Wuppertal, GERMANY: Black Rooster Audio is proud to release RO-SPR — an authentically modeled vintage spring reverb plug-in injecting character and just the right amount of psychedelic flair into anyone’s DAW-driven productions by capturing the tone of multiple sought-after hardware classics, conjuring up the iconic sound of ‘Hendrix & Co.’ — as of October 11…
RO-SPR readily acts as the ultimate customizable spring reverb, thanks to its SPRING TYPE total of six selections sitting creatively alongside LOW, MID, and HIGH EQ settings, as well as SPRING LENGTH and SPRING MODE controls. Appreciating all the plug-in provides presupposes, arguably, an appreciation of the sonic revolution that ultimately led to its development, so step back, briefly, in time — to 1939, in fact — to take in some helpful history. Here American engineer and inventor Laurens Hammond — famed for his namesake Hammond organ and also the Novachord, the world’s first plausible polyphonic ‘synthesizer’ — applied for the first patent of an innovative, synthetic reverberation unit that was about to revolutionize the sound of recorded music, with a simple transducer at one end of a metal spring and a pickup at the other. As a true history-in-the-making measure, his idea of a mechanical, spring-based hall processor was refined further, finding its way into those legendary Hammond organs from 1960 onwards and also into standalone hardware units like the Accutronics Type 4 spring reverb. Furthermore, fellow American inventor Leo Fender effectively took the concept to the musical masses with his namesake Fender Vibroverb, a 40-watt combo guitar amplifier originally manufactured in 1963 and 1964 as the first Fender amplifier to incorporate onboard reverb, subsequently becoming a standard feature on many high-end Fender tube amps during the Sixties and Seventies.
Saying that spring reverb is, indeed, one of the most used hardware reverbs in studio history, but unlike bulky plate reverbs that could easily cost thousands of dollars and weigh in at several hundred pounds each, most spring reverbs are more space- and cost-efficient. Sound-wise, spring reverbs are often described as being ‘bouncy’ or ‘ringy’ as a result of their mechanical layout, which tends to be low-end heavy. Though the audio spectrum used to be corrected by an EQ to maintain a natural room feel, many mix engineers took advantage of that exact low-end boost to add weight to their guitar, vocal, or synth tone. This sound design trick, together with the renowned characteristics of a spring, can be heard across many hit records — ranging from The Doors to Queens Of The Stone Age.
As such, the RO-SPR plug-in puts the still-sought-after sound of the past into the present with its inordinately individualistic collection of classic spring types, while also adding modern-day features to tailor each section precisely to an individual’s needs. Needless to say, there are many notable features well worth highlighting here: six singular spring types — A through to F — have been faithfully modelled after their hardware counterparts, covering four decades of sound experiments, innovation, and heavy-duty studio usage; a versatile signal routing system allows for MONO and STEREO processing, as well as an M2S mode that creates width from mono/stereo sources — STEREO sends the left/right signal to independent springs, whereas M2S sends the mono signal to non-identical springs to create bespoke width; three-band — LOW, MID, and HIGH — EQ further tames the very specific spectral behaviour of the spring since springs tend to be naturally low-end heavy, with less mids or high end; adjustable gain-staging gives users the ability to control the pre-processing input gain level, as well as the post-processing output gain level — Black Rooster Audio has helpfully separated the stereo channels to fine-tune the amplitude for the natural stereo image of multiple springs that can vary based on the spring material and the signal’s frequency spectrum; DSP (Digital Signal Processing) operations are pipelined using the SSE2 (Streaming SIMD Extensions 2) instruction set to ensure high-performance operation, despite the RO-SPR plug-in’s very complex computations; and a user interface that supports high pixel density on both macOS and Windows systems provides the most enjoyable user experience on high DPI (Dots Per Inch) displays.
Thanks to the character-filled vintage reverb plug-in that is RO-SPR, it is now possible to effectively own multiple units in one. On the face of it, then, not only does it capture the sound of multiple sought-after hardware classics, but it also allows anyone to create their own sound — springy surf-style guitars to psychedelic vocals, and much more besides — and breathe new life into their digital recordings with all of the magic of analog processing and none of the hassle of owning hardware gear. Getting hold of RO-SPR allows anyone to assuredly add that vintage spring sound to guitar, bass, vocal, drum, brass, or synth tracks — or even try it out on any bus or mix channel — to fashion familiar, yet mysteriously mechanical roomy reverb results that they are simply sure to treasure!
RO-SPR is available to purchase for a time-limited introductory promo price of only $59.00 USD — rising thereafter to its regular price of $129.00 USD — as 64-bit AAX-, AU-, and VST-compatible plug-ins 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 must-see — and hear — video-supplemented sound samples, here: https://blackroosteraudio.com/en/products/ro-spr
14-day, fully-functional trial versions of all Black Rooster Audio plug-ins — including RO-SPR — 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 (www.blackroosteraudio.com)
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 Wuppertal, Germany, it is passionate about combining the finest of vintage analog sound and modern technology.
© 2021 CUREON
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC: W.A. Production, producers of high-end professional-sounding samples, instrument and effect plug-ins, DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) templates, and more, is proud to announce the availability of InstaComposer — a new-generation MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) generator plug-in that can conjure up Melody, Rhythm, Bass, Pad, and Chord parts at the click of a button by plying AI (Artificial Intelligence) to create real McCoy musical motifs that are genuinely gainful as the next step in automatic composition — as of October 7…
Acting as the next step in automatic composition, InstaComposer implements a complex algorithm to determine notes, harmonies, and chords based on its user’s personal preferences. Indeed, InstaComposer’s innovative backbone is a behind-the-scenes decision-making matrix that creates notes both based on mathematics and musical knowledge. Needless to say, AI also factors in a whole host of parameters that can be set in the bottom panel of its clear-cut GUI (Graphical User Interface) — from repetition probability (Repeat) to controlling the complexity of chord shapes (Chords). Clearly, harmonic variations (Variation), strumming techniques (Strum), and note density (Population) are just some of the myriad options that can quickly and easily be adjusted, feeding that all-important algorithm with a personalized set of preferences.
InstaComposer is as unique as its user, therefore, taking into account their chosen Scale, time signature, and riff Length. Thereafter, they can choose to create new sequences for one, some, or all five of its inbuilt channels — Chan: 1, Chan: 2, Chan: 3, Chan: 4, and Chan: 5 — with any combination of Melody, Rhythm, Bass, Pad, and Chord.
Its inbuilt MIDI editor can be used to tweak the output of InstaComposer within the interface itself. Ultimately, users are able to manipulate the music before it leaves the plug-in, thereby adding their own creativity and personal style on top of what InstaComposer has already offered to them. More meaningfully, moving, copying, and deleting notes within a familiar piano-roll-style interface — even changing the velocity — is all perfectly possible in InstaComposer.
