Saturday, January 21, 2012

What’s your favorite sequencer for writing/making music?

What’s your favorite sequencer for writing/making music?

Monday, November 28, 2011

Slate Digital Cyber Monday Sale 50% off



Slate Digital is having a Cyber Monday Sale. All their plugins are 50% off,
I blogged about their VCC collection in an earlier post




They also have the excellent drum replacement plugin Trigger




The RC-Tube Plugin (1950's tube console emulation, part of the VCC collection) 






and the FX-G Virtual Mastering Processor.



All plugins can be purchased online at SlateDigital's webstore.

Kontrol Surface 1974 | KS-1974 multi-touch MIDI control surface





The KS-1974 is a new multi-touch, fully customizable Midi control surface from SmithsonMartin. 
 "Connect the KS-1974 to your laptop, desktop or any computer to transform them into a powerful and comfortable 22 inch surface with 4 simultaneous touch points. This is perfect for your studio or live performances. KS-1974 is a state-of-the-art DJ, VJ, and Studio Production tool. KS-1974 is the perfect size for any DJ booth or studio desk.
KS-1974 is the newest product from SmithsonMartin, winners of the 2011 DJ Mag Tech Awards: “Most Innovative Product”.  Emulator for Traktor and Emulator Modular come bundled with the KS-1974.
Emulator Modular includes a complete set of objects so you can completely custom design your own multi-touch interface with buttons, sliders, circular knobs, jog wheels and even your own custom graphics."
Available January 2012. Price TBA.
Read more about the KS-1974 at SmithsonMartin.com


Saturday, November 26, 2011

Waves Cyber Weekend Sale up to 70% off



 
Don't miss your chance to save big! Cyber Weekend at waves.com - save up to 70%. Through Novemebr 28



Don't miss a great opportunity to add to your Waves plugins arsenal with their Cyber Weekend Sale. Up to 70% off on some of their most popular plugins. Don't hesitate the sale ends Nov. 28th.






Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Sound Radix' SurferEQ - Pitch Tracking Equalizer




Sound Radix has released the SurferEQ, a new equalizer that automatically tracks the pitch of the signal and adjusts the eq frequencies accordingly. If this works as described it will make it much easier to do corrective and surgical enhancement of sounds. A standard equalizer can currently do this only by manually selecting the frequencies and automating the eq changes that's needed. I can see using this extensively on vocals.

From the website:

SurferEQ tracks the pitch of the instrument or a vocal track and can change the EQ frequency accordingly in real-time, making it possible for the first time to naturally control the fundamental frequencies or harmonics of a track. Just set any of the EQ bands to a desired harmonic and watch SurferEQ move with the track, staying always relevant to the music.
For over a year, we've meticulously developed an accurate, real-time pitch detection engine with virtually no octave errors. There's no need for endless parameters tweaking. It just works.
When developing our original analog-behaving asymmetric EQ algorithms (No cookbook EQ here!), we've made every effort to preserve the size and energy of the original recording. SurferEQ sounds natural even when it is pushed to its extremes. In addition to the HP, LP, shelf and bell shaped filters, we've developed a unique four mode harmonic filter. It takes on a whole new life when it moves with the pitch and makes it possible to achieve new sounds as never heard before.

Features

  • Pitch-Tracking Equalizer
  • Original Assymetric EQ Algorithms
  • Innovative Harmonic Filter
  • 64 Bit Internal Processing
Here's an introductory video of the SurferEQ:


Introductory price is $129. Download a demo (RTAS/VST/AU) here.