Dynameter – new dynamics effect plugin for Windows and Mac
MeterPlugs has announced the release of Dynameter, a new dynamics effect plugin for Windows and Mac.
“Stop worrying about loudness, start succeeding with dynamics”. That’s the message behind this new product from the team who created the award-winning “Perception” plugin last year.
More and more, loudness is not an important factor in the sound or success of music. As loudness management (normalization) becomes commonplace in broadcast, radio and streaming services, the relative playback loudness of music is determined by the broadcaster and player. For mastering engineers, the challenge going forward is not to maximize loudness but to optimize dynamics.
Dynameter offers a real-time display of your music’s dynamics, beat by beat, or over a whole song or album. The plugin helps you achieve competitive dynamics and consistent playback volume across online streaming services. It measures dynamics using PSR (Peak to Short-term loudness ratio), which is based on the ITU loudness standard, displaying it via a unique history graph and allowing users to choose their own “dynamics target” for their music.
Dynameter was designed by mastering engineer Ian Shepherd, who runs the popular Production Advice website and founded Dynamic Range Day, and was developed by MeterPlugs.
“I’ve found over the years that PSR is a really great way of assessing the dynamics of your music and helping you find the perfect balance between loudness and dynamics,” says Shepherd.
“People are telling us they love Dynameter,” says Ian Kerr of MeterPlugs. “It’s very easy to use. Just choose a PSR target and keep the history graph from dipping below it. You can compare your music to all of your favourites, and it becomes really adictive!”
Dynameter for Windows and Mac (VST/AU/AAX) is on sale for $69 USD (regular $99 USD).
House Hold – Moog Sub 37 | TR8 | Reface DX | Monotribe | Volca Keys
Dark downtempo House. Live Hardware.
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Gear used:
Moog Sub 37
Yamaha Reface DX + BCR2000
Roland TR8 (7X7)
Volca Keys
Korg Monotribe
Mooer Reecho – Delay
Mooer Shimverb – Reverb
EHX – Small Stone Phaser
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Transfer sound into your body with SubPac M2 – “Feeling is Believing”
The SubPac M2 is a wearable Tactile Bass System that transfers the physical dimension of sound directly to the body. Accurate, powerful and quiet to the outside world, the SubPac is used by leading producers, sound designers and studios around the world. Whether being used to enhance the music experience, monitor your DJ or live performance, or as a vehicle for accessing true physical immersion in VR and gaming, the SubPac M2 adds a powerful new sensory element to any audio experience. Feeling is Believing.
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Audulus Patch – Speed Patching
This is an illustration of what common sound design/workflow looks like in Audulus – I sped up the construction by 800%, and the drop back down to normal speed once the sound comes in.
Oxford Envolution – new frequency-dependent transient shaper effect plugin for Windows and Mac
Sonnox has announced the release of Oxford Envolution, a frequency-dependent transient shaper effect plugin for Windows and Mac.
Envolution is a frequency-dependent envelope shaper with separate transient and sustain sections to radically re-shape the envelope of your instruments or audio.
Use a broader tilt mode or the more parametric-style focus mode to choose which frequencies are processed.
Insert on a track, bus or even master output to add presence/distance to drums, piano, guitar and any other percussive content. Boost sustain to make the ambience around a recording bloom, or cut it for quick and precise gating.
We love the more creative and extreme side of the plug-in too; like using the DIFF button to generate negative ratio compression effects!
Oxford Envolution features
- Frequency dependent control of Transients & Sustain.
- Tilt/parametric targeting of frequencies to process.
- DIFF button to solo the effect.
- Use in parallel without phase cancellation.
- Warmth control for:
- Harmonic saturation/tone shaping.
- Prevention of excessive output levels.
- Many great presets to get you started.
Oxford Envolution is available for purchase for £170 GBP (Native) / £275 GBP (Pro Tools HD-HDX + Native).
New tutorial session: Mixing With Your Eyes – How To Use Metering Plugins
ADSR Sounds has launched Mixing With Your Eyes – How To Use Metering Plugins, a video tutorial course by Echo Sound Works in which you can learn how to use metering and visualizing plugins to achieve accurate results.
