Logic Pro X 10.5 New Update
Apple unveils biggest update to Logic since the launch of Logic Pro X 10.5
New Creative Tools for Electronic Music Production Make Logic Pro X 10.5 a Breakthrough Release for Musicians and Producers
New Creative Tools for Electronic Music Production Make Logic Pro X 10.5 a Breakthrough Release for Musicians and Producers
Straightforward but extreme “British mode” compression – a faithful emulation of a uniquely modified 1176. Free until 11th March (ilok account required)
Smasher is an unprecedented custom modification of the classic Urei 1176 compressor circuit, a unique formula that we stumbled upon while fine-tuning other algorithms. The original 1176 compressor hardware offered a selection of four ratios, but studio engineers soon discovered that pressing them all at once led to a distorted, explosive and highly compressed sound. It’s this “All buttons in” or “British” mode that Smasher was painstakingly designed to recreate. While remaining very close to the original circuitry, the modifications we’ve built into Smasher will add definition to transients and make your tone more aggressive. We love using it to enhance the ambience in drum busses, but there are many more creative uses too. Smasher won’t work on every single track, but where it does, it works magic. Smasher excels at raw and gritty sounds, calling to mind bands like Vulfpeck, The Whitefield Brothers and The Black Keys.
Based on an internal feedback configuration, FET compressor designs like the Urei 1176 are known for their super-quick attack times and a colorful tonal response that ranges from soft limiting to heavy saturation. When running in all-buttons-in mode, several things happen to the 1176’s circuit, including changes to the bias voltages. In Smasher, all these phenomena have been perfectly reproduced for the first time using our proprietary Topology Preservation Technology, bringing the full sonic capability of this classic effect to your DAW. With our unique Smasher By Pulsar tuning and its beautiful, uncomplicated interface, Smasher gives this mythical circuit a new personality.
Smasher can add thickness and grit to any drum or bass track, or completely crush a bus, producing an aggressive sound that’s impossible to achieve with other plugins.
Smasher embues drum mixes with the typical sound of the 1176’s all-buttons-in mode. You get that signature delayed transient squashing and an explosive sound which instantly propels your drums to the front of the mix.
Add body and sustain to bring out a snare’s tone. Try thickening your snare drum by reaching between -6 and -10dB of gain reduction, then mix a few percent of the resulting huge snare drum sound back into your original dry sound.
Since bass often requires a combination of compression and saturation, Smasher is the ideal tool to get it dirty, letting you control precisely how much grit to add. Use the Mix knob to add just a small amount of fuzzy saturation.
Please don’t try this at home.
WINDOWS
CPU Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7 / i9 / Xeon or AMD Quad-Core minimum Memory 4 GB RAM 1 GB free disk space Operating System Windows 7 with SP1 64 bit Windows 8.1 64 bit Windows 10 64 bit GPU OpengGL 2.0 compatible GPU Monitor Resolution: minimum 1024×768, recommended 1920×1080 Refresh rate: 60 Hz
MAC OS
CPU Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7 / Xeon Memory 4 GB RAM 1 GB free disk space Operating System 10.10 – 10.15 GPU OpengGL 2.0 compatible GPU Monitor Resolution: minimum 1024×768, recommended 1920×1080 Refresh rate: 60 Hz
FREE through October 13th (reg. $129) Hurry up!!
It requieres registration and Ilok account (you can create a free account)
In our quest to capture unique tones and colors from the world of hardware, we dug deep into the Soundtoys gear museum and found a little known gem: the Siemens W295b. It impressed us so much that it became the the inspiration for our first EQ. Sie-Q faithfully captures the hardware’s smooth curves, airy highs and ease of use, allowing you to get the tone you want fast, without a lot of hassle.
Of course, in classic Soundtoys tradition, we’ve also carefully modeled its saturation character so you can hit it hard and get the real analog vibe of the hardware. The magic of this classic piece is now in your hands, and in your mix.
The stand out feature of Sie-Q, like the original, is its amazing high end. It adds space and air, and feels perfect on any track, no matter how much you boost. Turn up the High knob to breathe life into vocals, or pull it back on bright acoustic guitars and cymbals to create a silky sheen. Sie-Q is also a fantastic addition to your master bus–just a touch of the High band can add life and openness. , Is your mix sounding a little too digital? Combining Sie-Q and Decapitator in the Soundtoys Effect Rack is the perfect remedy.
