LOS ANGELES, CA, USA: Noise Engineering is proud to expand its software offerings by announcing availability of Polydactyl and Librae, two new dynamics-processing plug-ins presenting many flavors of compression, expansion, limiting, and distortion — Polydactyl being designed for anything from subtle mixing tasks to complete sonic destruction as a multiband processor, while Librae is made for mixing, mastering, sound design, and stereo-field experimentation — as of April 20…
“From the start, these plug-ins were intended for clean mastering, sound design, and coloration,” comments Noise Engineering Chief Plumber Adam Lange-Pearson, one of two software engineers behind Polydactyl and Librae. “While we worked on these, our chat threads were full for months with picky feedback about levels and sound quality, and heated ergonomics discussion,” he continues, concluding: “By the end, I am pretty sure we argued over every pixel in each meter at least once.”
Ostensibly, Polydactyl is a multiband processor inspired by over-the-top and aggressive techniques, yet it is designed to be versatile enough to be used in almost any mix. Featuring four adjustable bands — plus Pre and Post — to precisely sculpt the dynamics of audio tracks with separate per-section controls for Blend, Gain, Room, Floor, Release, and Stereo Link, the bands can be dialed in individually or the Link function can be utilized to quickly apply user settings across multiple bands (though turning Link off makes it simple to set each band as needed).
Though those controls break away from traditional dynamics-processing layouts, they simplify the workflow for dialing in subtle (or not-so-subtle) dynamics. Dedicated distortion controls such as Saturate, Soft Drive and Hard Drive (with associated Soft Blend and Hard Blend controls for clipping distortion), Zero Pop (for zero-crossing distortion), and output level are also included in each section, which can also be bypassed or soloed.
Saying that, the clean interface of Polydactyl provides a huge range of visual feedback. First and foremost, the frequency spectrum meter displays the output level across the audio spectrum and is interactive — click and drag the lines to adjust the band splits; select bands for further adjustment. Additionally, Polydactyl includes a scalable envelope display to show processing over time and global In and Out VU meters. Moreover, each stage also includes a static curve meter to demonstrate the compression and expansion applied to the signal, and In and Out VU meters.
Librae is a mid/side and stereo dynamics processor with separate controls for Pre, Mid, Side, and Post stages. Duly designed for transparency, Librae is made for master-bus applications, but the team behind the plug-in put a lot of thought into making it a capable tool for creative processing and sound design. Many of its controls are similar to those on Polydactyl. Put it this way: Librae also has separate per-stage controls for Blend, Gain, Saturate, Room, Floor, Release, and Stereo Link, plus distortion controls like Saturate, Soft Drive and Hard Drive (with dedicated Soft Blend and Hard Blend), Zero Pop, and output-level controls. Its Pre and Post stages also feature shelf-EQ weight controls to adjust how the plug-in’s dynamics processing responds to the incoming signal. Librae features a Global Mid < – > Side balance control for easy adjustment. Similarly, each section can also be bypassed or soloed.
It is easy to understand Librae, though, thanks to a detailed graphical interface featuring a goniometer displaying the correlation between the input channels and an envelope display showing processing over time. Each processing stage features a dedicated graphical display with a static curve meter to show the curve applied to the signal, In and Out VU meters, and a weighting graph to visualize the detector shelf EQ weighting (with adjustable Weight High and Weight Low) on the stage input.
In keeping with all Noise Engineering plug-ins, Polydactyl and Librae are designed for automation and each include an extensive internal modulation matrix with LFOs and step sequencers that can be routed to almost any parameter. Moreover, modulators have adjustable randomization for easy humanization.
Intuitive in use from first being opened, Polydactyl and Librae both come complete with a sizeable number of Noise Engineering-provided presets — ranging from subtle and transparent to aggressive and in-your-face — to kickstart anyone in need of inspiration. If more than that is needed then the rand (random) and nudge buttons (to generate and tweak patches in one click) are sure to get creative juices flowing.
