New Gear Alert: SSL Native V6 Plugins, iZotope’s VocalSynth 2 and Creative Suite, Studio One 4 by PreSonus & More

SSL releases Native V6 plugin bundle.

Though the sonic footprint remains unchanged, SSL’s redesign of the Duende Native plugin collection includes key improvements to functionality and user experience.

SSL Native V6 plugins replace SSL’s acclaimed Duende Native plugin collection with completely re-written versions. The fundamental audio characteristics of the plugins remain unchanged, but there have been a range of improvements. These include new higher resolution user interfaces, improved Preset management, expanded purchase and subscription options to suit the needs and pockets of a wider range of users, and underlying framework changes that will ensure that SSL can fully support SSL Native plugins for many years to come.

The redesigned, high-definition, retina display-ready user interfaces offer multiple workflow improvements that will speed up production. The new graphics and enhanced feature layouts will ensure fluent, creative operation. The Channelstrip and Bus Compressor plugins now have factory presets for the very first time, designed by SSL studio engineers and producers.

The complete SSL Native V6 Bundle includes Channelstrip, Vocalstrip, Drumstrip, Bus Compressor, X-Phase, X-EQ, X-Comp, X-ValveComp, and X-Saturator, and is available in AAX, VST3/VST2, and AU formats.

SSL Native V6 is available for free to existing Duende Native V5 owners. SSL Native V6 and Duende Native V5 plugins should work side-by-side within your host DAW. For new users, a range of perpetual licenses are available for purchase via the SSL Webstore, and the complete SSL Native V6 Bundle is also now available on subscription for $14.99/month or $149.99/year via Gobbler.

iZotope announces the Creative Suite and VocalSynth 2 are now available.

Offered as part of iZotope’s new Creative Suite, VocalSynth 2 features crucial updates to its sonics and workflow.

VocalSynth 2 offers an immersive vocal experience that adapts and evolves with your unique style. The plugin continues to offer music producers tools to take a mix through past, present, and future vocal sounds with five vocal processors, including Vocoder, Compuvox, Polyvox, Talkbox, and now Biovox: a brand new effect based on the sonic qualities of the human vocal tract. iZotope has re-engineered VocalSynth to sound better, perform better, and provide a better result faster.

The Creative Suite includes seven of iZotope’s award-winning instruments and effects plugins, offering a powerful music creation package for discovering new directions in music and sound design. This unique collection of creative products is designed to inspire, elevate, and aid exploration in your music. Creative Suite includes the following plugins: VocalSynth 2, BreakTweaker Expanded, Iris 2, Trash 2 Expanded, Stutter Edit, DDLY Dynamic Delay, and Mobius Filter.

All new products are on sale now through June 28th, 2018. VocalSynth 2 is available for $149 (reg. $199), and will also be available as “Rent-to-Own” through Splice for $9.99/month. Creative Suite is available for $349 (reg. $499).

PreSonus is now shipping Studio One 4.

PreSonus ups the ante in Studio One 4, offering improvements to the Harmonic Editing, Musical Editor, Drum Editor, and more.

Studio One 4 is the latest iteration of PreSonus’ award-winning, easy-to-use DAW that combines the best of the traditional recording studio model with the modern methods of creating beat- and groove-oriented music. PreSonus is offering two tiers of Studio One 4: Studio One 4 Professional, and Studio One 4 Artist.

Top-of-the-line Studio One 4 Professional’s new Harmonic Editing features give you freedom to try out harmonies, transpositions, and chord progressions. The Chord Track goes far beyond a simple chord track for note data, working with instrument tracks and audio tracks for fast, efficient, multi-dimensional arranging and transposition.

Studio One 4’s Musical Editor adds deeper editing features than ever before, speeds up the editing workflow, and simplifies recurring tasks. An innovative, streamlined Drum Editor enables editing drum parts as fast as you can think. Impact XT adds more than 20 new features, transforming the Impact drum module into a complete production environment for beats and loops.

PreSonus also worked with Celemony on the original Audio Random Access (ARA) spec that allows for seamless integration with Melodyne. Studio One 4 is ready for ARA 2.0, which provides access to data from multiple tracks. Version 4 also eases the process of switching from other DAWs to Studio One by supporting AAF (Advanced Authoring Format) for data exchange with Pro Tools, Logic, Nuendo, Final Cut Pro, Premiere, and more.

Studio One 4 Professional is priced at $399.95; Studio One 4 Artist is priced at $99.95. Upgrades and crossgrades are also available; for more information, visit the Studio One 4 product page.

MOD Devices launches their first external controller for Mod Duo, the MOD Footswitch.

Meet the premier external controller for MOD Duo: MOD Footswitch.

Sleek and compact, with four footswitches and two LCD screens, MOD Footswitch grants extra controllability while adding a minimal footprint to musicians’ pedalboards, making it the perfect companion for the MOD Duo audio processor.

The MOD Footswitch allows you to toggle effects on and off, but also to scroll through lists and define tap tempos with each extra switch, always keeping track of the configurations assigned to it, thanks to its LCD screens and LED lamps. Like all of MOD’s products, its firmware can be upgraded as new features are developed to take full advantage of the processor inside the device.

The MOD Footswitch is the first device to use the Control Chain open standard developed by MOD Devices. Unlike MIDI, Control Chain assignments and messages contain the full information about the parameter being assigned, such as parameter name, absolute value, range, and any other data contained in the audio plugins addressed to it. Also, up to four Control Chain peripherals can be daisy chained to a single MOD Duo.

The MOD Footswitch features an ARM Cortex-M0 processor, 2 16×2 character LCD screens, 4 footswitches with multi-color LEDs, USB (for updating the device), Control Chain connections, and power over ethernet.

Pricing for MOD Footswitch starts at $179/€159.

IsoAcoustics announces the new ISO Series stands are now available.

IsoAcoustics is back with key upgrades to their ISO Series of monitor stands.

Designed for professional audio speakers and subwoofers, IsoAcoustics’ new ISO Series stands are now available worldwide. The new models, which include the ISO-130, ISO-155, ISO-200 and the ISO-200SUB, feature a new contemporary design, a lower profile, and all-new isolators—offering the acclaimed acoustic isolation performance that the company’s multiple award-winning legacy stands have become famous for.

Like their predecessors, the new ISO Series of stands are adjustable, providing 14 variations of height and tilt so that you can easily optimize speaker placement and improve their performance. First in the new line is the ISO-130, which is specifically designed for small to medium-sized speakers and studio monitors up to 20 lbs. Next, the ISO-155 stand for medium to larger sized speakers and studio monitors is designed to support up to 40 lbs. And for larger speakers and studio monitors, the ISO-200 supports up to 60 lbs. The new ISO-200SUB, providing superior isolation to bring out the real “punch in the bass” for more accurate sound, can support subwoofers up to 75 lbs.

MSRP for the stands is as follows: ISO-130 $109; ISO-155 $129; ISO-200 $189; and ISO-200SUB $75.

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