It is also possible to drag the MIDI tracks straight out of InstaComposer into a DAW with the greatest of ease. Elsewhere, users can alternatively set up multi-channel instruments and route the MIDI from InstaComposer into their favorite VSTi (Virtual Studio Technology Instrument) format plug-ins. Put it this way: when doing this, users can preview all five channels simultaneously — and all without ever having to leave the InstaComposer environment!
InstaComposer includes a notable number of factory presets — productive musical motifs with which to get users up and running in next to no time at all and all of which can conceivably become the basis for complete tracks! There is so much compositional power positioned at anyone’s fingertips — from creating melodies, phrases, riffs, chords, and more with multiple time signatures to generating automatic harmonies and chord progressions, plus many controls for probability, complexity, and variation resulting in infinite ideas at the click of a button — that they need never be stuck in a musical rut ever again! After all, W.A. Production comprises real-life producers partial to creating creative plug-ins to help anyone achieve studio-quality processing quickly and easily. Enjoyment when working with InstaComposer is surely the ultimate expression of those admirable attributes to date.
InstaComposer is available to purchase for a time-limited introductory promo price of only $20.70 USD (representing a significant 70% saving) — rising thereafter to its regular price of $99.00 USD — as 64-bit AAX-, AU-, VST-, and VST3-compatible plug-ins for macOS (10.11 or later) and 32- or 64-bit AAX-,VST-, and VST3-compatible plug-ins for Windows (7 or later) directly from W.A. Production via its dedicated webpage, which also includes an audio preview, here: https://www.waproduction.com/plugins/view/instacomposer
14-day, fully-functional trial versions of all W.A. Production plug-ins — including InstaComposer — are available by signing up for an account for free here: https://www.waproduction.com/users/login
Watch W.A. Production’s informative InstaComposer introductory video — and prepare to create real McCoy musical motifs that are genuinely gainful as the next step in automatic composition — here:
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 recognized for practicing 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?”
© 2021 W.A. Production
GRENOBLE, FRANCE: XILS-lab is proud to announce the availability of Chor’X 2.0 — readily representing an unforgettable update to its so-called spatializer chorus plug-in par excellence that first saw the light of day as the virtual instrument and effect plug-in-specializing software company’s second such effect plug-in release way back in 2012, but benefiting now from an all-new gorgeous GUI (Graphical User Interface) to duly deliver a superior user experience much more in keeping with today’s greater expectations, enhanced further still with Apple M1 chip compatibility for dramatically improved performance and efficiency, backed by an added advanced preset management system, and all available for free to existing owners of Chor’X — as of October 6…
That timely introduction of an all-new GUI makes Chor’X 2.0’s raison d’être perfectly clear for all to see and, ultimately, hear by putting its four standard chorus structures — SYNTHEX, based on two BBDs (Bucket Brigade Delays) and two LFOs (Low-Frequency Oscillators) per channel, plus an amplifier-based compander (compressor-expander) emulation; CS-80, based on one BBD and two LFOs per channel with the LFOs also modulating the level; VP-330, based on two BBDs and two LFOs per channel, plus an amplifier-based compander emulation; and DIM-D, based on one BBD per channel and only one LFO dispatched in inverted phase to the left and the right channel — in plain sight. Simply click on the corresponding button to choose the desired chorus structure shaped with special filters and compander emulations to get as close as possible to the Seventies- and Eighties-vintage original older analog chorus units respectively residing within two classic analog polysynths, a vocoder/string synthesizer keyboard, and a rack-mounting processing predecessor to a legendary (later-released) guitar pedal — all heard on countless classic records in all genres, and still sought after today.
All are accessible in either ‘legacy’ (original Chor’X) or ADVANCED mode, making for flexible — and additionally available — functionality. For instance, activating ADVANCED CS-80 reveals TRANSIENT MOD, accessing advanced DRY/WET and AMOUNT controls with an impulse follower; STEREO SPACE, amplifying access to the true stereo dynamic engine driving Chor’X 2.0 with WIDTH (makes the space narrower or wider), SPEED, MIC ANGLE (sets the position of the microphones), DRY/WET, HORZ and VERT (allowing the animation to be horizontal or vertical only), plus AMOUNT (adding chaotic movement to the stereo position of the wet signal) controls, to name but some self-explanatory examples; and an advanced AMOUNT of modulation with an associated envelope follower featuring FAST, SLOW, TINY, and WIDE parameters that can be tweaked in an advanced 2-D (two-dimensional) pad arrangement for easy control. The true joy of seeing the stereo image moving while the associated ‘balls’ bounce to the sound of the music being processed is truly a sight to behold, thanks to those newfound levels of instant feedback on offer!
Add Apple M1 chip compatibility for dramatically improved performance and efficiency — backed by an advanced preset management system, plus MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) control of all parameters — to that all-new gorgeous GUI that is as easy on the eye as it is easy to use and what was already a powerful plug-in just got a whole lot more powerful, thanks to the unforgettable update that is Chor’X 2.0. Taking things just that little bit further towards today’s greater expectations, XILS-lab has helpfully added a number of unique features with which users of its virtual instruments will already be familiar — features with real musical meaning and sense, such as impulse threshold, whereby, unlike some (sub)standard chorus effects, Chor’X 2.0 will not adversely affect the low end of any instruments being processed courtesy of a differentiating DRY IN tool, which will let users treat percussive material while leaving the transients dry, only adding chorus to the tail of the instruments. Ultimately, users can also add automatic dynamic changes to the RATE and AMOUNT of all the BBD lines as a unique feature for fashioning ever-changing, supremely subtle, or copious cataclysmic chorus and combined true stereo effects to suit.
Saying all that, then, it is worth remembering that — following in the flexible footsteps of the original Chor’X — those four distinctive-sounding standard chorus structures making the competitively-priced Chor’X 2.0’s raison d’être so perfectly clear for all to see and, ultimately, hear can be freely and flexibly combined to quickly create chorusing effects ranging from the most graceful- and smooth-sounding subtlety to going wild… with no (in the) country necessarily needed! But better still, it is available for free to existing owners of Chor’X.
Chor’X 2.0 is available to purchase as a serial license — no iLok software or hardware dongle required — protected plug-in priced at an introductory promo price of €29.00 EUR (representing an attractive 50% saving) until October 25, 2021 — rising thereafter to its regular price of €59.00 EUR — directly from XILS-lab via its dedicated webpage (https://www.xils-lab.com/products/chor-x-p-139.html), which also includes more in-depth information.
