New Gear Alert: Zeppelin Design Labs’ Contact Mic, Smooth Operator by BABY Audio, L-ISA Studio’s Immersive Audio & More

Zeppelin Design Labs releases the Cortado MkIII contact mic.

Zeppelin Design labs offers an attractive contact mic solution with the new Cortado MkIII.

The Cortado MkIII is the latest incarnation of Zeppelin Design Labs’ popular high-performance contact microphone. Rugged, versatile, and easy-to-use, this mic reveals the hidden sounds in the solid world around you. It is equally useful for sound design, music recording, and venue sound reinforcement.

The mic’s sensor head attaches easily to most surfaces with clamp, tape, or putty, and is tethered to the preamp chassis with a 6’ (2m) shielded cable.

Check out an introductory video to the Cortado MkIII here.

The Cortado MkIII is available now, priced at $159.

BABY Audio releases Smooth Operator, an intelligent signal balancer.

Do away with problem frequencies and bring forth clarity with BABY Audio’s intelligent signal balancer, Smooth Operator.

Smooth Operator is an intelligent signal balancer that uses spectral processing to automatically resolve fatigued frequencies and bring out clarity. It combines resonance suppression, equalization, and spectral compression into a singular and intuitive workflow. Its detection algorithm adapts to incoming audio 44,100 times per second, giving you full control over your signal, regardless of how it changes over time.

Smooth Operator brings out clarity and smoothness across instruments, vocals, and mix busses, allowing for creative tone shaping without artifacts or harsh resonances. This
intelligent algorithm automatically detects and resolves problem frequencies and serves as an alternative to EQ, compression, and resonance suppression in one unified workflow.

Smooth Operator is available now for a special introductory promo price of $39 (reg. $69).

Create spatial audio anytime, anywhere with L-ISA Studio by L-Acoustics.

With powerful spatial audio and room engine algorithms, L-Acoustics offers L-ISA Studio.

L-ISA Studio takes the power and versatility of the concert-proven L‑ISA technology and puts it into the hands of sound creators, allowing them to formulate multidimensional audio wherever and whenever they are ready to create.

L-ISA Studio contains the same spatial audio and room engine algorithms as its hardware counterpart, the L-ISA Processor, yet is redesigned and improved with key features for room enhancement, a fully augmented scale simulation mode, and binaural output capabilities. The upgraded engine, now deployed in both software and hardware configurations, provides sound designers, content creators, and mixing engineers with the ability to hear content in any virtual space of any given size and shape. Control strategies, sonic trajectories, and sound system behaviors can all be defined and then demonstrated in real time, streamlining the creative process in its early stages and minimizing the need for last-minute changes.

L-ISA Studio is immediately available for download; click here to learn about the various pricing and tiers available.

Line 6 announces a crucial firmware update for Helix.

With a new amp model and several new effects to boot, Line 6 unleashes this next iteration of Helix firmware.

The Helix 3.10/3.11 firmware update applies to all Helix and HX family products. This crucial update includes a new amp and five new effects.

Mandarin Rocker is based on the dirty channel of the Orange Rockerverb 100 MKIII; Ratatouille Dist (mono, stereo) is based on the 1984 Pro Co RAT; Retro Reel (mono, stereo) is a Line 6 original effect that simulates analog tape playback; Euclidean Delay (mono, stereo) is a Line 6 original delay based on Euclidean algorithms; Dynamic Hall (mono, stereo) is a Line 6 original hall reverb; Hot Springs (mono, stereo) is a Line 6 original spring reverb. This update also includes scores of other new features and updates.

Click here to update to Helix 3.10/3.11 now.

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