New Gear Alert: Music Maker Access by Waves, Nearfield Monitors from Carl Tatz, Acon Digital’s Mastering Suite & More

Waves announces a new subscription plan.

Waves’ new subscription plan offers affordable access to their most popular plugin bundles.

The Waves Music Maker Access is an all-new, super-affordable plugin subscription plan, offering monthly or annual subscriptions for Waves’ best-selling, award-winning plugin bundles: Silver, Gold and Platinum.

Waves Music Maker Access subscriptions plans start from just $6.99/month, and all plans begin with a 1-month free trial. You also receive unlimited lifetime plugin updates and premium customer service, and can cancel any time—no strings attached.

In addition, subscribers to Gold or Platinum are eligible to choose a bonus Custom 5-Pack subscription for just an extra $7.99/month. Custom 5-Pack subscribers can choose five extra plugins from the massive Waves catalog (including popular titles such as Waves Tune Real-Time, Vocal Rider, SSL, and many more), to create their own custom subscription bundle.

To learn more about Waves Music Maker Access, click here.

Carl Tatz Design announces two professional nearfield monitors.

Designed to work with the PhantomFocus System, Carl Tatz unleashes two new powerful nearfield monitoring solutions.

Carl Tatz Design has announced two new professional nearfield reference monitors as part of their line of acclaimed PhantomFocus Precision Monitoring Instruments.

The PFM HD-1000 High Definition and the PFM UHD-1000 Ultra-High Definition Professional Monitors are intended for audio professionals demanding the highest performance in dedicated mix room or control room/tracking installations. Designed to be used exclusively in tandem with CTD’s acclaimed on-site installed PhantomFocus System, both monitors offer superb vocal rendition, the ability to handle high SPLs (115dB continuous) with lightning-fast transient response, articulate detail, and PhantomFocus’s trademark sonically holographic pinpoint imaging at all listening levels.

The PFM HD-1000 is a passive nearfield monitor in a low-profile D’Appolito design facilitating console/listener placement. With accelerated response time, phase linearity and tightly controlled mid-bass response, the PFM HD-1000 reveals effortless power, accuracy and non-fatiguing performance beyond that of traditional high- and mid-frequency driver motor capability.

The flagship PFM UHD-1000 is offered only in a bi-amp configuration and shares all the inherent qualities of the PFM HD-1000 monitor, while its powerful bi-amplified configuration and woofer complement, considered to be amongst the finest in the world, introduces a depth of field and articulate sonic command heretofore unknown in a professional nearfield monitor, enhancing performance, power and headroom, and expanding on its effortless non-fatiguing precision character.

For pricing and further information, visit the PFM HD-1000 & PFM UHD-1000 product pages.

Acon Digital updates Mastering Suite to version 1.1.

Acon Digital expands their popular Mastering Suite to version 1.1, featuring key upgrades and added support for Catalina.

Acon Digital has updated their Mastering Suite, consisting of five mastering plugins, to version 1.1. The plugins were designed for maximum signal transparency and an intuitive workflow. The macOS version now supports Catalina.

Dynamics is a combined compressor, expander or gate with powerful sidechain filtering. It now offers a new auto-release mode that dynamically changes the release time depending on the audio material. A new Range control makes it possible to limit the maximum gain reduction during dynamic processing.

Multiband Dynamics is the multiband extension of Dynamics which allows dynamic processing in up to four separate bands. In addition to the linear phase processing previously available, version 1.1 introduces mixed phase filtering, which reduces pre-ringing—a well-known problem with linear phase filtering.

Limit is a transparent limiter that reduces distortion to a minimum. The limiting is performed in a two-step process with a pre-compressor followed by the actual peak limiting algorithm. Just like the Dynamics plugin, the pre-compressor has a new auto-release mode that adapts the release time to the audio material.

Also included in the suite are the versatile equalizer plugin Equalize 2 and Dither, a dithering plugin with flexible perceptual noise shaping. All plugins now offer a search button in the preset manager that makes it easy to type and find plugin presets.

Mastering Suite 1.1 is available now in the Acon Digital Store. The upgrade is free for current Mastering Suite customers. Mastering Suite is priced at $129.90, but is on sale now for $99.90 until March 1st, 2020.

UJAM releases Beatmaker VOID.

Next in line for UJAM’s popular Beatmaker series is VOID, featuring an emphasis on Drum & Bass.

UJAM’s Beatmaker VOID is a Drum & Bass-centric new member of the Beatmaker series.
With VOID, the Beatmaker series expands to musical genres that are based on
breakbeats and heavy syncopation such as liquid, jungle, and neurofunk. VOID provides
the tools to create custom beat arrangements without the need for samplers,
sequencers, or beat slicing.

VOID features a collection of drum samples, ready-made patterns, mix presets, and
genre-specific effects including the custom Vortex algorithm. There are no hidden
menus or obscure controls, making quickly constructing complex drum patterns quick
and straight-forward, even for novices in the genre.

Beatmaker VOID is immediately available in VST, AU, and AAX plugin formats for both
macOS and Windows, at a special introductory price of $49 (reg. $69) until March 1st, 2020. The bundle of all four Beatmakers is available for $189 (reg. $276 for the single products).

Vicoustic turns 250 tons of plastic recyclables into acoustic panels.

The use of VicPET Wool has enabled Vicoustic to repurpose massive amounts of plastic waste into acoustical treatment.

Since they started using VicPET Wool as raw material, Vicoustic has turned the equivalent to over 22 million 500ml PET bottles into acoustic treatment. With VicPET Wool as the new primary raw material, Vicoustic is becoming a game-changer in the acoustic panels market. Consisting of mainly recycled plastic waste (65%), VicPET Wool is specifically designed to optimize acoustic performance while not adding glue, fabric, or chemical fire retardant.

Since Vicoustic started production with this new raw material, the company has manufactured state-of-the-art acoustic panels using more than 250 tons of plastic waste, equivalent to roughly 22 million standard PET bottles (500ml) being recycled.

Through extensive research and testing, Vicoustic fine-tuned this material into Virtual Material Technology (VMT), using an innovative dyeing technology, which allows simulating concrete, marble, wood, and other materials. It is washable, resistant, and easy to cut. It also provides a great acoustic solution to implement in any setting, ranging from recording studios and home theaters to workspaces, hospitality, retail, education, and even in private homes. VMT can be found across a wide range of products such as Flat Panel VMT, ViClouds VMT, VicWallpaper VMT, VicOffice, and Vixagon VMT.

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