Chor’X 2.0 can be directly downloaded as 64-bit AAX-, AU-, and VST-compatible plug-ins for macOS (10.9+) and 32- or 64-bit AAX- and VST-compatible plug-ins for Windows (7/8/10) from here: https://www.xils-lab.com/products/chor-x-p-139/download.html
Take a fast-track tour through the newfound features of Chor’X 2.0 in XILS-labs’ thoughtful tutorial video here:
About XILS-lab (www.xils-lab.com)
Based in Grenoble, France, XILS-lab is an audio software company, created, and managed by Xavier Oudin. Having created some of the best-known virtual instruments and effects plug-ins on the market for various companies over the last 20 years, today he focuses on bringing his passion for audio, instruments, and music to bear on his own company. Working with highly skilled professional musicians and sound designers, the company collectively believes that a virtual instrument or effect is not simply a series of mind-boggling mathematical algorithms designed and scrutinized over by bookish Ph.D. engineers but rather a useful and useable musical tool made for musicians. Moreover, XILS-lab loves to create virtual instruments and effects that inspire its users to create more imaginative music than they ever dreamed possible!
© 2021 XILS Audio sarl
Alberobello, ITALY: professional producer and seller of content for all guitar and bass digital devices ChopTones is proud to announce the availability of numerous new additions to its online shop — including Fend PBS Just Play Kemper Profiles pack, new Mooer GE Series MNRS Amp Profiles pack, Cabinet IR (Impulse Response) packs, and Sabbath vol1 packs — as of September 30…
As alluded to by name, Fend PBS Just Play Kemper Profiles (https://www.choptones.com/products/fend-pbs-just-play-kemper-profiles) is the perfect fit for any KEMPER PROFILER™ * user seeking to recreate the sound of a 1967 Fender Bassman Amp 50 Watt AB165 circuit, available as a Just Play the specially selected pack of 25 ready-to-play profiles.
Placing MOOER at the center, ChopTones’ new Mooer GE Series MNRS Amp Profiles are made with MOOER’s profiling technology exclusive to that company’s GE200, GE250, and GE300 amp modeling and multi-effects units, with recent releases including Blues Plus vol.2 Mooer GE200 Patches (https://www.choptones.com/products/blues-plus-vol-2-mooer-ge200), Blues Plus vol.2 Mooer GE250 Patches (https://www.choptones.com/products/blues-plus-vol-2-mooer-ge250), and Blues Plus vol.2 Mooer GE300 Patches (https://www.choptones.com/products/blues-plus-vol-2-mooer-ge300) — all featuring 15 high-quality patches shaped with ChopTones’ Custom MNRS Amp Profiles, including those based on a Supro Statesman and a Supro Thunderbolt; JPC2 vol.2 Mooer GE200 Patches (https://www.choptones.com/products/jpc2-vol-2-mooer-ge200), JPC2 vol.2 Mooer GE250 Patches (https://www.choptones.com/products/jpc2-vol-2-mooer-ge250), and JPC2 vol.2 Mooer GE300 Patches (https://www.choptones.com/products/jpc2-vol-2-mooer-ge300) — all featuring 10/15 high-quality patches shaped with ChopTones’ Custom MNRS Amp Profiles and IR, including three amp profiles based on a Mesa Boogie JP2C (John Petrucci Signature) in several settings and three custom IRs based on a Mesa Boogie OS 4×12 (V30 Speaker); Metal Plus vol.4 Mooer GE200 Patches (https://www.choptones.com/products/metal-plus-vol-4-mooer-ge200), Metal Plus vol.4 Mooer GE250 Patches (https://www.choptones.com/products/metal-plus-vol-4-mooer-ge250), and Metal Plus vol.4 Mooer GE300 Patches (https://www.choptones.com/products/metal-plus-vol-4-mooer-ge300) — all featuring 15 high-quality patches shaped with ChopTones’ Custom MNRS Amp Profiles, including those based on a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier 2ch Rev F and a Mesa Boogie Mark V:35; Metal Plus vol.5 Mooer GE200 Patches (https://www.choptones.com/products/metal-plus-vol-5-mooer-ge200), Metal Plus vol.5 Mooer GE250 Patches (https://www.choptones.com/products/metal-plus-vol-5-mooer-ge250), and Metal Plus vol.5 Mooer GE300 Patches (https://www.choptones.com/products/metal-plus-vol-5-mooer-ge300) — all featuring 15 high-quality patches shaped with ChopTones’ Custom MNRS Amp Profiles, including those based on a Peavey Invective.MH and a Randall RG-50; and Rock Plus vol.3 Mooer GE200 Patches (https://www.choptones.com/products/rock-plus-vol-3-mooer-ge200), Rock Plus vol.3 Mooer GE250 Patches (https://www.choptones.com/products/rock-plus-vol-3-mooer-ge250), and Rock Plus vol.3 Mooer GE300 Patches (https://www.choptones.com/products/rock-plus-vol-3-mooer-ge300) — all featuring 15 high-quality patches shaped with ChopTones’ Custom MNRS Amp Profiles, including those based on a Hughes & Kettner Statesman and a Friedman Buxom Betty.
Next, numerous new Cabinet IR packs featuring a wide range of cabinet impulse responses realised with a long list of top-tier microphones, Neve 1073 and Chandler Germanium preamps, and converters working as part of a systematic computer-based tracking process to carefully capture the real deals; recent releases include: Bogie RCT112 VBS Cabinet IR (https://www.choptones.com/products/bogie-rct112-vbs-cabinet-ir) — based on a Mesa Boogie 1×12 Mini Recto loaded with Eminence Vintage BlackShadow VS12; Bogie OS 412 K100 Cabinet IR (https://www.choptones.com/products/bogie-os-412-k100-cabinet-ir) — based on a Mesa Boogie 4×12 Oversized loaded with Celestion G12K100; Bogie OS 412 JAG Cabinet IR (https://www.choptones.com/products/bogie-os-412-jag-cabinet-ir) — based on a Mesa Boogie 4×12 Oversized loaded with Randall Jaguar RES80; Bogie Tweed AlnCr Cabinet IR (https://www.choptones.com/products/bogie-tweed-alncr-cabinet-ir) — based on a Mesa Boogie California Tweed 2×12 loaded with Celestion Alnico Cream; Bogie RCT112 C90 Cabinet IR (https://www.choptones.com/products/bogie-rct112-c90-cabinet-ir) — based on a Mesa Boogie Mini Recto 1×12 loaded with Mesa Blackshadow C90; Brit MF4 V60 Cabinet IR (https://www.choptones.com/products/brit-mf4-v60-cabinet-ir) — based on a Marshall MF400 4×12 loaded with Celestion V60; Brit MF4 F90 Cabinet IR (https://www.choptones.com/products/brit-mf4-f90-cabinet-ir) — based on a Marshall MF400 4×12 loaded with Fane F90; Eddi3 212 EVH Cabinet IR (https://www.choptones.com/products/eddi3-212-evh-cabinet-ir) — based on a EVH 5150III 2×12 loaded with Celestion G12EVH; Eddi3 212 T75 Cabinet IR (https://www.choptones.com/products/eddi3-212-t75-cabinet-ir) — based on a EVH 5150III 2×12 loaded with Celestion G12T75; and PS 212 CB75 Cabinet IR (https://www.choptones.com/products/ps-212-cb75-cabinet-ir) — based on a PRS 2×12 Open Back loaded with Celestion Creamback G12H75.