Like the original, Sie-Q is an EQ that’s hard to make sound bad. One of the things we love so much about the W295b is that even though it’s over half a century old, the design is as intelligent today as it was back in the 60s. When you use it, it just feels like all the hard work has been done for you.
Designed for broadcast, its frequencies and curves were carefully chosen to keep things sounding good no matter what. And this clever design translates perfectly to tracking and mixing records, too. From full mixes, to sub mixes, to vocals and guitars, to drums and percussion this EQ helps you find the sweetness with no hassle.
Get airy top end with the super-smooth High band
Accentuate or tame mid-range details with the switched Mid band
Carve out some space or add rich bass with the Low band
Push the Drive control to recreate the color of the original EQ
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Current version: 5.1.0
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Logic Pro X Keyboard Shortcuts PDF Hi there! as many of you Logic Pro X users, you always look for ways to improve your work flow, and sometimes is easy to get used to work in a certain way, that really probably is not the best, or is not agile. At the moment I’m doing […]
Hi there! I hope you had a great black Friday – Cyber Monday time :). Just got an email the other day from Tokyo Dawn Labs (I’m subscribed to their mailing list, if you are not you should!).
Tokyo Dawn Records (TDR) is the name of a tough little music unit meanwhile based in Munich, Germany. Established 1997 by Marc Wallowy and friends, TDR has been spreading soul futurism on the internet since its beginning. Now, they also develope GREAT plugins, and the best part of it is that some of them are Free or very affordable. For that reason I believe is worth mentioning and promote their work.
This is their last release TDR Kotelnikov, a great addition to any Home Studio or Pro Studio, specially because they offer a great freeware version and a more improved /completed version called “Gentleman 40 €“. If you ever wonder how to get that “big ” “punchy” sound, well this tool will help you to improve and finalise the overall sound of your mix.
About TDR Kotelnikov
TDR Kotelnikov is a wideband dynamics processor combining high fidelity dynamic range control with deep musical flexibility. As a descendant of the venerable TDR Feedback Compressor product family, Kotelnikov has directly inherited several unique features such as a proven control scheme, individual release control for peak and RMS content, an intuitive user interface, and powerful, state of the art, high-precision algorithms.
With a sonic signature best described as “stealthy”, Kotelnikov has the ability to manipulate the dynamic range by dramatic amounts, while carefully preserving the original tone, timbre and punch of a musical signal. As such, it is perfectly suited to stereo bus compression as well as other critical applications.
The concept is “proudly digital” in the sense that it doesn’t try to emulate any previously existing device. This is the original!
Freeware Key specs and features
-64bit floating point precision for all relevant calculations
-Multi-rate processing structure for highest accuracy
-“Delta” oversampled signal path (bit transparent at 0dB gain reduction)
-Super fast, yet natural sounding compression
-“Crest factor” based control scheme offering independent release controls for peak and RMS events
-Flexible sidechain highpass filter<br> Advanced stereo linking options optimized for the stereo bus
-Delta preview mode to preview the difference between compressed and original signal
-Latency compensated parallel bypass (i.e. processing not interrupted).
Gentleman’s Key specs and features
-64bit floating point precision for all relevant calculations
-Multi-rate processing structure for highest accuracy
-“Delta” oversampled signal path (bit transparent at 0dB gain reduction)
-Super fast, yet natural sounding compression
-“Crest factor” based control scheme offering independent release controls for peak and RMS events
-Flexible sidechain highpass filter<br> Advanced stereo linking options optimized for the stereo bus
-Delta preview mode to preview the difference between compressed and original signal
-Latency compensated parallel bypass (i.e. processing not interrupted).
Extensive documentation The Gentleman’s Edition adds following features:
-Continuously variable control over “low relax” slope
-L<>R sensitivity
-Powerful frequency dependent ratio function (FDR)
-Yin/Yang modes (manipulates the compressor’s own distortion behaviour)
-Equal loudness output gain trimming
-Equal loudness bypass
-“Insane” quality mode
-10 additional user preset slots [/accordion] [/accordions]
-Download Freeware TDR Kotelnikov from Tokyo Dawn Labs Site
-Or BUY The more Complete Gentleman’s Version from Tokyo Dawn Labs Site