It’s been over three months since APN took delivery of the Arturia KeyLab Essential 61 – is it weathering the storm?
IK Multimedia has ported Syntronik – one of its premier VI’s, to iPad.
It’s been over three months since APN took delivery of the Arturia KeyLab Essential 61 – is it weathering the storm?
Read moreIK Multimedia has ported Syntronik – one of its premier VI’s, to iPad.
Read moreIs the new ELI Arousor the must-have plugin compressor for studio’s around the world, like it’s hardware cousin, the Distressor? APN finds out
Read moreArturia’s new Keylab Essential MIDI controllers destroy the notion that the words ‘budget’ and ‘pro’ are mutually exclusive.
Read moreA brand new mixing and mastering bundle was released this morning by hot new dev, Audified.
Read moreThe emulation masters at Brainworx and Plugin Alliance have just released both E and G series SSL channel strips
Read moreSoundiron Bontastic! Review
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Soundiron’s Bontastic! Vintage Organ Series is modeled after the Bontempi B4 Electronic Table organ. Bontastic! offers two instruments, a chord organ and ambience.
Read moreThe problem with most plugin emulations is that, like a pair of tight, pink, zebra print, lycra leggings they are not subtle like real tape actually is. Softube’s new tape plugin is the opposite.
Read moreOverloud’s new Dopamine plugin is actually a two-fer. It features replicas of the famous (if you’re an engineer!) classic tape encoding processors, the Dolby AN-180 and D361
Read moreUK developers LiquidSonics have long been held in high regard for their excellent convolution plugin Reverberate. For 2017 though, they decided to offer something new and very special – a Bricasti M7 replica.
Read morePlugin Alliance favorites, Elysia are all set to release a sophisticated looking saturation plugin called Karacter.
Read moreSwedish Plug-Meisters Softube have finally created a reel to reel tape plugin – something that fans of the company are understandably excited about. ‘Tape’ features models of three different machines of diverse character and is apparently very light on CPU.
Read morethe 354e looks like it could be a dream prescription for the ITB Mastering community. A multiband, mid/side capable, sidechain HPF featured, mix knob equipped, 3 compression mode monster of a compressor plugin.
Read moreIK Multimedia’s new virtual instrument, Syntronik is a standalone collection of seventeen classic synths that are available as a collection or as separate modules.
Read moreConsole 1 Mk II always looked like a great idea but for many it has never been regarded as a serious option because of it’s one-of-a-kind nature and unproven status. Well that’s all changed now.
Read moreInsane French C++ scientist, Xavier Oudin goes nadgers to the wall with the new Xils-Lab PolyM – a beautifully rendered reconstruction of the little known 70’s Poly Moog.
Read moreBlack Rooster Audio’s SC-5 VCA compressor pays homage to the 70’s version of Ashly’s SC-50 Blueface compressor which has long been coveted by engineers for its versatility and unique musicality.
Read moreThe Volko Q3D is an emulation of the hardware, NTI Nightpro EQ3D rack mount equalizer. This 6 band eq has an extremely wide Q, for broad strokes.
Read moreTapedesk is a new plugin from Italian audio-gurus, Overloud. According to their blurb, it is “…a hyper-realistic simulation of a 2-inch 24-track world-class tape machine from a renowned studio in the UK.”
Read moreBlack Rooster Audio’s VEQ-5 is faithfully modeled after the legendary Pultec MEQ-5 Program Equalizer. Unlike its full range sibling the Pultec EQP-1A,. It’s an excellent choice for guitars, (acoustic and electric) vocals, upright bass and snare, as well as any other instrument occupying that sonic space.
Read moreA gorgeous, multiband, Mid-Side mastering compressor form Plugin Alliance member, Lindell Audio. Based on the vintage Neve® 2254ETM diode bridge compressor, it is certainly a looker.
Read moreBlack Rooster Audio’s SC-5 VCA compressor pays homage to the 70’s version of Ashly’s SC-50 Blueface compressor which has long been coveted by engineers for its versatility and unique musicality.
Read moreIt’s always nice to have kickass plugin emulations to use in tandem with the real hardware – enter the Black Rooster Audio VLA-2A
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