Getting even more sound specific, ChopTones has also released Sabbath vol1 as a collection of 10 high-quality patches — shaped with Choptones’ custom IRs based on a Marshall 1960 4×12 loaded with Celestion V30 (combined with Shure SM7B and RM700 microphones) and a Marshall 1960 4×12 loaded with Celestion G1275 (combined with Shure SM57 and Sennheiser MD421 microphones) — aimed at all lovers of English rockers Black Sabbath seeking to recreate the sound of lead guitarist, co-founder, and leader Tony Iommi from the seminal 1970-vintage Black Sabbath era through to 1987’s The Eternal Idol album. As such, it is available for Flamma Audio’s FX100 (https://www.choptones.com/products/sabbath-vol1-patches-fx100); Harley Benton’s DNAfx GiT
(https://www.choptones.com/products/sabbath-vol1-patches-dnafx-git); Headrush’s Pedalboard® * series (https://www.choptones.com/products/sabbath-vol1-headrush-patches); Hotone’s Ampero and Ampero One (https://www.choptones.com/products/sabbath-vol1-patches-hotone-ampero); Mooer’s GE150 (https://www.choptones.com/products/sabbath-vol1-mooer-ge150), Mooer’s GE200 (https://www.choptones.com/products/sabbath-vol1-mooer-ge200), Mooer’s GE250 (https://www.choptones.com/products/sabbath-vol1-mooer-ge250), and Mooer’s GE300 (https://www.choptones.com/products/sabbath-vol1-mooer-ge300); and Line 6’s Helix (https://www.choptones.com/products/sabbath-vol1-patches-line-6-helix), Line 6’s HX Stomp (https://www.choptones.com/products/sabbath-vol1-patches-hx-stomp), and Line 6’s POD® * Go (https://www.choptones.com/products/sabbath-vol1-patches-pod-go).
Get going to ChopTones’ online shop, then, to dig deeper into its numerous new additions as part of an ever-expanding catalog comprising around 2,600 digital products for over 30 different platforms!
Those numerous new additions to the ChopTones online shop (https://www.choptones.com) are available — priced between €19.90 EUR (including tax) and €39.90 EUR (including tax) — as part of an ever-expanding catalog comprising around 2,600 digital products for over 30 different platforms. (* All used company names, label names, and registered trademarks thereon are the property of their owners and only used for identification and description of products and achievements; ChopTones’ products simply seek to recreate the sound of the amplifiers, cabinets, and speakers listed and any use of brand names is strictly for comparison and descriptive purposes.)
About ChopTones (www.choptones.com)
Since 2014 ChopTones has been involved in the professional production and sale of content for all guitar and bass digital devices. Indeed, its catalog comprising around 2,600 digital products for over 30 different platforms. As an acclaimed company, ChopTones operates on all major social media channels to promote its catalog, concentrating on a huge video section to not only demonstrate tones but also guitar and bass guitar gear in general.
© 2021 ChopTones SRL
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC: music production and audio processing advanced tools maker MeldaProduction is proud to announce advancements to all 112 plug-ins (and counting) comprising the last plug-in suite anyone will ever need being boosted by the ultimate update to new-found V15 standing set to further distance it from the sound of the crowd by bringing so many improvements and fixes to the production table — not only resulting in faster and more stable plug-ins that are more compatible with various DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations), but, better still, readily representing a major update to their user experience — for free to existing users, as of September 30…
According to MeldaProduction founder Vojtech ‘Melda’ Meluzin, “It all started when I was way younger. As a drummer and a programmer, I wanted to create a replacement for myself, and, perhaps, create a few plug-ins to mix my own music, but things got out of hand! The result is 112 plug-ins.”
Put it this way: while applying innovative thinking to creating sounds that matter with inspiring user interfaces that are as easy to use as they are versatile
with never-ending improvements still sums up MeldaProduction’s gifted game plan, perhaps applying the ultimate update with its V15 notable nomenclature to all of those plug-ins — proudly introducing them to the musical masses as 15th generation advancements to their predecessors — was assured after so many years of listening to the wishes of and feedback from so many loyal fans and users worldwide. This is why Vojtech Meluzin has this to say: “We at MeldaProduction tend to make our plug-ins as versatile as possible; in V15, we focused on workflow.”
This is why over 35 of MeldaProduction’s Multiplugins — a previously introduced concept whereby the most complex effect plug-ins contain several devices, rather than just a ton of presets — now have unique GUIs (Graphical User Interfaces) for each device they contain, courtesy of V15’s new Multiplugins 2.0 system. Ultimately, users can more easily control plug-ins almost without looking… plug-ins like MTurboComp — the ultimate (not-only) compressor, emulating most classic vintage analog compressors; MTurboReverb — a revolutionary algorithmic reverb, featuring around 100 superb-sounding reverbs in a single plug-in that even lets its users design their own reverb algorithms; MUnison — a unique combination of a doubler/unison and a smart harmonizer; or MWobbler — a unique distorting filter originally designed to produce dubstep wobbling basses, but also acting as a great multipurpose filter for just about any audio material.
Meanwhile, MSoundFactory — maybe the most powerful software instrument out there, thanks to its modular nature — has gained an abundance of new V15-induced instruments; in total, users now have access to almost 3,500 presets and devices with more yet to come with each and every update going forward… now, that’s a game-changer!
Continuing, Vojtech Meluzin means business when saying, “What hasn’t changed is our attitude.” And adds: “We still offer free-for-life updates, and our users will always be able to use multiple plug-ins on all the computers they own.”
On the face of it, then, MeldaProduction’s V15 really represents the last plug-in suite anyone will ever need now more than ever, thanks to this ultimate update offering unlimited sonic options and a plug-in for every purpose, with all areas covered. Concludes Vojtech Meluzin: “At least get the 15-day fully-working trial version, or grab our MFreeFXBundle containing almost 40 plug-ins… that’s a no-brainer!”
