DxO’s NIK Collection 6 is yet another upgrade that brings a more modern interface and new functionality. One of the big new features is a control line in addition to the control points we already had. The control lines allow for — you guessed it — linear masks instead of the circular ones NIK Collection has been known since it first came to market.… Read More NIK Collection 6 brings new features
A synthesiser for 99 Euros that is used by one of the most famous composers of our times? Is that even possible? Zebra2 Legacy is a special offer from u-he, the company behind the Zebra and Hive synths. Zebra2 Legacy is actually a bundle containing Zebra2, Zebralette, a number of Zebra effects and ZebraHZ, a special version the company developed at the request of Hans Zimmer. In addition, you get close to a whopping 4000 presets. When I read the greatest composer of film music of our times actually used a mildly modified Zebra2 for some of his movies, I had to try it out, so I purchased a licence and started experimenting. I tried both Zebra2 and ZebraHZ, the latter which this review covers.… Read More u-he Zebra2 Legacy: if Hans Zimmer loves it, who are we to doubt?
PSP Audioware isn’t as well known as Moog, Eventide or FabFilter, but that doesn’t mean the company has second grade effects and mix/master plugins.… Read More PSP Audioware plugins review: PianoVerb, Springbox, Echo, HertzRider 2, 2445, and 285
What if you would be able to EQ transients separately from tonal sound? Or create a different effect on transients from that on tonal content? Would it open up new frontiers in correction and creativity? It’s what Eventide promise with their SplitEQ parametric EQ and Physion Mk II creative effects plug-ins.… Read More Two plug-ins you should try: Eventide Physion and SplitEQ
Yanobox, the creator of Nodes and Mosaic, has released Motype 2, a spectacular text-based animation system for Final Cut Pro X, Premiere Pro, Motion and After Effects. As always, Yanobox released Motype 2 on FxFactory where you can find a huge collection of effects and titles for these two NLEs and motion graphics apps. Motype 1 was quite powerful if you needed animation on a single line of text. Motype 2 blows version 1 out of the water with support for paragraphs and, well, more of everything.… Read More Yanobox’s latest gem for motion graphics: Motype 2
Synthesizing recorded audio can lead to surprisingly creative results. FabFilter’s Volcano 3 is a plug-in that allows you to do exactly that.… Read More FabFilter Volcano 3 review
Since the day the silent movie was replaced by “talkies”, and even before that, producers have alwaysused some kind of musical underscore. In our age, the “soundtrack” of some blockbuster movies is as important as the visual production itself. If I say “Blade Runner”, for example, I’m sure you’ll answer “Vangelis” and/or “Deckard’s Dream”.… Read More Music and motion picture, regardless its format or distribution medium, go hand in glove – here are some tracks you might find appealing
FabFilter Pro-R is an algorithmic plug-in, which means it is not based on Impulse Responses (IR) of existing spaces. Nevertheless, Pro-R is one of a handful of reverbs I’ve tested that are true to nature and still capable of a massive effect. What attracted me to the FabFilter Pro-R reverb are its one-of-a-kind 6-band Decay Rate and 6-band Post EQ.… Read More FabFilter Pro-R, the massive reverb with natural sound
Sample library developer Orchestral Tools and top music school Berklee College of Music are about to deepen their ongoing collaboration with a brand new Virtual Orchestration channel on YouTube.… Read More Orchestral Tools and Berklee College of Music Launch Free Educational Series on YouTube
You have convolution reverb and algorithmic reverb plug-ins. Polyverse’s Comet is a purely algorithmic reverb with controls that enable you to automate its settings and morph from one reverb preset into another.… Read More A reverb for the biggest of spaces and still spatially accurate: Polyverse Comet
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