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IK Answers My Prayers: Black 76 & White 2A

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Bryan
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Exciting news!! Today one of the great classic staples in recording has been released by one of my favorite plug-in companies. IK Multimedia has released their versions of the 1176 and LA-2A. Now I know a lot of companies have made their versions but after I’ve used their classic compressors single plug-ins, I’m pretty set on IK, as being just as good, if not better than Waves.

IK Multimedia is proud to announce the release of two new T-RackS mixing plug-ins that are modeled on two of of the world’s most renowned analog compressors: the Black 76 Limiting Amplifier and the White 2A Leveling Amplifier. These prestigious effects are available as single plug-ins for the most popular DAWs, or they may be integrated in the new T-RackS suite of mixing and mastering effects, now updated with 64-bit compatibility, both in standalone and plug-in modes.
The Black 76 Limiting Amplifier is modeled after what is probably the most used, most known, most wanted, and most universally recognized compressor / limiter in the audio industry. There are probably no professionally created records without tracks using this unit! It’s a true legend and a piece of history. The engineers that made this FET based compressor reached a level of cleverness and magic that only true visionary geniuses can achieve. While there are many revisions of this hardware, IK Multimedia modeled the LN version, revision E, because it’s the one that has the most sonically recognized and wanted character, thanks to its input transformer and class A output stage.
This compressor can be used on literally everything: drums, drum sub-mixes, vocals, bass, guitars, piano, choirs, brass, strings, etc. It adds its sonic footprint to the sound that for many reasons simply makes music sound better. Vocals, for example, will gain presence, consistency, clarity and punch in a way simply not obtainable with other units. Drums will gain power and density with total control over the level of “snap”, and guitars will get a magic midrange zone that makes them truly sing. The Black 76 is a must for mixing, but thanks to the perfectly stereo linked version provided with the MS option, it can also be effectively used for mastering if used with care!
The White 2A Leveling Amplifier is based on a legendary vintage unit that is entirely tube-based. It’s a totally different device in terms of construction where all the compression magic happens inside an optically coupled element formed by a fluorescent panel and some photocells: the famed T4A element. There is no electronic circuitry involved with the compression itself. It’s just a tube amp with photo-resistors, lit by a fluorescent panel driven by the output signal. At the time of this invention, there were not many ways of making an audio compressor: only variable-mu and optical. Optical was the simplest one, and if proper elements for both the light emitting panel and the photocells were matched, magic happened.

The Black 76 and White 2A cost only $99.99/€74.99 each (excluding taxes) and are immediately available as a download from the IK Multimedia online store or from selected music retailers carrying the T-RackS 3 singles in Multi-box format.
To buy, and for more info, click HERE and HERE.
 

Native Instruments Discounts Up To 50%

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Bryan
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Hey do you own Battery 3? Horrible program huh? That’s right, one of the worst ever. Basically it’s a humongous piece of crap BUT now you can use that program to get a less crappy program with Native Instruments summer promotion.

One month only: save 50% on the latest version of your favorite KOMPLETE Instrument or Effect. Upgrade, update or crossgrade to KOMPLETE 7, KONTAKT 4, REAKTOR 5.5, GUITAR RIG 4 PRO, BATTERY 3, ABSYNTH 5, or FM8 for half price. Take the plunge now — these offers are available exclusively in the NI Online Shop and only during June 2011. Boxed products are only available while stocks last.
Too bad they won’t let you use this crossgrade on Maschine. They really raised the bar with that program.
For more info on the promotion, click HERE

Neyrinck Updates V-Control

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Bryan
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One of the Greatest Apps of 2010 has just been updated and made even better. I’ve posted a review on the program when it was released and can be found HERE. Basically V-Control allows you to control your Pro Tools session via WiFi on the iPad. I’ve actually used this quite a bit in the studio and a few times simply because I was lazy and wanted to watch TV while I was tracking a friend. If you have a set of wireless headphones, you can run a remote session from another room very easily.
Here’s some of the features you get with the update:

The V-Control and V-Control Pro apps for the iPad, have been updated to version 1.1 on the App Store. Version 1.1 is a free update that adds these new features:
Dual surround panner controllers (V-Control Pro only)
Peak-hold and clip metering
Mix/Edit window toggle switch
Please note you will need to update to Ney-Fi 1.1 on your computer for full compatibility. Ney-Fi 1.1 is available at www.neyrinck.com/downloads. And please note the surround panners must be set it up in the Pro Tools peripherals dialog. See the user’s guide for more information. Also, please note that if your iPad is still using iOS 3.2, you should not update until a maintenance update 1.1.1 is released in a week or two.

