Tucson, AZ – Cloud Microphones, maker of the original, award-winning Cloudlifter, has unveiled their latest addition to the Cloudlifter family. The brand new Cloudlifter X offers a custom-designed Cinemag transformer along with two selectable output levels that expand the range of output gain offered by the industry standard CL-1.
Featuring Cloud’s signature ultra-clean gain, the nickel-core Cinemag transformer delivers an incredible amount of bandwidth at normal input levels, and can also provide a variable amount of harmonic content and saturation as the input signal is increased, adding extremely musical flavors to the CL-X’s output, which can change dynamically based on the input level of the source material.
“Our customers love the CL-1 for its ultra-clean, transparent gain,” says CEO Rodger Cloud. “With the addition of a custom transformer, the CL-X will respond to different sources and input levels, returning ultra-clean gain with varying levels of character and mojo. We like to say ‘the more signal you give it, the more love it will give back’.”
Inspired by the two-position More/Max switch found on the Cloudlifter Z, the default setting (up to 12dB) on the CL-X is ideal for use with hotter signals like an SM57 on a snare, whereas the “Max” setting (up to 36dB) is perfectly suited for quieter source material such as acoustic instruments, podcasting, ASMR, or even Foley.
“The CL-X is the perfect companion piece for CL-1 owners,” says Cloud. “The additional gain settings – neither of which can be found on the CL-1 – combined with the sonic flavor of the transformer opens up a whole new world of Cloudlifting possibilities.”
The Cloudlifter X carries a $269 MSRP with a MAP price of $229, and is currently shipping.
London, UK – February 14th, 2023 – Having first been established in 2012, Plugin Boutique progresses into 2023 celebrating over a decade of technology and community in music-making technology and an exciting new partnership with Universal Audio.
Creators can now enjoy a legendary range of UAD bundles and select plug-ins natively using both Mac and Windows systems, with no accompanying Universal Audio hardware required. Comprising inspiring instruments and world-class effects that emulate classic gear from API, Moog, Studer, Lexicon, and more, UAD’s plugin bundles are essential tools for contemporary musicians. From today, the authentic analog sound of UAD plugins
are available to purchase for use in perpetuity, including Apollo Realtime versions for users of Apollo Interfaces, allowing recording with near-zero latency.
To showcase the diversity of UAD’s industry-leading plug-ins and instruments, now available to a wider collection of musicians than ever before, UAD have announced three new bundles that introduce timeless sounds alongside huge savings for producers of all styles and abilities.
The flagship UAD Diamond Edition serves up all the best audio tools at a great price, showcasing 23 UAD plug-ins, available at a special introductory price of just $699.
For the most authentic recreation of classic analog studio effects, UAD Mix Edition promises award-winning sound for your mixes, alongside limited-time savings. This 23 UAD plug-in collection features essentials from Teletronix, Lexicon, Pultec, Studer, API, and more for just $599, reduced from $1,599.
Finally, the UAD Creative Edition puts versatility at the heart of a balanced selection of 5 UAD Instruments and 5 classic plug-ins including reverb, delay, and the new Waterfall Rotary Speaker. A perfect introduction to UAD’s library, this accessible pack
has an MSRP of $999, currently on sale for just $349.
The past eleven years have certainly flown by; Plugin Boutique has grown from its foundations in the South East of England to encompass an international marketplace for the widest range of audio plugins, instruments, and production tools available. With a focus on connecting both established and upcoming brands with a global
network of producers and musicians, Plugin Boutique has set itself as a hub of innovation. Not only the preferred marketplace of established companies, Plugin Boutique has assisted countless smaller businesses in finding fresh and specialist audiences for their innovative products.
To celebrate this eleven year anniversary Plugin Boutique is looking forward to presenting a number of very special offers that aim to involve music producers from across a wide range of genres. Plugin Boutique customers can look forward to a variety of plugins available in exclusive anniversary sales:
– Universal Audio Introductory Sale
– Sonnox Exclusive Sale
– XLN Audio Sale
– IZotope Sale
– Antares Auto-Tune Sale
About Plugin Boutique
Plugin Boutique is the place where the best music software companies come to sell their VST Plugins, Instruments, and Studio Tools to Producers, Musicians, and DJs worldwide. Customers can browse Best Selling and Top Rated products and can download Free VST Plugins, Demos, and Trial Versions before purchasing.
