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Continue reading →: MYTH, the new Dawesome synthesiser, takes dynamic sound to the next level
MYTH is a new approach to sound synthesis packaged in a 24-voice modular microtonality capable plugin with a powerful sample re-synthesising engine based on advanced machine learning. With MYTH you can create two re-synthesised 4-tone generators and cycle through their 500-segment envelopes for rich and dynamic sounds. In addition, MYTH…
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Continue reading →: The Kirchhoff-EQ plugin has no equal; a shame it isn’t Dolby Atmos ready
Three-Body Technology’s Kirchhoff-EQ is a feature-rich stereo 32-band parametric equaliser featuring a refined design and high precision processing. It comes with a large set of filter types, including vintage hardware modelled ones and a one-of-a-kind dynamic EQ functionality that allows you to make adjustments relative to the entire frequency distribution…
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Continue reading →: Dawesome’s LOVE plugin lets you design sound from existing audio in ways you couldn’t imagine
Dawesome’s LOVE plugin is an effects generator containing a granular engine with three settings: Swarm, Chop and Robot, as well as Dawesome’s Cloud, Shimmer, Delay, Chorus and Reverb effects also found in their synths, and last but not least a Filter. It’s a plugin that can make recorded audio sound…
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Continue reading →: sE Electronics’ DM2 Black inline preamp looks great, adds gain without noise and can make your mic sound more open or less so
As do sE Electronics’ DM1, DM2 and DM1 Black, the DM2 Black uses Class-A designed FETs with a low output impedance of 135 Ω and very little noise compared to anything else on the market. As do his siblings, this inline preamp has a cylindrical form factor and is slightly…
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Continue reading →: Add an sE Electronics DM1 Black inline preamp to your dynamic or ribbon mic for a set-and-forget no-noise 28dB of extra gain
Many dynamic microphones require a high gain setting that not all audio interfaces can deliver. For example, a sE Electronics V7 requires around 75dB of gain to get a decent signal. Even if your audio interface has no problem with that high a gain, if you move the microphone a…
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Continue reading →: sE Electronics’ DM3 Black, a DI box with premium functionality at a low-end price
sE Electronics DM3 Black is a phantom powered DI box — a small connection box for instruments and line signal equipment which you want to send the signal to a mixer, console or audio input from — with features that demand a price premium, which sE Electronics doesn’t.
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Continue reading →: Sonnet Technologies’ Echo 20 Thunderbolt 4 SuperDock is aptly named
In a comparison with CalDigit’s TS4 on Sonnet’s own website the Echo 20 Thunderbolt 4 SuperDock obviously comes out the winner. But do its two extra ports and design choices make it stand out all that much? Quality-wise the TS4 and the Echo 20 are on par, but the latter…
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Continue reading →: Impressive sounds with GForce Software’s VSM IV dual-layer strings synthesiser
It comes with the same user-friendly interface as GForce Software’s M-Tron Pro IV, but the sounds you can get out of VSM IV can be just that much deeper, aggressive, or massive. At the centre of that capability is a unique dual-layer strings machine. Your building blocks are 208 individual…
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Continue reading →: How well does IK Multimedia ARC Studio room correction system perform?
Correcting a room for accuracy is often necessary in sound production. Audio engineers working with companies the likes of Deutsche Grammophon and Sony will probably have a 3500 EUR Dante-capable Trinnov Nova hardware component optimising their workspace, but a studio with a wallet less deep and certainly the smaller ones…
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Continue reading →: iZotope VEA (Voice Enhancement Assistant) for voice correction on the cheap
VEA is iZotope’s latest AI-assisted plugin, designed for people who quickly want to improve voice recordings. VEA is reminiscent of RX 10 Advanced’s AI-based Repair assistant, but it only has three controls to worry about. I took VEA to the test to see whether it’s up to the job.