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Users of compatible Wayne Jones Audio monitoring systems can now quickly and easily transfer Sonarworks SoundID Reference calibration files directly to their monitors.
Nembrini Audio's latest plug-in has been inspired by Tech 21's SansAmp Bass Driver DI, and extends the capabilities of the original by including built-in cabinet and microphone emulations.
Frap Audio's first release offers a mono compressor and expander with some useful side-chain functionality in a double-width 500-series module.
Grapher from Sheaf Music is a plug-in which allows any device with a web browser to be used as a dedicated spectrum analyser display.
In this Sound On Sound exclusive feature video, we visit RAK Studios in London and meet the people who help to maintain its reputation as one of the world’s premier recording venues.
N-Audio have released two switching units that cater to guitarists and bassists who utilise multiple amplifers and cabinets.
Swole is the first plug-in from independant developer Okay Audio, and promises to offer a quick fix for thin sounding source material and mixes.
The Department of Music and Design Arts at the University of Huddersfield have announced that they are currently inviting applications for three music and media-based PhD scholarships.
Roland's latest device, the Bridge Cast, is an audio streaming interface and mixer designed specifically for gaming streamers.
The latest release from Abletunes contains over 50 Ableton Live Racks that have been created using samples from a variety of hardware synthesizers.
The latest Eurorack module from Klavis allows users to add gain and offset controls to the modulation inputs of other devices.
The latest version of ShaperBox focuses on the plug-in's NoiseShaper module, adding a selection of drum sounds and a new Noise Pitch control.
Source Audio have announced the upcoming release of a MIDI Adapter that will provide MIDI functionality to each of their single footswitch effects pedals.
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Future Audio Workshop have released version 1.0.3 of their SubLab XL instrument alongside three new expansion packs which offer a variety of preset patches.
Beat Lab is a collection of drum samples that will only be available for a limited time, whilst Pulse offers a virtual recreation of Lexicon’s famous PCM-60 digital reverb unit.
Paul White explores the secrets of successful compression, and explains how to use advanced techniques for mastering your mixes in this two-part series.
Simon Price's three‑part series designed to demystify that staple of modern music production, Pro Tools.
In this special two-part feature, Gordon Reid tells the amazing story of Yamaha's ultra-rare GX1 analogue megasynth — and how one ended up in his living room!
A versatile form of surround sound technology, more commonly referred to as 'immersive sound´, developed and marketed by Dolby Labs and introduced in 2012 with the Disney/Pixar film, Brave. While mostly employed for film and television content, it is increasingly being used in music productions, identified as 'Dolby Atmos Music'. DTS:X is a broadly similar rival technology.
The most obvious improvement compared to conventional 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound formats is that Dolby Atmos adds height channels — speakers in the ceiling — which greatly enhances the sensation of being enveloped with sound, hence the 'immersive' moniker. However, the underlying technology is also considerably more advanced as it combines conventional (static) channels of surround sound with 'object-based' audio content which can be directed to any speaker (or to move between speakers) by metadata encoded with the audio. It is this feature which provides the content creators with enormous flexibility over where individual sounds are placed and moved within the mix, in addition to a conventional 'bed' of surround sound.
Moreover, Dolby Atmos decoders are designed to map the source audio content dynamically to the connected sound system accommodating virtually any number and layout of loudspeakers, or even just to stereo earphones, maintaining the best possible impressive of the intended immersive sound stage (using binaural encoding in the case of stereo earphones).