About The Beatport Group
The Beatport Group is the worldwide home of music for DJs, producers, and their fans. Founded in 2004, The Beatport Group family of companies includes Beatport, the preeminent store for electronic music DJs, Beatsource for the open-format DJ community, Loopmasters, Loopcloud, and Plugin Boutique for music producers, and Beatport Media Group for brands and fans of DJ culture. The Beatport Group’s portfolio of products includes an array of high-quality audio solutions to choose from, including full song downloads, exclusive content from
leading labels, a streaming music service seamlessly integrated into DJ software and hardware (LINK) and exclusive sound packs and plugins. All of the content is expertly curated on a weekly basis by a global team that helps define DJ culture. Beatport has offices in Berlin, Brighton, Denver, and Los Angeles.
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Housed in the prestigious Woodshed Recording studios in Malibu, this Yamaha C6 grand has been graced by hundreds of musical legends — from Lady Gaga, Paul Simon, Ariana Grande, and Barbera Streisand, to Metallica, The Rza, and KoRn. Featuring just one preset, enjoy this piano in all its natural splendor, with pedal up/down controls and faithfully captured release triggers.
Available as a FREE instrument utilizing Spitfire Audio’s custom LABS player.
Visit here to learn more: https://labs.spitfireaudio.com/autograph-grand
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, February 7, 2023. FabFilter is proud to announce the immediate availability of FabFilter Twin 3, the latest version of its award-winning virtual analog synthesizer. Almost two decades after FabFilter’s plug-in debut with the FabFilter One synthesizer, Twin 3 expands and improves on its predecessor in every area, including a complete redesign of the GUI and workflow, more and better oscillators and filters, a radically powered-up modulation system, an all-new FX section, and much more. Sonically versatile, supremely intuitive, and spectacularly ‘analog’, Twin 3 is a dream instrument for creating synth sounds of all kinds, from basses, leads, and pads to plucks, drums, effects, and beyond.
Beautiful new interface and improved workflow
FabFilter has completely redesigned Twin 3’s interface and workflow, making it more immediately accessible, visually informative, and speedy to navigate than ever, and adding new scaling options and a luxurious Full Screen mode for taking its synth programming environment to the spatial extreme. Individual oscillators and filters can now be added and removed as required, every aspect of the filters is accessed and manipulated within a stunning interactive EQ-style display, and the darker color scheme is less tiring on the eyes over long sessions. Responsive per-oscillator oscilloscopes, a beautiful spectrogram, and full visualization of modulation signals throughout the signal path let users see everything they hear, while the floating slot panels group active modulation sources at each target control for collective tweaking.
Improved oscillators and filters
It all starts at the oscillators, and Twin 3 provides four of them — up from Twin 2’s three — with which to build synth sounds of limitless depth and intricacy. Completely overhauled and featuring analog-modeled drift for subtle random pitch and phase fluctuation, as well as pulse width modulation, hard sync, and phase sync, Twin 3’s oscillators are flawless in their analog authenticity. Polyphony has been given a boost, too, with an upgraded maximum of 64 voices — double the 32 of Twin 2 — and the Per Oscillator polyphony mode, which steps through the oscillators with each incoming note. Twin 3’s filters have been doubled in number from two to four and similarly enhanced, with new vintage-style Bell, Shelf, and Notch types delivering characterful non-linear distortion, and the 6dB/octave slope option and modulatable Cutoff/Peak Offset knobs opening up even more sound design possibilities. And for anyone demanding the absolute best from their Twin 3 patches, the new 4x oversampling High Quality mode is just a click away.
Massive FX section and new Arpeggiator
Twin 3 introduces a supercharged new FX section, comprising six colorful processing modules for transforming and polishing signals. Shape dynamics and apply saturation with Compressor and Drive effects; create space and generate rhythmic echoes with Reverb and Delay; and thicken and widen the sound with Chorus and Phaser. Needless to say, every FX parameter is available as a modulation target, so users can really bring them to life using Twin 3’s Envelope Generators/Followers, XLFOs, XY controllers, Sliders, and MIDI sources. The new Arpeggiator, meanwhile, provides endless creative inspiration, with host sync, Groove/Legato, and Rate Offset controls, and the gamut of note value and order options.
Full-featured preset browser
Replacing the simple menu of previous versions, Twin 3’s slick new preset browser makes navigation and management of factory and user patches quick and easy. Within the browser’s streamlined interface, presets can be assigned freely editable tags for filtering within the Search engine, set as favorites, and given author names and text descriptions. If anyone has Twin 1 and/or 2 installed, then all of their presets will appear in Twin 3 as well.