Available as two new dynamics-processing plug-ins presenting many flavors of compression, expansion, and distortion, Polydactyl and Librae are ready to take up their positions in signal-processing toolkits the world over.
Polydactyl and Librae are available now in AAX, AU, and VST formats for $49.00 USD apiece, and also available as part of the Build Your Own Bundle (buy any three plug-ins and automatically get one for half price) — only from Noise Engineering here: https://noiseengineering.us
Please visit the dedicated Polydactyl webpage (https://noiseengineering.us/products/polydactyl-plugin) and Librae webpage (https://noiseengineering.us/products/librae-plugin) for more in-depth information.
See and hear Polydactyl and Librae in action in Noise Engineering’s illuminating introductory video here:
About Noise Engineering (www.noiseengineering.us)
Noise Engineering explores new sound spaces to help broaden the universe of musical tone. The company’s hobbyist roots date back to around 2014, beginning by making Eurorack synthesizer modules in new and unusual styles. Since then, it has added new products and platforms to the lineup, spanning 5U modules to software, striving to put as much immediate, useful, and fun functionality at its users’ fingertips as possible. Whatever way anyone likes to make music, it is working hard to bring something exciting to the production table. The company is a member of 1% for the Planet, a coalition of businesses pledging to donate at least one percent of revenue to environmental causes. Collectively, it is not just about making synths and effects, but rather giving back and doing what it can to make its community and, hopefully, the world a better place.
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Following on from an initial successful launch, Spitfire Audio is pleased to announce a colossal update to Albion Colossus (free to existing users). Featuring 995 new eDNA techniques bolstered by five distorting, carnage-provoking warps, and 26 new EVOs, this update enhances Spitfire Audio’s most epic library yet, extending its genre-blending abilities, and bolstering the two orchestras and groundbreaking Hype, Depth, and Scale features.
The EVO Grid Mode – An array of hand-crafted evolving textures generated from Spitfire Audio’s acoustic content accessible in their EVO Engine. With 10 strings (chamber & symphonic), four brass (chamber & symphonic), four woodwinds (chamber & symphonic), and eight granular evolutions (chamber & symphonic), the possibilities are endlessly inspiring.
eDNA – Spitfire Audio’s fully featured sound design engine is stocked with a curated selection of sounds from the library. Each one is reprocessed to bring you an entirely new palette to explore. From ethereal pads to pure orchestral carnage. Providing 995 techniques and enhanced by five distorting, carnage-provoking warps, take your compositions to the next level.
Eco-Load feature – Eco-Load allows the selected technique(s) to be loaded to RAM, offloading all other techniques to save on system resources.
Warps (5):
KEY FEATURES [POST UPDATE]
AVAILABILITY & PRICING
Update Available – April 18th, 2023 at 5pm BST
Link – https://www.spitfireaudio.com/albion-colossus
RRP: £399 / $449 / 449€
Promo Period for Update: £239 / $269 / 269€
About Spitfire Audio (www.spitfireaudio.com)
Spitfire Audio is a British music technology company that specializes in sounds — sample libraries, virtual instruments, and other useful software devices. It collaborates with the best composers, artists, and engineers in the world to build musical tools that sound great and are exciting to use.
Spitfire Audio was founded by two award-winning composers: Christian Henson and Paul Thomson. Born out of their shared dissatisfaction for string sample libraries, they pooled their resources and decided to record their own string samples at the legendary Air Studios in London. Initially, they invited a limited number of friends and associates to own copies of their samples, but whispers of this private sample club soon started to echo across the Atlantic Ocean throughout the composer community. Within a year, some of the most renowned composers in film and television signed up, so Paul and Christian decided to take their samples public.
To date, Spitfire Audio has recorded and released over 100 sample libraries, collaborating with some of the biggest names in media composition, including Hans Zimmer, Eric Whitacre, Ólafur Arnalds & the London Contemporary Orchestra. Spitfire Audio’s sounds are heard in everything, from major Hollywood film scores to recordings by Radiohead and U2. Paul and Christian’s initial side project is now a thriving international music technology enterprise, with a uniquely experienced and diverse workforce, all focused on a shared mission: to inspire a generation of composers. The composer team remains at the center of the business, drawing on their own experience as obsessive music makers to explore the needs and wants of their fellow composers.