Needless to say, the best things in life are free, as evidenced by anyone familiarising themselves with MeldaProduction’s ‘MPhilosophy’ by grabbing that MFreeFXBundle. Moreover, its 37 free plug-ins span EQ, modulation effects, reverb, saturation, and much more besides, including MAutoPitch — MeldaProduction’s simple yet superb-sounding automatic pitch correction plug-in, perfect for vocals and other monophonic instruments, to name but one acclaimed example benefiting from the V15 treatment, with no catch whatsoever!
With those 35 design updates standing tall amongst almost 90 fixes and improvements implemented as a result of MeldaProduction’s meticulous research and development, as well as working hard to meet the demands of its users, advancements to all 112 plug-ins (and counting) comprising the last plug-in suite anyone will ever need being boosted by the ultimate update to new-found V15 standing set to further distance it from the sound of the crowd should surely be seen as well as heard to be believed. By improving performance, stability, and optimization of all those plug-ins so that they will flawlessly adapt to the most recent operating systems and processors to reliably get the most out of them, while also improving its plug-ins’ communication with user accounts — activating and checking for updates is now easier than ever, albeit still catering to those who prefer to stay offline — and flawlessly adapting to a whole host of environments, whether working with HiDPI monitors displaying sharper text and more detailed images than a standard DPI monitor, dual monitor setups, or touchscreen monitors, MeldaProduction has got its existing and future users covered. Clearly, V15 is, indeed, the ultimate update… and a game-changer and a no-brainer to boot — all the more so since it is free to existing users!
If they have not already done so, anyone wishing to take advantage of MeldaProduction’s V15 advancements to all 112 of its plug-ins (and counting) can create an account for free from here: https://www.meldaproduction.com/register/ (MeldaProduction’s license model lets users run its plug-ins on all their computers without dongles and with free-for-life updates; however, a name and address are required for this license model to work — hence needing to create an account.)
MAudioPlugins V15 — the latest versions of the 112 plug-ins (and counting) comprising the last plug-in suite anyone will ever need, in other words — can be downloaded as 64-bit AAX-, AU-, VST-, and VST3-compatible plug-ins for macOS (10.9+) and 32- or 64-bit AAX-,VST-, and VST3-compatible plug-ins for Windows (Vista/7/8/10) from here: https://www.meldaproduction.com/downloads (All MeldaProduction plug-ins are available as 15-day fully-working trial versions; thereafter they start emitting noise, so users should simply purchase any plug-ins they wish to own afterward and activate them to receive a license to run them on all their computers without dongles and with free-for-life updates.)
Moreover, MCompleteBundle (https://www.meldaproduction.com/MCompleteBundle) — an ultimate collection currently comprising 114 effects and instruments, including MDrummer, MSoundFactory, and MPowerSynth, as well as dynamics processors, EQs, modulation effects (including chorus, phasers, and reverbs), stereo tools, and analyzers — is currently available to purchase for a time-limited promo price of only €1,050.00 EUR — representing a 50% saving — until the end of October 2021, rising thereafter to its regular price of €2,099.00 EUR. (Anyone already owning any of its plug-ins can purchase MCompleteBundle at a specially discounted price — the size of the discount applied being dependent on the value of the plug-ins that they already own — by logging on to their account.)
Watch MeldaProduction founder Vojtech ‘Melda’ Meluzin make a compelling case for taking advantage of the music production and audio processing advanced tools maker’s V15 advancements to all 112 of its plug-ins (and counting) in MeldaProduction’s must-see introductory video here:
About MeldaProduction (www.meldaproduction.com)
MeldaProduction was founded in 2009 by Vojtech Meluzin and is based in Prague, Czech Republic. Inspired by ancient analog gear right through to the latest digital developments, MeldaProduction makes advanced tools for music production and audio processing with 100-plus products — including more than 30 available for free — to its notable name. Needless to say, applying innovative thinking to create sounds that matter with inspiring user interfaces that are as easy to use as they are versatile with never-ending improvements neatly sums up the company’s gifted game plan. It is also a premier partner brand of fellow Prague-registered Limited Company United Plugins, a federation of independent development teams comprised of individuals involved in the music industry.
© 2021 MeldaProduction
LOS ANGELES, CA, USA: Wide Blue Sound, creators of cutting-edge synthesizers for AAX (Avid Audio eXtension), AU (Audio Units), and VST (Virtual Studio Technology) plug-in formats, is proud to present PANDORA and RHYTHMIC ELEMENT — available as all-new expansions for its ELYSIUM organic motion synthesizer that took the ever-widening KONTAKT plug-in instrument world by storm when released late last year to widespread critical acclaim — as of September 28…
As an astounding ELYSIUM EXPANDER, PANDORA witnesses Wide Blue Sound turning off ELYSIUM’s extraordinary
PHASE SEQUENCER in favor of producing purely sublime, ultra-playable hybrid instruments incorporating its plethora of other features, including unique sampled sound sources, the highly-original Orbital Synthesis engine, and one-of-a-kind FX system to create noteworthy new instrument sounds that no other synthesizer can currently produce. Put it this way: with PANDORA, Wide Blue Sound quite literally opens a Pandora’s box of sonic delights by bringing 62 inspirational instruments alongside a 14-patch bonus set, The Lost Patches, to the wonderful-sounding world of ELYSIUM.
ELYSIUM expansion continues apace with RHYTHMIC ELEMENT, available as another ELYSIUM EXPANDER, this time delivering driving presets employing ELYSIUM’s extraordinary PHASE SEQUENCER — 
itself allowing for step-based PITCH, ACCENT, and ACTION, the latter’s feature-packed functionality extending to include Triple hits (ratchets), Tightening notes, and Reverse/Fade-in notes. No fewer than 88 of those presets are included, in fact, duly designed to fit into any modern musical genre, each harnessing the power of its five categories — namely, Deep Pulsars, Analog Drums, Pulses, Rhythm Suites, and Tickers. All are, sonically speaking, out of this world!
With the timely addition of PANDORA and RHYTHMIC ELEMENT, ELYSIUM — itself also advantageously available to purchase through German giant Native Instruments
(https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/nks-partners/wide-blue-sound/elysium/) since Wide Blue Sound became an NKS (NATIVE KONTROL STANDARD®) Partner, positioned on Native Access
(https://www.native-instruments.com/en/specials/native-access/) as a result for easy installation/updates — unequivocally has to be heard to be believed… but still sounds unlike anything else out there!
