This month MusicTech Magazine includes:
Recording Masterclass: The first part of a major series of guides, starting with large-capsule condensers and explaining many of the tech terms involved in recording with mics plus top tips and advice along the way…
Acapellas are a goldmine for producers worldwide and this collection will not fail to deliver, you get verses, bridges, chorus plus additional harmony and single word phrases making it a breeze to arrange and remix the stems to your preference. With world class vocal performances from in demand vocalists your tracks can take on a whole new level of popularity when performed and released – and the cool thing is you avoid those awkward conversations that start with “About my Royalties”
From mild tone-shaping or adding a bit of grit to full-on total waveform destruction, Kombinat is a complete toolbox of sonic warfare. This plugin is, in our opinion, the single most annihilating effect available today. With seven different options in each of the three distortion engines (plus pass-through), Kombinat is capable of sophisticated and unique sounds. Want to add a ring mod to the low end, a mild saturation to the mids, and a bit-reduction algorithm to the high end? No problem. Want to run your signal through three sine-warps in series? This is your box.
Mercuriall has released Mercuriall Harlequin, a free virtual guitar amp for Windows which emulates the Corford Harlequin MKI amplifier.
Mercuriall Harlequin Preamp based on The Harlequin MK1 that started the Cornford story.
Mercuriall Harlequin is available for free download via Mercuriall Speaker and Amp Simulation (6.4 MB dowload size, 32-bit & 64-bit VST plugin format for Windows).
Noisecrux has released Multisampled Electric Guitar, a free collection of Peavey Predator electric guitar samples with SFZ and Shortcircuit mappings.
I recorded a Peavey Predator electric guitar, clean, using the bridge humbucker pickup position, through a Behringer Eurorack MX2004 into PC audio interface.
Multisampled Electric Guitar is available for free download via Noisecrux (19.3 MB download size, contains 64 audio samples in 24-bit WAV format).
FORMAT: ALP / EXS / NKI
String Machines for Sampler, Kontakt & EXS 4 analog legends recaptured: Puremagnetik has gone back to the golden age of string synthesis and recaptured the sounds of 4 legendary instruments. String Machines contains over 250MB of lush sounds recorded directly from the classic stringers of the 1970’s. But doesn’t stop with strings! These analog legends had amazing organs, full choirs, pianos and clavichords – all of which are reproduced in this latest release!. String Machines includes programs from: The Roland VP-330, Roland RS-09, ARP Solina String Ensemble and Crumar Orchestrator. Formats included: ALP, KONTAKT, EXS.
