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The Complete Mixing Course: Modern Vocal Mixing Techniques TUTORIAL

By | March 26, 2022

The Complete Mixing Course: Modern Vocal Mixing Techniques TUTORIAL

The Complete Mixing Course: Modern Vocal Mixing Techniques TUTORIAL

Industry mixing secrets exposed by 2x GRAMMY Nominated Mix Engineer using step-by-step modern mixing method

What you’ll learn:

  • Learn how to Mix a song using modern professional mixing techniques
  • How to Make a beat or vocal tracks go from boring to head-banging great sounding mixes
  • Make mixes that sound great on all speakers such as iPhone, Laptops, cars…etc
  • Learn how to Master your Mixes and make them streaming-ready for release
  • Learn how to apply effects such as Compression, EQ, and Reverb to create better sounding mixes
  • By the end of this course, you’ll learn the essentials of Mixing and Mastering

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Apisonic Labs Speedrum v1.3.0 VST VST3 AU [WIN MAC LINUX]

By | March 26, 2022

Apisonic Labs Speedrum v1.2.0 VST VST3 AU

Apisonic Labs Speedrum v1.3.0 VST VST3 AU [WIN MAC LINUX]

Drum/percussion sampler plugin. Fast and easy for use…

Features

  • Speedrum is an MPC style drum sampler.
  • Designed for easy startup and fast workflow, but with powerful features if you need them.
  • 32 pads with essential effects, and with 8 sample layers per pad.
  • With the addition of a loop slicer.

Two layouts

16 pads layout A/B with view to all pad FX or 32 pads layout with one FX view at a time

  • Mpc style pads layout
  • Pads can be triggered by MIDI notes
  • Multi-pad editing, copy and swap, delete, drag and drop…
  • Multi-pad controls changing, including FX controls
  • Midi-learn for every pad, save/load trigger maps

Resizable

Resizable GUI from 60% to 200% of default window size.

  • Easy-to-use user interface
  • Preferences for default behaviors
  • Supported Saving and Loading of drum kits
  • WAV, AIF, FLAC, MP3, OGG file format support
  • In VST, VST3 and AU plugin format
  • Written in native C++ code for high performance and low CPU usage

Main Pad controls

All essential controls for fast control: Mute, Solo, Volume, Pan, Pitch …

  • All pads knobs parameters have midi-learn capability
  • Voice Mode: Retrigger or Poly
  • 8 “Cut” (choke) and “Cut By” groups, and Trigger pad
  • Every pad can be set to one of 16 available stereo outputs
  • 12 color to highlight a particular pad or a group
  • Humanization of Velocity, Pitch, Time and Pan
  • Volume and Pitch envelope for every pad

Essential FX

Four essential effects for further tuning a drum-pad

  • Multiple types of a distortion
  • Easy adjustable multimode filter
  • VCA type compressor for percussive material
  • Transient shaper
  • Overall gain control and Hard clipper
  • In an “all or one” layout

Sample Layers

8 sample layers for each pad with dedicated editor

  • Every layer has essential controls plus Lowpass and Highpass filter
  • Multiple layers playing Mode
  • Rearrange layers with drag and drop
  • Layers multi-editing

Waveform

Non-destructive editor, easily zoomable

  • Waveform view of loaded sample
  • Adjustable Start, End, Attack and Decay of sample
  • Arrow buttons to cycle through all samples in the current folder
  • Adjustable Velocity ranges in Velocity Mode

Browser

Integrated sample and drumkit browser

  • With drag and drop sample loading
  • Sample or Drumkit info
  • 10 slots for favorite folders
  • Sample preview capability
  • Selectable output channel

Loop Slicer

Slicing loops into individual drum hits

  • Add or delete slicer markers with easy
  • Drag and drop slices to populate pads or layers
  • Same zooming/navigation as on Layer waveform

Two slicing modes

Different algorithms for different results

  • Transients – with Threshold and Length controls
  • BPM – with Bpm and Divisions controls

v1.2.0 Changelog:

