New Gear Alert: UAFX Pedals by Universal Audio, Waves x Ocean Way Nashville, iCON Pro Audio Space Series Mics & More
Universal Audio debuts the UAFX Pedals.
The UAFX line marks Universal Audio’s first foray into the world of pedals.
Universal Audio introduces UAFX, the company’s first line of effects pedals, featuring sonically authentic emulations of classic reverb, delay, and modulation circuits. The results of an exhaustive multi-year R&D effort, UAFX Golden Reverberator, Starlight Echo Station, and Astra Modulation Machine bring powerful dual-processor architecture to the effects pedal market, delivering three distinct vintage sounds per pedal, with impeccable UA analog design and build quality.
Hallmark UAFX features include intuitive Preset/Live modes, analog dry-through, stereo/dual mono operation, true bypass with silent switching, additional downloadable effects from the acclaimed UAD algorithm team, and more.
The UAFX pedals will be available in Spring 2021 with an estimated street price of $399 each.
Waves and Ocean Way collaborate on the Waves Nx Ocean Way Nashville plugin.
Experience an authentic and immersive Ocean Way Nashville mix session from your home, thanks to Waves Nx technology.
The Waves Nx Ocean Way Nashville plugin brings the stellar acoustic environment and monitoring system of the famed Ocean Way Nashville studio control rooms to any pair of studio headphones.
With Nx Ocean Way Nashville, producers and engineers can create better mixes, anywhere, anytime, using their favorite reference headphones. Mixes monitored on headphones through the Nx Ocean Way Nashville plugin will translate accurately to multiple audio systems and platforms—without the issues that often plague mixes created on headphones.
With Nx Ocean Way Nashville inserted on the master bus of your session, you have the ultimate acoustic reference environment over any headphone model. You can better judge mix depth, panning, reverb placement and amount, low-end response and more—over any pair of headphones. Nx Ocean Way Nashville is powered by Waves’ pioneering Nx technology for immersive spatial audio. Waves’ Nx uses channel crosstalk, inter-aural delays (ITD), filters (ILD), early reflections, and head motion tracking to replicate the immersive experience of hearing audio in the real world.
Check out an introductory video to Waves Nx Ocean Way Nashville here.
Waves Nx Ocean Way Nashville is available now for a special introductory promo price of $34.99 (reg. $ 199).
iCON Pro Audio launches large-diaphragm Space Series microphones.
iCON Pro Audio kicks off their otherworldly Space Series microphones with the Cocoon and the Martian models.
iCON Pro Audio’s Space series microphones are led by the Cocoon and Martian models, boasting bold, intergalactic designs.
The Cocoon incorporates a true electrostatic Golden Drop transducer within its space age capsule architecture. The thin, ultralight membrane is fabricated with pure 999 gold; this innovative technology allows the diaphragm to move with laser sharp precision for increased intelligibility while simultaneously reducing any coloration or distortion.
The Martian sounds as warm and friendly as it looks. Enclosed inside the rotating head is a space age shock mounted capsule with an electrostatic Golden Drop transducer, also made of pure 999 gold.
The Cocoon and Martian will begin shipping in Q2 2021, priced at $499 and $699, respectively.
Black Rooster Audio unleashes the RO-140 plate reverb plugin.
Harness the power of true plate reverb straight from your DAW via Black Rooster Audio’s RO-140.
The RO-140 was faithfully modelled after its legendary hardware counterparts, while still remaining a Black Rooster Audio original plugin at its core. Its plate simulation approach allows you to authentically capture an analog unit’s sound and feel as closely as possible while still including some unexpected twists.
Achieving the perfect amount and type of reverb for your tracks can make—or break—your mix. Producers now have the ability to mimic any space in their mixes by using this effect, tricking the ear and simulating everything from grandiose width to cosy intimacy. Today’s music production uses reverb processors extensively and with ease, but it hasn’t always been this way.
The RO-140 is available now, priced at $69.
Introducing the Recording Setup App.
A studio assistant like never before, meet the Recording Setup App.
The Recording Setup App is a cross-platform application aimed at audio engineers that helps in the planning, setup, and archiving of recording sessions.
The Recording Setup App is designed to replace the pen and paper method of the preproduction stage, and instead allow you to virtually drag and drop images of microphones over instruments, automatically creating a table for each instrument with its respective microphones. The tables and microphone placements, along with accompanying notes and the list of microphones, can then be exported and used as a reference to set up the recording session.
The application also provides a consistent archiving system across all the recording sessions with a well-organized folder that contains all the exported files which can later be accessed for referential purposes.
The Recording Setup App is available in two editions: the Full Edition is a one-time purchase that includes all the future app updates and new features, priced at $49.99; the Lite Edition is a free, fully functional version with limited functionality, including four microphones to get up and running right away.
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