Hexeract, a software synth for filmmakers as much as for musicians

I love synthesisers, especially the hybrids that you can create deep rich sounds with based on samples and waveforms like Logic Pro X’s Alchemy. Hexeract is a bit like Alchemy in that it is a very powerful software synth, but it’s much easier and more intuitive to use and allows you to create sounds for any use, such as, of course, music, but also soundscapes, soundtracks and the creation of cinematic atmospheres.

Avid Pro Tools

Included with the Ultimate version are 115 plug-ins at no extra charge of which UVI Falcon 2, a virtual instrument that makes it easy to create real-world and out-of-this-world sounds and HEAT (Harmonically Enhanced Algorithm Technology), a software add-on that gives you the euphonic characteristics of prized analogue gear.

iZotope Dialogue Match review

iZotope says Dialogue Match is the first product to combine brand-new machine learning with the reverb technology from Exponential Audio’s product line iZotope acquired in 2019. I was very curious to experience the process and the results, so here’s what happened.

IK Multimedia UNO Synth

The UNO Synth is a monophonic, true analogue synthesiser and IK Multimedia’s entry in the hardware synthesiser world. It’s a combination of IK Multimedia’s experience, the knowledge of synth expert Erik Norlander and the expertise of synth-maker Sound Machines.

Music making magic with the MPE-capable MIDI controller Instrument 1

The Instrument 1 is a USB MIDI controller with some nifty tricks up its sleeve. It can be several different analogue instruments — guitar, violin, piano, saxophone… — opening up all kinds of creative horizons other MIDI controllers don’t give access to.

DPA Microphones 4560 CORE Binaural review

DPA’s 4560 CORE Binaural Headset Microphone is made up of a pair of 4060 CORE Miniature Omnidirectional Microphones that are mounted on two ear hooks. The microphones are handpicked, selected on sensitivity within ±1.5 dB.

Modify audio signals more efficiently with NUGEN Audio SigMod

SigMod is a NUGEN Audio plug-in that lets you modify stereo signals that you normally wouldn’t be able to change in the many different ways SigMod allows you to.

Sound Devices MixPre-3 II offers 32-bit float recording, -130dB noise floor and more

Sound Devices’ MixPre-3 II is a 32-bits floating-point 192KHz capable mixer-recorder that uses Sound Devices’ perfectly silent Kashmir microphone pre-amplifiers. The unit has faster, more advanced hardware, supports internal LTC Timecode generation and output and has adjustable limiters.

The Deity S-Mic 2S is the indoors shotgun mic for pros and Youtubers

Deity’s S-Mic 2S is a new shotgun microphone with a short interference tube that has the same look and build quality as the larger S-Mic 2. It’s also made of brass, keeping out RF interference, but it’s smaller and much less heavy. The S-Mic 2S (the “S” stands for “Short” or “Small”) is about half […]

Ozone 9 delivers effortless, perfect audio mastering control

Ozone 9, iZotope’s audio mastering plug-in, builds further on its predecessor’s strengths. New features assist newcomers at the art and science of mastering while speeding up the workflow for experienced sound engineers. With services and products that automate the mastering process to a more or less acceptable result breathing down their neck, iZotope has chosen the path of assisted mastering with Ozone which does not exclude the real sound engineer’s personal touch.