HALMSTAD, SWEDEN: ISOVOX is proud to introduce ISOPLUG™ as an all-in-one plug-in purposed for vocals and voice-over — literally loaded with presets tailored from the get-go for audiobook, content creation, movie trailer, narration, podcast, streaming, vocals, voice-over, and more besides, but also packed with tools to enable perfect processing, which, when paired with the innovative Swedish company’s award-winning ISOVOX® 2 (https://isovoxbooth.com) vocal booth and accompanying ISOMIC™ (https://isovoxbooth.com/isomic/), creates a complete voice recording signal chain with a guaranteed professional sound as a one-stop-shop solution that is in a class by itself — as of November 17…
ISOVOX’s ISOPLUG™ focuses only on voice and is packed with the tools needed to enable perfect processing of voice recording, including EQ (BASS, BODY, and SPARKLE), MUD REMOVER, COMPRESSOR, DE-ESSER, CHARACTER, LIMITER, and REVERB via an all-in-one view for easy access, accompanied by an equally easily accessible Preset Browser with powerful presets — with convenient VOCALS, VOICE OVER, AUDIOBOOK, PODCAST, MOVIE TRAILER, and EFFECTS groupings — to assist newbies with speedily getting an appropriate sound or, alternatively, acting as a jumping off point for more experienced users seeking to tweak to their hearts’ (and ears’) content. After all, advanced controls for professionals are accessible by simply clicking on the module name. Needless to say, ISOPLUG™ users are all guaranteed a professional sound suited to the task at hand.
Helpful indicators even allow absolute beginners to dial in the COMPRESSOR, DE-ESSER, and LIMITER to Opt for (optimal) levels to maximize the volume, while dedicated knobs conveniently control the amount of each effect — no need to adjust all the parameters in each effect, though, since the audio engine driving ISOPLUG™ is tuned for voice only, so achieving professional-sounding results is always a lighting-fast affair. And, of course, there is no need to buy multiple plug-ins with overly complicated menus and then have to jump around between them, trying to achieve perfect processing of voice recording.
As a 64-bit-only AU-, VST-, and VST3-compatible plug-in for macOS (10.13 through to 12) with full Apple Silicon support and 32- and 64-bit VST- and VST3-compatible plug-in for Windows (10 and 11), ISOPLUG™ works well with any voice recording equipment and all major mixing software, but is at its absolute best when working with ISOVOX’s ISOVOX® 2 vocal booth (that instantly found favor with the likes of multi-million-selling British singer-songwriter Seal) and accompanying ISOMIC™ (that is, itself, technically tailored for voice recording and capable of delivering a radio-ready sound with an ear-opening 7 Hz to 87 kHz frequency range thanks to its trailblazing patented triangular capsule), creating a complete voice recording signal chain with a guaranteed professional sound as a one-stop-shop solution that is in a class by itself.
ISOPLUG™ is available for purchase as a 64-bit-only AU-, VST-, and VST 3-compatible plug-in for macOS (10.13 – 12) with full Apple Silicon support and 32- and 64-bit VST- and VST3-compatible plug-in for Windows (10, 11) at an MSRP (Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price) of €149.00 EUR/$149.00 USD/£129.00 GBP via ISOVOX’s growing global network of dealers and distributors (https://isovoxbooth.com/where-to-buy/) or directly from ISOVOX’s Online Shop here: https://isovoxbooth.com/isoplug-voice-over-plugin/
For more in-depth ISOPLUG™ information, please visit its dedicated webpage here:
https://isovoxbooth.com/isoplug-voice-over-plugin/
Watch ISOVOX’s illuminating ISOPLUG™ introductory video here: https://youtu.be/L46JtPGrJmw
Watch ISOVOX’s informative ISOPLUG™ tutorial video here:
About ISOVOX (www.isovoxbooth.com)
ISOVOX is an award-winning innovative company from Sweden. Duly designing products so anyone can practice and record vocals like the pros, but at home or away without disturbing their neighbors, its inaugural ISOVOX® 2 vocal booth namesake — featuring four layers of super acoustic materials with patented 360 XYZ Pro Acoustic Construction to control sound waves from all angles (roof, top, bottom, behind, and front), enhancing vocal details and reducing overall volume with a warm and punchy sound without any detrimental breathing particles, unlike any other portable product — found favor with multi-million-selling British singer-songwriter Seal and Los Angeles-based songwriter, recording/mix/mastering engineer, and music producer par excellence Luke Pimentel, to list but a few notable names. ISOMIC™ is its follow-up, a masterly microphone technically tailored for voice recording within the ISOVOX® 2 vocal booth and guaranteed to capture voices like never before, thanks to its revolutionary patented triangular capsule capable of delivering a radio-ready sound with an ear-opening 7 Hz to 87 kHz frequency range! Representing the world’s most exclusive pro-performance pop filter, ISOPOP™ 24K Gold 24K, the latest (limited-edition) product, is a gold-plated brushed aluminum affair aimed at collectors worldwide who have always wanted to make a Gold record with the finest gear in the world, while its ISOPOP™ Premium sibling — shipping in three color choices — represents an alternative premium product at a more down-to-earth price. ISOPLUG™ is the innovative Swedish company’s first software product, an all-in-one plug-in packed with the tools needed to enable perfect processing of voice recording, which — when paired with ISOVOX® 2 and ISOMIC™ — creates a complete voice recording signal chain with a guaranteed professional sound as a one-stop shop solution that is in a class by itself.