NEW YORK, April 18, 2023 – Heavyocity Media announces the release of Mosaic Neon, the next chapter in the acclaimed Mosaic Series line of virtual instruments. Mosaic Neon elevates a wide palette of quintessential synth sounds into dynamic, score-friendly cinematic elements—ethereal pads, complex rhythms, warm textures, and hypnotic arpeggios—breathing new life into the harmonically rich world of vintage and analog synthesis techniques, reimagining them in new and innovative ways.
“There is something uniquely inspiring about vintage synthesis methods,” said Dave Fraser, Co-Founder, Heavyocity. “And with Mosaic Neon we wanted to honor its legacy and influence by capturing its distinctive tonality and transforming it into a modern sound design tool.”
Featuring over 100 compelling and customizable snapshots that are chock-full of emotive qualities—from nostalgic to menacing, somber to bright—Mosaic Neon offers a mix of vintage styles and futuristic elements, resulting in a truly unique color to enhance your composition.
And for a limited time, Heavyocity is offering Mosaic Neon for $99 (reg. $119). In addition, owners of other Mosaic Series instruments will receive an additional 20% off. Offers end April 27, 2023.
As a “powered-by-Kontakt” instrument Mosaic Neon offers all playback and sound-shaping functionality through the full version of Kontakt 6 or the free Kontakt 6 Player.
PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
Mosaic Neon will be available at www.heavyocity.com/mosaic-neon
Mosaic Neon- $119 USD
Limited-Time Mosaic Neon Offer – $99 USD
Limited-Time Mosaic Neon Offer for Mosaic Owners – $79 USD
Offers End: April 27, 2023
ABOUT HEAVYOCITY MEDIA
Heavyocity Media is a developer of award-winning virtual instruments and effects for computer-based music production, composition, and sound design. Heavyocity’s critically-acclaimed products push the boundaries of creativity, providing new and unique tools for professional composers and producers.
SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO, ITALY: small town lovers of music and electronic instruments Clatters Machines is proud to announce (website-only) availability of its Sibilla stereo digital oscillator — translating the beauty and harshness of a semi-barren mountain into a 10HP Eurorack module that sculpts sound with various saw and sine waves running through intricate delay networks altered by LFOs (Low Frequency Oscillators) and white noise to create constructive and destructive interferences, enabling ever-evolving soundscapes that can be both droning and/or melodic in nature — as of April 15…
Inspired by a mountain, designed by the sea. So few words, with so much meaning; those eight words that so subtly make an appearance on the Sibilla module’s rear represent its backstory, what inspired its creators, and where they are based. But, for clarity’s sake, the company collectively calls it: An ever-evolving sound machine for soundscapes, melodies, and drones.
It is fair to say, though, that there is more to that Sibilla backstory than meets the eye. “Living by the sea can be peaceful and inspiring, but also quite stressful as the tourist season reaches its peak and, all of a sudden, a small town doubles the number of its citizens,” continues Clatters Machines Co-founder, engineer, electronic designer Michelangelo Nasso. “Those are the moments in which we’re constantly looking for air and a new space that is able to inspire us while calming our nerves! Luckily, we live in a weird region in which a 40-minute drive means the difference between swimming in the sea and hiking at 2000m above sea level, surrounded by semi-barren lands which actually make you forget for a moment that you’re still on planet Earth. One of those magical places is called Monte Sibilla — Sibella Mountain, and our new module tries to pay tribute to it.”
As a stereo digital oscillator, Sibilla’s L/M (left/mono) and R (right) channels are the output stages of two audio feedback loops, each of which is made up of a main sub-sinusoidal wave oscillator and two saw and sine waves with frequencies affected by the generation of (right-channel) harmonics and (left-channel) sub-harmonics. Saying that, though, all of those waves have different phases with respective offsets constantly affected by minor variations created by two pairs of GRAINS randomly fluctuating within the waves’ amplitude spectrum and being sampled at a certain speed.