+ [Pads] export render to file (with maximum velocity, ignore Humanization)
+ [Pads] the ability to replace Layers with rendered sample after exporting the render
+ [Pads] select multiple with mouse right-button drag, add to selection holding Ctrl/Command while dragging
+ [Pads] reset the Pad(s) with the middle-click
+ updated Pad main controls panel, added PlayMode and draggable waveform-button
+ [Windows, MacOS] drag waveform-button to export rendering to other Pad or outside Speedrum (DAW or folder)
+ [Linux] drag waveform-button to export rendering to other Pad
+ [Layer] Mute and Solo for Layers
+ [Layer] Shift + left/right click on a Layer button to Mute/Solo Layer(s) (same behavior as on Pads)
+ [Layer] Ctrl/Command + right-click on any layer button will select all layers
+ [Layer] delete the Layer(s) with the middle-clcik
+ [Layer] indicators when the mouse is over S/E and A/D, for better visibility of what is active
+ [Layer] move selection S/E left right with Alt/Option + drag
+ [Layer] holding Alt/Option while prev/next/rand in a folder will try to preserve S/E/A/D state
+ [Layer] render to file (ignore Pad params), with the option to reload rendered afterwards
+ [Setup] midi note number on the pad trigger button
+ [Setup] right-click on a trigger button to enter midi note number manually to all selected
+ [Setup] option to specify a project folder, used when drag&drop rendering to DAW (overrides Preferences)
+ [Preferences] option to specify default folder for intermediate files when drag&drop rendering to DAW or Pad/Layer
# left-click (without Ctrl/Command) on the Pad/Layer will remove Pads/Layers multi-selection
# updated info for S/E and A/D
# small dsp optimizations
# fixed right-arrow key behavior on folders in Browser
# fixed applying command from Pad’s menu to multi-selection
# fixed Alt/Option + drag copying selected Layers to another Pad
# fixed crash when duplicating Layers with all slots already populated
# fixed crash when loading a corrupted drum-kit

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MAAT FiDef JENtwo v1.0 VST2 VST3 AAX [WIN]

By | March 26, 2022

MAAT FiDef JENtwo

MAAT FiDef JENtwo v10 VST2 VST3 AAX [WIN]

FiDef® by FideliQuest is a very low amplitude, psychoacoustic stimulus designed specifically for audio engineers. It makes a receptive brain relax and pay closer attention to an incoming audio stimulus. In brain physiology laboratory tests using functional neuroimaging techniques, FiDef has proven to excite brain activity related to perception and attention, and to enhance the subjective processes of listening and engagement.

Available for all major plug-in formats, including VST 2, VST 3 and AAX native for macOS and Windows plus Audio Units for macOS, FiDef is a patented, 64 bit audio processor like no other. Brain science takes the lead in this subconscious signal generator that compels the listening to lean in and…engage!

The Quest

Since Edison’s first wax cylinders, the history of audio capture and playback can be summarized as the increasingly technical pursuit of a seemingly impossible goal: lifelike replication of the actual listening experience…The advent of digital technology, while solving many of the problems inherent in analog recording and playback, brought with it other challenges. At the same time, new enabling formats such as DXD (Digital eXtreme Definition) and MQA (Master Quality Authenticated), along with consumer trends toward uncompressed HRA or High Resolution Audio releases of music catalogs have brought new levels of fidelity to the home. Yet, even the highest fidelity digital playback still exhibits a level of reserve that keeps the music at arm’s length, not always allowing it to embrace and move us. Low fidelity or hi–fi, analog or digital, FiDef makes for a deeper, more satisfying connection.

The Solution

While listening to a vaiety of recordings, an audio professional thought to himself, “Why do some recordings sound better than others?” He recruited an audio physicist and a musical neuroscientist while analyzing arrays of audio recordings to identify elements of sound that psychoacoustically engage the listener. Isolating the mechanism allowed them to develop a unique solution that synthesizes essential content from the material itself, inserting that dynamic information at low amplitude into the content. After years of development by a team of engineers with decades of industry experience, early in 2016 FideliQuest introduced FiDef™ audio processing, the first and only technology that restores what all recording and playback systems take away, whether analog or digital.

Think of a common, non–harmonic, sub–audible signal all good engineers use to linearize digital audio; dither. The FiDef system also generates an anharmonic, sub–audible broadband signal. The difference is that FiDef does not modify the music itself in any way but instead is added to the music. Also unlike dither, it is correlated to the source audio. This is not noise for noise’s sake. This is a dynamic, correlated and spectrally shaped signal. The signal, based on FideliQuest research into the human auditory system, is customized to directly stimulate the brain, bypassing cognitive processing. The manifold results include less brain activity required to process incoming stimuli, with a resulting increase in perceived nuance and tactility from music, speech and effects. FiDef informs your brain of the subtle potentials within a recording. Hear more of how the song was played, not recorded.