Key features:
∙ Virtual analog synth featuring four flexible oscillators, four filters, six FX modules, and a vast modulation system with a wealth of flexible source signal generators, drag and drop source/target routing, and almost no limit to the number of modulation assignments that can be made
∙ NEW! Fully redesigned, greatly simplified interface with an easier workflow
∙ NEW! Added oscillator, for four in total
∙ NEW! Two added filters, for four in total
∙ NEW! Completely overhauled modulation system with redesigned modulation sources, and floating slot and FX panels
∙ NEW! All-new FX section, housing Reverb, Delay, Chorus, Phaser, Drive, and Compressor modules
∙ NEW! Arpeggiator with Groove/Legato controls, note order, latch options, and more
∙ NEW! Full-featured preset browser, with tags, favorites, and search and filter functions, and new factory preset library
∙ NEW! Per Oscillator polyphony mode: each incoming note triggers a different oscillator
∙ NEW! Bell, Shelf, and Notch vintage-style EQ filter shapes
∙ NEW! 6dB/octave filter slope option
∙ NEW! Modulatable filter Cutoff/Peak Offset knobs, for adjusting all filters at once
∙ NEW! High Quality mode — 4x oversampling
∙ NEW! Transient mode turns Envelope Followers into transient detectors
∙ NEW! Curve adjustment handles for EG Attack, Decay, and Release stages
∙ NEW! Slider mode (vertical-only operation) and Range setting (toggles between bipolar and unipolar behavior) for XY controllers
∙ NEW! Hide all modulation sources except for XY controllers and Sliders at a click
∙ NEW! Native sustain pedal support
∙ NEW! Resizable interface with Full Screen mode
∙ IMPROVED! Even better oscillator and filter sound quality, with analog-modeled drift
∙ IMPROVED! Maximum number of voices doubled from 32 to 64
∙ IMPROVED! Lower minimum Envelope Generator Attack, Decay, and Release times
∙ IMPROVED! Maximum number of XY controllers/Sliders increased to six
∙ IMPROVED! Envelope Generator Threshold, XLFO Balance, and Frequency Offset made available as modulation targets
∙ IMPROVED! Modulation sources can be renamed
∙ IMPROVED! Maximum number of modulation slots increased to 100
∙ IMPROVED! Legato mode for MIDI-triggered XLFO
∙ IMPROVED! Range options added to MIDI Sources: Negative (-1 to 0), Centered (-1 to 1), and Positive (0 to 1)
∙ PLUS! All the usual FabFilter features users have come to expect: perfectly fine-tuned knobs and controllers, interactive MIDI Learn, undo/redo and A/B switch, Smart Parameter Interpolation for smooth parameter transitions, an extensive help file with interactive help hints, sample accurate automation, NEON and SSE optimization, and more
FabFilter Twin 3 is now available for EUR 129, USD 129, or GBP 109, supporting both Windows and macOS in VST and VST 3, Audio Units, AAX, and AudioSuite plug-in formats. Bundles with FabFilter Twin 3 and other FabFilter plug-ins are also available at: www.fabfilter.com/shop
Existing FabFilter customers can purchase or upgrade to FabFilter Twin 3 with very attractive discounts by logging into their online user account at: www.fabfilter.com/myaccount
System requirements are either Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, or Vista (32-bit and 64-bit) and a VST 2/3 host, or Pro Tools, or macOS 10.13 or higher (64-bit only) with Intel or Apple Silicon processor, and an Audio Units host, VST 2/3 host, or Pro Tools.
FabFilter offers free 30-day evaluation extensions for all their plug-ins, including Twin 3.
About FabFilter
Beautiful sound. Fantastic workflow. These are the foundations of FabFilter. Continually challenging and rethinking industry standards, FabFilter creates powerful audio plug-ins with superb sound quality and innovative interfaces. FabFilter was founded in 2002 by Frederik Slijkerman and Floris Klinkert and is based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
© 2023 FabFilter Software Instruments
A NEW DAWN FOR EPIC SCORING
A new era in blockbuster scoring is upon us. Spitfire Audio’s most epic library yet, this gargantuan, all-in-one toolkit pushes contrast, dynamism, and intensity to eleven — elevating your scores to breathtaking new heights.
Action films are nothing without suspense. This feat of musical engineering offers every element needed to seamlessly transport your scores from quiet suspense and tension, through to the most dramatic and epic of soundworlds — with two complete orchestras, chamber and symphonic, heavy chugging guitars, a diverse, hard-hitting set of percussion and drum kits, and epic, widescreen synths — expertly crafted for ultra-modern scoring.
Discover all-new features including Scale, Depth, and Hype – expressive controls to help you build intensity and push sounds even further.