Thereafter, the waves meet each other at a so-called ‘common point’ — where everything happens and changes continuously — together with two white noise sources, creating constructive and destructive interferences that are affected constantly by two LFO movements. Moreover, such interferences are then run into a resonant low-pass filter and distributed to four different delay lines from where they are finally fed back into the audio loops at different time intervals, depending on the GRAINS movement.
Making it to Sibilla’s summit as an ever-evolving sound machine for soundscapes, melodies, and drones translated from the beauty and harshness of a semi-barren mountain is destined to be a long-lasting musical journey that is as adventurous as it is inspirational in and of itself.
Given the limited quantities involved in its first production run, Sibilla is only available to purchase directly via its dedicated webpage (https://clattersmachines.com/prodotto/sibilla/) — which includes more in-depth information — for €360.00 EUR (plus VAT, if applicable).
Get a feel for Sibilla while watching Clatters Machines’ intriguing-sounding introductory video here: https://youtube.com/shorts/Ij44TvVXwtY
Become a little more familiar with Sibilla while watching Clatters Machines’ introductory tutorial video here: https://youtu.be/3kHn2ELj8hQ
About Clatters Machines (www.clattersmachines.com)
As a small company based in an equally small Italian town by the Adriatic Sea, but with a big love for music and electronic instruments, Clatters Machines is the direct result of respectively realizing two musicians’ wishes — the search for an instrument meeting specific needs and the desire for something musical married with design flair. Fortunately for all concerned, the resulting purist approach to design and fabrication allowed a perfect blend of form and, of course, sound. Since all of the company’s products are entirely soldered and assembled by hand, high production times for small stock quantities are inevitable, but the results clearly speak volumes about the love involved in their creation and are always well worth the wait!
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Now truly class-defying and exceptional audio performance
is available in a choice of colors to best suit each mixing environment
Now Available in White
In addition to the original black finish, the iLoud Precision will soon be available in a modern white finish. Continuing to be crafted in Italy, each Precision is hand-sprayed in multiple layers with strict attention to detail for a high-end finish that’s both beautiful and enduring. Users can select the color choice that best matches their home or studio setup.
Precise Balance for Perfect Translation
The perfect mix translates every emotion and detail of each song perfectly outside the studio. Whatever the color, iLoud Precision offers a stunning ultra-flat frequency response within +/- 1 dB accuracy from 45 Hz to 30 kHz. Mixers can instantly zoom in on which instruments and frequencies need attention, to create the perfect balance faster than ever.
Unprecedented Low-end Detail
With bass extension down to 36 Hz at only -4 dB, iLoud Precision delivers deep, powerful yet always-balanced bass. With ARC enabled, in many rooms, iLoud Precision can reach as low as 30 Hz, for full-range monitoring in every genre. And an adjustable bass roll-off lets Precisions integrate with a sub without the need of an external crossover to degrade sonic performance.
Linear Phase Sound Reveals Every Detail
Beyond balance and range, a perfect monitor needs to recreate every detail of the original recording. iLoud Precision leverages advanced 96 kHz internal DSP, digital crossovers, and custom-designed audiophile amplifiers to deliver true linear phase response above 150 Hz. The result is stunningly precise stereo imaging and transients and true-to-life clarity that make mixing decisions that much easier and more precise.
Preventing Ear Fatigue
Reaching virtually the theoretical ideal performance of time coherence, or the precise time alignment between all frequencies, iLoud Precision offers an incredibly transient response without sacrificing frequency balance. This eliminates the ear fatigue that can develop over longer listening sessions, as well as improves the “readability” of the program and therefore translation.
Taking the Room Out of the Mix
Any monitor is only as good as the room it’s in. To avoid room acoustics coloring mixing decisions, each iLoud Precision offers built-in acoustic self-calibration based on the acclaimed ARC System™ technology. Just connect the included MEMS measurement microphone and in a few seconds, the iLoud Precisions will tune themselves to any environment, taking the room out of the mix for good.
