro Tools HDX system any time soon if at all. […]