“Albion Colossus is outrageous! I am absolutely loving the extra punch. The Low Brass and Strings with Hype are like nothing I have ever played. It sounds like you have been programming for hours with a single key press. It’s going to be a go-to writing tool, that’s for sure!”
– Andy Gray
THE CALM AND THE STORM
Spitfire Audio has built Albion Colossus with this principle at its core — moving from a delicate moment to powerful rage in a single patch
Build calm with close and small ensembles, and explore flautando chamber strings, tense synths, dark and brooding guitars.
Create the storm with a full symphonic orchestra, hard hitting percussion, epic synths, and six guitars re-amped through six stacks in a concert hall.
Need more rage? Go to 11 with the new Hype function, pushing your max sounds to new exciting heights.
TWICE THE EXPRESSION
Breaking the formula in this Albion, the Colossus plug-in allows Spitfire Audio to add much more dynamism to this sample library than previous installments – delivering four dimensions of control, rather than the usual two.
Accompanying the standard Dynamic and Expression faders are the brand-new Scale and Depth controls. With these unique features, you now have more dynamic and intensity control than ever before, are simple to use, and are incredibly effective.
BEHIND THE PRODUCTION
Creativity is at the heart of this library, delivering you new tools to quickly and easily get ideas across into music. The production level behind these recordings and sounds allows you to work with highly produced creations, capturing the essence of Hollywood blockbuster productions, sounds that would be hard if not impossible to recreate.
KEY FEATURES
ALBIONS
The original Albion concept was simple — everything you need to create breathtaking scores for TV, film, games, and trailers, as well as giving you the edge when adding cinematic, hybrid orchestral elements to pop, electronic music, and beyond in one product.
Trusted by media composers around the world for over 10 years, Albion Virtual Instruments are centered around an orchestra of varying sizes, performing a huge range of classic and progressive techniques — with their own individual twist.
Whether you’re looking for the classic, cinematic sound of Albion One, the intense lows of Albion Uist, Albion Tundra’s “edge of silence” textures, the delicate modernity of Albion Neo, the organic folk noir Albion Solstice or now the brand new action-packed Albion Colossus — this range is designed for those who want an instant cinematic sound.
AVAILABILITY & PRICING
Available – February 2nd, 2023 at 5 pm GMT
Link – https://www.spitfireaudio.com/albion-colossus
RRP: £399 / $449 / 449€
Promo Period: £299 / $349 / 349€
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 with 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 centre of the business, drawing on their own experience as obsessive music makers to explore the needs and wants of their fellow composers.
LEIRIA, PORTUGAL (January 25, 2023) – Sound Particles, the software company that has been changing the paradigm of 3D audio software, is releasing Explorer SFX Cloud, a new cloud-based service with multiple high-quality and professional sound effects collections.
From content creators to sound designers, this service offers full access to over 100,000 professional sound effects, in mono, stereo, multichannel, and Ambisonics, created by professional partners.
SFX Explorer Cloud Screenshot
Nuno Fonseca, founder, and CEO of Sound Particles commented: “Our goal with SFX Cloud is to provide a professional SFX cloud for all our client’s needs. Whether they are working on a film, a game, or any other creative project, we want to make it easy and fast for them to find and use the perfect sound effects to bring their vision to life. We are proud to offer a wide range of high-quality audio files, provided by our partners in the industry. We share the proceeds of this endeavor with our partners because we believe in the power of collaboration and are committed to supporting the sound design community”.
Key-Features:
Explorer SFX Cloud is available starting January 25th at soundparticles.com for $19.99/monthly or $199/yearly.
Additional product information can be found at https://soundparticles.com/products/explorer#sfx-cloud
For more information, please visit www.soundparticles.com or find us at @soundparticles.
About Sound Particles Company
With a vision to use the power of computer graphics applied to sound, Sound Particles creates unique software used by top videogame companies and all major Hollywood studios in productions such as Dune, Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon, or Star Wars 9.
Sound Particles is one of WIRED’s Hottest European Startups of 2022 and Mix Magazine Companies to Watch in 2023.