PANDORA and RHYTHMIC ELEMENT are available to purchase at a time-limited introductory promo price of $29.00 USD apiece until October 10, 2021— rising thereafter to their respective regular price of $39.00 USD — directly from the Wide Blue Sound website, which also includes more in-depth information, here: https://www.widebluesound.com/#expand
Listen to the ELYSIUM EXPANDER — PANDORA and RHYTHMIC ELEMENT — playlist online for free on SoundCloud here: https://soundcloud.com/wide-blue-sound/sets/elysium-expander-packs
ELYSIUM itself is also on offer for $129.35 USD — representing an attractive 35% saving on its regular price of $199.00 USD — directly from the Wide Blue Sound website, which also includes more in-depth information, here: https://www.widebluesound.com/elysium
About Wide Blue Sound (www.widebluesound.com)
Wide Blue Sound operates on the ideology that music tools should be fun, inspiring, and absolutely filler-free. Founded in 2015 by producer Nathan Rightnour and composer Jeff Rona, it launched with ORBIT, an aptly-named novel and high-end music software synthesizer for video game composers and producers. Praised by publications worldwide for making “a remarkable splash on the scene,” its creators quickly became a force to be reckoned with for film and television composition, record production, and video game music as ORBIT and its ECLIPSE followup were lauded both for their bold, no-nonsense approach to synth design and ability to create stunning cinematic pulses and atmospheric textures. 2020 saw the company ramping up in its development, with the release of its motion-evolving ELYSIUM, an inspiring KONTAKT plug-in instrument instantiated as a two-layer synth for creating music infused with tonal rhythms, movement, and unrivaled playability, plus bringing onboard several development teams to release more of Nathan’s original UX (User Experience) design-led software for music producers and composers.
© 2021 Wide Blue Sound LLC
Alberobello, ITALY: professional producer and seller of content for all guitar and bass digital devices ChopTones is proud to announce the availability of IR Loader — an appropriately-named two-slot IR (impulse response) loader, available as a free plug-in for a limited time to create incredible cabinet and mic combinations at the touch of a button and achieve premium sound quality in the clear-cut process — as of September 21…
As an appropriately-named two-slot — Slot A and Slot B — IR loader plug-in for Mac and Windows, IR Loader literally lets users load IRs into their respective Load IR locations helpfully highlighted on its superficially-simple GUI (Graphical User Interface). Interesting features — for what is (initially), after all, a free plug-in — are also available there for all to see and use, with three-band (High Band, Mid Band, and Low Band) EQ replicated in each slot alongside a Delay function (to phase align the IRs), while shared controls include High Cut and Low Cut filtering alongside Input Gain and Output Gain, plus an advantageous ‘mix’ control.
But better still, IR Loader comes complete with 10 IRs helpfully handpicked by ChopTones from its ever-expanding library of cabinet IRs (https://www.choptones.com/collections/cabinets-ir), including five ‘single’ IRs — based on a Mesa Boogie 4×12 loaded with Celestion V30, Marshall 1960 4×12 loaded with Celestion V30, Fender Twin Reverb 2×12 loaded with Jensen C12K, Hughes & Kettner 4×12 loaded with Celestion G12M Greenback made in the UK, and a Vox 2×12 loaded with Celestion Alnico Blue — and five custom IR mixes — namely, American Classic, American Vintage, Brit Classic, German Classic, and Tweed Classic, each exclusively and carefully curated for the free for a limited time plug-in. Ultimately, users of course can choose to make additional purchases from the 600-plus packs already available — all of them being beautifully captured in ChopTones’ studio using high-end equipment.
Clearly, ChopTones’ IR Loader is a no-brainer for anyone that is ready to take their sound to the next level with an appropriately-named plug-in that is as easy to use as it is easy on the pocket. Put it this way: with IR Loader it is perfectly possible to create tracks that sound like they were recorded in a professional studio! Time to create incredible cabinet and mic combinations at the touch of a button and achieve premium sound quality in the clear-cut process at absolutely no cost… for a limited time.
Anyone can directly download IR Loader for free — as an AU- and VST-compatible plug-in for Mac (OS X 10.9 or newer) and Windows (7 or newer) — until October 18, 2021, by entering their e-mail address here: https://choptones.rocks/FreeIRLoader
About ChopTones (www.choptones.com)
Since 2014 ChopTones has been involved in the professional production and sale of content for all guitar and bass digital devices. Indeed, its catalog contains around 2,600 digital products for over 30 different platforms. As an acclaimed company, ChopTones operates on all major social media channels to promote its catalog, concentrating on a huge video section to not only demonstrate tones but also guitar and bass guitar gear in general.
© 2021 ChopTones SRL
LONDON, UK: Spitfire Audio is proud to announce availability of ORIGINALS MEDIA TOOLKIT, the thirteenth instalment in its ongoing ORIGINALS series of inspiring sample libraries making rare and classic instruments available to all — this time playing closer to home as an adaptable set of broadcast-ready composing essentials carefully curated by award-winning media composer and Spitfire Audio co-founder Paul Thomson to instantly inspire and add another dimension to anyone’s musical endeavours courtesy of offering up easy access to a broad range of professional instruments, including his beautiful Yamaha grand piano; an intimately-recorded marimba; uniquely soft acoustic guitar; analogue synth pads, leads, and bass sounds; and an eclectic palette of percussive samples (from detailed hi-hats to scissors, coat hangers, and computer keyboards), all expertly treated, processed, and warped by both creative composer and skilful Spitfire Audio team before being presented in the sound-specialising British music technology company’s award-winning, accessible, and affordable plug-in — as of September 16…
That it is the thirteenth installment in Spitfire Audio’s ongoing ORIGINALS series of inspiring sample libraries making rare and classic instruments available to all is an achievement in its own right, but what really makes ORIGINALS MEDIA TOOLKIT stand out is its curation from a pioneer in sampling and an experienced media composer to boot — best known as lead composer on 2011’s LittleBigPlanet 2 puzzle-platform game for the PlayStation 3, winner of the 2012 RTS (Royal Television Society) Craft & Design Award for Music Original Title for his theme music to The Fades featured on the BBC cult series namesake, co-composer of 2013’s Anglo-Nigerian drama film Half of a Yellow Sun, and, of course, co-founding the sound-specializing British music technology company that is Spitfire Audio. As such, surely it is only fitting for the talented man himself to formally introduce ORIGINALS MEDIA TOOLKIT. “This is a collection of sounds that I’ve put together from some things that I’ve recorded over the years for specific TV shows, but also a few new things that I’ve got together as a grab bag of really useful sounds for media production,” Paul Thomson begins, before adding: “Actually, they’re kind of useful for any aspect of production composition.” By being born out of high-end recordings from Paul Thomson’s personal collection, the resulting sounds provide an exceptional sense of depth, fit for both small and widescreen settings across a wide range of genres.