Easy to Set up and Recall Settings
iLoud Precision series includes X-MONITOR, a newly developed advanced control application that assists ARC calibration, enables extended acoustic and voicing control to fine-tune iLoud Precision to taste, plus convenient remote access to the Precision’s back panel controls. The software is plug-n-play via a simple USB connection with no special setup needed.
A Wall of Iconic Studio Monitors in One
X-MONITOR also allows iLoud Precision to emulate the precise frequency and phase response of many iconic studio monitors, as well as popular hi-fi speakers and mobile devices, with breathtakingly true-to-life results. With over 20 profiles included, a single pair of iLoud Precisions with X-MONITOR lets mixers test their mix on different reference systems quickly, without ever having to head to the car.
Pricing and Availability
iLoud Precision studio monitors in white will be available in Q2, and can be pre-ordered now from the IK Multimedia online store and from IK authorized dealers worldwide at the following prices:
iLoud Precision 5 – $/€899.99* ea. – 5″ Woofer + 1.5″ Tweeter, 135W RMS
iLoud Precision 6 – $/€999.99 ea. – 6.5″ Woofer + 1.5″ Tweeter, 150W RMS
iLoud Precision MTM – $/€1,199.99 ea. – 2 x 5″ Woofers + 1.5″ Tweeter, 175W RMS
*All pricing excluding taxes.
For more information about the iLoud Precision series or to see the studio monitors in action, please visit: www.ikmultimedia.com/iloudprecision/white
An affordable, compact recording solution offering exclusive features for guitarists
and a gateway to a new world of tone
The Class A JFET input buffer adds the midrange focus, warmth and harmonic enhancement highly sought after by guitar players. An Active/Passive pickup selector allows precise input settings at the flip of a switch while, unique to AXE I/O family, the ONE features external controller inputs to connect switches or volume pedals to control the included software hands-free, without ever having to stop playing.
The exclusive Amp Out allows players to connect directly to a guitar amplifier or a guitar rig for practicing using a hybrid setup of virtual and real guitar gear. Or it can be used for reamping, the technique of recording a dry guitar signal and using external gear for processing or even to capture one’s own real rig and turn it into a plug-in using the included artificial intelligence software.
A Massive Bundle of Tones
With both AmpliTube 5 SE and TONEX SE included, users have instant access to a huge library of thousands of gear models and presets to record and play right out of the box, and AXE I/O ONE works with any recording application.
AmpliTube 5 SE includes 80 pieces of gear that cover a wide range of stomp and rack effects, amps, cabs, speakers, mics, and rooms with complex series/parallel rig chains easily built by drag and drop to emulate any type of sound.
TONEX SE is the new and revolutionary AI Machine Modeling software that’s taking the world by storm, offering not only thousands of rigs that are indistinguishable from the real thing but also the possibility of modeling any real rig and turning it into a plug-in. Users can model their amps, cabs or pedals including distortion, overdrive, EQ, fuzz, boost, and more, and play them inside TONEX and AmpliTube.
Both software applications include access to the ToneNET online service where there are now over 6,000 AmpliTube presets and 10,000 TONEX tone models to explore, produced, and expanded daily by a thriving community of guitar and bass players.
Plug and Play, Straight Away
AXE I/O ONE is USB-C bus powered and requires no external power supply. To start recording is as easy as plug and play. Users can hit record right out of the box with the included easy-to-use AmpliTube 5 SE multitrack standalone application or, for more sophisticated composition, Ableton Live Lite software is included to take it to the next level. Everything is easy to set up and easy to use whenever inspiration strikes.
AXE I/O ONE’s MIDI input and output also allow users to connect keyboard controllers or any other MIDI controllers to play virtual instruments or control the included software with external MIDI gear or vice versa. Plus AXE I/O ONE also works with the latest iPads for use with TONEX SE iOS (also included), the free AmpliTube CS iOS app and a huge variety of compatible apps.
