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New Music Gear Monday: United Plugins Nanopulse Transient Designer Plugin
Transient designers have come a long way since the early days of analog SPL Transient Designer. Modern transient designer plugins now have far greater capabilities and one of the most sophisticated in this area is the new Nanopulse by JMG Sound and United Plugins. One of the things that makes Nanopulse different from other transient designers is […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: Waves Harmony Real-Time Harmony Plugin
There’s nothing like singing harmonies with yourself as you can’t beat how smooth they sound. The problem is that it can take a lot of time and effort to get exactly what you want, even if the singer is really skilled. The same goes for harmony guitars or any other instrument. Be prepared for some […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: PSP stompDelay Plugin
There are tons of delay plugins and even the ones that come natively with any DAW are quite good these days. That doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement in terms of useful parameter features, and that’s exactly what you’ll find with the PSP stompDelay, a great plugin that’s actually fun to use. When a […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: Zipper Noise FREQUIA Ear Training App
Of all the techniques that engineering novices have to learn, EQing is one of the most confounding. The reason is that its use comes down to training your ear how to recognize a group of frequencies, which used to be left to experience. That could take a long time, especially in the past, but luckily […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: DPA 4055 Kick Drum Microphone
If you know anything about audio you know how DPA has a reputation for some of the highest quality microphones available. In fact, the company is one of the few that makes mics so flat that they’re used for audio measurements. Even NASA has chosen their microphones to go to Mars thanks to their clarity […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: Fender Amperstand Guitar Cradle
I don’t know about you, but I’ve always hated guitar stands. True, they’re a necessary evil, but they always take up too much space because of their irregular shape and often don’t secure an instrument that well. Whether it be at a gig or in the studio, you need a place to rest your guitar […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: Audient Evo 16 Computer Audio Interface
The quest for the ultimate computer audio interface is ongoing, just like the search for the surfer’s perfect wave. There are so many good to great ones now available that it’s difficult to choose something bad, so now it’s best to concentrate on features that work best for you. If you’re a songwriter or band […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: Playfair Audio Dynamic Grading Processor Plugin
One of the cool things about where we are now when it comes to plugin development is that new ground is being broken. Just about all the old analog devices have been emulated (even some of the bad ones) so it’s time to think outside the box, and that’s exactly what’s happening lately. One shining […]
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New Music Gear Monday: Steinberg VST Live All-In-One Live Performance Platform
Gone are the days when a performer or band goes on stage and performs with just instruments and vocals. These days, performances have become more complex in order to provide a better audience experience, with a combination of backing tracks, lighting and video playback all part of the gig. That’s a lot to contend without […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: Neve 88M Computer Audio Interface
We live in a time where there’s such a variety of computer audio interfaces that it’s almost hard to make a choice. Indeed, just about every major manufacturer has come out with at a line of them by now. Perhaps the last holdout in the interface game was Neve, and that’s now changed with its […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: Soundevice Digital SubBass Doctor 808 Plugin
One of the keys to a great sounding mix in any genre is a big full low end. In some genres like hip-hop or electronic music it’s more important than others, but any mix suffers greatly if it doesn’t have enough of the low bass frequencies. As a result, it’s tempting to boost the crap […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: Andrew Scheps Bounce Factory Mix Export Automation App
Anyone who’s ever delivered a project to a label knows that the job isn’t complete until all the alternate mixes are bounced and delivered. The problem is that process alone might take another long tedious day of somewhat mindless work. Instrumental mix, acapella, vocals up and down, multiple stems – there might be twenty or […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: Waves CLA- MixDown Mix Buss Plugin
If you’ve followed this blog then you know that I’m a big fan of the CLA Collection of plugins from Waves. Chris Lord Alge (the C-L-A behind the CLA) has some of the best finally-tuned analog gear that his plugins are modeled on, and that means that they have more sonic character than other similar […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: SSL The Bus+ Ultimate Buss Compressor
If there’s one component that defines Sold State Logic consoles it’s the buss compressor. Although it’s changed slightly over the years depending upon the desk series, the buss compressor has become a standard across mix busses everywhere in both the analog and digital worlds. One of the most interesting things about the buss compressor is […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: United Studio Technologies UT Twin87 Condenser Microphone
Over the years the Neumann U87 has become on of the most revered and relied on microphone found in studios everywhere. Even though it’s been a go-to mic for ages, engineers noticed a distinct difference in sound between the two major versions. Some swear by the older version while many like the newer cleaner version. […]
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