New Gear Alert: Waves Updates StudioRack, T8V Monitors by ADAM, Bitwig Studio 3.2 & More

Waves releases enhanced free StudioRack plugin chainer.

Waves implements crucial (and free) updates to their StudioRack plugin.

Waves has released a new and dramatically enhanced version of the StudioRack plugin chainer—now with added macros, parallel processing racks, multiband racks, and more new features.

The new Waves StudioRack is a completely re-imagined version of Waves’ plugin chainer, placing an entirely new level of control in the hands of producers and mixers. As before, you can use StudioRack to create entire plugin chains (up to eight plugins per StudioRack chain), each chain taking up just one DAW insert. Your chains can be saved for instant recall, and loaded up in any DAW, making it super-easy to move your mixes between different DAWs.

The new StudioRack also adds exciting features that turn it into an unparalleled powerhouse, including (but not limited to): Eight more macros per chain; Parallel processing racks; Multiband split racks; and more. StudioRack’s new features also include easy plugin search, to instantly find the plugins you need; and floating plugin windows, to view and control multiple plugins simultaneously.

The new StudioRack is now available for free.

ADAM Audio’s highly anticipated T8V Studio Monitor is now available worldwide.

ADAM expands the popular T-Series line with the T8V Studio Monitor.

The T8V is the latest addition to the company’s award-winning T-Series line of professional studio monitors, which offer renowned ADAM Audio performance, quality and reliability at a value price point. Featuring an 8-inch woofer paired with powerful amplification, the T8V’s power and lower bass extension make it an ideal choice for project and home studios, clients who work in bass-heavy music genres such as hip hop, dance, ambient, dub and EDM, and those who work in non-electronic genres like funk, metal, blues and pop.

Like the full T Series line which delivers performance and specifications unprecedented in their class, the new T8V has a frequency response that reaches down 33 Hz and the ability to project an impressive SPL of 118 dB per pair. The extremely low bass extension of the T8Vs make these monitors an ideal choice to pair with the T10S T-Series subwoofer.

Check out an introductory video to the T8V here.

The T8V is available at retailers worldwide, priced at ($299/ea).

Bitwig Studio 3.2 is here.

Bigwig offers a host of powerful new features in version 3.2, out now!

Bitwig Studio 3.2 focuses on greater control and sculpting possibilities for all sounds, whether coloring audio sources or reinterpreting note messages in new and adventurous ways.

EQ+ brings a new look and modern sound to Bitwig Studio. Clicking on the EQ curve adds a band that can be dragged into place. Along with 14 filter options and up to eight bands, EQ+ also has an Adaptive-Q option to narrow the width of bands as their gain increases, in addition to global frequency Shift and Gain controls, “soloing” a band while dragging it for precise editing, and different oversampling modes.

Bitwig Studio’s new Saturator is a unique waveshaper for cooking up any sound material, adding the right amount of buzzing, rumble, and warmth. Unlike most waveshapers or distortions, this one works in the log domain, just like our ears. So with Saturator, richness can be added to any sound in just the right places.

To round out this release, some requested workflow enhancements are here. Drum Machine offers local audio returns, and spectrum analyzers across the program show the full audio range better. The Mixer View now has mini displays for some devices, and dropping a sample into a Grid patch creates a Sampler module with that audio. And in addition to a volume control that takes Tool down to silence, some new Grid modules have also come along for the ride.

Check out an introductory video to Bitwig 3.2 here.

For further information and pricing, click here.

The Sonic Presence SP15 brings spatial audio to Zoom—preorder today.

Sonic Presence aims to up your Zoom audio game with the SP15 microphone/headset.

The SP15 by Sonic Presence is a wearable microphone that records stunning immersive audio on Android phones and other compatible USB-C devices. Wear the SP15 Spatial Microphone on your ears, and capture sound the way you hear it. All of the functions of your natural hearing, and your fantastic ability to localize sounds in 360-degrees, are embedded into the recordings you make. The resulting file is incredibly realistic; it’s as if you’re there!

While in quarantine, Sonic Presence tested every desktop conferencing application. When it comes to Audio, Zoom for desktop wins big. On a Mac or Windows PC, Zoom supports high-quality stereo audio and works seamlessly with the new SP15 Spatial Microphone.

The SP15 will be released on June 17th, 2020; it is currently available for pre-order for a discounted price of $139 (reg. $149).

MAAT completes plugin trilogy with a new linear phase EQ, thEQred.

MAAT rounds out their EQ trilogy with the new linear phase thEQred.

The thEQred is a cross platform plugin for equalization and enhancement of digital audio. The new product bookends the release of MAAT’s first member of their thEQ family, thEQorange, and follows the thEQblue.

Building on the foundation of Algorithmix’s much heralded Linear Phase PEQ Red, the new “Red” transforms that reference quality into a contemporary, cross–platform product. thEQred digital audio equalizer fulfills the promise of extraordinary smoothness through frequency–based equalization. As with other members of MAAT’s thEQ family, its complex 80 bit floating point internal architecture, sophisticated signal windowing, and applied calculation precision all contribute to uncompromising quality and exacting fidelity.

The plugin is delivered in all modern formats, including cross–platform AAX, VST 2 and VST 3 as well as AU for macOS. Sample rates up to 384 kHz are supported for post–production of true HRA workflows.

Perpetual licenses of thEQred are priced at $489; annual plans are also available. Click here for further information.

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