For more info, click HERE

Audix Micro HP

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Bryan
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Yea the posts have been a bit sparse but that’s just because I’m getting ready for the end of the world tomorrow. I’ve got all of my favorite pieces of studio gear in a huge blanket like a massive hobo pack. I figure if this rapture thing happens, there will be a lot of people getting caught up in the air and God isn’t going to see one really small guy trying to bring his Millennia pre-amp and Blue Kiwi to Heaven. I figure there’s gonna be some good music and someone needs to record it.
To be honest this May 21st stuff is a little fishy to me, but kudos on one person with money to make it an extremely culturally relevant piece of joke fodder. It got me a whole paragraph!
Audix has released a percussion mic that looks pretty impressive.

The success of the Micro-D miniature rim mount drum mic has prompted the demand for a similar product specifically for hand percussion instruments. With this in mind, Audix proudly introduces a sister product to the Micro-D called the Audix Micro-HP. Having similar design characteristics and sound qualities as the Micro D, The Micro-HP utilizes a cardioid polar pattern to capture the attack of the head as well as the tonality and transients of the instrument.
The Micro-HP has the ability to handle very high sound pressure levels without distortion, to isolate the sound of each instrument in a percussion ensemble, and to minimize gain before feedback for live stage applications. A special rubber shock mount and protective anodized aluminum ring provides maximum vibration control. The flexible gooseneck design of the DCLAMP allows the artist or sound engineer to place the Micro-HP quickly and easily into position for the most optimum sound. One of the features most widely praised by artists and engineers is, of course, its size. The micro design keeps the mic out of the way of the player’s path and the unique low profile mounting system eliminates the need for a bulky mic stand on stage.
The Micro-HP is designed to produce a natural, accurate sound right “out of the box” with little or no EQ. This makes life exceptionally easy for you and your sound engineer. Audix endorsers Bashiri Johnson, Poncho Sanchez, Airto Moreira, Richie “Gajate” Garcia and Giovanni Hidalgo, who have long been using a wide variety of Audix instrument mics, are excited that Audix is addressing the specific needs of hand percussionists with the Micro-HP.

The Micro-HP is available from authorized Audix dealers in a matte black finish at a suggested retail price of $255. The Micro-HP has a 6’ integrated cable and is supplied with a phantom power adapter, windscreen and DCLAMP-Micro for lug nut mounting. Audix is a leading U.S. manufacturer of high-quality microphones and powered speakers for the live sound and recording markets. For more information, click HERE

Oh Wow: Celemony Releases Capstan

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Bryan
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Celemony, creators of all things nearly impossible have tackled another issue that is a little less common for modern recording. Even though most of us will never come across this problem, it doesn’t make it any less impressive and anyways, that’s what this site is for right? Well that, learning, and the occasional tasteless joke. Anywho, Celemony has come out with Capstan, a program that can remove the pitch issues associated with damaged or stretched reel to reel tape. I bet you can even import in all of those VHS tapes of Yanni Live at the Acropolis you all know you have and fix all of the damaged audio, but I PRAY you’re not that into Yanni THAT much but to each his own.

For over 100 years, music has been recorded on mechanical storage mediums, and for over 100 years such recordings have been plagued by the same problems: wow and flutter. Who isn’t familiar with the wobbling and warbling, the droning and dragging? Mechanical degradation caused by defective devices or sticking tapes, by aging or defective storage. Furthermore, wow and flutter were for the most part irremediable.
Countless recordings of renowned orchestras, big bands and rock groups are currently slumbering deep in archives because precisely this problem has rendered them unusable. The tapes worthless, the recordings lost to posterity. Until now.
For with Capstan there is now for the first time a program capable of removing wow and flutter from musical recordings – whether on tape, compact cassette, wax, shellac or vinyl. Capstan detects wow and flutter by analyzing the musical material itself, so the medium is of no relevance. In this, Capstan is clearly superior to solutions such as bias tracking, because Capstan still works even if the tape has already been copied several times or digitized only in low resolution.
Being musically intelligent, the Capstan algorithm is capable of recognizing not only the minutest amounts of wow and flutter but also continuous speed variations within the musical material itself and makes possible detailed editing that extends even to drawing in the curve manually. It is based on the patented DNA Direct Note Access technology made famous by the award-winning program Melodyne, which is used worldwide in all major studios for the editing of pitch and timing.
Whilst the precise detection of the wow and flutter represents the actual technological revolution, repairing the recording is easy: the musical material is simply played back with the velocity curve inverted. Pure varispeed – guaranteed free from artifacts.