© 2022 ISOVOX AB
Originals Wurli is the definitive rendition of the legendary vintage keyboard. Presented with four separate presets — Classic, Funky, Mellow, and Stabs — Wurli allows you to adjust Attack and Release controls to create pads and unique tones, and, in the classic keyboard section of the library, Tremolo Rate and Depth controls offer the ability to curate the perfect sound for your compositions.
Not only a pillar of RnB classics from Ray Charles to Donny Hathaway, this instrument also found its way onto countless hits of the 70s and 80s with Elton John, Richard Carpenter, Edward Van Halen, and famously on Supertramp’s Dreamer. Explore the classic sound reimagined.
KEY FEATURES
PRESETS (4)
SIGNALS (5)
CONTROLS (5)
DOWNLOAD SIZE
~5.6 GB
THE SPITFIRE AUDIO ORIGINALS SERIES
Originals is a series of inspiring sample libraries making rare and classic instruments accessible to all for just £29 / $29 / €29 — meticulously sampled in authentic detail, with no compromise on recording quality. This is the 18th library in the series. It’s the perfect next step from Spitfire Audio’s free LABS series, particularly LABS Wurli, offering composers and producers more depth and more control over their sounds. NKS compatible, users can tailor these sounds to suit a range of scoring styles and genres through a range of carefully curated signals, presets, and controls. The plugin is designed to be incredibly useful and inspiring straight out of the box, with presets loading up with controls set in the way they are intended to be used.
AVAILABILITY & PRICING
Available – November 17th, 2022
Link – http://www.spitfireaudio.com/originals-wurli/
RRP Price: £29 / $29 / 29€
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 has worked closely with one of the world’s most renowned orchestras, BBC Symphony Orchestra, as well as partnered with the legendary Abbey Road Studios to create sample libraries in the iconic Studio One – considered one of the finest acoustical spaces in the world – and the famous Studio Two. 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.
The newly released version 8 of Pianoteq introduces a Classical
Guitar revoiced instruments for enhanced realism, a refined GUI,
new features, and compatibility with the forthcoming iOS version.
Classical guitar
The nylon Classical Concert Guitar for Pianoteq introduces a new exciting category of physically modeled instruments, with emulated gestures and natural instrument noises for breathtaking realism. The instrument UI is designed so that you do not have to be a guitarist to use it. Various tweaked presets are offered, ranging from a 12-string acoustic guitar to a Greek bouzouki or even an electric guitar. You really need to try it to believe it.
Revoiced instruments
All contemporary acoustic pianos, the Vintage Reeds electric piano, and the Concert Harp have been carefully revoiced in order to increase the authenticity and playability of these instruments. Everything is tailored to suit demanding recording projects and performances.
New slick GUI facelift
Reflecting this new major upgrade, Pianoteq 8 offers a fresh streamlined user interface, enhancing readability and usability. Instruments and scenes are now nicely displayed for a clear presentation of selected presets.
New features
A number of new features are introduced. Among these, sympathetic resonance is fed by an external audio input, user-defined stretch points for piano fine-tuning, and per-note vibrato and tremolo effects.
iOS app
The long-awaited app for Apple iOS is in progress and will be compatible with Pianoteq 8.
Download and Try
A free trial version of Pianoteq 8 is available for your evaluation. An upgrade path
is offered to registered Pianoteq users for 29€ / $29. Further details Can be found here:
https://www.modartt.com/pianoteq
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA: Black Lion Audio is proud to announce the availability of its Auteur DT — designed as a robustly-built, versatile preamp/DI box to suit anyone’s single-channel recording needs by bringing Black Lion Audio’s acclaimed Chicago-style solid-state console detail, warmth, and dimension to the desktop, with anything plugged into it simply sounding better coming out of it — as of November 16…
Thanks to the front panel-positioned large, easy-grip control knob putting 60dB of Chicago console-style gain within easy reach alongside a 1/4” input, together with a rear-panel-positioned XLR MIC INPUT, Auteur DT will accurately capture and enhance anything anyone throws at it — from the crackling snap of a well-tuned snare to the thunder, resonance, and decay of a Seventies acrylic kick drum getting hit hard! How about adding heat and texture to synths and mix-penetrating presence to vocals? It is fair to say that anything anyone plugs into Auteur DT will simply sound better coming out of it. Effectively existing to capture every bit of sweat equity that goes into making its user’s recordings what they deserve to be should surely come as little surprise since bringing out the fully polished potential of the final product provides inspiration for everything Black Lion Audio makes.
More than just a preamp, Auteur DT does not care what its user plays — be it electric guitar, bass, baritone, viola, or whatever — as anything plugged into it sounds weighty, detailed, harmonically rich, and, above all, clean. Clearly, there is not a better single-channel preamp/DI box in its price class — certainly not one that does not look like it was component-sourced via a dumpster dive behind an antique radio museum! Musically, Auteur DT dutifully respects every ingredient of its user’s tonal recipe — their technique, string gauge, fingerboard choice, and especially those pickups they paid too much for!
