RC MIX has released RC SNARE, a $49 channel strip designed specifically for mixing recorded acoustic snare drums. Instead of replacing the drummer’s performance with samples, RC SNARE processes the original recording using six controls that cover transient shaping, tonal cleanup, resonance, compression, and harmonic color. ATTACK is a transient shaper focused on the initial…
Erica Synths Bullfrog Drums: More Than a Drum Machine
A hands-on sampler and sequencer built with Richie Hawtin, the Bullfrog Drums wears “educational” lightly and delivers serious performance power. I’ve spent thirty-odd years now making noise with devices for a living, mostly in rooms with too many cables and not enough natural light. This one has Richie Hawtin’s name attached to it, and Richie…
Beyond the Line-up: The DJ Technology Behind Glastonbury
Festival coverage usually stops at the line-up. DJWORX argues that the booth, sound system, backups, stage engineering and people keeping everything running are part of the Glastonbury story too. Read the full story
From Dance Tent to Silver Hayes: Glastonbury’s DJ History
From the Dance Tent in 1995 to Silver Hayes, The Glade and the South East Corner, this is how electronic music grew into a major part of Glastonbury Festival. Read the full story
The Other Glastonbury: Dance Music at Worthy Farm
Forget the idea that Glastonbury is just the Pyramid Stage. DJWORX looks at the electronic side of Worthy Farm, from Silver Hayes and The Glade to Block9, Arcadia and the South East Corner. Read the full story
CarbonDSP releases Vellum Pro – Advanced Studio Reverb for Windows
CarbonDSP has launched Vellum Pro 1.0.0, an algorithmic reverb designed to solve one of mixing’s biggest headaches: getting a large, spacious reverb sound without burying your lead vocal or instrument. Here’s what they say: Going beyond traditional ducking, which pumps the whole reverb up and down, Vellum Pro can analyze your source frequency by frequency…
Audient Launches Horizon – New Flagship Thunderbolt Interface Range for the Professional Studio
Audient has announced the launch of Horizon, a new flagship Thunderbolt 3 audio interface range for the professional studio market. Comprising three interfaces – the Horizon 8P, Horizon 16 and Horizon 32 – the range delivers 32-bit mastering-grade conversion, sub-millisecond round-trip latency and a scalable architecture that grows from a single unit to a 200…
DAWJunkie releases Kelly Clarksynth for Windows and macOS
DAWJunkie has announced the release of Kelly Clarksynth, a free virtual instrument plugin for Windows and macOS. Kelly Clarksynth is built around vocal samples transformed into playable synth sounds, combining the character and texture of the human voice with a synthesizer-style workflow. The instrument includes a collection of presets designed to turn its vocal source…