Robert Henke has a new Monolake album out, Silence, and talked with Caro Snatch about the technical side of the album production, including why he chose to use no compression: When recording physical instruments, compression seems to make sense to me; one can achieve a certain level of intimacy by making the quiet parts louder,… Read More Robert Henke (Monolake) On Compression And When Not To Use It
Free Music Software: Reichatron is a free phase shifting looper effect for Reaktor 5, inspired by Steve Reich and his early loop pieces. It was created by Matt Mower: Reichatron is a sample playing instrument that grew out of my desire to experiment with phase-shifted looping (a la Steve Reich’s early works It’s Gonna Rain… Read More Free Phase Shifting Looper Inspired By Steve Reich
De La Mancha has unleased bassbomb, a monophonic bass synthesizer focused on creating a wide range of bass sounds. It features custom waveforms, a composite filter and non-linear envelopes to give that “old school synth sound”, with 2 LFOs and 3 envelopes. It retails for $24. If you’ve used BassBomb, leave a comment with your… Read More New Synth Unleashes A BassBomb
Rain Computers today announced their LiveBook series of Mobile Audio Workstations are now available at over 200 Best Buy locations as part of the Best Buy’s new “DJ experience”. Rain’s LiveBook is installed in hundreds of Best Buy locations to demonstrate “the ideal Digital DJ system”, including software like Native Instruments’ Traktor and Serato by… Read More Best Buy Now Offering Laptop DJ Systems
Celemony Melodyne Editor Features for DJs was uploaded by: eangolden
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8 Band Graphic Eq for the Launchpad was uploaded by: 0illuminatedsounds0
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Free Windows Music Software: Novaflash has released Micromega – a free virtual analog bass synthesizer for Windows. Features: max poly = 10 1 x VCO saw (low note deflated, high note inflated) 1 x SUB (detune, PW) adjustable harmonic (VCO + SUB) 1 x noise generator 1 x VCF HADSR enveloppe (analog shape, fast) 1… Read More Free Virtual Analog Bass Synthesizer For Windows
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http://vimeo.com/9495673 This video, created by Charles Deenen for DesigningSound.org, demonstrates using SoundMiner and various effects plugins for rapid sound design. He doesn’t go into details of settings, etc, but it’s impressive to see how experience with his tools translates directly into results.
Free Music Software: Oli Larkin has updated Autotalent – a free auto tune plugin for Mac & Windows. This is a VST/AU port of Tom Baran’s open source pitch correction LADSPA plug-in. At the moment it is designed to be used on a mono track, if used on a stereo track, the left channel will… Read More Free Auto Tune App May Turn Everybody Into T-Pain
