Is audio industry consolidation accelerating? With so many M&A activity announcements in the last two years, it would certainly seem so.
In late November of 2021, guitar giant Fender acquired PreSonus. Earlier that year, iZotope and Native Instruments merged, becoming one in the form of a new parent company Soundwide. Read more...
Over the past 10-15 years the “Loudness Wars” have been waged against engineers and music fans alike.
The desire to be the loudest and most ear-catching track has led to music that is robbed of dynamics and is fatiguing to listen to for long periods of time. At the same Read more...
Pulling up to Steven Slate’s offices in Laurel Canyon, my first thought was to double-check the address. It’s a quiet, residential neighborhood, albeit known for its rock-and-roll residents going back to the 60s (Jim Morrison, Frank Zappa, etc.). But you don’t expect many businesses to be tucked away in these Read more...
Slate Digital’s much buzzed-about new VCC Virtual Console Collection plug-ins are now available.
Co-developed by Slate Digital co-founder/CEO, Steven Slate and co-founder/CTO, Fabrice Gabriel, the VCC plug-ins bring the sound of “four of the world’s top analog consoles” into your DAW, reportedly modeling all characteristics of both the channels and Read more...
