Wavesfactory has announced the release of Typewriter, a freely downloadable NI Kontakt sample library featuring the sounds of a Royal vintage typewriter. This isn’t the first typewriter sample library we’ve seen to date, but we’re pretty sure it’s the most advanced one you can download for free. Wavesfactory Typewriter was sampled using four different microphone positions…
Below are some of the new releases we have encountered this week on the Loops and Samples front. Just like Read the full story
Blue Cat Audio has introduced Blue Cat’s Free Amp, a freeware virtual guitar amplifier based on the company’s premium “Destructor” and “Axiom” guitar amp simulation software. Blue Cat’s Free Amp provides three different amp models (Classic Clean, Classic Drive, and Modern Drive) with matching cabinet emulation for each virtual amp type. Although the built-in cabinet simulation can’t be…
SoundSpot has released PARADOX, a new multi-fx VST plugin featuring EQ and a variable RMS-time parallel compressor. SoundSpot is a plugin company characterized by creating great products that experiment with different processing techniques, including this also some possible combinations between them. This is the case of its most recent plugin called Paradox, a multi-effects that…
Scuba opens up. Solomon apologises. Andreas Schneider posts a statement. The Pussy Melter. Yes this actually exists, it’s pretty awful and it’s a guitar pedal. The recently released pedal from TC Electronic has been widely criticised for being sexist by musicians including Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner and Braids’ Raphaelle Standell-Preston. Read the full story here. Apologies all…
So you think you can’t mix well on small, entry level controllers? Check out our Skill Sessions this week from DJ Carlo Atendido, where you’ll see the Jazzy Jeff “auto scratch” button alongside the same scratches performed manually. This week’s mix example is also a bit of a masterclass in how spotting samples or matching…
In this week’s Friday Five, we’re leading with a piece from Rolling Stone that ranks the 100 top tracks of the 2000s thus far. We’ve also got an article from DJ Mag that explains how to get attention as a DJ, along with other pieces from The Guardian, The Independent and Soundfly. Have a great…
Igor Vasiliev has updated FieldScaper to version 2.0 for iPhone and iPad. FieldScaper is an advanced field recorder combined with a sound warp engine and a collection of ready to use dynamic [Read More] Read the full story
