New Gear Alert: RHA’s CL2 Planar Magnetic In-Ears, Big Brass by Heavyocity, 808s via Beatmaker & More

RHA announces the CL2 planar in-ear headphones.

RHA implements planar magnetic technology into their forthcoming CL2 in-ear monitors.

The CL2 is the world’s first wireless in-ear headphone to use planar magnetic technology. Developed by RHA over four years, the 10mm driver consists of a planar coil and 16 micrometer diaphragm suspended above two matched magnetic fields.

The CL2 comes with detachable 3.5mm and balanced 2.5mm cables, as well as a modified version of RHA’s SecureFlex 12-hour Bluetooth neckband. The variety of cables allows users to listen via different devices, with wired or Bluetooth connections. This feature enables custom combinations with personal audio equipment.

The Bluetooth SecureFlex neckband features a universal remote which allows users to switch between music, calls, and digital assistant functions at the touch of a button. Compatible with aptX and AAC streaming, the Bluetooth neckband is capable of providing high-fidelity audio wirelessly.

The CL2 is now available for pre-sale online, and will be fully available in select retailers as of September 12th, priced at $899.95.

Heavyocity introduces Forzo: Modern Brass.

Heavyocity uses the legendary Skywalker Sound to capture their newest, hard-hitting brass library, Forzo: Modern Brass.

Forzo is Heavyocity’s new orchestral brass virtual instrument for Kontakt and Kontakt Player. Recorded at Skywalker Sound, Forzo is the product of Heavyocity’s world-class sound design team joining forces with award-winning composer, Jason Graves, and A-list Hollywood film score engineer, Satoshi Mark Noguchi.

Forzo’s 12 horns, 4 trumpets, 8 trombones (tenor, bass, & contra bass), and 2 tubas deliver 25GB of sheer brass power straight into the hands of the cinematic composer. Creative articulations like cluster bends and random flutters flex these sections’ muscles in a way that is totally unique. And when you want to truly harness this explosive brass VI, Forzo’s Full Ensemble NKI puts the entire 26-piece brass orchestra (playing at the same time, in the same room) at your fingertips.

MRSP for Forzo: Modern Brass is $549.

Beatmaker announces the 808 Bass Module III and 808 Dynamite expansion.

Bass drops that are in key? Yes, please! Beatmaker’s 808 Bass Module III and 808 Dynamite expansion have got your low end needs covered.

The Beatmaker 808 Bass Module III contains 185 ready-to-use and freshly designed layered presets, to bring grit and rumble to your productions. The sounds are now even more powerful and are ready to play in the key of your project. 808 Dynamite is an expansion for 808 Bass Module III, featuring 150 ground shaking kicks & basses, designed by Marco Scherer.

Suitable for Trap, Hip-Hop, Grime, R&B, Dubstep, Drum & Bass, and other styles that need punishing basslines, the 808 Bass Module III and Dynamite expansion offer huge sound, treated with both analog and digital love.

Check out an audio demo of 808 Dynamite here.

The Beatmaker 808 Bass Module III with the 808 Dynamite expansion is on sale now for €19.99 (reg. €29.99).

Krotos announces Weaponiser update and Battle Bundle library.

Krotos’ new and improved Weaponiser is here, and with more features and sounds than ever before when combined with the new Battle Bundle.

The first major update to both Weaponiser Basic and Fully Loaded sees a whole host of new features and presets to further improve your workflow and maximize your creativity. You can now add speed and amplitude variation to any bank in any of the plugin’s 4 engines, and also load up to 5 samples into each bank. New variation controls have also been added to all of Weaponiser’s synths—that’s another 22 parameters that can shift subtly or wildly on every trigger and round.

Weaponiser’s mixer now includes panning per engine, and an all-new expanded Multi-Mode EQ for each engine FX slot. You can also trigger a tail on the release of the fire button or MIDI note, and there is now a dedicated “Tail On Release” system.

The new Battle Bundle was designed in partnership with Red Libraries and Stephan Schutze (Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis, Starship Troopers: Terran Ascendency and The Polar Express) for use with both Weaponiser Basic and Weaponiser Fully Loaded. Featuring 5,854 high-quality combat sounds—from sword attacks and rapiers to chainmail, shields, metal, hand-to-hand combat, body falls and impacts, plus much more—the Battle Bundle is one of the most comprehensive libraries of battle-related sounds ever recorded for TV, film and video games.

Weaponiser V1.1.0 is a free update for owners of a Weaponiser Basic or Weaponiser Fully Loaded iLok license. Battle Bundle is priced at $499.

Deliver a custom soundtrack in 5 minutes with Soundwhich.

Composers can now ditch the DAW and say hello to Soundwhich, offering synchronized stems and samples via its browser-based workflow.

Soundwhich is an online library of synchronized stem tracks and sound effects. Instead of downloading everything to your computer and then arranging in your DAW, now you can accomplish all the tasks within your browser and export one single audio file. You can even import a video file to your browser to synchronize music and effects to it.

Check out a video demo of Soundwhich here.

Full-access, royalty-free licenses are available for $21.99/month or $199.99/year.

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