High-quality Tracks Anywhere
Great recordings require uncompromised quality and AXE I/O ONE delivers professional audio with sample rates up to 192 kHz, 108 dB dynamic range and 9 Hz-45 kHz frequency response.
And for recording acoustic instruments and vocals via the XLR mic input, AXE I/O ONE features a PURE Class-A mic preamp with phantom power for ultra-transparent and clean recording, without any unwanted coloration, preserving the true sonic character of a vocal, acoustic guitar, piano or other instrument.
Super compact and easy to carry in a backpack or gig bag, AXE I/O ONE can also quickly become the ideal interface for recording on the go.
Pricing and Availability
AXE I/O ONE is shipping now and available from the IK Multimedia online store and from IK authorized dealers worldwide, for only $/€129.99* – including AmpliTube 5 SE, TONEX SE and Ableton Live Lite.
*Pricing excludes taxes.
For more information about AXE I/O ONE or to see it in action, please visit:
NAMM 2023, Booth # 15223 – Roswell Pro Audio, maker of boutique condenser microphones, has added a new flagship to their roster: the Roswell Aztec, a multipattern tube mic built without compromise.
Daily Live Demos with Jordan Ruddess at NAMM 2023
Anaheim, Ca (April, 2023) – Black BT proudly presents their innovative SusEx Pedal at this year’s NAMM show. Jordan Rudess, keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire, will demo the SusEx at the Black BT booth #11006 twice daily.
The SusEx Pedal is the first pedal that can sense your foot position to automatically and seamlessly switch between a footswitch (eg. SUSTAIN / NOTE TRIGGER) and continuous control modes (eg. EXPRESSION / CUTOFF). In live performances, the SusEx Pedal eliminates the need for multiple pedals on stage and creates a natural way to creatively “play” multiple pedal parameters without stomping switches or moving back and forth between multiple single-parameter pedals.
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AR Rahman, an early adopter, feels the SusEx Pedal has inspired him to play even more intuitively. “I immediately fell in love with this break-through technology. When I first tried the SusEx, it was clear it would be part of my regular set-up.”
Jordan will demo the pedal at the Black BT booth 11006 at NAMM twice daily:
SusEx Key Features:
In setups with only the MOD wheel as a continuous controller, the SusEx Pedal frees both hands for a truly polyphonic performance. It works wirelessly via BLE MIDI (Bluetooth Low Energy) and can also be simultaneously used as a wired sustain pedal thru a mono quarter inch to work with a second keyboard instrument. SusEx packs a lot of power and control into a portable form factor that complements your keyboard or DAW-based music production setup. It can connect to any keyboard workstation with only USB MIDI via the Black BT HubBLE App (iOS / Android) that makes any such setup BLE MIDI enabled with up to two pedal connectivity.
“When we first introduced the pedal at last year’s NAMM, we received great feedback from musicians and producers that led to further refinements like positional memory, when the pedal remembers where you left off the continuous control before you switched to footswitch mode, and the ability to connect directly to non BLE MIDI keyboards,” says Satish Chakravarthy, a Berklee-educated professional composer and CEO of Black BT. “The SusEx pedal enables keyboardists, MIDI guitar players as well as beat makers to really express their musicality in an easier, more natural way.”
The SusEx Pedal will be shipping in the US middle of April. Pre-orders can be placed at BlackBT.com for $149.99.
About Black BT
Composer Satish Chakravarthy Thaianban founded Black BT in 2022 and quickly found support among India’s most creative innovators, entrepreneurs, engineers and musicians. In the US, Black BT has teamed up with Triple G Ventures, the award-winning go-to global business growth accelerator for rising brands. The SusEx pedal is the first product to be released, to be followed by other innovations in the future.
SkyDust 3D Main Screen
Nuno Fonseca, Founder, and CEO of Sound Particles says: “Spatial audio has been in the domain of mixing for a long time. Now, SkyDust 3D brings spatial audio into the domain of the musician. SkyDust 3D will not only change the way music is created but it will also provide artists with a whole new world of creative possibilities. We believe that this will go down in History as a defining moment on the evolution of music technology and we are honored to be part of it.”