The tough-as-nails brushed black aluminum chassis bookended by organic, vintage-style varnished maple side panels are indicative of Auteur DT being sturdily built for comfort, usability, and lasting performance — and also looking like it should cost twice what it does. It is, of course, what is on the inside that counts — and Auteur DT does not disappoint in that regard, being built around a robust US-made transformer combined with cherry-picked Nichicon and Vishay capacitors to ensure premium sound quality, long life, and low noise.
Needless to say, Auteur DT has been duly designed to exceed every expectation, with a back-lit classic-style VU (Volume Unit) meter and positive-locking LED (Light Emitting Diode) indicator — 48V (phantom power), Ø (phase inversion), PAD, and HI-Z toggle — buttons combining with that Chicago console-style gain, XLR MIC INPUT, 1/4” Hi-Z (Instrument) input, and a 1/4” TRS OUT (BALANCED) to deliver a knockout desktop device… a welter-weight preamp/DI box with the sting of a heavyweight contender, in other words!
Auteur DT is available to purchase through Black Lion Audio’s growing global network of dealers/distributors (https://www.blacklionaudio.com/dealers) with a MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) of $259.00 USD and an SSP (Suggested Selling Price) of €259.00 EUR (excluding VAT).
For further information, please visit Auteur DT’s dedicated webpage here:
https://www.blacklionaudio.com/store/mic-pres/auteur-dt/
About Black Lion Audio (www.blacklionaudio.com)
Founded in 2006, Black Lion Audio is a boutique audio company based in Chicago. Collectively it takes pride in providing customers with outstanding quality gear for their recording studios at prices that are ridiculously affordable. As such, the company has built a reputation for supplying superior quality sound in a cost-effective manner within the space of a few short years. Yet, given the current economic climate, it is no wonder that major labels, project studios, software companies, and high-profile tracking and mix engineers make up a significant portion of the company’s client base. Indeed, its work can be heard in award-winning major motion picture scores and soundtracks, major television shows and commercials, as well as being utilised by prestigious organizations and major label acts alike.
© 2022 Black Lion Audio
ERFURT, THURINGIA, GERMANY: beautifully-designed vintage gear emulation plug-ins producer Black Rooster Audio is proud to announce the availability of its TD-201 plug-in as a virtual take on vintage tape echo — effectively bringing the unmistakable sound of an analog classic into the 21st century as an in-the-box tape delay, delivering the sought-after vintage character of the increasingly-inaccessible hardware concerned in an easy-to-use reimagining that offers countless customization options for maximum usability — as of October 14…
History has it that the fertile Fifties’ revolution in music production — personified by engineers, musicians, and producers busying themselves with laying the foundations for modern-day workflow with countless technical innovations introduced, including guitar amps and electric organs, as well as an abundance of studio effects — brought with it the advent of electronic reverberation and delay units. Unsurprisingly, early-day tape delays such as the US-designed Echoplex or its British-built Watkins/WEM Copicat counterpart — effectively setting the Sixties standard for the effect between them — had a history of being technically unreliable and prone to damage when transported, yet their sound was so captivating that further attempts inevitably ensued. Enter Japanese engineer Ikutaro Kakehashi and major organ manufacturer Hammond — the former having already struck up a lucrative partnership with the latter by manufacturing a small rhythm box called the Ace Tone Rhythm Ace (itself intended to fit neatly atop a Hammond organ) — who had started experimenting with multi-head tape echoes. It is no surprise, therefore, that one such design — featuring a free-floating ¼-inch tape and spring reverb housed in a rock-solid tape chamber — proved to be better suited to touring, more stable and reliable than anything on the market at the time. The resulting Roland RE-201 Space Echo became a best-seller for the Japanese company that became a household name in the industry, further evolving into a range of delay effects that are still extensively used in music productions and sound design today. That distinctive delay sound has remained sought after since the RE-201’s revolutionary arrival on the scene in 1974.
Needless to say, there is nothing like the sound of a legendary vintage unit as far as many tape delay aficionados are concerned, yet many still struggle with their unpredictability — not to mention that they can be time-consuming to use and are increasingly inaccessible as the years roll by. But press fast-forward to today, as it were, and this is exactly why Black Rooster Audio has designed its TD-201 plug-in as a virtual take on vintage tape echo — effectively bringing the unmistakable sound of an analog classic into the 21st century as an in-the-box tape delay, delivering the sought-after vintage character of the increasingly-inaccessible hardware concerned in an easy-to-use reimagining that offers countless customization options for maximum usability. Unpredictability inherent in — and time-consuming usage of — such vintage hardware has, however, been banished to the history books by TD-201!
