NAMM 2013: Cakewalk CA-2A T-Type Leveling Amplifier Plug-In for VST, AU-Compatible DAWs

Cakewalk announced the CA-2A T-Type Leveling Amplifier plug-in (available in late January for $99), with support for VST, Audio Units, and SONAR X2 Producer’s ProChannel. Cakewalk’s expert developers meticulously modeled and crafted this vintage electro-optical tube compressor to deliver the classic, highly desirable sound heard on Platinum recordings. Visit link: NAMM 2013: Cakewalk CA-2A T-Type ...

Grains as Instrument: Free and Open Source Hadron Synth, Now VST, AU Plug-in [Videos]

Grains as Instrument: Free and Open Source Hadron Synth, Now VST, AU Plug-in [Videos]
Synthesizers can sometimes seem stuck in a groove, an endless, repeating parade of identical virtual analog synths. If you want something different, the Hadron Particle Synthesizer could fit the bill. Here is the original post: Grains as Instrument: Free and Open Source Hadron Synth, Now VST, AU Plug-in [Videos]

Bitwig Reveals VST Support – And It’s Actually Really Interesting [Video]

Bitwig Reveals VST Support – And It’s Actually Really Interesting [Video]
Breaking into the DAW and production market isn’t easy to do. Bitwig Studio has been criticized by some – including this author, in a couple of instances – for not differentiating itself in particular from rival Ableton Live. See the original post here: Bitwig Reveals VST Support – And It’s Actually Really Interesting [Video]

Z3TA+ 2: With Mac Release, QuNeo Live Control, a Classic Soft Synth Gets New Life

Z3TA+ 2: With Mac Release, QuNeo Live Control, a Classic Soft Synth Gets New Life
Even in 2012, one of the great wonders of computers is, they sure make some damned awesome synthesizers. Z3TA+ 2, around for about a decade, is one of the soft synths you might fairly call a “classic.” (Not just in a press release, either – I’ll defend that moniker.) You’ve probably heard it used in ...

Sound With a Dose of Mysticism: Upcoming Sufi Plugs Explore Tonality, Call to Prayer, Drones

Sound With a Dose of Mysticism: Upcoming Sufi Plugs Explore Tonality, Call to Prayer, Drones
Could a piece of software make you think differently about sound? More: Sound With a Dose of Mysticism: Upcoming Sufi Plugs Explore Tonality, Call to Prayer, Drones

Zynaptiq Introduces UNVEIL Plug-In for Mac

At Frankfurt Musikmesse, Zynaptiq is introducing UNVEIL, a real-time de-reverberation and signal focusing plug-in based on Zynaptiq’s proprietary artificial intelligence based MAP (Mixed-Signal Audio Processing) technology, in Hall 5.1, booth A91. UNVEIL is available as an Audio Units (AU) plug-in, with VST and AAX support for both Mac and Windows platforms planned for later in ...

Useful Music Tools, Built with Max 6, Released on the Mac App Store: Downloads, Developer Info

Useful Music Tools, Built with Max 6, Released on the Mac App Store: Downloads, Developer Info
Make it with Max, sell it here. Photo ( CC-BY ) Glen Bledsoe . The rest is here: Useful Music Tools, Built with Max 6, Released on the Mac App Store: Downloads, Developer Info

TC Electronic LM6 Radar Loudness Meter Supports AAX Plug-In Format

TC Electronic in Risskov, Denmark, confirms that its cross-platform LM6 Radar Loudness Meter, scheduled for launch in December 2011, will also support Avid’s new AAX plug-in format. TC Electronic states that LM6 Radar Loudness Meter will be available in VST, AU, RTAS and AAX Native versions in December 2011. Continue reading here: TC Electronic LM6 ...

Lovely, Ethereal Music, Made from New and Updated Reaktor Patches You Can Download

Lovely, Ethereal Music, Made from New and Updated Reaktor Patches You Can Download
The wonderful, sometimes-inspiring, sometimes-daunting capability of the computer is to make any sound you like. Give someone an open toolbox, and they really limited only by skill and imagination. Graphical modular environment Reaktor by Native Instruments has a reputation for crunchy granular sounds and elaborate, multi-layered glitches, and those are to some of us certainly ...

Maschine 1.6 Sample Workstation, Now with Plug-ins, Makes a Standalone Workflow Solution

Maschine 1.6 Sample Workstation, Now with Plug-ins, Makes a Standalone Workflow Solution
I’ve been following Maschine since prototype stages. The idea was at once obvious and welcome: build a software workstation, tightly integrated with pad hardware control, that fuses hardware sampler working methods with the on-screen flexibility of software. Go here to read the rest: Maschine 1.6 Sample Workstation, Now with Plug-ins, Makes a Standalone Workflow Solution