The explanation is all good and well but you should watch the video on their site.
I’m not even going to tell you the price because most of us can’t afford it but I bet Yanni can.
For more info, to look at the price, and watch the video, click HERE

IK Multimedia Releases iKlip For iPad 2

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Bryan
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I’m actually trying to write this post from my iPad with my own iKlip I have over here at EverythingRecording HQ. This post might look a little different because I’m testing Word Press for iPad. Plus it takes a little longer. So basically IK Multimedia released a new update to the wildly popular iKlip, giving it more ipaddyness (ok I don’t like that but it’s too hard to delete on here so it stays) by letting you put either an old stupid iPad OR a great, new, thinner, iPad 2. At least that’s how Apple makes you feel.
IK says:

“IK Multimedia is proud to announce that iKlip, the universal mic stand mounting kit for iPad, will soon also support the new iPad 2 with the addition of four easy snap-in adapters.
With the iKlip for iPad mounting accessory, musicians and presenters can use their original iPad or their new iPad 2 on stage, in the studio or at school, making it easy to support and operate their favorite music and presentation apps on virtually any microphone stand.
The new mounting kit maintains the same standards in strength and flexibility while taking into account the slimmer new version of Apple’s popular tablet. The snap-in adapters were specifically designed for the iPad 2’s dimensions, allowing for a perfect fit inside the mount. Thanks to the new adapters, users can mount their original iPad or iPad 2 to a mic stand quickly and easily. The new iPad 2 snap-in adapters are also available separately for existing owners of iKlip.
The iKlip’s structure also accommodates another new feature of the iPad 2, the new back-facing camera. Plus, the iKlip’s multi-angle, adjustable design allows for optimal viewing and access to all of the iPad’s controls, buttons and connection ports, and allows positioning of an iPad in both landscape and portrait orientation. Its dense, thermoplastic lightweight material ensures durability and secure holding of the iPad with most stand types.”

The iKlip for iPad/iPad 2 will be shipping in June for only $39.99/€29.99 (excluding taxes) from the IK Multimedia online store and select IK Multimedia music and electronic retailers worldwide. Previous iKlip users will be able to get the new snap-in adapters directly from IK Multimedia or selected distributors.
For more info:
www.ikmultimedia.com/iklip

Cakewalk Sonar Session Drummer 3

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Bryan
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Anyone in here care about CakeWalk? No? Me neither but I need content on this site. hahahahah I’m just playing. I’m just expanding my horizons past Pro Tools to make sure every base is covered. So lets see what we got here.
Oooo Neil Peart!!

Cakewalk, the world’s leading developer of  powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording,  announces the availability of  Andy Johns Kit 1 for Session Drummer 3  (Platinum Samples) and Neil Peart Drums Vol 1 for Session Drummer 3  (Sonic Reality) – available as downloads at Cakewalk.com.
The Andy Johns Kit1 for Session Drummer 3 was recorded by legendary  engineer Andy Johns who invented the modern rock drum sound.  Andy’s  credits include Led Zeppelin II, III, IV & Physical Graffiti, The  Rolling Stones Exile On Main Street and Sticky Fingers, Van Halen For  Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, Blind Faith, Eric Clapton and more. The  albums Andy has engineered and produced have sold over 150 million  copies.
The Andy Johns Kit 1 features an expertly sampled hybrid kit with a  Pork Pie bass drum, DW Toms and Andy’s personal engraved Ludwig Black  Beauty snare as well as a Hihat, 3 Crash cymbals, 1 Ride, a China and a  Splash cymbal with up to 12 velocity levels and 6 round robin  variations. Also included are 120 MIDI Grooves from the Platinum Samples  Steve Ferrone (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) and Bobby Jarzombek  (Halford) MIDI Groove libraries.
Learn more about Andy Johns Kit 1 for Session Drummer 3
Neil Peart Drums Vol 1 for Session Drummer 3 by Sonic Reality  features samples of the authentic Drum Workshop® Signature “Snakes and  Arrows” kit of drum legend Neil Peart from the band Rush. Recorded by  producer Nick Raskulinecz (Rush, Foo Fighters, Alice In Chains) this  powerful stereo kit offers the ultimate high fidelity rock sound with  incredible realism. Coming from the acclaimed Drum Masters 2 and Studio  ProFile series, Sonic Reality has crafted  this legendary kit in Session  Drummer 3 format so SONAR 8.5 and SONAR X1 users can enjoy one of the  finest sampled kits in the world.
This custom DW kit was made to spec for Neil Peart, complete with a  unique 23″ kick drum, wide array of toms, cymbals and a rocking snare  recorded through vintage Neve® channels using vintage tube and ribbon  microphones by engineer/producer Nick Raskulinecz.  This powerfully  expressive drum kit packs in the punch and delivers dynamic acoustic  drums like nothing else.
Learn more about Neil Peart Drums Vol 1 for Session Drummer 3
Session Drummer 3 is a SONAR 8.5 Producer and SONAR X1 Producer  exclusive and provides for easy and fast creation of realistic sounding  drum tracks.
Features include:
•    Photorealistic drum kit page to load kits, programs, patterns, and tweak mappings
•    Dedicated Mixer page for fine tuning kits (12 channels each) with control over volume, pan, width, and tuning controls
•    Mix and match kit components: all kit pieces are broken down into  individual components for flexibility in creating your drum sounds
•    Drag-and-drop drum components: build kits by dragging any WAV or OGG file from the desktop onto a pad
•    Comprehensive collection of presets and MIDI-based loop files to provide a creative jump-start for your drum tracks
•    Flexible MIDI pattern playback
•    12 pads/12 outputs

