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35% off Waves “supermodels”
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Waves is offering you to buy the SSL4000 Collection, API Collection, Studio Series and/or Studio Collection at a 35% discount. Offer ends September 30th. Waves
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Vermona Kick Lancet
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
By medical definition, a lancet is a cutting instrument with a double-edged blade, so it remains to be seen whether this specialist analogue module can produce cutting-edge kicks. While it’s possible to create a kick drum sound on most analogue synths, there’s a lot to be said for having a box that’s tailor-made for the job. As long as the basic tone is right and options are presented in a simple way with enough room for a range of variations in style, we have a machine that will out-perform a general synth. As is common to the majority of Vermona gear, it’s all analogue circuitry inside, housed in a metal case with the distinctive ’70s brown and beige colour scheme
Vermona Mono Lancet
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
This is one of two new tabletop synth boxes out this month from analogue purists Vermona. Mono Lancet is a two-oscillator mono synth with basic architecture, adding one filter, one ADSR envelope and one LFO to the equation. The unit sits on the desktop and is about the size of a typical paperback book. It has a bit of a retro look to it, with its cream star-shaped knobs and two-tone brown metal chassis. It tilts forward slightly, making the three rows of knobs easy to read and all the more tweakable. “You can count on a nice creamy tone, buzzing acid lines, squeaks and gurgling sound effects.” The unit is primarily triggered via MIDI and supplies both MIDI In and Thru ports on the rear. Also round the back is the audio out on a quarter-inch jack and a mysterious 25-pin D-Sub socket labelled ‘extension’. Over on the left is where you plug in the 12V power supply, and next to that is a promising little button labelled ‘Overkill’ When we first spotted the Overkill switch, we were eagerly anticipating some kind of nice overdrive stage or peak limiter to further warm the signal. Alas, reading the manual reveals that it’s nothing so exciting; in fact, it’s actually just the equivalent of a power on/off or standby switch, though Vermona are keen to point out in the manual that it is ‘no power switch’. Something must have got lost in translation, but always remember to unplug synths when they’re not in use. Lancet layout The top row of controls is used for VCO 1 and 2 and its various modulation options. Each oscillator has a three-position switch to choose from Pulse and Saw waves, plus one extra option – either a triangle for Osc 1 or noise for Osc 2. Both have three-position octave switches with Osc 2 sitting one octave higher. It also offers independent de-tuning by up to seven semi-tones in either direction. The pitch of both oscillators is modulated together, and sources include the LFO and the envelope – which provides positive and negative modulation. The Glide knob adjusts the speed, and when the knob’s at zero, glide is off
Waves Unveils W43 Noise Reduction Plug-In
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Waves Audio has unveiled the third processor in the Waves Post Production line, the W43 Noise Reduction Plug-in. Inspired by the classic, long-out-of-production Cat. 43 hardware noise reduction tool, Waves new W43 builds upon the legacy of this hard-to-find unit that has been a post production favorite for decades. The W43 delivers high-quality, minimal artifact
Waves Audio W43 Noise Reduction Plugin: Minimal Artifact Multiband Noise Suppression
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Third in the Waves Audio Post Production line of plugins is W43, a new noise reduction plugin based on the classic Cat. 43 hardware noise reduction tool. read more
Waves Introduces W43 Noise Reduction Plugin
Monday, August 16th, 2010
Ambient noise: Hiss. Hum. Traffic.
Waves unveils the W43 Noise Reduction Plug-in
Monday, August 16th, 2010
Waves releases the W43 Noise Reduction plug-in. Here’s what they say about it : “Ambient noise: Hiss. Hum. Traffic. Wind. Air conditioning. They can all wreak havoc on dialog tracks. With Waves W43, they’re a thing of th..
CLA + Diamond = Savings!
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Through the month of August, if you purchase Waves ‘ CLA Classic Compressors Native or TDM or the Diamond Bundle Native or TDM , you’ll save 35%! And, if you purchase both Diamond and CLA Classic Compressors together , you’ll save a whopping 40%! This offer is good August 1 through August 31, 2010.