Plentiful presets are available in ORIGINALS MEDIA TOOLKIT, titled as follows: Acoustic Instruments (Piano, Flute Effects, and Guitar); Tuned Percussion (Marimba and Mettalophones); Synths (Ethereal Pads, Aggro Synths, and Bass Synths); Household Hits (Computer Keyboards, Latch Locker, Plastic Hangers, and Scissors); Kitchen Hits (Bowl In A Flat, China Hits, and Glass Hits); High Hits (Body Shakers, Hi-Hat, Paper Shaker, and Tite Tamb); and Knocks (Wood Hits, Finger Taps, Jab Box, Soft Knocker, and String Hits).
Furthermore, for each of the acoustic instruments, the original content has been reprocessed and warped to create the following experimental and electronic signals that accompany Paul Thomson’s bespoke mix: Clean — the natural sound of the instrument in the room; C3-EP — the original samples, processed to create a vintage electric piano sound; Pad — an otherworldly pad created by stretching and reversing the original samples; Frozen — an ethereal pad created by processing the original samples through icy-sounding effects; Soft Glock — a super-close-mic’d glockenspiel; Handbells — a set of bright handbells; Stretched — an airy pad created by stretching and warping the handbells samples; Blown Bottles — the original samples warped and re-pitched to create the sound of bottles being blown, perfect for adding depth to the marimba; Soft Pad — a super-soft pad created from the guitar samples; Hairpins — the original samples warped and reversed to create a swelling hairpin-shaped sound; Sub — a rich and fulsome-sounding sub bass sound; Blipper 1 — a round and bouncy short bass sound; Blipper 2 — a squelchy and resonant short bass sound; Chainsaw — an abrasive synth lead sound, created using analogue synths; Queasy — a bright and swirling analogue synth sound, processed through analogue effects; Motorize — a hissing-and noisy-sounding analogue synth sound, perfect for adding air and atmosphere to the other synth sounds; BR2020 — a rich analogue pad sound, reminiscent of famous Eighties-era soundtracks; Wow — a full and wide pad sound created with analogue synths; Fissure — a hissing synth sound, perfect for adding air and atmosphere to the other synth sounds; and Digital Warp — a metallic and futuristic version of the original sample created using spectral resonance.
Thereafter, there is much in the way of user control to be had with ORIGINALS MEDIA TOOLKIT, thanks to the classy custom-designed nature of the sound-specializing British music technology company’s award-winning, accessible, and affordable plug-in’s gorgeous GUI (Graphical User Interface): ‘Expression’ — controls the level of the technique; ‘Dynamics’ — controls the lowpass filter’s cut-off frequency for ORIGINALS MEDIA TOOLKIT; LUSH REVERB — controls the level of a spacious-sounding rich reverb; PLATE REVERB — controls the level of a dark- and characterful-sounding plate reverb; ATTACK — controls the attack time of the ADSR (Attack, Decay, Sustain, and Release) envelope; and RELEASE — control the release time of the ADSR envelope.
Ending on a high note, Paul Thomson announces that all proceeds of ORIGINALS MEDIA TOOLKIT are being donated to the charity formerly known as the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust: “100% of the proceeds of sales of this library go to the charity Blueprint for all [https://www.blueprintforall.org], who are working to create change for young people and our communities, and towards a more inclusive society, which is much appreciated. They are a really incredible organization, and I would urge anyone to check out their work.”
When buying into the thirteenth installment in Spitfire Audio’s ongoing ORIGINALS series of inspiring sample libraries making rare and classic instruments available to all as an accessible and affordable plug-in, users can be sure that their purchase of ORIGINALS MEDIA TOOLKIT as an adaptable set of broadcast-ready composing essentials not only instantly inspires and adds another dimension to their own musical endeavors but is also for the greater good, which is surely a good thing in itself.
ORIGINALS MEDIA TOOLKIT is available as an AAX-, AU-, VST2-, and VST3-compatible plug-in supporting Native Instruments’ NKS (NATIVE KONTROL STANDARD®) for Mac (OS X 10.10 or later) and Windows (7, 8, and 10 — latest Service Pack) that loads directly into any compatible DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) for an RRP (Recommended Retail Price) of only £29.00 GBP (inc. VAT)/$29.00 USD/€29.00 EUR (inc. VAT) — from here: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/originals/#media-toolkit
Spitfire Audio’s namesake Spitfire Audio application allows anyone to buy now and download anytime and is available for free from here: http://www.spitfireaudio.com/info/library-manager/
For more in-depth information, please visit Spitfire Audio’s ORIGINALS Frequently Asked Questions webpage here: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/info/faq/spitfire-originals/
Watch Spitfire Audio’s premiere of ORIGINALS MEDIA TOOLKIT — including its tantalizing trailer video and an informative walkthrough with award-winning media composer and Spitfire Audio co-founder Paul Thomson himself —
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.
© 2021 Spitfire Audio Holdings Limited
REMAGEN, GERMANY: following in the 440 mm (W) x 305 mm (D) x 85 mm (H) physical footprint and musically fanciful footsteps of the high-quality synthesizer manufacturer’s Iridium synthesizer successfully launched last year to widespread critical acclaim, Waldorf Music is proud to announce the availability of its roots-returning M — bringing back classic Microwave and ‘modern’ Microwave II tone generation as a new-generation classic hybrid wavetable synthesizer with an analog lowpass 24dB/Oct VCF (Voltage Controlled Filter) with resonance and analog saturation feature, true stereo analog VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifier) with panning option, and much more to explore in a desktop-friendly form factor featuring a wide range of unique sounds — as of September 14…
The well-known Waldorf Music marque has been synonymous with wavetables — whereby an ability to not only play one waveform per
oscillator but also to step through the wavetable, consisting of a table of single waveforms classified by its own special sound character, via different modulations to create wavetable sweeps with much more dramatic results than anything any sample playback-based system could ever produce — as the primary sound synthesis technique used in its high-quality synthesizers for over 30 years. Indeed, its innovative position in the electronic musical instruments marketplace dates back to 1989 with the release of the wavetable synthesis-based Microwave, an amazing ‘reincarnation’ of the legendary PPG Wave series, which were arguably amongst the most coveted high-end synthesizers of the early Eighties. Duly discontinued in the musical midsts of time, today it is still sought after as a classic.