Countless customization options on offer to TD-201 users ultimately come down to the flexible feature set, starting with its implementation of a complex multi-head MODE SELECTOR that allows for seamless transitioning between the playback heads so that they can quickly dial in their perfect room setup, effortlessly mixing reverberation and delay — just like when working with the vintage original. Further fine-tuning the perfect echo is perfectly possible by adjusting the depth (POS), volume (VOL), and
stereo position (PAN) per playback head in the lower panel — nine parameters allowing for surgical-level precision in the workflow. Speedily synchronize TD-201’s tape speed to the track tempo with the SYNC control; when using this feature, the echo will also follow the impulse initiated by the TAP button. Those that wish to go ‘full-vintage’ are encouraged to play around with a range of fine-tuning parameters providing control over NOISE, DROPOUTS, HEADROOM, FLUTTER, and MOTOR — all of which are hardware machine attributes — to dial in some randomness to make the echo sound even more authentic. Adjustable gain-staging provides TD-201 users with the ability to control both the pre-processing input gain level and the post-processing output gain level.
DSP (Digital Signal Processing) operations are pipelined using the latest Apple Silicon and SSE2 (Streaming SIMD Extensions 2) instruction sets to ensure that the TD-201 vintage tape echo plug-in benefits from a high-performance operation — despite its very complex computations. Clearly, the GUI (Graphical User Interface) supports high-pixel density on both macOS and Windows systems, providing users of whatever persuasion with the most enjoyable experience, visually, on high DPI (Dots Per Inch) displays.
Duly delivering the character of an increasingly-inaccessible hardware device that continues to make musical history but bypasses its inherent unpredictability and time-consuming usage in favor of countless customization options for maximum usability in an easy-to-use reimagining that effortlessly switches between old-school ping-pong to a deep space odyssey and everything in between, Black Rooster Audio’s TD-201 is surely a must-have for anyone seeking that distinctive delay sound that has remained so sought after since Roland’s revolutionary RE-201 arrived on the scene back in 1974 — albeit available from the comfort of their desktop (or laptop) as a virtual take on vintage tape echo, effectively bringing the unmistakable sound of an analog classic into the 21st century as an in-the-box tape delay. Indeed, it is all anyone ever wanted from a tape delay!
TD-201 is available to purchase for a time-limited introductory promo price of only $29.00 USD — rising thereafter to its regular price of $99.00 USD — as a 64-bit AAX-, AU-, and VST-compatible plug-in for macOS (10.9 or later) and AAX- and VST-compatible plug-ins for Windows (7 or later) directly from Black Rooster Audio via its dedicated webpage, which also includes in-depth information (including some superb-sounding audio demos), here: https://blackroosteraudio.com/en/landing/td-201
14-day, fully-functional trial versions of all Black Rooster Audio plug-ins — including TD-201 — are available by signing up for an account here: https://blackroosteraudio.com/en/myaccount/licensemanager (The new License Manager uses a simple serial number-based activation system.)
About Black Rooster Audio (https://blackroosteraudio.com/en/)
Founded in 2016 by André Kirchner, Black Rooster Audio is best known for its beautifully-designed vintage gear emulation plug-ins for producing, mixing, and mastering audio. Headquartered in Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany, it is passionate about combining the finest of vintage analog sound and modern technology.
© 2022 CUREON
Exploring alternative and experimental sounds of synths, drums and saxophonesalong with delivering a classic Italian synth for Syntronik
November 10, 2022 – IK Multimedia releases eight new Sound Libraries for SampleTank featuring experimental and alternative sounds. Of the eight individual libraries, five are also bundled together as Mojo Synthesis, a collection developed and produced by IK’s Erik Norlander. The three other libraries being released feature experimental saxophone sounds, an innovative and hybrid drum kit, and a new synth for Syntronik, based on the famous Elka Synthex.
SampleTank Squared Promo
To coincide with all of these new releases for SampleTank, IK is launching a promotion today called SampleTank Squared that offers a way to earn up to 64 SampleTank and Syntronik titles for FREE. Please see the Special Pricing section below for details.
A Cinematic Synth Collection
Mojo Synthesis combines five of the new SampleTank sound libraries, each created by Erik Norlander using advanced and experimental techniques on his personal collection of vintage synthesizers. The results are astonishing new synth sounds that can’t be found anywhere else, not even in Syntronik. Also sold separately, the five included libraries are as follows:
Alien Harbours delivers a cinematic collection of atmospheres, pads, and sweeps created using elaborate full patch samples from the Oberheim Matrix12, Sequential Prophet-VS and Prophet-5, Waldorf Microwave I Rev A, Korg DW-8000, and Alesis Andromeda. Also included are bonus leads and bass presets.
Circuit Damage contains a beautifully flawed collection of carefully curated hardware synthesizers in dire need of repair and calibration. Delightfully unpredictable, Circuit Damage is the perfect collection for creating edgy, vibey synthesizer tracks where grit and chaos add weight and drama.
Ring of Doom is a library of all ring modulation synth sounds with a metallic, robotic quality and even a menacing, sci-fi sound. Ring modulation is a form of amplitude modulation where two signals are combined, and the output is both the sum and difference of their frequencies. The result creates wild sideband frequencies like nothing else.
Swarm features samples of all 22 oscillators from the Norlander Wall of Doom modular Moog synthesizer with both sawtooth and sine wave outputs, and then dynamically detunes them in equidistant intervals to create the haunting and eerie soundscape of dreams and nightmares.
