Mac and Music News
Through Friday August 7, 2009
Jun 2 - 01:29 PM | Computer Hardware > Mark Of The Unicorn |
CueMix FX has been updated yet again with two new visual diagnostic tools for stereo audio signals: an X-Y Plot and a Phase Analysis.
These real time displays join three other recently introduced tools (the FFT, Spectrogram and Oscilloscope) for a total of five new features now available as a free download for all owners of MOTU mk3 FireWire audio interface products. Phase and polarity are critical elements of any stereo mix or multi-mic recording session.
Find out how you can improve your sound with these advanced, yet easy-to-use tools by following the link below :
These real time displays join three other recently introduced tools (the FFT, Spectrogram and Oscilloscope) for a total of five new features now available as a free download for all owners of MOTU mk3 FireWire audio interface products. Phase and polarity are critical elements of any stereo mix or multi-mic recording session.
Find out how you can improve your sound with these advanced, yet easy-to-use tools by following the link below :
MOTU : New Phase and Polarity Tools for mk3 Interface | Post a comment ? |
Jun 2 - 01:09 PM | Virtual Instrument > Future Audio Workshop (FAW) |
Future Audio Workshop, a.k.a. FAW, today announces the availability of new tutorials for their semi-modular software synthesizer Circle.
Mo Volans, a regular contributor to EQ, Remix and Music Tech Magazine, has devised a series of step by step tutorials for designing sounds with Circle.
Tutorials 1 to 4 are available now, with more being added in the coming weeks.
Mo Volans, a regular contributor to EQ, Remix and Music Tech Magazine, has devised a series of step by step tutorials for designing sounds with Circle.
Tutorials 1 to 4 are available now, with more being added in the coming weeks.
FAW Circle Tutorials | Post a comment ? |
Jun 2 - 12:07 PM | Industry > Avid |
For a limited time, simply purchase any Digidesign Pro Tools LE FireWire-based system plus an M-Audio Axiom Pro 49 or Axiom Pro 61 MIDI controller and receive a Digidesign Virtual Instruments Box Set for free.
The Digidesign Virtual Instruments Box Set features five RTAS instruments : Hybrid, Strike, Structure, Velvet, and Xpand!
This offer is available until 17th June.
The Digidesign Virtual Instruments Box Set features five RTAS instruments : Hybrid, Strike, Structure, Velvet, and Xpand!
This offer is available until 17th June.
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Jun 1 - 04:09 PM | Plug-ins > Schwa |
Schwa has announced the release of CMX Stereo Microshifter, a new plug-in which thickens and enhances monophonic audio by doubling the signal and applying small amounts of pitch shift and/or time delay to each side.
This technique is often applied to vocals or lead lines. With a light hand, CMX can add just enough fullness to give a part extra presence in a mix. With a heavier hand, CMX can create a rich and polished "expensive production" sound. The added presence is especially effective in musical styles that make minimal use of reverb.
CMX uses a new, unique pitch identification and shifting algorithm from Schwa that is designed and optimized for small, precise pitch shifts, from one cent to a quarter-tone, with perfect phase coherence and maximum smoothness. You can use CMX on exposed, high-quality vocal tracks with complete confidence.
CMX is available for Windows, Windows x64 and Mac OS X in VST and AU plug-in formats. Two license options are available :
• All hosts, commercial use license: $50.00.
• Reaper-only, personal use license: $30.00.
This technique is often applied to vocals or lead lines. With a light hand, CMX can add just enough fullness to give a part extra presence in a mix. With a heavier hand, CMX can create a rich and polished "expensive production" sound. The added presence is especially effective in musical styles that make minimal use of reverb.
CMX uses a new, unique pitch identification and shifting algorithm from Schwa that is designed and optimized for small, precise pitch shifts, from one cent to a quarter-tone, with perfect phase coherence and maximum smoothness. You can use CMX on exposed, high-quality vocal tracks with complete confidence.
CMX is available for Windows, Windows x64 and Mac OS X in VST and AU plug-in formats. Two license options are available :
• All hosts, commercial use license: $50.00.
• Reaper-only, personal use license: $30.00.
Schwa CMX Stereo Microshifter | Post a comment ? |
Jun 1 - 03:27 PM | Misc > 9 Soundware |
Air by 9 Soundware is an instrument in EXS24 format. The concept behind the sound set was to use sounds generated by air to create a transparent-sounding percussive instrument. Functionally similar to a hi-hat, the instrument was designed to add rhythmic movement to arrangements, but in a subtler manner.
The samples are of quick blasts of air created with a gas duster, a flyswatter, and a clothesline. The wind sounds, which are delicate and difficult to control, were painstakingly recorded, edited, and programmed into an EXS24 instrument with a high level of sonic detail. While minimalist in approach, the sound set features a wide range of timbres, with many variations on simple bursts to complex sounds that capture the motion of the objects.
Air includes 84 sounds (sampled at 2-21 velocities for a total of 402 samples) that are mapped across a 7 octave range in an EXS24 instrument.
The 28 MB download includes 1 .EXS file and 402 WAV files (24-bit/44.1 kHz).
Air is available now for $29.99 at :
The samples are of quick blasts of air created with a gas duster, a flyswatter, and a clothesline. The wind sounds, which are delicate and difficult to control, were painstakingly recorded, edited, and programmed into an EXS24 instrument with a high level of sonic detail. While minimalist in approach, the sound set features a wide range of timbres, with many variations on simple bursts to complex sounds that capture the motion of the objects.
Air includes 84 sounds (sampled at 2-21 velocities for a total of 402 samples) that are mapped across a 7 octave range in an EXS24 instrument.
The 28 MB download includes 1 .EXS file and 402 WAV files (24-bit/44.1 kHz).
Air is available now for $29.99 at :
9 Soundware Air | Post a comment ? |