New Gear Alert: Guitar Butler by Orange, Brute Noir from Arturia, Audio Design Desk v.19 & More

Orange Amplification introduces The Guitar Butler.

Following on the success of The Bass Butler, Orange unleashes The Guitar Butler.

Orange Amplification introduces the Guitar Butler, a complete guitar rig in a pedal. Like its popular sibling, The Bass Butler, this dual channel guitar preamp is intuitive to use and covers musicians for as many situations as possible; gigging, playing at home, recording, touring, as a back-up, for use with a PA or DAW, and much more.

Designed to give guitarists a comprehensive service to their signal chain, The Guitar Butler can be used either as a standalone or as part of a rig. It is perfect for musicians looking to get preamp tones from their pedalboard straight into either a power amp/speaker cabinet combination or into a PA system.

The vintage-voiced Guitar Butler has been created to make it easy to place pedals up front, it has top mid and front controls in its tone stack, and the precise control offered by its sweeping EQ adds further warmth to humbuckers and brings out the sparkle in your single coil pickups.

For pricing and further information on The Guitar Butler, click here.

Arturia unveils limited Brute Noir editions.

Meet Arturia’s limited sleek and stylish Noir Editions for the Brute series.

The Brutes are where vintage synthesis and cutting-edge technology collides in the name of creative freedom and controlled sonic chaos. Now MiniBrute 2, MiniBrute 2S, and DrumBrute Impact are going under the radar with sleek all-black exteriors for a limited time.

These analog stealth machines offer three ways of harnessing the raw energy of voltage for whatever creative purpose.

Learn more about the Noir Brute range by visiting Arturia’s website.

Audio Design Desk launches v1.9.

Audio Design Desk implements crucial new updates to this v1.9 iteration.

Audio Design Desk has launched version 1.9, which brings auto-compose, MIDI triggers, and a powerful new integration with Stream Deck among many more new features. They are also announcing Audio Design Desk Lite: 40,000 sounds, loops, and music cues in any timeline.

Audio Design Desk is an entirely new way to create with audio, combining a massive royalty-free sound and music library with a sampler and a digital audio workstation, becoming an all-in-one tool that lets creatives stay in the flow. With the release of 1.9, ADD works seamlessly with virtually every audio and video editing tool from Premiere to Final Cut Pro to Pro Tools to Logic.

Check out an introductory video to ADD v1.9 here.

e-instruments offers Cremona Quartet’s Stradivari Cello a la carte.

Previously available only in Cremona Quartet, Stradivari Cello can now be purchased individually.

e-instruments, the company known for popular Kontakt-based instruments such as Cremona Quartet, Stradivari Violin, Session Horns, Session Strings, and Session Keys, are now offering the Stradivari Cello separately. This instrument had previously only been available as part of the Cremona Quartet which was released in September 2020.

Though best known for violin making, Stradivari also made other stringed instruments. His “Stauffer” cello, built in 1700, is listed as an Italian national treasure. It’s warm and delicate character means that this instrument performs just as well on its own as it does within a full ensemble. This is a faithful version of Antonio Stradivari’s “Stauffer” cello from c.1700.

Stradivari Cello is available now for a special introductory promo price of €149 (reg. €199) until January 31st, 2022.

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