Articles in ‘Music Software’
Melodyne Editor released - Change your audio world!
by Paul Dakeyne, in Music Software, No Comments
It’s here, it’s arrived, and quite frankly, it’s gonna change your world of audio manipulation completely. In its new ‘now known as’ guise, Celemony’s ‘Melodyne Editor‘ is about to become the de facto application for analysing, editing, morphing, blending, removing and supplementing polyphonic audio content. We blogged about this ‘D.N.A. (direct note access) miracle a few months ago when it was in beta mode, but today’s actual release puts a … continue reading ‘Melodyne Editor released - Change your audio world!’
Free TC Electronic M30 reverb!
by Barney Jameson, in Music Software, 1 Comment
The TC Electronic M30 reverb has become an early Christmas present for all musicians today, as TC Electronic has announced that the plug-in will be available for free download from its website for three full days.
Derived from the M40 reverb which comes bundled with TC audio interfaces, the M30 is described by the manufacturer as a “small but great sounding reverb” and is VST and AU compatible. That means it will work with your choice of DAW, including Logic, Garageband, Cubase, Ableton Live or Cakewalk Sonar. It integrates into a wide variety of platforms using a new high definition technology developed by TC, and named AlgoFlex, which … continue reading ‘Free TC Electronic M30 reverb!’
Soundtoys pro-plug-ins go native
by Paul Lavigne, in Music Software, No Comments
A few months ago Soundtoys released almost all their plug-ins in Native format, allowing non Pro Tools HD users to use their plug-ins. Like many people, I read a lot of amazing reviews on these plug-ins and heard top producers use them on regular basis.
The plug-ins I was eagerly waiting to use were the Filterfreak and the Echoboy, but with the Crystallizer, Phase Mistress, Tremolator and Speed I definitely got … continue reading ‘Soundtoys pro-plug-ins go native’
Ableton Live Intro launches today
by Barney Jameson, in Music Software, No Comments
Ableton Live Intro - three words that are likely to prompt toothy grins among bedroom producers, live performers and DJs alike as they wake up this morning to discover that sequencing on a budget just got a lot more feature-packed.
How so? Today marks the official beginning of Ableton’s tenth anniversary celebration, dubbed Able10. To celebrate its birthday the developer has swiftly launched Live Intro into the entry-level market segment that … continue reading ‘Ableton Live Intro launches today’
Spectrasonics Trilian total bass module review coming soon!
by Barney Jameson, in Music Software, No Comments
Spectrasonics’ Trilian bass module has arrived in store, and it’s fair to say that among the recording enthusiasts here at DV247 there’s quite a scuffle going on over who gets the review copy.
After all, this particular virtual instrument has been the subject of somewhat fevered anticipation ever since its elder sibling, the Trilogy bass module, added its first low-end rumble to a DAW track and started winning awards. According to Spectrasonic, Trilian boasts a far bigger core library that weighs in at an impressive 34GB, new acoustic, electric and synth basses, and enhanced versions of classic Trilogy sounds. On top of that, the module … continue reading ‘Spectrasonics Trilian total bass module review coming soon!’
Freemasons use Propellerhead Record for Whitney Houston X-Factor Show
by Paul Dakeyne, in Music Software, No Comments
Numero uno dance act the Freemasons are on fine form right now and about to bag probably their biggest ever UK TV audience watching another all conquering and sublime production. On this Sunday’s (18th October) X-Factor Results Show, Whitney Houston will be performing her new single ‘Million Dollar Bill’ with the show’s Musical Director interspersing the Freemasons dance remix intro, middle 8 and chorus sections in with the actual live band backing for the U.S. superstar.