Vector Vision brings vector synthesis to SampleTank in an animated, motion-filled library of presets that recreates the sound of “vector synthesis” made famous by the Sequential Prophet-VS and Yamaha SY22, which were the next generation of wavetable-based synths like PPG Wave and subsequent Waldorf products.
Three More Virtual Instrument Titles
Extraterrestrial Saxophone explores a new sonic universe, combining fascinating saxophone techniques with beautiful analog reverbs and delays. Every sound is originated from different outstanding saxophone techniques, played by Severin Neubauer on baritone and alto sax, to extend the instruments range across the whole keyboard.
Bionic Drums is a special drum library for SampleTank 4 that combines a modern acoustic rock kit with “bionic” layered elements to add the essential point, punch, and girth needed for modern pop, rock, and metal productions. All the essential sounds plus 600+ MIDI patterns are here to cover everything from ’70s disco to modern prog metal.
Syntronik Synth-X is the latest new synth for Syntronik 2 which like all Syntronik instruments works equally as a library inside SampleTank 4. Based on the Elka Synthex, the Italian monster polysynth manufactured in the early ’80s, its wonderful variety of pads, sweeps, leads, and basses makes it a go-to favorite for the world’s most famous synth artists, often fetching well over $10,000 when rare units are up for sale.
Options, pricing, and availability
All eight new SampleTank libraries plus the Mojo Synthesis collection are available now from the IK Multimedia online store and from IK authorized dealers worldwide:
*Pricing excludes taxes
Special Pricing
The SampleTank Squared promotion offers a way to get up to 64 FREE SampleTank libraries and Syntronik 2 instruments. Users can purchase and register up to eight of the new SampleTank libraries, including Syntronik Synth-X and the recently released The Code Vol. 1 & 2, and square that number. That’s how many FREE products can be redeemed of equal or lesser value from a long list of eligible titles.
For more information about SampleTank Squared, please visit:
Paris, November 10th, 2022 – UVI releases IRCAM Prepared Piano 2, their ultimate avant-garde piano,
allowing users to configure every key of a C7 Grand Piano with any 2 of 45 preparations, pristinely
recorded at IRCAM Labs in Paris. The newly-minted version 2 adds 150 hand-crafted presets, a powerful selection of creative effects including a frequency shifter, diode clipper, convolver, eq, Sparkverb, and more, a duo of smart arpeggiators including the Rain arp, an all-new user interface, and numerous other improvements. IRCAM Prepared Piano 2 is available now with a special introductory price of $149 / 149€
(regularly $299 / 299€) and upgrade pricing of $39 / 39€ through November 21st, 2022.
With IRCAM Prepared Piano 2 users can explore the sound of the piano like never before, stacking any 2 of 45 unique preparations like screws, erasers, coins, clothespins, sticks, and more, on every note of the piano to create configurations as wild as you can imagine. Incredible nuance and timbral dexterity are quickly realized with a revamped user interface, giving users handy access to key linking, smart filters, and intuitive visual feedback, while a suite of creative effects including frequency shifter, diode clipper, convolver, EQ, Sparkverb, delay, and maximizer, deliver even greater creative latitude.
Version 2 offers new and powerful performance controls by way of a featured smart arpeggiator with
dynamic phrasing, and the creative Rain arp, both giving users new and inspiring ways to create and
explore with this powerful instrument. With even more features, including multiple microphones, bar
hits, Una Corda, Sostenuto, dynamics, velocity, and more, IRCAM Prepared Piano 2 is a playground of
possibility and exploration for curious minds of any musical background.
IRCAM Prepared Piano 2 offers native 64-bit standalone operation by way of Falcon or the free UVI
Workstation, providing comprehensive support for all modern DAWs and simultaneous authorization on
up to 3 computers or iLok keys.
PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
IRCAM Prepared Piano 2 is available immediately at an introductory price of $149 / 149€ (regularly
$299 / 299€) and upgrade pricing of $39 / 39€ through November 21st, 2022.
Additional information on IRCAM Prepared Piano 2 is available at:
http://www.uvi.net/ircam-prepared-piano-2
Introducing the most detailed sample library we have ever created – the first in a brand new flagship series. Crafted for professional composers, producers, sound designers and music editors alike, Abbey Road Orchestra brings you every section of the orchestra in breathtaking detail. It’s the culmination of over 20 years of sampling experience and innovation.
Low Percussion, the debut release, offers you incredible precision across an encyclopedic selection of orchestral and cinematic percussion captured in Abbey Road Studio One. Performed by world-class percussionist Joby Burgess (Black Panther, Mission: Impossible), and engineered by Grammy-winning engineer Simon Rhodes (Skyfall, Avatar), Low Percussion enables a whole new level of expression. Your very own world-class percussionist is at your fingertips.
“On hearing this library over the speakers in Studio One’s control room, it sounded – and felt like – Joby was out in the room playing. It’s extraordinary.”
