Mac and Music News
Through Thursday July 23, 2015
Oct 18 - 03:01 PM | Plug-ins > IZotope |
Zotope Inc. has released Nectar® 2 Production Suite.
Designed specifically for voice, Nectar 2 harnesses the power of iZotope’s award-winning vocal technologies to quickly and easily treat your voice to sweet results.
Whether you're tracking or mixing, Nectar 2 is designed to deliver professional vocals fast.
Key Features
Explore eleven powerful tools within Nectar 2: Harmony, Plate Reverb, FX, Pitch, Delay, De-Esser, Saturation, Compressors, Gate, EQ, and Limiter.
- Add impact and space to a vocal track with a new EMT 140-modeled Plate Reverb
- Transform a vocal take into a dynamic, harmonized ensemble of up to twelve voices with a few mouse clicks or by playing your MIDI with the Harmony module.
- Get smooth, pitch-perfect takes quickly with new dedicated Pitch Editor and Breath Control
plug-ins.
- Expand your palette of vocal sound with seven new creative effects in the new FX module.
- Tweak each module's powerful settings and controls in the Advanced View, or make quick adjustments in the streamlined Overview panel.
- Switch easily between Tracking and Mixing modes to improve vocals at all stages of production.
- Hear instant results with over 150+ new presets inspired by current and classic vocal styles. Regular price: 299$
Designed specifically for voice, Nectar 2 harnesses the power of iZotope’s award-winning vocal technologies to quickly and easily treat your voice to sweet results.
Whether you're tracking or mixing, Nectar 2 is designed to deliver professional vocals fast.
Key Features
Explore eleven powerful tools within Nectar 2: Harmony, Plate Reverb, FX, Pitch, Delay, De-Esser, Saturation, Compressors, Gate, EQ, and Limiter.
- Add impact and space to a vocal track with a new EMT 140-modeled Plate Reverb
- Transform a vocal take into a dynamic, harmonized ensemble of up to twelve voices with a few mouse clicks or by playing your MIDI with the Harmony module.
- Get smooth, pitch-perfect takes quickly with new dedicated Pitch Editor and Breath Control
plug-ins.
- Expand your palette of vocal sound with seven new creative effects in the new FX module.
- Tweak each module's powerful settings and controls in the Advanced View, or make quick adjustments in the streamlined Overview panel.
- Switch easily between Tracking and Mixing modes to improve vocals at all stages of production.
- Hear instant results with over 150+ new presets inspired by current and classic vocal styles. Regular price: 299$
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Oct 18 - 07:32 AM | Virtual Instrument > Ueberschall |
Ueberschall serves free food for your loop hungry DAWs.
This demo package is spiced up with 435 MB of free sound material and is cooked with the best ingredients only: 232 loops and samples taken from 17 different Ueberschall libraries.
Beyond Tech House, Chart Hits, Chill House, Chillout Breeze, Chillout Zone, Deep House, Drum & Bass Lounge, Drum & Bass Vol. 1, Dubstep Destruction ,Funk & Soul, Nouvelle Discotheque, Rare Grooves Vol. 1, Retro Action Score, Synth Pop, Tech House Producer Pack, Thrash Metal, Twang.
This demo package is spiced up with 435 MB of free sound material and is cooked with the best ingredients only: 232 loops and samples taken from 17 different Ueberschall libraries.
Beyond Tech House, Chart Hits, Chill House, Chillout Breeze, Chillout Zone, Deep House, Drum & Bass Lounge, Drum & Bass Vol. 1, Dubstep Destruction ,Funk & Soul, Nouvelle Discotheque, Rare Grooves Vol. 1, Retro Action Score, Synth Pop, Tech House Producer Pack, Thrash Metal, Twang.
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Oct 17 - 07:47 PM | Audio Hardware > Solid State Logic |
Solid State Logic will feature the new 'LMS-16' multi-channel Loudness and True Peak metering system for use with the company's Digital Broadcast Consoles, or as a stand-alone product, at the 135th International AES Convention (Booth 2821).
Created through a strategic partnership with NUGEN Audio, a creator of award winning professional audio plugins and metering software for the creative music producer, sound designer or broadcast engineer, the LMS-16 offers NUGEN Audio's new 'MultiMonitor' software as part of a turnkey system that can augment any production situation where loudness compliance for broadcast is essential. The software is pre-installed and configured on a dedicated industrial strength 1RU PC, fitted with SSL's 'MadiXtreme 128' audio interface with metering information displayed on virtually any connected flat screen video monitor. An optional monitor arm will also be available to facilitate convenient side mounting of a screen on C100 HDS or C10 HD consoles.
Created through a strategic partnership with NUGEN Audio, a creator of award winning professional audio plugins and metering software for the creative music producer, sound designer or broadcast engineer, the LMS-16 offers NUGEN Audio's new 'MultiMonitor' software as part of a turnkey system that can augment any production situation where loudness compliance for broadcast is essential. The software is pre-installed and configured on a dedicated industrial strength 1RU PC, fitted with SSL's 'MadiXtreme 128' audio interface with metering information displayed on virtually any connected flat screen video monitor. An optional monitor arm will also be available to facilitate convenient side mounting of a screen on C100 HDS or C10 HD consoles.
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Oct 17 - 06:43 PM | Audio Hardware > Focusrite |
Focusrite's brand new Red 1 500 series 'lunchbox' format mic preamp is now shipping. Featuring the same circuitry topology and components as Focusrite's original Red Range of transformer-based mic preamps, the Red 1 500 offers the same legendary sound performance in a new, popular format - ideal for mobile/location recording or saving space in the studio.
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Oct 17 - 11:30 AM | Audio Hardware > Tascam |
TASCAM's DA-3000 is the new upgrade to the legendary DV-RA1000HD. The DA-3000 builds off of decades of experience, offers the same famous BurrBrown A/D converters, is armed with upgraded pres and packed into a sleeker, more modern design.
This brand new high definition master recorder/ADDA converter takes the solid reputation of the DV-RA1000HD and adds to it, offering uncontended quality, versatility and innovation.
The DA-3000 is designed to fit in any size recording studio, professional or home, for recording, mastering, broadcast, replacing a DAT machine or for audiophiles wanting to upgrade their files. This powerful recorder supports high sampling rates up to PCM 192 kHz and DSD 5.6MHz. One has the option of recording to SDHC and Compact Flash. The large bright LED level meters ensure its users that the audio being recorded is always set to the proper levels. It's high-precision TCXO, fan-less design ensure pristine audio quality and the dual monaural D/A converters for each channel help eliminate any possible interference.
This brand new high definition master recorder/ADDA converter takes the solid reputation of the DV-RA1000HD and adds to it, offering uncontended quality, versatility and innovation.
The DA-3000 is designed to fit in any size recording studio, professional or home, for recording, mastering, broadcast, replacing a DAT machine or for audiophiles wanting to upgrade their files. This powerful recorder supports high sampling rates up to PCM 192 kHz and DSD 5.6MHz. One has the option of recording to SDHC and Compact Flash. The large bright LED level meters ensure its users that the audio being recorded is always set to the proper levels. It's high-precision TCXO, fan-less design ensure pristine audio quality and the dual monaural D/A converters for each channel help eliminate any possible interference.
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