I know what you might be thinking, why would you ever mix with your eyes when music and mixing is an auditory experience. Even though this idea may seem counterintuitive, it is actually one of the best ways to improve the quality of your mixes.
So why not use one of the other senses to help mix music more accurately?
In this course, Echo Sound Works shows you how to use metering plugins to improve the quality of your mixes. At over an hour long (broken up into 8 individual sections) you will learn how to read and use numerous types of metering plugins to help with low end frequencies, Stereo Imaging and mix fullness.
The video course is available for purchase for $14.99 USD.
Check out the new Votan Telepathy v2.0 for iPhone
Votan Telepathy v2.0 for iPhone is a groundbreaking multi-purpose synthesis engine, harnessing cutting edge technologies with traditional sound sculpting techniques. The power beneath Votan Telepathy is its cloud and communication platform within which you can create sounds and instantly share between your devices (iPad/iPhone/Mac), or even with friends.
The Votan Telepathy Synthesis Engine is also available as an 32/64 bit Audio Unit plugin. The iOS app can then act as an ultra low latency touch controller for multiple instances of the synth in your favourite DAW (Logic, Ableton etc). You can create new sounds on your iPad/iPhone, that magically appear in the Audio Unit to be used in a professional DAW environment.
Get it here >>
Votan Telepathy Synthesis Engine
Oscillators:
- 4 x Free Range Oscillators
- Band-limited Virtual Analogue waveforms. Free-range means they can be unlocked from key frequencies, and then used intelligently as audio rate modulators for FM and Ring Modulation. You can also morph between the different wave-shapes (Sine, Triangle, Sawtooth, Square).
- Hyper Oscillators with up to 7 x Detuned Saw/Square waves.
- 3 x Noise Oscillators (White, Pink and Purple).
Filters:
- 4 x Multi-filters
- Virtual Analog(Moog Ladder, MS20, TB303 emulations)
- Digital IIR and Formant Phase filters
- 2/4 Pole with standard filter types
- Low Pass, High Pass, Band Reject, and Band Pass.
- Internal filter routing with Parallel, Series and Stereo, and Binaural routings
LFOs:
- 4 x LFO’s
- Transitional and morphing wave shapes.
- Fade in envelope
- Programmable trigger
Envelopes:
- 4 x Envelopes
- ADSR & Filter envelope
- 2 x assignable envelopes.
Modulation:
- 8 x Modulation Matrix Slots for extensive modulations.
- Assign almost every synth or FX parameter from within the matrix.
FX:
- 4 x FX Slots
- Delay,
- Reverb,
- Distortion,
- Chorus,
- Flange,
- Frequency Shifter,
- Phaser,
- 4 Band EQ,
- Decimator,
- Glitch algorithms.
Performance Control:
8 x controls with direct assignment of ALL parameters for in-depth performance control.
User assignable Keyboard with key selector(select the keys you need to play, not the rest)
Binaural Beat Generator:
Votan Telepathy has been built with binaural synthesis in mind. You can assign each oscillator to play through Left or Right channels to create binaural beats with extended synthesis capabilities. The system can create all brain frequencies from 0.01hz up to megahertz. Get experimenting with the invisible frequencies of the mind.
Votan Telepathy Audio Unit:
Votan Telepathy is also available an 32/64 bit AudioUnit and is a direct mirror of the iOS app and fully compatible with all presets. Your preset library is synced over all devices and apps.
Imagine the power of being able to create new soundscapes on your iDevice, then they magically appear in the DAW work session. Tweak sounds on the fly, then polish them into your productions.
Votan Connect:
The iOS app of course can also act as a touch controller for the audio unit offering almost zero latency control of multiple instances of the audio unit plugin. Totally integrated synthesis and control like never seen before.
Votan Cloud:
The Votan Cloud is a powerful integrated Preset Management System. Users can create soundscapes and store them in their own device or in the Votan Cloud. In the Votan Cloud patches can be instantly shared with other users. The VotanDSP team will be in constant creation of new sounds so they will be instantly available for all users of the system. You can chose to make your preset library public or private.
iPad 4+ recommended for iOS synthesis.
iPad 2+ for controlling the Audio Unit.