— Mirek Stiles Head of Audio Products, Abbey Road Studios
THE LOWEST DRUMS, THE HIGHEST QUALITY
Lay the groundwork for your compositions with unrivaled realism with this collection of truly thunderous orchestral and esoteric drums that are beautifully captured in the legendary acoustic of Abbey Road Studio One. Distinguished by its extremely responsive and highly tactile nature, Low Percussion explores the timbral and textural range of 20 drums from across the orchestral repertoire and further, with up to seven beater options per drum, performing hits, rolls, swirls, and sweeps captured in incredible detail. All performed by virtuoso percussionist Joby Burgess.
THE ULTIMATE IN EXPRESSION AND REALISM
STUDIO ONE: ICON OF THE PAST, INNOVATOR FOR THE FUTURE
A host to celebrated classical recordings from Elgar and Prokofiev, as well as iconic film scores from Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return of the Jedi, The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, and the more recent releases of Avengers: End Game and Black Panther, Studio One needs no introduction. Home to one of the greatest in-house collections of vintage and modern microphones and a control room fitted with a 72-channel Neve 88 RS console with a unique and comprehensive surround monitor section, Studio one is the perfect setting for our meticulously planned recording sessions. Our aim is to work with the best, to deliver you the world’s most detailed sampling orchestra, and in Abbey Road – one of the most in-demand recording studios in the film scoring landscape – we can achieve this.
“Spitfire Audio are undoubtedly the best team in the world to deliver something truly groundbreaking. The bar has been raised exceedingly high and this is only the beginning for the Abbey Road Orchestra series. It feels like we are all in for a remarkable journey.”
— Mirek Stiles Head of Audio Products, Abbey Road Studios
DECADES OF EXPERTISE
This library has been formed by some of the world’s best producers in music recording, created for professional composers of film, television, game, and performance.
Joby Burgess – Joby’s playing can be heard on major film and TV scores, notably leading the percussion sections on Black Panther, Rocketman, Ad Astra, Mission: Impossible, The Darkest Hour, Dr Who, and The Green Planet.
Simon Rhodes – Simon joined the EMI Abbey Road Studios in 1987. He is now Senior Engineer and has a long-standing association with various composers including the late James Horner with whom he worked for 18 years on over 40 projects including Avatar, one of the highest-grossing films of all time.
KEY FEATURES
Available – November 10th, 2022 at 5 pm GMT
Link – https://www.spitfireaudio.com/abbey-road-orchestra-low-percussion
RRP Price: £399 / $449 / 449€
Promo Period: £299 / $349 / 349€
Promo Crossgrade: £275 / $309 / 309€ *
* A discount for anyone who owns Abbey Road One: Orchestral Foundations or any SSO library
About Abbey Road Studios (www.abbeyroad.com)
A global music icon and the world’s first purpose-built recording studio, Abbey Road Studios has been home to countless landmark recordings and pioneering advances in music technology for over 90 years. The studios’ phenomenal history encompasses celebrated work by artists from The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Fela Kuti, Kate Bush, Oasis and Radiohead to Sam Smith, Florence + The Machine, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Frank Ocean, Amy Winehouse, Little Simz and Adele, as well as scores to films from Raiders of The Lost Ark, The Lord of The Rings Trilogy and many of the Harry Potter and Star Wars movies, to Gravity, The Shape of Water, 1917, Black Panther, Black Widow and Avengers: Endgame. Since stereo was patented at Abbey Road in 1933, the studios have been home to numerous innovations in recording technology and continue to innovate today with Europe’s first music tech incubator, Abbey Road Red. Abbey Road Studios is part of Universal Music.
About Joby Burgess (https://www.jobyburgess.com/)
One of Britain’s most diverse percussionists, Joby is equally at home performing with Peter Gabriel at Red Rocks Amphitheatre and The Who at Wembley Stadium as reimagining Blade Runner at Sydney Opera House and Ibiza Classics at the Royal Albert Hall.
Known for his virtuosic performances, Joby’s solo projects Powerplant and Pioneers of Percussion have taken him from Berghain, Berlin to SESC Pompéia, São Paulo. Recent releases for Signum include Gabriel Prokofiev’s ‘Concerto for Bass Drum’ and Eric Whitacre’s ‘Marimba Quartets’.
Often found at Abbey Road and Air Studios, Joby’s playing can be heard on major film and TV scores, notably leading the percussion sections on Black Panther, Rocketman, Ad Astra, Mission: Impossible, The Darkest Hour, Dr Who and The Green Planet.
In demand as an educationalist, Joby created the Virtual Marimba Choir, which brought together 227 percussionists from around the world during Spring 2020.
About Simon Rhodes (https://www.abbeyroad.com/engineer/simon-rhodes)
Following a strong musical upbringing and after graduating with an honors Degree in Physics and Music, Simon joined the EMI Abbey Road Studios in 1987. He is now Senior Engineer and is well-known throughout the record and film industries.
Simon has a long-standing association with various composers including the late James Horner whom he worked with for 18 years on over 40 projects including Avatar, the second highest grossing film of all time.
Simon has also had the pleasure of working with many of the world’s top film composers including John Williams, Thomas Newman, John Debney, James Newton Howard, Howard Shore, Alexandre Desplat, Alan Sylvestri, Trevor Jones, George Fenton, Roque Banos, Brian Tyler, AR Rahman & Elmer Bernstein.