MADRID, SPAIN: hot on the heels of an acquisition announcement by European pro audio manufacturer Heritage Audio last month, LANG Electronics Inc. is proud to introduce its PEQ-2 Program Equalizer — effectively inaugurating its rebirth as a professional audio company with history hitherto grounded in the Sixties (originally operating out of downtown New York where it was dedicated to producing high-quality equipment and replacement parts at accessible prices), porting one of the most desired equalizers of all time to the 21st Century by making it available again to all as a brand-new piece providing problem-free access to some of the sweetest-sounding tones and textures the industry has ever heard, putting pay to the prevailing practice of overcoming inflated pricing for used units that are almost always in a questionable state of operation when seeking out original Model PEQ-2s held in high regard by many discerning artists, engineers, and producers who consider the so-called ‘LANG PROGRAM EQUALIZER’ to be better than the ubiquitous Pultec when choosing it as their secret weapon — as of January 24…
It is fair to say that not many Model PEQ-2s were made back in the day, and those that have survived to this day are carefully guarded by their lucky owners. Indeed, it is not surprising that some professionals have stated that they actually prefer this model to the ubiquitous Pultec program equalizers made more popular by manufactured numbers alone. After all, both are essentially the same Western Electric design — distinctly high-quality passive
equalizers with inductors, in other words — while the fact remains: reborn, LANG Electronics Inc.’s truly 21st Century-ported PEQ-2 Program Equalizer — like the Sixties-vintage Model PEQ-2 (a.k.a. ‘LANG PROGRAM EQUALIZER’) original — offers a sharper, tighter response that makes it ideal for mix bus use where flabby, undefined sound can ruin results. Reality dictates some important differences between those tussling passive equalizers that likely influenced that preference. Put it this way: with nearly twice as many frequency options on offer, the PEQ-2 Program Equalizer’s 26 certainly compares favorably to Pultec’s paltry 14. For example, its low end is infinitely more variable with LF BOOST offering eight (20, 30, 40, 60, 80, 120, 160, and 240 HZ) frequencies to choose from (with up to 16 dB of boost) and LF DROOP offering four (25, 50, 100, and 200 HZ) frequencies to choose from (with up to 18 dB of cut) — unlike the Pultec. Then there is a very useful 20 KHZ option in its HF BOOST section.
It is little wonder, then, that the likes of Ocean Way Audio CEO Allen Sides — surely one of the most respected engineers/producers in the music industry; American mix engineer, recording engineer, record producer, and record label owner Andrew Sheps; an American record producer, mixer and engineer Joe Chiccarelli, to name but a notable few, are on record as stating that the Sixties-vintage Model PEQ-2 has become their secret weapon, respectively relying on them to produce their trademark sound.
So surely it is only fitting that the first product to come from the favorably received rebirth of LANG Electronics Inc. immediately following its acquisition announcement by European pro audio manufacturer Heritage Audio should be the PEQ-2 Program Equalizer, effectively porting one of the most desired equalizers of all time to the 21st Century by making it available again to all as a brand-new piece providing problem-free access to some of the sweetest-sounding tones and textures the industry has ever heard. Thanks to its clear layout that is easy to use, users will be improving their tracks with natural- and musical-sounding processing in next to no time, transforming material in interesting, creative ways that they will almost certainly never have considered prior to changing their way of working — ways that would not even be possible with a Pultec!
LANG Electronics Inc.’s PEQ-2 Program Equalizer is shipping and available via parent company Heritage Audio’s growing global network of dealers (https://heritageaudio.com/where-to-buy-international/) with an SSP (Standalone Selling Price) of €999.00 EUR (including VAT) in the EU and a MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) of $899.00 USD, US distribution being handled via RAD Distribution (http://www.raddist.com/heritage-audio.php).
For more in-depth information, please visit the LANG Electronics Inc. PEQ-2 Program Equalizer’s dedicated webpage here: https://heritageaudio.com/peq-2/
Watch Heritage Audio’s attractive launch video for LANG Electronics Inc.’s PEQ-2 Program Equalizer here:
Watch Heritage Audio’s alluring unboxing video for LANG Electronics Inc.’s PEQ-2 Program Equalizer here:
About LANG Electronics Inc. (www.lang-electronics.com)
LANG Electronics Inc. — a professional audio company with a history hitherto grounded in the Sixties (originally operating out of downtown New York where it was dedicated to producing high-quality equipment and replacement parts at accessible prices) — is dedicated to bringing the sound of yesterday for tomorrow. The rights to the company were acquired in 2022 by European pro audio manufacturer Heritage Audio — itself having expanded its production plant located in the heart of Madrid, Spain, where the 30-person team led by founder Peter Rodriguez continues to successfully introduce innovative products to rank amongst the most popular brands with top retailers throughout the world — which brought about its rebirth by porting one of the most desired equalizers of all time — namely, the Model PEQ-2 (a.k.a. ‘LANG PROGRAM EQUALIZER’) — to the 21st Century, making it available again to all as the PEQ-2 Program Equalizer, a brand-new piece providing problem-free access to some of the sweetest-sounding tones and textures the industry has ever heard.