Both Session Drummer 3 Expansion Packs are available for download at the Cakewalk Store. The Andy Johns Kit 1 for Session Drummer 3 is $39.95. The Neil Peart Drums Vol 1 for Session Drummer 3 is $99.95.
I like how Cakewalk made this press release with links already in it. It makes me look informative!

Just Die Already Auto-Tune

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Bryan
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Ok so basically Auto-tune just made it to Bryan’s “Oh Just Die Already” list. Not only do we have to deal with talentless hacks raping our ears with a robot voice, NOW we have to deal with people who can’t really play guitar, playing sweep arpeggios. Nathan, I swear we’re going to have to go to war together if they make this for mandolin and violin.

DSP-based Suite of Functions Gives Unprecedented Control Over Every Element of
Guitar Performance
Antares Audio Technologies has posted a web preview of their new ATG-6 Auto-Tune
technology for guitar. The current preview provides an overview of the ATG-6 technology and focuses on its revolutionary Solid-Tune(TM)Intonation system. Future updates will focus on additional ATG-6 capabilities.
ATG-6
Incorporating world-renowned Auto-Tune pitch detection and manipulation along with
Antares’ proprietary modeling technologies, ATG-6 is an entirely DSP-based suite of
functions that offer everything guitarists have always wanted from their guitars,
along with capabilities never imagined possible. From flawless intonation to
astonishing tonal flexibility to alternate tunings that open up entirely new areas
of inspiration and creativity, ATG-6 technology seriously expands the flexibility
and range of the electric guitar while letting players continue to leverage their
hard-won traditional technique.

Ok so it doesn’t sound as bad as I thought but that’s what people said about Hitler at first too.
If you want to see this horrifying event, click HERE

Arturia's Dr. Bob Package

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Bryan
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I figured I owed it to yall to at lease post something but nothing has really come out that’s sparked my fancy. You see… I hold to my belief that if I don’t find it interesting, then you probably won’t either. So instead of posting what everyone else does, I just weed through the crap. Call this your site that only tailors to the things that don’t suck.
Now I can’t completely vouch for Arturia because I own Analog Laboratory and we all know what I think about that, review HERE, but Moogs are awesome and Arturia does know how to make old synths work in modern environments.

Arturia is proud to pay tribute to the father of electronic music by introducing a limited edition pack in collaboration with – and to the aid of – the Bob Moog Foundation.
Dr. Bob’s Collector Pack includes two of our award-winning software instruments, the Minimoog-V and the Moog Modular-V at a groundbreaking price.
It also offers a unique glimpse into Bob Moog’s life, by including an exclusive book of private archives from the Moog Foundation and a DVD documentary.
Limited Edition Box- USD 299.00 / EURO 249.00
To buy, click HERE

Native Instruments: Session Strings Pro

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Bryan
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Who doesn’t want nice strings in our songs. We all can’t have Nathan Bitgoods laying around to give us beautiful arrangements on the fly. Funny story and I don’t even think he realizes this, One time I made him sleep in my studio because I thought his talent would soak into the room and I could compose strings better, but alas I excitedly rushed to the console the next morning and could only score ana godda davida in Pro Tools… It must be all the crazy lights I have in the control room. ANYWAYS
Native Instruments have expanded on their Session Strings Library by adding the name PRO to it. Well that’s not all they did.

NATIVE INSTRUMENTS and e-instruments present SESSION STRINGS PRO — the sequel to the popular SESSION STRINGS. 20 times bigger than the original, SESSION STRINGS PRO provides a much wider sonic range, and far greater control. An 11-piece ensemble, recorded in four different settings for impeccable, flexible sound — ideal for modern pop, RnB or commercial use. Most importantly, its fluid, uniquely musical workflow makes SESSION STRINGS PRO a truly playable instrument, and much more than just a string library.

SESSION STRINGS PRO will be available at your local dealer and the NI Online Shop from June 1, 2011.
For more info, click HERE

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