MeldaProduction MMultiBandChorus
Monday, August 9th, 2010
It’s not often that we see a worthwhile new spin on an established effect, but MeldaProduction’s MMultibandChorus is just that. It utilises up to six fully adjustable bands, each being essentially a separate chorus effect working on a specific frequency range. On first loading the plug-in, a single band covers the entire frequency spectrum, so it works like a standard chorus. Each band can produce between one and ten voices (higher values give increasingly synth-like ensemble/ unison effects), and MMBC has a variety of Spread modes to give stereo width: panorama, which pans the voices; phase, whereby the phase of each voice’s modulation LFO is offset between the left and right channels; and 2, 4, 8, 16 or 32ms Haas, which offsets the channels with a short delay. The latter is our preferred choice for thick, analogue-style chorusing. Clicking a band brings up its settings, and each one can be muted or soloed as required. MeldaProduction has done an excellent job of providing comprehensive per-band chorus control, and as well as the usual suspects, such as rate and depth, you can also tweak the variability between voices for many parameters. There’s even a low-/high-pass filter that can be applied to the wet portion of each band. Ride the waves Each band has its own LFO, with a rate ranging from 128 to 1/128 bars, in straight, triplet and dotted rhythms. There’s a huge variety of LFO shapes, including standard sine, square and saw waveforms, as well as exponential and ‘mess’ (a sort of noise), and you can smoothly sweep between one shape and the next. The Advanced settings window lets you dial in custom wave shapes – advanced stuff indeed! We found MMBC to be highly useful on synth sounds, especially basses, as you can leave the lower frequencies chorus-free, thus avoiding bass phasing issues, while spreading the upper frequencies to create a wider stereo field.
TubeTech Production Video
Friday, August 6th, 2010
A small movie showing the wavesoldering mashine, assembly area, warehouse and TUBE-TECH production team.
Tekky Synths Releases Nucleodom – Free Software Synth
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Tekky Synths’ NuCLeoDoM is a free software synth for Windows that offers “sequencing, shaping, phasing and distorting at the sound core. NuCLeoDoM Features: 1x ADSR. 1x Master gain. 1x Filter section (multiband select). 1x Nippy Baynes waveshaper OSC. …
Puremagnetik Releases Artifact
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Puremagnetik has released Artifact – a Micropak created from digital anomalies and computer malfunctions Artifact comes packed with things you would normally want to avoid in the studio: digital aliasing, clock glitches, control ‘voltage’ waveshaping, sysex errors and mis-quantized samples. …
Puremagnetik Artifact Micropak
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Artifact comes with things you would normally want to avoid in the studio: digital aliasing, clock glitches, control ‘voltage’ waveshaping, sysex errors and mis-quantized samples.
Wavesfactory Acoustic 12 Strings (pick) – Kontakt-powered Acoustic Guitar Library
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
If you’re thinking, “Hey, I could do that myself,” about the Wavesfactory Acoustic 12 Strings (Pick) sample library, go ahead and save that thought. …
Waves August special – Diamond + CLA Classic Compressors
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
For the month of August you can buy either the Diamond bundle or CLA Classic Compressors from Waves (or dealers) and get 35% off the price, or buy both and get 40% off the price. Speaking of Waves and Chris Lord-Alge, check out the short little interview of him at Waves website, discussing his Signature Collection. Waves
Waves PIE Compressor
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
Eddie Kramer, the veteran engineer/producer with a CV that reads like a who’s who of rock gentry, has given his personal thumbs-up to a couple of vintage model plug-ins from Waves: the HLS Channel and this, the PIE Compressor. Back in its day, the Pye compressor was broadly acknowledged as one of the best bus compressors around. It was a 1960s solid-state British design made in Cambridge by Pye TVT as part of their mixing console range. This was prior to the advent of the SSL bus compressor that became ubiquitous during the ’80s, making almost all precedents a faded memory. Bus compressors are the ones intended to be inserted across a stereo mix to ‘glue’ the whole track together. Their quality is in the transparency, so when they’re doing a good job, it’s not always obvious because you’re not hearing common compression artifacts such as pumping and breathing. What you’re looking for is a tight, warm sound, a controlled dynamic and a cohesive mix picture
4Pockets Aurora Sound Studio HD
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
The preview video for Aurora Sound Studio HD had certain team members compulsively checking the App Store for its release, for it promised a full production studio for the iPad. Not a DAW, mind you – no audio recording would be provided, for one thing – but an electronic studio with everything you need to compose and perform electronic music: drums, subtractive and waveshaping synthesisers, a sampler, mixer and effects, all tied to a multitouch grid interface resembling the iconic Yamaha Tenori-On. Aurora HD delivers on its promise in spades, albeit with a couple of caveats. The interface is divided into tabbed pages, some of which are geared towards arranging your sequences, while others are aimed at live performance with instruments and effects. Sequences are arranged in 14 layers, each with a fully editable instrument assigned. Each layer has three send knobs, for routing the signal to a trio of aux send channels, with a choice of nine effects for each. Additionally, you can apply the Atomizer and M-Gun functions in real time, the former being a sort of sample-and-hold function (think Ableton Live’s Beat Repeat), while the latter is a per-sound ‘drum roll’ function. Songs can be exported as WAV and AAC files, or even as MIDI. The latter ensures that compositions sketched out on Aurora can be reworked using your DAW’s instruments and effects. So what are those caveats we mentioned earlier? Well, the big one is that there’s no way to write any sort of velocity data to the individual layers. You can, however, fake it using the synthesiser’s built-in MSEQ function, but this is only available to the analogue synth. Also, a mere three effects slots seems miserly, and there’s no compressor. In addition, while you can upload and share songs via an online Song Library, this can’t be done with songs that include your own samples. Nevertheless, 4Pockets has brought in a winner, albeit one that carries a price tag considerably higher than those to which App Store customers are currently accustomed. The problems are few and do nothing to get in the way of what is a truly inspiring production environment.
