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Pro recording engineers have been torturing their gear for years, pushing consoles, preamps, and outboard gear to the limit to create the sound of modern music. You can now get that sound in the box, in your mix. SoundToys‘ Decapitator gives you five flavors of classic analog sound, modeled from real analog hardware that we tweaked, twisted, and tortured in our lab. Drive it as hard as you can, and use the three tone shaping knobs to sweeten, fatten, heat-up, or squash the way you want it. The exclusive “Punish” button puts the hurt on anything you run through it, and the “Thump” switch gives you a nice kick in the low end. And finally, we’ve included a mix control so you can blend in the original sound using the parallel bussing technique like the pros, but without all the routing, and hassle. Recommended for drums and for adding subtle warmth or fat drive to vocals, and enhancing or obliterating guitar. It’s got the grit, edge, and analog mojo that helps the pros fit everything into a mix. Decapitator puts it all at your fingertips.... Click on the title for more
PreSonus, renown for signal processors, preamps and other recording related hardware, recently entered the DAW realm with Studio One. This sequencer/recorder is intended to target musicians and engineers of all levels as a friendlier alternative to the more intimidating offerings currently considered the standards.The PreSonus team focused on creating a virtual recording environment built for intuitive use, speed, and efficiency–and yet robust enough for the most complex productions, using drag-and-drop, MIDI mapping and plug-in management, auto-configuration with PreSonus hardware, unlimited tracks and plug-ins per track, and a powerful, inventive Start page that literally puts the whole project right in your hands and, of course, top audio quality. We’ll soon have a review about this DAW, so stay tuned!... Click on the title for more
Apogee has built a super solid reputation as one of the best A/D D/A converter manufacturers (for those unaware, A stands for Analog and D for Digital, and converters are one of the main reasons why your home recordings will never sound very good). So this year at NAMM we were a little surprised to see Apogee staff showcasing a… pedal controller for guitarists! This baby is called GiO and it’s a complete guitar interface for Apple’s new Logic Studio 9, MainStage 2 and GarageBand ’09. Combining effects control, recording functions and the sound quality Apogee is renowned for, GiO allows guitar players to control recording functions, preset changes and plug-ins like Amp Designer and Pedalboard, along with new Playback and Loopback features in MainStage. A couple of details make this interface stand out from the pack: It features foot switches with led lights that change color according to the triggered plug in (which is a very useful way to visualize which virtual effects you are toying with in your chain), and it lets you access all the most important DAW functions without the need of touching the keyboard or the mouse at all – even record, loop, punch in, […]... Click on the title for more
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The PitchFactor is a “Best of” of Eventide's long history of harmonizers, and of all the 'Factor' series pedals, this one probably had to be simplified the most from its rack inspirations.... Click on the title for more
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