The Science

Supported by sophisticated research into how the human brain processes sound, FiDef informs the listener’s auditory system of music’s full potential. Independent research has shown that the brain response between FiDef and untreated audio is significant to 99%. The subtle effects of sub–audible supplementation are modeled in the brain over time. With familiarization, ears unaccustomed to FiDef might not hear the difference immediately. Studies indicate that the brain uses inverse effectiveness to process FiDef’d music with less effort, in effect hearing more by struggling less. Essentially, hear more than you think.

Grounded firmly in experimentation and analysis, FiDef technology can increase definition, detail, intelligibility, soundstage width and depth and, most important, the emotional engagement of the listener. In short, with FiDef processing, your audio sounds better, without any change to workflows or delivery methods, even on data–compressed file types and older or low–fi playback gear.

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TAQS.IM MicroToner v1.0.1 VST AAX [WIN]

By | March 26, 2022

TAQS.IM MicroToner v1.0.1 WIN

TAQS.IM MicroToner v1.0.1 WIN

Welcome to MicroToner by TAQSIM. MicroToner allows you to easily play Microtones with your plugins and virtual instruments. Modeled after Oriental Scale Converters, MicroToner modifies incoming MIDI Pitch Bend information to allow most virtual instruments and plugins to easily play microtones.

Break free from the twelve-tone scale by dialing in world microtonal scales with an “oriental-style” scale converter. MicroToner ships with a huge library of the most popular scales used throughout the middle-east and the world.

Pick Your DAW, any DAW
MicroToner is a cross-platform standalone app and plugin that is supported both on PC and Mac in VST, AU, and AAX formats.

All DAW’s can run MicroToner as an Instrument Plugin. Logic Pro, Ableton Live and Reaper can run MicroToner as a Midi Effect plugin.

  • Cubase: Instrument Plugin
  • Logic Pro: Midi Effect Plugin
  • Ableton Live: Midi Effect Plugin
  • FL Studio: Instrument Plugin
  • Reaper: Midi Effect Plugin
  • Pro Tools: Instrument Plugin
  • PreSonus Studio One: Instrument Plugin

MicroTonal Scales
Break free from the twelve-tone scale by dialing in world microtonal scales with an “oriental-style” scale converter. MicroToner ships with a huge library of the most popular scales used throughout the middle-east and the world.

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TAQS.IM Solo v1.2.11 VST AAX [WIN]

By | March 26, 2022

TAQS.IM Solo v1.2.11 VST AAX [WIN]

TAQS.IM Solo v1.2.11 VST AAX [WIN]

Welcome to SOLO by TAQSIM, a new virtual instrument that authentically recreates the sound of modern world music.

Whether it is quickly playing presets, tweaking sounds, setting up comprehensive modulations, or trying unique microtonal scales, SOLO is designed to be easy to use. We’ve partnered with musicians and producers from around the globe to include a library of authentic sounds to help you stand out from the crowd. If you want to explore more, you can import your own custom multi-samples into SOLO.

3 Synth Engines

SOLO includes 3 different synth engines – sample playback, virtual analog, and phase distortion – providing you the ultimate sonic flexibility to blend synthetic sounds with our organic wave sample set.
Then further sculpt your sound with the onboard Moog or Oberheim style -12db or -24db filter and loudness envelope.

MPE & Expression and Custom Sample Support

Express to your hearts content with MPE and expression support with SOLO. If you more sonic options, import your own custom Korg KMP, Soundfont, and SFZ samples into SOLO. This opens up a world of sonic options to play your custom samples through our oriental scale converter and synth engine.

Microtonal Makam Scales

Break free from the twelve-tone scale by dialing in world microtonal scales with an “oriental-style” scale converter. SOLO ships with a huge library of the most popular scales used throughout the middle-east and the world.

Modulate in the Matrix

The flexible modulation matrix allows you to use the 2 LFO’s and other controllers to drive parameters throughout the synthesizer.

Change the LFO type, rate, rate attack, depth, and depth attack to modulate the filter, oscillator, effects, and more!

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NovoNotes HPL2 Processor v2.0.0 VST3 AU AAX

By | March 26, 2022

NovoNotes HPL2 Processor v2.0.0 [WIN & MacOS]

NovoNotes HPL2 Processor v2.0.0 VST3 AU AAX [WIN & macOS]

Perfect Headphone Sound
The new HPL2 Processor plugin virtually creates perfect room acoustics and the front localization of the speakers by processing stereo sound sources with binaural technology. All you need is a pair of headphones and you can focus on your production in an ideal environment.