Wizdom Music MorphWiz
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Kevin Chartier and keyboardist extraordinaire Jordan Rudess have teamed up to bring us what may be the first serious performance instrument designed specifically for the iPad. Inspired by Lippold Haken’s Continuum controller, MorphWiz presents a control system wherein notes of a given (and user-definable) scale are laid out across the screen as vertical lines. As on a traditional keyboard, notes range from low to high as you travel from left to right. However, sounds can morph from one timbre to another as you drag your finger vertically along a given note. You can also play between the notes by placing your finger just between the B and C lines. Additionally, MorphWiz taps the iPad’s accelerometer – you can tilt the device to tweak the sound of the built-in synthesiser. On that synthesiser, it’s refreshingly direct, with a smattering of parameters that draw upon basic waveshaping, FM and ‘Wavesync’ synthesis to shape the sounds, with a few effects to spice things up. While FM synthesis is tricky to master, even the greenest neophyte isn’t going to get lost with MorphWiz’s simple implementation. There’s just enough flexibility to personalise the sound, but not enough to distract you from the performance. And that’s what MorphWiz is all about: performance. Rudess’s experience shows in the design of the instrument and the immediately playable factory patches. MorphWiz provides a built-in recording function with looped overdubbing capabilities. You can adjust the number of beats and measures and there’s a metronome to guide you. The results can be exported, emailed or sent to apps that support AudioPaste.
Tech Tip: When to go Linear?
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Q: When should I use a linear-phase EQ versus a “regular” equalizer ? A: The hallmark of a linear-phase EQ, such as those from Waves , is the lack of coloration resulting from the EQ. So it’s perfect for when you want to adjust the frequency balance of signal without adding unnecessary coloration from the processing. This lack of coloration makes linear-phase EQ ideal for acoustic instruments where transparency is paramount; stereo sources, for excellent channel correlation, tracks with strong transients , and for mastering .
Computer Music 155, September issue – On sale now!
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
COVER FEATURE Problem solved! • Tune up and troubleshoot your music computer. Maximise stability, optimise your DAW, minimise latency, prevent crashes, and more. ON THE 7.2GB DISC • FXpansion Guru CM : Special edition of FXpansion’s legendary plug-in groovebox for Mac and PC! • 2021 24-bit Jazz Club samples • Producer Masterclass tutorial and video: Nick Thayer, Black Noise & Wizard Sleeve IN THE MAG • Hardware vs software: Gary Numan , John Foxx and Pentatonik weigh up the pros and cons • The beginners’ guide to drum synthesis : Step-by-step guide to creating drum sounds from scratch • Touch & go: Use your iPad as a wireless MIDI controller • CM Focus: Filters explored • Interview: Joey Negro • Reviews: Steinberg Nuendo 5 – Toontrack Beatstation – Waves HLS Channel – Waves PIE Compressor – Audio Damage Discord 3 – NuGen Audio Monofilter 4 – 112dB Big Blue Limiter – Abbey Road Plug-ins RS124 Compressor – Cakewalk A-300 Pro – MeldaProduction MMultibandChorus – MeldaProduction MMultibandDistortion – and more …AND MUCH MORE! CM155 is on sale now in the UK.
WAVES MASTERS ON TOUR HOSTS CHRIS LORD-ALGE EVENTS AT STERLING SOUND…..