In this, the first of a two part interview, we look at the Freemasons current studio activity and here, focus on their recent adoption of … continue reading ‘Freemasons use Propellerhead Record for Whitney Houston X-Factor Show’
Morphestra - Cinematic Virtual Instrument
by Paul Dakeyne, in Music Software, No Comments
It’s a monster.. a bonafide monster! Sample Logic’s new virtual instrument Morphestra, looks ever so slightly capable of justifying the word ‘cinematic’ in it’s manufacturers nomenclature. This massive 27 GB collection arrives on a small Glyph hard drive pre-loaded - cool huh? Its sounds are solely derivative of orchestral recordings and … continue reading ‘Morphestra - Cinematic Virtual Instrument’
Celemony Melodyne - DNA to scrutinise
by Paul Dakeyne, in Music Software, 1 Comment
It’s been a while coming, but after the announcement that the technology was capable, Celemony’s powerful Melodyne plug-in finally gets a DNA release. Granted, said release is a high profile public beta test but this indicates the commercial product is just a breath away. DNA stands for ‘direct note access’, and adds a polyphony attribute to … continue reading ‘Celemony Melodyne - DNA to scrutinise’
Tim Exile gives the Finger
by Paul Dakeyne, in Music Software, No Comments
Who’s Tim Exile? A ground breaking artist renowned for his expert use of behemoth music software ‘Reaktor’, broken beats specialist, musician and computer music innovator. Reaktor itself has been viewed as a monstrously difficult VSTi to master, but this amazingly talented artist has created and passed to us lesser mortals a bespoke patch from his repertoire and has shaped it into a stand alone and plug-in version to be used and abused with literally one digit of … continue reading ‘Tim Exile gives the Finger’
Traktor Pro gets update & new toys!
by Paul Dakeyne, in Music Software, No Comments
Today’s a great day for DJ’s! As a bonus for all Native Instruments fans spinning DJ software Traktor, there’s a new Vs 1.2 update available right now that offers much improved performance capabilities and for ‘Pro’ package users, 3 great new effects to play with. With the optimisation aspects relevant to all versions, Pro, Duo, Scratch, Scratch Duo and LE, this free update offers some fine tuning that will meet the ever increasing feature … continue reading ‘Traktor Pro gets update & new toys!’
Sound & Vision
by Paul Dakeyne, in Music Software, No Comments
Back in the late 90’s, I took a few weeks out of my production schedule to do some R&D into the world of sound design relating to images. The weapon of choice then (and still in existence now with version 5) was called MetaSynth. For quite some time, I did nothing but investigate the potential of literally ‘painting with sound’. MetaSynth had a micro-tonal capability to create textures, grooves and effects based on … continue reading ‘Sound & Vision’
Amplitube Power Group hits town
by Paul Dakeyne, in Music Software, No Comments
Well during the summer months we’ve had some great software promotions to take advantage of, and now let’s doff our caps to IK Multimedia for extending this pleasure into the Autumn. Their newly announced ‘Amplitube Power Group’ promotion is certainly attention grabbing for existing IK users and those yet to dip a toe in the Italian software company’s pool.
It’s a simple outline, with a ‘more … continue reading ‘Amplitube Power Group hits town’
Komplete 6 landing soon
by Paul Dakeyne, in Music Software, No Comments
After much speculation and online forum discussion, the beast that is Komplete 6 is now imminent in the arrival lounge. And what’s new and updated from Native Instrument’s sonic megabox? Well, not as radical as some may have anticipated, but nowhere near disappointing either.
Three of the … continue reading ‘Komplete 6 landing soon’
Logic 9 Review - PedalBoard/Amp Designer
by Paul Dakeyne, in Music Software, No Comments
Bringing the current run in this Logic 9 review mini-series to a close, it’s time for some fun! Enter two new guitar related effects plug-ins: PedalBoard and Amp Designer. Snapping firmly at the heels of such classics like Native Instruments Guitar Rig, these new plugs are funky, fun, easy to use and sonically satisfying. Of course they’re based on well known and popular stomp boxes, … continue reading ‘Logic 9 Review - PedalBoard/Amp Designer’
Logic 9 Review - Bounce in Place
by Paul Dakeyne, in Music Software, 1 Comment
Aside from the standard legacy ‘Bounce’ function ported from previous incarnations, Logic 9 now introduces 3 new and very useful ‘Bounce in Place’ features: Regions, Track & Replace All. The aforementioned legacy function took its source from the mixers master outs, obeying position locators and recognising all active plug-ins.
Mouse clicking: Regions>Bounce Regions in Place. This is a cool bounce function which allows you to select a cascade of different regions, from any track(s) and any part of an arrangement, then make a quick composite bounce to stereo audio. Similar to the set-up in the image (left), Logic 9 makes a new track, mutes the source regions, gives an option to … continue reading ‘Logic 9 Review - Bounce in Place’
