It’s not easy mixing acoustic instruments. Gat, uke or mandolin, not only is every finger slide, relieved breath and chair creak audible, but instrument issues, phasing issues, and EQ problems can make getting a slick, professional sound from that all-analogue instrument trickier than it might seem. Here’s a new solution from the teams at FireSonic…
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…
Valhalla Plugins, maker of many mighty ambiance and modulation effects have just release a phat new plugin, the Valhalla Supermassive, and what do you know, it’s free. Here’s the spiel: “ValhallaSupermassive is designed to blow your mind and your music to new levels of consciousness and experience! Luscious clouds of reverb, otherworldly delays, swelling waves…
Few things in this world are certain, other than death, taxes and the indisputable fact that Klanghelm makes amazing plugins. The Germany-based software company makes a range of best-in-show compressors and saturation plugins – we love and use them often – so we tracked down head honcho Tony Frenzel to get the inside skinny on…
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…
Everyone loves guitar impulses. After all, there’s nothing better than avoiding songwriting and recording by auditioning guitar cabinets for hours on end. So here’s a couple of freebies from Italian studio, Zeta Factory. Cabinets included: Orange PPC 212 Closed Back Bogner 212 CB Closed Back Stack Diezel 412 FC (V30) Mesa 412 Recto Slant Bogner…
Who wants a free channel strip? From now until February next year you can grab the channel strip from Acustica free. “Ceil features a powerful compressor – which can work as a general audio leveler or a full-blown dynamics destroyer – an incisive EQ section, pan and stereo spread controls, and a preamp.” Ceil is…
The team at Audio Assault sure are busy beavers, and here’s something new: The RM-2 Analog Console. Check it out: “Audio-Assault’s RM-2 Analog Channel captures the warmth of an uncelebrated Japanese console, the Panasonic Ramsa WR-S4424.” “Praised for its tape-like character inherent in its preamps, the Ramsa WR-S4424 is all character.” The RM-2 captures the…
Looking for those elusive CFH Randall tones? Look no further! Those who covet Dimebag’s heavier-than-heavy guitar sound are in for a treat with the announcement that IK Multimedia is bringing the Texas rebel’s abrasive guitar sound to their AmpliTube plug-in. “The new collection features models of the exact gear used by ‘Dimebag’ Darrell Lance Abbott…
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…
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