I love the team at United Plugins. Not only are they cool cats, they make some freakin’ unbelievable plugins. LTG favourite’s include the wild FrontDAW plugin, the FireCobra and the Quick AG, just to name a few. Now they’ve released the fantastic Retronaut, a multi-voice vibrato and chorus with lo-fi effects. Inspired by old analogue…
Gibson is asking for the public’s assistance in recovering a missing shipping ledger book from 1959-1960, which documents an important period in the company’s 126-year-old history and the pinnacle of the Gibson Golden Era. “The 1959-1960 Gibson shipping ledger has been missing from Gibson’s archives for at least thirty years,” says the company. “It may not…
We’ve written about Steven Slate Drums before, and what we said then is just as true now: SSD.5 is the best free drum software in the world, bar none. Now SSD.5 has been updated and it’s very, very good. Here’s the speil: “SSD 5.5 FREE is here and it’s packed with new kits, a new easy…
This has got to be one of the better the cab sims out there. Coming with nine guitar cabinets, all captured with six different microphones – that can be combined to endless possibilities – there are tonal possibilities aplenty with the MIKKO. You can place the mics anywhere – in front of the dust cap,…
United Plugins caused a stir when it launched in June – three different effects built by three different developers? That’s different, we thought. There’s a strategy at play of course and if the coming together of several big brains from the audio industry results a world with a greater net total of cool audio plugins,…
We love the team at Kuassa. They’re cool cats and they build some of the best guitar-centric plugins out there (the Amplifikation Creme is a particular favourite). So we decided to track them down (to Indonesia) to find out more. Chairman and CTO Arie Ardiansyah and CEO Grahadea Kusuf were kind enough to answer our…
The cool cats at Audio Assault are pretty good at making kick-ass plugins that don’t break the bank. From smashing metal amps to distortion and compression effects – to the recent release of the mighty HellBeast – we like their style, so we thought it was time to interview them. We’re in New Zealand however…
In addition to Rosen’s shift to Lancaster Audio, they are giving away a Pro Tools-friendly version of their classic Pulse impulse response loader, 100% free. “Pulse is the perfect IR loader to go alongside our extensive library of impulse responses. Using PULSE as your IR loader means you can spend less time sorting through piles…
Rosen Digital is no more! Well, the name is no more any way. The impulse response legends have partnered with some new people and will now be going by the name Lancaster Audio. Top celebrate the changes the company is giving away their Custom Fire Impulses for free. Simply visit this link here, use the…
AmpliTube is a pretty swish plugin for guitar players – lots of amps, cabs, pedals and add-ons. Not much free stuff to be had however, so the release of a free cab room is definitely welcome. Here’s the spiel: “You asked and IK answered! AmpliTube Custom Shop (free) users on Mac/PC now get access to…
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