Want to know what’s going at the Winter NAMM show? Here are all the posts.
Pro Tools Expert is now alive and kicking in Phase II.
Pro Tools 10, HDX, AAX and Channel Strip… Find out all about them.
Hey stiff,
It’s me, that means you, from the future. You’ve just moved to the great city of Lund and are just a kid. I know you think you’ve got things figured out right now (who doesn’t in his late teens?) but I’m writing you to give you some pointers for the future, things that we’ll learn along the way that will help you with your music. (more…)
Now here’s a cool idea from Soniccouture. They’re building a choir / vocal ensemble made with hundreds of voices from all around the world and need a a minimum of 500 notes to layer in the instrument. Oh yeah, they’re inviting everyone to help them out!
Everybody that sends a recorded note will receive the CrowdChoir instrument free, in Kontakt /EXS & Ableton Live format. Also, one participant chosen at random will receive the custom-made, 5 octave cherry-wood mbira they recorded to create the Array Mbira kontakt player instrument.
The project will run for 2 months, until March 31st 2012.
Slate Digital Raven X1 production console.
Maybe it’s me getting old, bitter and harder to impress but I think the major trade shows have gone downhill the last few years. They brag about record amount of visitors but to me it seems like less interesting new products and fewer exhibitors. But Winter NAMM 2012 was an exception, at least product-wise.
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If you wondering where Akai get there slicing algorithms from for their latest MPC’s (Studio, Renaissance) it’s from iZotope.
The Loop Slicing Engine provides an extended suite of slicing tools, compatible with both Chop Shop and REX file formats. The engine’s unique algorithm maintains high quality audio throughout real-time loop manipulation while remaining lightweight in terms of processing power.
The MPC line takes advantage of additional features such as:
Manual and automatic loop slicing
Slicing and stretching with per-slice stretching options
Triggering of individual slices or the entire loop from beginning to end
Transient detection
Pitch shifting via cents or semitones
Don’t know if that’s good or bad but Akai should know a thing or two about picking the right man (or company) for the job.
Until February 29th you can buy the Vertigo VSC-2 plugin at a $20 discount and have the chance to win the original hardware unit. Every existing user qualifies as well.
On a vocal sometimes I think, “Does this vocal need a diet plan? Does he need to lose some flab down there?”.
- Ed Seay
Synthogy has announced that they will soon release the Ivory II–American Concert D virtual piano, sampled from a 1951 New York Steinway model D. Its MSRP will be $199 when it is released in 2012.
Highlights of Ivory II–American Concert D:
• New York Steinway D selected by Steinway & Sons for artist promotion and concert hall specification
• The largest, most extensively sampled of all Ivory II pianos
• The first of Synthogy’s pianos to feature up to 20 velocity levels, with Sample Interpolation Technology for ultra-smooth velocity and note transitions
• Includes the Award-winning Ivory II piano engine
• Harmonic Resonance Modeling for True Sympathetic String Resonance
• Custom Soundboard Emulation DSP
• Half-pedaling
• Pedal Noise enhancements
• Release samples triggered by velocity and duration
• Timbre-shifting, Parametric EQ and new Synth Layer controls for powerful sound sculpting capabilities
• World class digital FX including Real Ambience, Chorus and EQ
• Customizable User Controls for Timbre, Stereo Width and Perspective, Velocity Response, Mechanical Key Noise, Lid Position and more
• Tuning Tables
• Optional synth pad layer for modern/pop combinations
• Dozens of programs and effects presets
Heritage Audio, a company that seems to specialize in Neve-type modules, has announced to new products – 1073/500 and 2264e.
Obviously the 1073/500 is a 1073 (including EQ) for API’s lunchbox format. While the 2264E is described as an “Enhanced 2264-, gain control circuit of the 2264a with a 2254 audio path”.
I haven’t heard any of Heritage Audio’s products, let us know if you have any experience with them.
Now here’s an interesting product. Nomad Factory has announced Magma, a plugin suite of 50 audio processors that you can insert freely in a user-customizable interface.
MAGMA is a VST, AU, and RTAS plug-in host that allows the user to combine an infinite number of audio effects, all in four easy-to-use racks. (AAX plug-in format will be available in a subsequent update.) Its architecture allows the user to interchange racks freely with a flexible routing matrix for building custom effects chains. Individual plug-ins may also be loaded directly into a DAW. For added flexibility, the Chainer Module allows the creation of FX chains within chains.
Included processors at this time are Dynamics, Equalizers, Modulation, Reverbs, among others, with more currently in development. There’s also a promise from Nomad Factory that Magma will eventually support 3rd party VST, and AU plug-ins.
Magma will be available in Q2, 2012 with an MSRP of $199.
Dangerous Music, a company who’s t-shirt I happen to wear today (no, I’m not affiliated in any way with them), has announced Source – a portable monitor controller.
Dangerous Music Source Features:
* Monitor controller with both digital and analog input sources
* USB input lets you use the Source as the output of your DAW
* 1/8″ stereo input makes hooking up an iPod or other external device easy
* Dual headphone outputs and separate monitor/headphone source selections for easy collaboration
* Designed to easily fit under an average laptop
nothing on the Dangerous Music website yet but I’m sure something will turn up there soon.
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