© 2023 LANG Electronics Inc.
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC: W.A. Production, producers crafting creative plug-ins to help anyone achieve studio-quality processing speedily and easily, proudly presents KSHMR Reverb — realised as an artist-curated reverb plug-in produced in close collaboration with world-renowned award-winning DJ and producer KSHMR, who quickly became one of the most sought-after names in EDM (Electronic Dance Music), thanks to a unique blending with world music influences after launching his solo career in 2014, before more recently releasing plug-ins for fellow producers to sculpt their sound with his signature processing chains — as of January 24…
As an exclusive artist collaboration, KSHMR Reverb is a modern, totally transformative plug-in providing sizeable scope for shaping and sculpting the perfect reverb sound. Starting with three — Hall, Plate, and Spring — reverb types to get users going, it is bolstered by state-of-the-art algorithms, a user-friendly GUI (Graphical User Interface), and unique ducking — Full Duck (lowers the reverb volume when the sound is louder than the Ducking Threshold), Fade-In Duck (lowers the reverb volume only at the start of each transient) — controls creatively paired with Gate (silences the reverb when its volume drops below the Gate Threshold) and Special FX — Reverse (continuously raises the volume of the reverb until a new transient is detected), ATT (attack fader controls the volume of the rising volume slope), Octave (sends a +1 or -1 octave harmony of the signal to the reverb) — controls combining to make for a perfect addition to any producer’s toolkit. This is hardly surprising since the plug-in also sports a wide range of customisable settings and much in the way of high-quality reverb presets. After all, KSHMR himself knows what sounds great, yet KSHMR Reverb keeps things simple with intuitive controls outputting professional-grade audio. Achieving a stadium-ready, totally controlled reverb sound is only a few clicks away!
But beyond regular reverb controls — cue the likes of Diffusion (controls the initial build up of the density of the reverb), Pre Delay (controls the amount of time between the dry sound and the onset of the reverb), Width (controls the reverb width) — with which most users understandably will already be well versed in, as well as adore, KSHMR Reverb’s earlier-mentioned Volume Manager section-hosted ducking controls, Tone Manager section-hosted — Soft Transient (removes harsh attack from the reverb, making it more tonal), Tonal Reset (restarts the reverb whenever a new transient is detected, preventing the tones of one chord bleeding into the next) — controls, and aforesaid Special FX controls help shape reverb tails in unique ways. It is perfectly possible, therefore, to enable the original signal to hit hard, then surgically shape the reverb to give a controlled feel of silky ambience — or far more powerful effects, if needed. Needless to say, Volume Manager represents the easiest way to sculpt reverb tails, Tone Manager makes audio with frequent chord changes and long reverb tails less challenging to work with, while Tone Reset is clearly another invaluable tool.
Meanwhile, modulation — Mod Depth (adds subtle changes to the reverb characteristics), Mod Speed (determines the speed of the modulation changes) — controls bring a whole new character to the KSHMR Reverb-processed signal, while DeEsser is a useful control for dialling out unwanted ‘fizz’ from the reverb tail.
Whatever way anyone chooses to work with KSHMR Reverb, it is easy to find an ideal starting point for their reverberation exploits since so many presets are included. All are already named and categorised so that they can easily be applied to all kinds of audio, encompassing every kind of reverb imaginable — from subtle shaping to ethereal spaces and hard-gated slap-backs. Best of all, buying into one of KSHMR’s signature processing chains — and an all-important one at that — with KSHMR Reverb far from breaks the bank but rather represents the perfect addition to any producer’s toolkit, one with which they can creatively shape and sculpt the perfect reverb sound suited to their sound.