Sunday, July 25th, 2010
WAVES MASTERS ON TOUR HOSTS CHRIS LORD-ALGE EVENTS AT STERLING SOUND AND SWEETWATER MUSIC — GRAMMY® winner discusses Waves Chris Lord-Alge Artist Signature Collection — KNOXVILLE, TN, July 22, 2010 — The Waves Masters on Tour event series held special sessions featuring legendary mixer Chris Lord-Alge on the evenings of Saturday, July 17, 2010, at Sterling Audio in New York City’s Chelsea Market, and Monday, July 19, 2010, at Sweetwater Music in Fort Wayne, Indiana. For over 20 years, the GRAMMY® winner has been the mixer of choice for rock and roll royalty, with credits including Green Day, U2, Nickelback, Foo Fighters, Bon Jovi, Pink, Alanis Morissette, Dave Matthews Band, All American Rejects and countless others. At these Waves events, Lord-Alge discussed and demonstrated his latest collaboration with Waves, the Chris Lord-Alge Artist Signature Collection. A rare opportunity to hear from the man whose name is synonymous with hard-hitting, radio-ready rock, the events gave attendees a sneak peek under the hood of these powerful application-specific audio plugins, and the chance to learn more about Lord-Alge’s unique approach to mixing. The sessions featured a wide range of attendees, from college students and music business professionals to hobbyists and rock aficionados, all paying close attention as Lord-Alge deconstructed his mixing methods and demonstrated live how he uses his Artist Signature Collection plugins. Scott Simon, Waves North American Accounts Manager and Products Specialist, stated, “These events were each a smash success. The turnout was great, with capacity crowds listening attentively and asking great questions. At both sessions, attendees were thrilled to see this master at work and experience the new Waves new tools in action.” About the Chris Lord-Alge Artist Signature Collection Created from CLA’s custom processing chains, the Waves Chris Lord-Alge Artist Signature Collection gives users an all-access pass to Lord-Alge’s hard-hitting, radio ready sound. Included are six application-specific plugins with dedicated tools for bass (CLA Bass), drums (CLA Drums), effects (CLA Effects), vocals (CLA Vocals) guitars (CLA Guitars), and acoustic instruments (CLA Unplugged).
Mary Anne Hobbs Leaving BBC Radio 1, Marking End of an Era
Friday, July 23rd, 2010
Performing live at SONAR, courtesy the artist. Mary Anne Hobbs has announced that she is leaving BBC Radio 1 after fourteen years to pursue other work. It’s a changing of the guard at one of the world’s major musical beacons. In her tenure as a DJ for the Beeb, Hobbs famously helped fuel the explosive rise of the dubstep genre. Notably, she also became a champion of many American artists, shining a light on artists like Flying Lotus. (Leave it to the British to appreciate the significance of American popular music more than Americans – ask The Beatles.) And on a radio station known mostly for charting the top of the pops, Hobbs’ “experimental” show was been a cultural highlight. The show will continue through September 9. It seems that after a decade and a half, Hobbs is leaving the station on good terms. And she’s going on to teach. Here’s the statement from her MySpace site: Yesterday i resigned from BBC Radio1, after an amazing multi-dimensional 14 year career. The great freedoms the BBC have given in me as a broadcaster, have allowed me to help break so many confrontational artists as diverse as Slipknot and Skream, and of course, the whole genre of Dubstep in recent times
VST3.1 Plug-In Development Kit Available
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
Steinberg released a new version of its VST3 plug-in development kit. Used by industry leading companies such as Waves, Brainworx and Vienna Symphonic Library to create stunning new plug-ins and exciting software instruments, Steinberg’s VST3 has rapidly become the most advanced standard for today’s plug-in development. “This new VST3.1 update extensively enhances the technical capabilities of VST3 by offering important functionalities that dramatically reduce the development efforts,” comments Timo Wildenhain, product marketing manager at Steinberg. VST3.1 comes with two convenient “wrapping” tools, enabling VST3.1 plug-ins to be transformed into the Audio Unit format as well as – for older DAWs – into the VST2.4 standard. This allows a maximum flexibility and reduces the porting time. Further features are the support of MIDI poly pressure, a future proof Mac 64-bit test host as well as four new interfaces, including time accurate parameter group editing, delayed opening of the plug-in editor while loading a project/preset, “dirty status” allowing the plug-in to communicate generic changes to the host and several editor features like the set knob mode to open the about or help window. More sample code and an extended documentation rounds out the VST3.1 package. Please visit Steinberg’s developer area to download the VST3.1 update or to register in case you’re new to the VST development platform.
Waves Music Production Essential (NPP and GTR) for $425
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
Waves is currently selling a bundle of two bundles – Native Power Pack and GTR3 – for the price of $425. I can’t say much about them. I’ve used some of the plug-ins in the Native Power Pack but that was years ago. If you’re a user, feel free to chime in. Here’s a little video from Waves showing the two bundles in action. For more info on the plug-ins included, check out Waves website .
Planet Waves Guitar Tools App: Available Free Through July 17
Monday, July 12th, 2010
All this week, from July 10 through July 17, 2010, the new Planet Waves Guitar Tools app will be available as a free download from the iTunes Store. read more
Free Guitar Tools App
Monday, July 12th, 2010
Planet Waves Guitar Tools available free until July 17th
Who’s Using Waves?
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Waves announces Processing Waves, an ongoing monthly roundup spotlighting key users
Metronome App Updated
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Planet Waves updates ProTempo app for iPhone and iPod Touch
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