SkyDust 3D supports more than 30 output formats, including stereo, 5.1, 7.1, 7.1.2 (Dolby Atmos), 9.1.6, Ambisonics (up to 6th order), Binaural (3D sound over headphones), among many others.
SkyDust 3D Oscillator/Spatial Screen
Elk LIVE for Mac OS Brings Musicians Together Online for Real-Time Remote Jamming, Rehearsals, or Live Performances in Perfect Sync, with High Fidelity Studio-Quality Audio STOCKHOLM, SWE (April 10, 2023) – Elk (www.elk.live) today announced it has launched a native app version of Elk LIVE for the Mac OS desktop. Elk LIVE connects musicians online for live, real-time jamming over the Internet with ultra-low latency, and requiring nothing more than a standard audio interface and an Internet connection.
With Elk LIVE, musicians can come together in its online virtual studio for real-time remote jamming, rehearsing, and collaborating ideas for songwriting – in perfect sync and with high fidelity, studio-quality audio as if they were in the same room. The new Elk LIVE native app for Mac OS is also ideal for delivering live online music lessons; now that Elk LIVE is available as a software-only download, students can easily download the software and connect with their teachers online for a low-latency, real-time lesson. The Elk LIVE native app for Mac OS is available now as a free download at https://www.elk.live/.
There are no restrictions and anyone with a Mac OS system can download the software, create an account with no financial credentials required, and begin jamming online immediately. The Company will offer Elk LIVE for Mac OS for free during an initial launch period, after which a freemium model will be adopted. Details of the new pricing models will be announced at that time. The Elk LIVE Experience With a clean, elegant yet simple user interface, Elk LIVE is designed for musicians of every skill level and every genre to connect with their fellow bandmates quickly and easily so they can immerse themselves in their music. At launch, Elk LIVE will be available on Mac OS, and musicians can connect their instruments to their Mac OS device using any I/O audio interface for an ultra-low-latency experience. Elk LIVE connects to the Internet by connecting your Mac OS device to a standard Internet router. Key features of Elk LIVE include:
● Up to 5 Player Sessions: Elk LIVE lets you connect up to five people and play like you are in the same room.
● Mixer: The onboard mixer gives you total control of Elk LIVE and lets you send two audio channels and receive the same from each player.
● Video Chat: Visually connect with each other to see important queues and communicate with your bandmates.
Elk LIVE uses the camera and microphone on your computer for chatting – much like a Zoom call – so as not to interfere with the real-time live audio from your jam session.
An Elk LIVE for Windows native app is in development and will be released soon. The Elk Bridge For those musicians who want the Elk LIVE experience, but prefer a dedicated hardware solution or who do not own a Mac OS device, Elk will continue to offer the Elk Bridge. The Elk Bridge is an industry-first hardware device that connects to the Internet via a standard router and features onboard A/D and D/A converters for outstanding high-fidelity studio-quality audio. The Bridge effectively functions like a standard class-compliant USB audio interface, making it the perfect tool for both online and offline musical projects. USB-C out enables musicians to record directly from the Bridge into their favorite DAW.
The Elk LIVE Bridge also lets them access Elk LIVE via a web browser, and works with any computer, and on multiple platforms (Mac OS, Windows, iOS, Android). System Requirements:
● Mac OS v11.0 or higher
● Standard audio interface that supports at least two inputs, or simply use the audio interface built into a Mac OS device
● Connects via WiFi, or via an Ethernet cable connecting your MacOS device to a standard router for optimum performance.
Pricing and Availability Elk LIVE for Mac OS is available immediately worldwide and is a free download. To download Elk LIVE for Mac OS, please visit https://www.elk.live.
About Elk
Elk is a small band of musicians, engineers, entrepreneurs, and innovators who had an idea for creating new ways to bring musicians together – no matter where in the world they may be. Elk’s ambition is to create new innovations that bridge the gap between musicians and technology, and forever change the way we learn, create, record, and share music. For more information, please visit https://www.elk.live.