KSHMR Reverb is available to purchase for a time-limited introductory promo price of only $19.99 USD until February 28, 2022 — rising thereafter to its regular price of $49.99 USD — as a 64-bit AU-, VST-, and VST3-compatible plug-in for macOS (10.15 or later) and 32- or 64-bit VST-, and VST3-compatible plug-in for Windows (8 or later), as well as an AAX-compatible plug-in for Pro Tools (11 or higher), directly from W.A. Production via its dedicated webpage, which also includes some superb audio previews, here: https://www.waproduction.com/plugins/view/kshmr-reverb
14-day, fully-functional trial versions of all W.A. Production plug-ins — including KSHMR Reverb — are available by signing up for an account for free here: https://www.waproduction.com/users/login
About W.A. Production (www.waproduction.com)
W.A. Production was created by producer/DJ and sound designer Redhead Roman in 2014. Helpfully, his deep-rooted passion for EDM (Electronic Dance Music) and time spent in the music industry ignited a desire to put top-tier audio products into the hands of every electronic music producer at prices that they could actually afford. By building its initial reputation on delivering high-end professional-sounding samples, the six-strong team of today has hurriedly matured into boasting a successful brand that offers instrument and effect plug-ins, DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) templates, informative articles, and exclusive interviews with some of the hottest EDM artists around, alongside e-books and tutorials, as well as online video courses. It is also recognised for practising a ‘hands-on’ style of customer support and service, ensuring that every customer’s experience is a great one. On the face of it, then, that Roman and his talented team remain extremely humble and interactive with their customers, members, and the EDM scene as a whole to this day is an amazing attribute in itself since W.A. Production has experienced substantial growth — growth that is constantly being expanded still further by testing boundaries, pushing creativity and innovation to new heights. Indeed, it is all driven daily by asking themselves the same question: “What about making your sound better?”
© 2023 W.A. Production
A high-quality multi-pattern microphone and stereo/4-channel audio interface
designed for professional streaming and content creation
January 26, 2023 – IK Multimedia releases iRig Stream Mic Pro, combining a professional multi-pattern condenser microphone and 24-bit, 96 kHz audio interface for iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac, and PC into a single ultra-portable solution for music and content creation. iRig Stream Mic Pro makes it easier than ever for users to share their voice and music.
Multi-pattern Condenser Microphone
With dual mic capsules, iRig Stream Mic Pro offers selectable cardioid, figure 8, omnidirectional, or stereo pickup patterns. These patterns range from noise-rejecting to immersive audio, so whether it’s recording a podcast, interview, instrument, or ensemble, the sound signal is crisp, clear, and detailed with an easily adjustable gain and selectable high-pass filter.
Integrated Audio Interface
Media players, keyboards, mixers, turntables, soundboards, and more can all be connected to a convenient stereo 3.5 mm audio input directly into the mic. With its monitoring mix control, it’s easy to blend the direct or recorded audio via the headphone output. iRig Stream Mic Pro is virtually an entire studio setup in one elegant, compact design that can be easily taken anywhere.
Pro Results with Loopback+
iRig Stream Mic Pro offers IK’s groundbreaking Loopback+, letting users not only add music from a phone or tablet to the recording or stream but even route the mic signal into a separate app to add reverb, EQ or noise-reduction (like with the included MixBox CS for iPhone/iPad) before sending to a second app like Instagram or Tiktok. It’s an easy way to get a massive sound on apps that don’t normally allow audio processing or adding background music.
Serious Sound Quality
iRig Stream Mic Pro delivers serious sound throughout. A headphone output with direct monitoring lets users check levels with any app before hitting record. And 24-bit, 96 kHz converters ensure pristine, detailed sound for both the mic and stereo aux input.
Simple, Live-optimized Controls
All the features are controlled via a single, intuitive, and live-optimized control knob, so it’s easy to tweak on the fly, even while keeping both eyes on the camera. Users can click through each setting quickly to make adjustments and even hold down to mute a sneeze or cough. And easy-to-see LED level indicators make monitoring possible without headphones, convenient when recording at a distance or at night.
Stereo or Multichannel
iRig Stream Mic Pro offers 2 modes: stereo or multichannel. By default, it operates in stereo mode and pre-mixes multiple sources of audio – line stereo inputs (+ Loopback) and mic capsules – down to a stereo track, ideal for streaming apps like Instagram, Facebook, Twitch, etc.
Switching to multichannel mode, the two capsules are routed to channels 3 and 4 respectively giving users 4 channels of audio to send to recording apps such as GarageBand or a favorite DAW.
Connection and Charging
iRig Stream Mic Pro connects to any device right out of the box and makes it easier than ever to stay connected and charged. With the included mini-DIN to iOS Lightning and mini-DIN to USB-C cables, it comes ready to plug into all the latest iPhones, iPads, and Android devices, as well as Mac and PC.
Powered by its host, iRig Stream Mic Pro is also MFi certified so users can charge a connected Lightning device even while using iRig Stream Mic Pro to record with the (optional) DC power supply.
Software and Apps In-the-box
iRig Stream Mic Pro works with any app that records or streams audio or video. To get started, it includes iRig Recorder 3 LE (iPhone/iPad/Android), an easy-to-use, high-quality audio and video recording app; as well as MixBox CS (iPad) and MixBox SE (Mac/PC), a powerful suite of FX including dynamics, EQ, reverb and more to help shape professional quality audio.