In 2008, Simon was invited to record the famous Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games in China. Simon has 4 Grammy Awards and is a Cinema Audio Society winner.
About Spitfire Audio (www.spitfireaudio.com)
Spitfire Audio is a British music technology company that specialises 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 centre of the business, drawing on their own experience as obsessive music makers to explore the needs and wants of their fellow composers.
London, 1.11.22 – GForce Software are delighted to present Oddity3, a fresh and hugely enhanced rebuild of their much loved, multi-award-winning synth. The original Oddity, along with its successor Oddity2, gained heavy praise from fans and critics alike for incredible accuracy and, in the case of Oddity2, a huge range of additions taking the legendary ARP® Odyssey into previously unrealized audio realms, with some notable users even calling it their desert island synth. Oddity3 retains the fundamental architecture at the heart of previous versions but builds on this in ways that extend its sonic and musical capabilities.
Oddity3 features an improved audio engine, a powerful new Preset Browser, over 250 new presets (plus all the originals), new Distortion and Reverb effects, a Vintage control to add authentic analog imperfections, four programmable Macros, new and improved performance controls along with three new, fully scalable UI designs. This classic desert island synth just got even better.
A Classic Synth For The 21st Century
With the sound and character of the original hardware at its core, Oddity3 gives a classic synth a new lease of life. Authentic models of all three original filters, two syncable oscillators, an accurate recreation of the legendary ring modulator, AR and ADSR envelopes, and much more, we’ve spent countless hours ensuring that Oddity3 still provides a faithful and accurate recreation of one of the most highly revered synths ever.
Over the years we’ve enhanced these original features extensively, adding monophonic and polyphonic playability, a tunable sub-oscillator, our unique X-Modifier technology, onboard effects, and voice panning. Now, Oddity3 adds a raft of new features and improvements – a powerful new Preset Browser, expanded performance controls with programmable Macros, Velocity and Polyphonic Aftertouch, a Vintage knob for adding analog-style imperfections, new Distortion, and Reverb effects, and more. All of this gives Oddity3 an authentic experience that feels at home in a modern setup.
Such are the sonic possibilities of Oddity3, that we’ve had to constantly remind ourselves that this new cinematic incarnation retains, at its heart, the structural design of the original ARP hardware. Oddity3 feels like a brand new synthesizer.” Dave Spiers & Chris Macleod, co-founders of GForce Software Ltd.
Inspiration At The Speed Of Sound
Oddity3 features our brand new Preset Browser, which gives the user the power to organize their sounds any way they want. With extensive tagging, sorting, and search possibilities, it’s now quick and easy to find the perfect preset. Talking of presets, we’ve got them by the bucketload. Firstly, we’ve included 250+ brand new presets created by our team of GForce sound designers, as well as a number of highly-regarded synthesists. You can also access over 1750 legacy presets from Oddity and Oddity2, which have all been categorized and tagged for easy navigation. Finally, we’ve also included 66 presets that we faithfully recreated from original patch books. With a total of over 2000 presets, inspiration is just moments away.
Oddity3 captures the sound of the original hardware while dragging it into the modern world. With such vast modulation possibilities, the scope of what this synth can do is huge, but it still retains that raw, vintage quality. One of my favorite synths just got even better!” Tom Wolfe, Sound Designer.
Oddity3 – key features
More info
https://www.gforcesoftware.com/products/oddity3
Price
Oddity3 £99.99 +VAT with an intro price of £49.99 + VAT
Compatibility
Mac: Standalone Application, AudioUnit, AAX, VST, and VST3
PC: Standalone Application, AAX, VST and VST3
About GForce Software Ltd.
www.gforcesoftware.com
Specializing in vintage synthesizer modeling, GForce Software offers a range of products with the most authentic sonic and musical quality in the virtual arena. Our mission is to inspire composers and producers by providing well-crafted instruments and sounds; to nurture those aspiring to learn and grow during their musical journey.
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC: independent development teams federation United Plugins is proud to announce the availability of the MasterMind mastering plug-in as its latest release from founding partner SounDevice Digital — duly designed as the fastest route from any mix to mastered destination by taking care of most tasks automatically, allowing anyone to optimize the track being worked on within a matter of seconds, match that track’s EQ with a reference track, and boost the master gain to make the resulting signal sound louder and better… or, better put, simply sound right — as of November 1…
It is fair to say that mastering is sometimes seen as a dark art of sorts when it comes to finalizing the record production process. Put it this way: while mastering makes a great recording truly shine forth for all to hear, that is arguably an overly simplistic statement when taken at face value; after all, what constitutes a genuinely great recording at an artistic level is surely in the ear of the beholder? But what about at a truly technical level? Cost constraints aside, that is arguably a double-barrelled question of (technology available at any given) time and taste. That said, one thing is for sure, though: thanks to an always-widening array of mind-boggling and ear-bending analog and digital technologies, the mastering process is far from simple.
SounDevice Digital’s MasterMind mastering plug-in makes this far-from-simple art so much easier by taking care of most tasks automatically. As such, its OPTIMIZE functionality beats strongly at its helpful heart. Having spent some considerable time researching masses of mastered material, SounDevice Digital developed a specialized algorithm to
make the resulting signal sound richer and better, both from an audio and psychoacoustic standpoint. Simply put, it sounds right. Turning the plug-in’s onscreen optimizer (%) knob controls how much of that specialized algorithm process is instantly and intelligently applied.
