New Gear Alert: Focal’s Clear Mg Professional Headphones, Softube x Empirical Labs, Bluetooth Reftone Ref-Cubes & More

Focal releases the Clear Mg Professional headphones.

Focal implements a magnesium cone into their popular Clear Professional headphones design.

The Focal Clear Mg Professional headphones (“Clear Magnesium Professional”) is a new model of their popular Clear Professional headphones but with the addition of a magnesium (Mg) cone for even greater dynamics with a remarkable tonal balance across the full audio spectrum.

The Clear Mg Professional circumaural, open-back headphones are designed for music creators looking for a reliable tool in terms of quality and transfer speed. While the first Clear Professional headphones incorporated 15/8″ full-range speaker drivers with Aluminum/Magnesium ‘M’-shaped inverted domes, Clear Mg Professional has these same speaker drivers, but in Magnesium.

The Clear Mg Professional are available now, priced at $1,490.

Softube and Empirical Labs form partnership, release four new products.

Softube and Empirical Labs join forces to deliver four crucial plugins.

Under the leadership of the renowned Dave Derr, ELI has produced such classics as Fatso, DerrEsser, and Distressor. Softube is proud to continue its fifteen-year relationship with ELI in the form of a new partnership. With a shared dedication to quality sound and solid gear, Softube and ELI proudly introduce four new products: Mike-E Comp, Lil FrEQ, Trak Pak for Console 1, and the Empirical Labs Complete Collection.

The Empirical Labs Complete Collection offers all the new Empirical Labs + Softube products in one bundle. The collection of native plugins is masterfully modeled and fine-tuned for mixing professionals and recording engineers.

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Reftone Speakers releases powered model Ref-Cubes with Bluetooth technology.

Reftone updates their Ref-Cubes with the addition of power and Bluetooth connectivity.

Based on the original passive Ref-Cubes, the new LD-3B speakers have the same Reftone reference sound and now the added convenience of power and Bluetooth technology. The LD-3B reference speakers are tools to stay ahead of the curve, as the “Bluetooth Mix Check” has already become a standard studio protocol. Reftone has the first studio-quality Bluetooth reference speakers on the market.

With the LD-3B Ref-Cubes, you can hear full-range audio clearly at low volumes, for accuracy and placement. The clarity in the midrange exposes sonic details that may be hidden on other monitors. They are made for all user levels and environments like professional and home studios, laptop rigs, edit bays, DJ booths, and mobile recording/editing setups. Engineers, producers, broadcast pros, content creators, video editors, DJs and students all trust Reftone speakers when they make their crucial audio mix decisions.

The Reftone LD-3B Powered Bluetooth Ref-Cube Reference Speakers are available now, priced at $599 for the stereo pair.

Heavyocity unleashes the Scoring Acoustic Guitars Gravity Pack.

Heavyocity delivers a powerful new solution for programming acoustic guitars.

Scoring Acoustic Guitars is a new journey into the inspiring world of cinematic guitars. Armed with an array of pristinely sampled nylon and steel string acoustic guitars, the renowned Heavyocity sound design team has elevated each pluck and vibration into a range of modern scoring content—from ambient complex pads to tense rhythmic pedals to unique and evolving guitarscapes.

Intricately sampled acoustic guitars were the perfect starting pony for Heavyocity’s award-winning sound designers, creating a beautiful canvas to transform these organic sources into signature scoring elements.

The Heavyocity Scoring Acoustic Guitars Gravity Pack is available now, priced at $99.

Spitfire Audio advances Abbey Road One: Film Scoring Selections.

Spitfire expands their Abbey Road One collection with the addition of Sparkling Woodwinds and Legendary Low Strings.

Create magical, lyrical woodwind lines with this brilliant set of performances captured in Abbey Road’s iconic Studio One. This self-contained, stand-alone library will add that unmistakable Abbey Road magic to your compositions.

The samples in Abbey Road One: Sparkling Woodwinds were performed by London’s leading session players and lets you create everything from beautiful, reflective passages to sprightly runs using new, easy-to-use legato patches. This new selection includes the classic movie pairing of woodwinds and glockenspiel, adding energy and intrigue to your score and allowing you to lose yourself in the magical world of woodwinds. And with Spitfire’s new methods for capturing these legato performances, the virtual instruments are vital and alive.

Deep, powerful, and even threatening, Cello and Bass sections from London’s leading players provide you with incredibly detailed and beautifully orchestrated performances in Abbey Road One: Legendary Low Strings. A range of versatile patches including marauding short notes, powerful longs, and the new easy-to-use legato patches enhances vitality and realism still further.

Abbey Road One: Sparking Woodwinds and Legendary Low Strings are available now, priced at $49 each.

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