New Gear Alert: Vocal Re-Synthesis with Waves, Output & Barefoot Monitor Collaboration, Focusrite x Nugen Audio & More

Waves announces the OVox Vocal ReSynthesis plugin.

Waves employs their powerful Organic ReSynthesis (ORS) in the new OVox vocal synthesizer plugin.

Waves’ OVox is a next-generation voice-controlled synthesizer and vocal effects processor. You can use OVox as a plugin or standalone app (with or without a DAW) to create rich vocoder, talkbox, harmonizer, pitch/tune, vocal arpeggiation effects and beyond, with superior sound quality and instant results.

Whether you’re a producer, musician, or engineer, the Waves OVox Vocal ReSynthesis places an unprecedented menu of vocal synthesis and vocal morphing options in your hands—from classic Daft Punk-style vocoding to futuristic vocal effects that defy category.

OVox delivers its ultra-high-resolution sound quality thanks to Waves’ Organic ReSynthesis (ORS) technology, which takes your vocal signal and breaks it down to its core “DNA” elements—amplitude, pitch, and formant. It then re-synthesizes these elements to create a new pristine processed signal, without any of the artifacts that sometimes plague vocal synth-type instruments.

Check out an introductory video to OVox Vocal ReSynthesis here.

OVox is on sale now, priced at $69.99 (reg. $149).

Announcing Output Studio Monitors, in collaboration with Barefoot Sound.

This collaboration with Barefoot marks Output’s first foray into the world of speaker manufacturing.

Output is leaping into Pro Audio with their first studio monitors, built in partnership with Barefoot Sound. Available in summer 2020, the Output studio monitors combine the audio fidelity that only Barefoot can bring, with Output’s hand-crafted design. Final pricing is expected to come in around $699 each.

Output studio monitors will be available in the US and EU, with Canada and several other countries worldwide to follow. The waitlist is now open; for more information, click here.

Focusrite offers Plug-in Collective members “mono-izing” effect by Nugen Audio.

Focusrite and Nugen Audio join forces on the next attractive offer for members of the Plug-In Collective.

Members of Focusrite’s Plug-In Collective can now download Nugen Audio’s Monofilter Elements plug-in for free, and get a £100 discount in the Nugen Audio e-store.

Monofilter Elements solidifies your bottom end by “mono-izing” the low frequencies in the input signal without affecting the rest of the spectrum. With this powerful tool, you can center low-frequency content within a full mix for phase coherence and maximum impact on mono playback systems, tighten up individual stereo bass tracks, counteract low-end-muddying stereo effects, and more.

The Monofilter Algorithm slider works like a depth control, progressively narrowing the low frequencies and raising the cutoff point below which the mono-izing occurs, while the Trim control enables attenuation or boosting of the mono portion by up to 10dB, and a sweepable high-pass filter shaves off everything below 20-349Hz. Add in a helpful “quick start” preset library, A/B comparison, a stereo differential spectrum analyzer, and you have an indispensable mixing and mastering utility for any producer or engineer.

This offer is available from January 16th to March 5th, 2020; to join the Plug-in Collective, simply register any Focusrite hardware product, then look out for a new offer every couple of months.

oeksound announces the release of soothe2.

Users of soothe version 1 will be pleased with the key improvements implemented by oeksound in version 2.

soothe2 is a complete rewrite of the original soothe plugin, offering improvements in performance and sound while adding many new features. These include the expansion of the processing to full frequency range, the addition of attack and release speed parameters, and the inclusion of two processing modes suitable for different situations.

soothe2 works by automatically detecting resonances in the audio material and then applying a reduction that matches the input signal. It can be used for a range of applications across the full frequency range—to reduce harshness in close-mic’d audio material, to achieve very transparent de-essing, to combat and reduce muddiness, and to even out the bass frequencies.

soothe2 is available now, priced at €199, and supportS both macOS and Windows using the VST, VST3, Audio Units and AAX plugin formats. An upgrade license from soothe to soothe2 is available for €50.

Eventide announces Pro Tools integration for the H9000.

Eventide unveils the highly anticipated availability of Pro Tools integration for the H9000.

Eventide has announced the Pro Tools|HD Expansion Card for their flagship H9000 multi-effects processor platform. With full integration, Pro Tools production benefits from unprecedented processing and effects flexibility through the power of 1600+ Eventide algorithms and the H9000’s expansive ARM-based DSP, implemented with elegant operational simplicity within the familiar Pro Tools I/O and plugin user interfaces.

The H9000 Pro Tools|HD Expansion Card has two H9000 setup menu selectable modes of operation: 32 channels I/O (primary port only), or 16 channels (primary port) + 16 channels pass-thru to secondary port (for connecting other HD devices). Within Pro Tools, the H9000 appears as an HD I/O device (16 or 32 channels, depending on the selected mode). Digital sync selection options are Internal (Loop Sync Master), Word-clock, Loop Sync, AES, S/PDIF, and Optical.

For more information, click here.

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