Pricing and Availability
iRig Stream Mic Pro is shipping now and available from the IK Multimedia online store and from IK authorized dealers worldwide.
iRig Stream Mic Pro $/€169.99* – Includes iRig Stream Mic Pro, table stand, mini-DIN to iOS Lightning cable, mini-DIN to USB-C cable, and 5/8″ to 1/4″ thread adapter.
*Pricing excludes taxes.
For more information about iRig Stream Mic Pro or to see it in action, please visit:
www.ikmultimedia.com/
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“I can just make up my own identity, for myself, and making music, sampling, using libraries, or using sounds…it’s a way for you to create yourself, really, through your music.”
– Léa Sen
Release: January 20th, 2023
Each one of these tracks will be available to buy on a pay what you want basis via the LABS Bandcamp page and the artist’s own Bandcamp page, with all proceeds going towards a charity or organization of the artist’s choosing.
LÉA SEN – GAME OVER
For the inaugural release, rising star Léa Sen will share her new track, ‘Game Over’ in which she has used LABS instruments Lap Steel, Tape Piano, Glass Piano, Astral Forms, and Organic Textures.
Watch the video for ‘Game Over’ and download the track on Bandcamp HERE.
Léa is a 23-year-old singer, producer, and artist, born and raised in Paris and now residing in London. Within three years of moving over to London, she has released one EP and worked with the likes of Joy Orbison, Vegyn, and Warp Records’ Wu-Lu with plenty more in store for 2023.
A LABS user since 17 years old, Léa perfectly demonstrates how she uses the instruments with her own distinctly haunting voice, production, and guitar playing.
The new track, ‘Game Over’ is available to buy on a pay-what-you-want basis with the money raised being donated to Léa’s chosen charity, Artists In Transit – a collaborative arts community delivering creative workshops to communities and people in times of need.
Download / Watch Léa Sen – ‘Game Over’: http://labscommunity.bandcamp.com/
Downloads LABS instruments for free: labs.spitfireaudio.com
Support Artists in Transit: www.artistsintransit.org
About Léa Sen (https://www.instagram.com/_leasen/)
Open-eared and open-hearted: these are the watchwords of Léa Sen’s music. At just 23 years old, the London-based singer, songwriter, and producer has established herself as one of the capital’s most in-demand talents, meandering between gossamer vocal features for Joy Orbison to solo work that references everything from Bon Iver’s electronic timbre and folk guitars to Sampha’s impressionistic lyricism.
Singing from a young age as a natural means of self-expression, at 15 Sen learned the guitar and began to craft songs with an experimental, intuitive sensibility. Production and mixing skills soon followed out of a DIY necessity and in 2019 she moved to London from her home in Paris and caught the ears of drummer Kwake Bass and singer-songwriter Wu-Lu. A session with DJ and producer Joy Orbison produced the stand-out track “Better” from his 2021 mixtape, Still Slipping, Vol. 1, while Sen’s tender version of David Bowie’s 1976 track “Golden Years” is a highlight of the Modern Love compilation album, featuring the likes of Helado Negro, Khruangbin and Meshell Ndegeocello.
The foundation of this creative community inspired new music, resulting in her self-released debut single “Locked In” in April 2020. The song exemplifies Sen’s work – self-recorded, produced, and mixed, it delivers an ineffable, earworming melody. July 2020, meanwhile, brought the double single “Sand Radio/Brother” and in November, the stand-out “I Feel Like I’m Blue”.
These singles are preludes to Sen’s most comprehensive statement to date – her debut EP, You of Now Pt. 1. The five-track collection presents the self-assured maturity of an artist twice her age, with all tracks written, produced, and mixed by Sen – still a rarity in a male-dominated industry. “People assume that if you’re a woman, you’re just a singer, whereas I do so much more,” she says. “I’m not going to make myself feel insecure though – I’m going to be comfortable expressing myself however I want.”
Here is the radical self-acceptance Sen also conveys in her songs – healing and hope contained in vulnerable self-expression. With You of Now Pt. 1 being released by Partisan Records, it is hard not to feel like Sen is on the cusp of a colossal breakthrough. She is an artist stepping into the full force of her creativity while letting us know that there is much more to come.
About Artists in Transit (www.artistsintransit.org)
Artists in Transit is a collaborative arts community delivering creative workshops to communities and people in times of need.
LABS (https://labs.spitfireaudio.com/)
LABS is an infinite series of FREE software instruments, made by musicians, for musicians — for anyone, anywhere. Presented in our dedicated, award-winning plugin, it’s easy to use and compatible with any DAW.
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 with 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.