PLEASE READ OUR GETTING STARTED INSTRUCTIONS
http://votandsp.com/getting-started
If you get stuck contact support via http://votandsp.com/contact
For more information visit www.VotanDSP.com
Votan Telepathy v2.0 for iPhone costs $6.99
Cameo – new phase distortion suite for UVI Workstation
UVI has announced the release of Cameo, a phase distortion suite for UVI Workstation.
The sound made famous by the classic CZ-series keyboards is back in this new 3-instrument suite! Explore a huge library of authentic hardware sounds, craft your own patches from scratch with raw waveforms or explore new sounds of PD synthesis with the wavetable oscillator and DSP shaping tools from Falcon.
Whether you’re a fan of classic ‘80s synths or just looking to expand your sonic arsenal, Cameo delivers an awesome range of inspiring and high-quality sounds with the unmistakable character of some of our favorite synths.
Cameo is available for purchase for the introductory price of $59 USD through December 14th, 2015 (regular $129 USD).
Beta is out! SYNTHOR – new digital modular synthesizer application for AudioCubes
Percussa announces the launch of the beta version of SYNTHOR, the digital modular synthesizer application for AudioCubes, its successful modular hardware interface for electronic musicians.
Using SYNTHOR, existing AudioCube users are no longer required to use additional software to make sounds with the AudioCubes, and musicians who haven’t discovered AudioCubes yet now no longer have to MIDI-map synthesizers to the AudioCubes to take advantage of their possibilities.
SYNTHOR is the first software digital modular synthesizer in the world with a dedicated hardware interface, allowing users to patch wirelessly by placing AudioCubes next to each other, and to change synthesis parameters simultaneously, while changing distance between AudioCubes.
SYNTHOR lets you create different configurations of synth modules, which can be saved, recalled and shared with other musicians. Imagine being able to switch modular synth configurations for every song you play live, something that is impossible to do with traditional modular synths.
In SYNTHOR, each AudioCube can be assigned to a synthesizer module (such as oscillator, sampler, LFO, step sequencer, etc). When AudioCubes are placed next to each other, connections between modules are automatically made. For example, by placing 4 AudioCubes around a 5th AudioCube, 4 connections can be instantly made. The more cubes are placed next to each other the more connections are made, all without needing real hardware patch cords.
Distance between the cubes is automatically linked to amplitude of modulation signals. By moving cubes closer to each other or further away from each other or by slightly rotating them relative to each other, the amplitude of the modulation signals can be changed. Additionally, it’s possible to sense distance from the cubes to your hands and use that distance information to change sound synthesis parameters in the modules.
Last but not least, the user automatically receives colour feedback from the cubes when assigning modules to the cubes. For example, an oscillator cube can be yellow while a noise generator can be cyan. The signal outputs of all the modules can also be linked to the brightness of the light of each cube for additional feedback, and it’s possible to mix your own colours and override the default colours.
The SYNTHOR beta is available for download in the download section of the Percussa website, and works with the recently released Percussa Wireless AudioCubes PRO as well with the older Percussa Wireless AudioCubes. SYNTHOR runs inside the MIDIBridge application for AudioCubes and requires no drivers to access the AudioCubes hardware interface. SYNTHOR and MIDIBridge are available free of charge for Mac OSX and Windows.
Percussa is working closely together with artists who provide feedback on this beta version of SYNTHOR, continuously adding more modules and rapidly releasing new versions, all in preparation of the release candidate version which is planned to be announced in the first quarter of 2016. Visit https://www.percussa.com/ to download the software and participate in beta testing.
About Percussa
Percussa makes the AudioCubes, a professional electronic musical instrument and modular MIDI sensor system. AudioCubes are smart wireless cubes, capable of sensing each other’s location, orientation and distance, between each other and to your hands and fingers. In addition to its sensing capabilities AudioCubes feature fully mixable 12 bit colours through their built in RGB LEDs. AudioCubes come with freely available and powerful MIDI control, generative sequencing and digital modular synthesis software inside the MIDIBridge host application.
AudioCubes are being used by professional artists and educators all around the world for sound design, composition, live performance, music (STEM) education, interactive installations and other creative projects. More information about Percussa and AudioCubes athttps://www.percussa.com“
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