It is also fair to say that stereo feel and spatial perception are integral to achieving an accomplished mastered sound, so MasterMind makes it perfectly possible for its users to do just that with one onscreen knob — namely, the self-explanatory stereo width (%) one, which controls the signal-widening level with selectable settings ranging from -100 to +100.
MasterMind’s MATCH functionality facilitates fast-tracking a perfect-sounding EQ-matching application, allowing users to control the level of matching the feel of their favorite reference tracks or, alternatively, unifying the sound of the tracks on their own record production with a few quick clicks — literally load some source material, loop-play it to analyze, then analyze their own material (your track) to enable MasterMind to perform its mindful mastering magic. It is worth noting that setting the onscreen match (%) knob to settings somewhere between 20-30% tends to produce the best results due to the differences between the source and your track material being analyzed.
And speaking of equalization, MasterMind’s EQ section facilitates fine-tuning both the high shelf — freq (kHz) — and low shelf — freq (Hz) — EQ curves of the track being processed in conjunction with their associated gain (dB) controls. By being based on an American analog equalizer’s much-lauded mode, it also provides users with the option of applying some nice-sounding tube saturation, courtesy of the easy-to-use eq tube (%) knob. Thanks to its high-quality audio engine employing up to 16x oversampling, MasterMind makes mindful mastering possible, providing the maximum precision needed to succeed in its musical mission — including, of course, warm-sounding analog-style saturation without digital artifacts.
Meanwhile, MasterMind’s LIMITER section makes mixes sound strong, standing out from the sound of the (mastered) crowd courtesy of a saturation (%) control, which can make the signal sound louder and smoother from a psychoacoustic standpoint, working with self-explanatory gain (dB) and threshold (dB) controls, as well as output ceiling (dB) — controls the sign level after the LIMITER section, thereby determining the plug-in’s maximum reachable level.
Last, but by no means least, MasterMind’s analysis section provides a perfect visual overview of the three stages of its user’s signal so they can not only easily monitor the input and output but also the signal stage between the EQ and limiter, helping them to add even more precision to finalizing the record production process.
Photorealism has been applied to the MasterMind plug-in’s gorgeous GUI (Graphical User Interface), imbuing its users with a feeling that they are touching real-world hardware. However, it easily adapts to their needs since they can always drag the arrow at the bottom-right corner to change its size — smaller to save precious ‘screen estate’ or larger to make it easier on the eye and, as a result, easier to use.
Ultimately, MasterMind provides maximum audio quality by using internal 64-bit audio processing as well as being able to handle any sampling rate — as, indeed, is the case with all plug-ins released under the United Plugins umbrella, so why not try it at 192 kHz… or even higher! Helpfully, the MasterMind plug-in intelligently detects whether it makes sense to perform any processing at all — if not, it temporarily turns on sleep mode, meaning it requires virtually no CPU (Central Processing Unit) power at all, thereby saving computing resources for other processes. Mindful mastering magic abounds otherwise, of course, so feel free to take the fastest route from any mix to mastered destination with its outstanding OPTIMIZE and (EQ) MATCH functionality.
SounDevice Digital’s MasterMind is available to purchase for a time-limited introductory promo price of only €29 EUR until the end of November 2022 — rising thereafter to its regular price of €129.00 EUR — as an AAX-, AU-, VST-, and VST3-compatible plug-in (using internal 64-bit audio processing capable of handling any sample rate) directly from United Plugins here: https://unitedplugins.com/MasterMind/ (A 15-day, fully-functional trial version for macOS 10.10 and newer and Windows 8/10 can be downloaded for free from here: https://unitedplugins.com/download/)
Note that no iLok, dongle, or internet access is required for MasterMind activation. (All United Plugins software uses license files for activation and owners can freely use purchased software on all their computers as long as they are the user.)
See SounDevice Digital’s MasterMind — duly designed as the fastest route from any mix to mastered destination — in action in United Plugins’ must-see (and hear) introductory video here:
About United Plugins (www.unitedplugins.com)
As implied in the carefully chosen wording for an apt appellation that really represents how the Prague-registered Limited Company came about and what it collectively creates, United Plugins is a federation of small, independent development teams comprised of individuals involved in the music industry. Indeed, the founding triad of FireSonic, JMG Sound, and SounDevice Digital can count engineers, producers, and artists amongst their ‘united’ names. Needless to say, all were seeking the freedom to create the tools that they would like to use in their studios and on their projects. And all agreed that this could be better achieved when working together. Though United Plugins’ proliferating product portfolio may not always be for the musical masses, surely someone, somewhere will always find those tools to be a perfect fit for their own music productions… just like those inventive individuals behind United Plugins’ partner brands, the ranks of which have since swelled to include Muramasa Audio and MeldaProduction. Thanks to the latter letting United Plugins utilize its super-easy licensing system, which is why selected MeldaProduction products are also available from the United Plugins website, a thriving future for the federation is assured.
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