New Gear Alert: SL MkIII Controllers by Novation, Eventide & Moog Collaboration, iZotope’s Free Vocal Doubler & More
Novation announces the SL MkIII keyboard controllers.
With an improved feature set, Novation’s new SL MkIII series controllers offer a fully immersive experience in your DAW.
Featuring the 49-key SL 49 MkIII and the 61-key SL 61 MkIII models, the updated SL series controllers are an all-sequencing, all-dancing hub for your music making tools. They’re a centerpiece to connect, control, and create with your entire setup—computer or not. Create quickly and easily with your MIDI hardware and CV/Gate synths. Build your tracks in the eight-track polyphonic sequencer: everything in time; everything in key; every control at your fingertips.
Novation worked with Ableton to create an unprecedented integration with Live. The full color LCD screens give you full visibility of your parameters, while the pads, buttons, eight faders, and eight knobs get you hands-on with your music—and in any major music software, using InControl. Deep integrations with Logic and Reason, plus HUI compatibility with Cubase, Pro Tools and Reason, mean the SL MkIII controllers can follow you away from Ableton, too.
The SL 49 MkIII is priced at $599.99; the SL 61 MkIII is priced at $699.99.
Eventide develops reverb suite for new flagship Moog One analog poly synth.
The first analog poly synth from Moog in 30+ years, Moog One comes stocked with five crucial reverb tools from Eventide.
Eventide has provided a suite of premium reverbs for the highly-anticipated Moog One analog poly synth from Moog Music, Inc. Long-rumored to be in development, but cloaked in secrecy until just this week, the new flagship instrument is Moog’s first analog poly synth in over 30 years, and has created considerable excitement in the industry.
In addition to its classic subtractive synthesis architecture of analog oscillators, filters, envelopes, and amplifiers, the new instrument incorporates digital effects, with Eventide’s world-class reverbs being a significant and noteworthy part of the package.
The five Eventide effects included with the Moog One are: Room, Hall, and Plate, which provide the three most essential and desirable reverb environments, along with Shimmer and Blackhole, which add unique and evocative reverberant effects that are particularly well-suited to creative sound design on the synthesizer. Each effect has multiple parameters that can be used to sculpt its characteristics in detail.
The Moog One features 3 newly-designed analog VCOs, 2 independent analog filters, a dual-source analog noise generator, analog mixer with external audio input, 4 LFOs, and 3 envelopes. The instrument is tri-timbral and can split, layer, and stack voices. In addition to its many front-panel controls, a center-panel LCD allows easy access to additional parameters.
Moog One is expected to begin shipping this month and will be available in 8- and 16-voice versions.
iZotope announces free Vocal Doubler plugin.
iZotope’s Vocal Doubler adds a rich thickness to your vocal tracks in an instant—and it’s free!
iZotope Vocal Doubler is a free plugin designed to enhance your vocal productions with a natural doubling effect, adding richness and depth. iZotope’s acclaimed doubling technology has been reimagined with a brand new interactive UI dedicated to help everyone achieve a great double faster than ever.
With Vocal Doubler, you can control a doubled effect directly through an interactive visualization: drag in and out to increase or decrease the stereo separation, and drag around to add natural human-like variation to the signal. The visual gives you real time feedback as the intensity of the effect increases, making it easy to spot check how much the signal is affected.
Vocal Doubler is available for free here.
Apogee’s Jam+ is a quick and easy solution for connecting instruments to your iOS device.
Apogee Jam+ is a professional USB instrument input and stereo output. It connects your electric guitar, bass, acoustic instrument with pickup, dynamic mic, or keyboard to your iOS device or computer. This new model continues the evolution in the Jam series by bringing the latest advances in Apogee’s design and engineering to an all-new metal chassis with enhanced PureDIGITAL circuitry for the greatest true-tone audio resolution.
New features of Jam+ include (but are not limited to): a stereo output for connecting headphones or powered speakers, low latency monitoring with a “Blend” feature, dual input modes, “Clean” and “Drive” modes, and a rugged metal body with soft touch base and three multicolor LED indicators.
Jam+ is available now, priced at $159.99.
Mix With The Masters announces upcoming seminar with Tom Lord-Alge.
Mix With The Masters will welcome Tom Lord-Alge for a weeklong seminar in November.
Mix With The Masters is delighted to announce the upcoming seminar with 3-time GRAMMY-winning producer and mix engineer Tom Lord-Alge, from November 10-16, 2018.
Tom Lord-Alge, best known for mixing energetic rock bands with upfront electric guitars and drums, will be sharing his unique mixing tips as well as the professional skills he utilized working with renowned artists such as The Rolling Stones, U2, Oasis, Live, Kensington, Weezer, Fall Out Boy, Avril Lavigne, P!nk, etc.
This residential seminar will be held at the Studios La Fabrique in the south of France, and it will be offering an exchange of in-depth, first-hand studio experience, along with unique and unparalleled knowledge.
For more information on Mix With The Masters, click here.
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