Cue Waldorf Music’s M, seeing the high-quality synthesizer manufacturer musically returning to its roots by bringing back classic Microwave and ‘modern’ Microwave II tone generation as a new-generation classic hybrid wavetable synthesizer with an analog lowpass 24 dB/Oct VCF — SSI 2144 Improved Ladder Type — with resonance and analog saturation feature, true stereo analog VCA with panning option, and much more to explore in a desktop-friendly form factor featuring a wide range of unique sounds. Plentiful presets — totaling 2,048 sound programs (divided into 16 banks, each with 128 sounds) — professionally programmed by world-renowned sound designers also include all of the classic Microwave sound sets, such as MW1 Factory Sound Set, MW1 Soundpool 1-5, the fat-sounding Analogue and Bassco, as well as PPG Wave 2.3 sounds cleverly converted for the original Microwave. Moreover, it also features freshly-programmed sounds utilizing M’s myriad new features — from true hard Sync (when working in its Modern Microwave II/XT mode) to the ARP (arpeggiator) and MIDI-syncable global LFO (Low-Frequency Oscillator).
But beating at M’s musical heart as an eight-voice polyphonic, four-part multitimbral WAVETABLE SYNTHESIZER — as boldly blazoned in red across its full-metal blue-colored casing, itself hinting at its illustrious Microwave heritage — are two wavetable oscillators with independent wavetable-generating Classic Microwave 1 and Modern Microwave II/XT modes, meaning that the wavetable oscillators behave differently in both of those modes (accessible by pressing the Mode button beside the helpful high-resolution graphic display with four endless encoders for yet more hands-on control). Consequently, there is no hard Sync or ring modulation available in the Classic Microwave I mode, where 16-bit wavetables are bit-reduced to 8-bit and a 240 kHz non-anti-aliased sample rate is offered, whereas the Modern Microwave II/XT mode offers a 40 kHz sample rate with band-limited wavetables, although both oscillators — OSC 1 and OSC 2 — offer the same panel parameters.
Put it this way: with no fewer than 45 knobs — with Wavetable (outer black ring dial) selecting the 96 factory wavetables and any user’s custom wavetables (UWT 1-31) for the corresponding oscillator and Wave (inner red dial) determining the start point of the wavetable that is used when the sound starts clearly combine to stand out from the crowd — and buttons spaciously spread across that eye-catching full-metal housing, hands-on control certainly speeds up working with Waldorf Music’s M.
Meanwhile, two LFOs — LFO 1 and LFO 2, each generating a periodic waveform with adjustable frequency Rate and Shape that can be used for modulation purposes, are also always at hand. However, unlike other Waldorf synthesizers, there is no modulation matrix in M. Making a conscious design decision to set up M’s modulation facilities directly on the corresponding display page, its creators are again playing at paying tribute to the 1989-vintage Microwave.
But back in the here and now, M takes performance to a whole new level fresh for 2021, thanks to that advanced ARP with 16 preset patterns, chord mode, and an ability to synchronize to MIDI clock. Furthermore, four programmable ENVELOPES allow adventurous users to manipulate sound parameters via rate or timed modulations.
Musically making a connection to the outside world is important to any synthesizer, so M, unsurprisingly, far from disappoints with six (rear panel-positioned) stereo analog outputs — arranged as MAIN OUT (L/Mono and R) and AUX OUT (A, B, C, and D), the latter of which can be used to route each of the four Multi (multitimbral) parts to different outputs, if desired; a stereo headphone output (with an associated Volume knob in addition to the topside Master Volume knob); 5-pin MIDI IN, OUT, and THRU DIN connectors, complimented by a USB 2.0 MIDI port (for a computer connection to transmit and receive MIDI data); an SD Card slot (for updating M’s firmware, importing/saving sound patches, and importing/saving M-specific data, such as user wavetables); and — last but not least — a Kensington® compatible security lock slot… for those that treasure their M bringing back classic Microwave and ‘modern’ Microwave II tone generation as a new-generation classic hybrid wavetable synthesizer. After all, according to Waldorf Music itself: Those are the days again!
The M Wavetable Synthesizer is available through Waldorf Music’s growing global network of distributors (https://www.waldorfmusic.com/en/international-distributors) at an RRP (Recommended Retail Price) of €1,879.00 EUR (including German tax).
While the desktop-friendly M helpfully has VESA mount-ready holes on its backplate — just like its Iridium and Kyra synthesizer siblings, it is also rack-mountable, thanks to a dedicated rack-mount kit available for €75.00 EUR (including German tax) directly from Waldorf Music here: https://www.waldorfmusic.com/en/hardware-synthesizer/product/201-iridium-kyra-rackmount
For more in-depth information, please visit the dedicated M Wavetable Synthesizer webpage here: https://www.waldorfmusic.com/en/m
Watch Waldorf Music’s must-see M Wavetable Synthesizer trailer video here:
About Waldorf Music (www.waldorfmusic.com)
The well-known Waldorf Music marque has been synonymous with high-quality synthesizers for over 30 years; indeed, its innovative position in the electronic musical instruments marketplace dates back to 1989 with the release of the wavetable synthesis-based Microwave, an amazing ‘reincarnation’ of the legendary PPG Wave series — arguably amongst the most coveted high-end synthesizers of the early Eighties — that was instrumental in providing some called-for counterbalance to the dominance of Japanese and American designs. While Waldorf continued this unique technology tradition with successive synthesizer releases ranging from the mighty Wave — perhaps the most impressive, expressive, and user-friendly sound synthesis tool ever built — to raising the bar for VA (Virtual Analogue) synthesizers with the introduction of the popular Q series from 1999 onwards, the new millennium saw the trailblazing company making a timely move into the brave new world of music software with the release of its first VST Instrument, PPG Wave 2.V, a tradition it continues to this day with more recent software releases including its Nave advanced wavetable synthesizer. Subsequent successes in the high-quality hardware arena include the Blofeld synthesizer — forging sound and design into an unbeatable price/performance ratio in both desktop and keyboard versions — and Zarenbourg, a contemporary electric piano par excellence, as well as the cost-conscious Rocket (synthesizer), 2-Pole (analog filter), and Streichfett (string synthesizer) desktop modules. Meanwhile, Waldorf broadened its appeal further still by introducing Nave to transform any iPad into an advanced wavetable synthesizer. 2021 sees the high-quality synthesizer manufacturer musically returning to its roots with M, bringing back classic Microwave and ‘modern’ Microwave II tone generation as a new-generation classic hybrid wavetable synthesizer complimenting a slew of new high-quality synthesizers set to take the Waldorf name to the hands-on musical masses — whether working with its Quantum high-class hybrid synthesizer keyboard flagship, FPGA processing-powered Kyra VA Synthesizer desktop, or other hardware (including a welcomed move into the ever-expanding Eurorack modular synth system format) or software (including iOS).
© 2021 Waldorf Music GmbH
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