What is HPL:

  • HPL stands for HeadPhone Listening
  • HPL is a binaural technology that is ideal for music production and listening
  • HPL is one of the core technologies behind the 3DX and HPL2 Processor plugins

Why does HPL sound so good?

HPL uses a different method to that commonly used by general binaural plug-ins.

General method: convolution of measured IR.

HPL: algorithmic room modeling and head acoustic simulation.

The general convolution method uses Head-related Impulse Response data (HRIR), which is measured by a dummy head placed in an anechoic room. This signal processing is similar to the convolution reverb often used in music production.

Sound processed in this way generally feels extremely close, as if it is being whispered in your ear. This creates a sense of “immersion”, which is important in the production of VR content.

However, there is a problem with this method when applied to music production. All sounds feel too close, and you lose the sense of spaciousness and distance that is so important in music production.

HPL was developed to achieve a sense of both “immersion” and “spaciousness”.

The following list shows the differences between the general method and HPL.

HPL:

  • Localization: Out-of-head localization
  • Perception of space: Natural
  • Uniformity of panning: Equal volume in all directions

General Method:

  • Localization: Very close to the surface of the head
  • Perception of space: Needs additional processing. It is difficult to avoid unwanted side-effect and unnatural results
  • Uniformity of panning: louder in the left/right position, softer in the front/back and up/down positions

Is HPL an application of Ambisonic technology?

No. HPL does not use Ambisonics in any way.

Many binaural plug-ins process the signal once it has been encoded into Ambisonics. However, NovoNotes plug-ins binauralize the virtual speakers without encoding them to ambisonics. This provides a higher localization. We use this method because, in music production, we cannot afford to compromise on either immersion or localization.

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BFractal Music Grimmy Hip Hop WAV

By | March 26, 2022

BFractal Music Grimmy Hip Hop WAV

BFractal Music Grimmy Hip Hop WAV

BFractal Music brings ¨Grimmy Hip Hop¨. A useful collection of expertly crafted Hip Hop Lo-Fi drum and melodic loops. This Pack is full of Textures, Musical loops, bass loops, Drums & One-Shots to boost up your Lo-Fi and Hip Hop arsenal. If you produce Lo-fi and Hip Hop, this pack will fit right into your sample library 100% Royalty Free.

49 Sounds

BFractal Music delivers only high quality sounds recorded exclusively with analog gear. Our samples are well processed with the top audio equipment to build professional tracks and deliver the best result on a big sound system.

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Nonjuror SP-202 Lo-Fi Chopped Breaks Vol. 2 WAV

By | March 26, 2022

Nonjuror SP-202 Lo-Fi Chopped Breaks Vol. 2 WAV

Nonjuror SP-202 Lo-Fi Chopped Breaks Vol. 2 WAV

A collection of drum breaks sampled from vinyl and chopped into gritty lo-fi kits. Sampled with the Boss SP-202 Dr Sample at various sample rates then chopped and EQ’d on the Boss SP-303. From the machine these are run through a PreSonus BlueTube DP v2 tube preamp to make them extra crispy.

Each of the drum kits have multiple variations of their kicks, snares and hats.

Pack contains 10 Lo-Fi Breaks chopped into:

  •  58 Kicks
  •  56 Snares / Rimshots
  •  35 Hats
  •  9 Toms

Total of 158 samples.

Boss SP-202 Sample Rates:

  •  Hi-Fi: 31.25 kHz
  •  Standard: 15.63 kHz
  •  Lo-Fi 1: 7.81 kHz
  •  Lo-Fi 2: 3.91 kHz

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SmallPrint Ingredients 001 Primate WAV

By | March 26, 2022

SmallPrint Ingredients 001 Primate WAV

SmallPrint Ingredients 001 Primate WAV

We are very excited to announce the launch of our long awaited sample pack series, SmallPrint Ingredients, with the first instalment coming from Primate. This samplepack is filled with explosive, crunchy, drum breaks and rhythms. Sublime, organic jazz chords and textures to inspire your next production.

Not only is it filled with vibrant chords and breaks, it also packed with abstract foley loops and deep, subby, melodic bass loops. In this multi genre samplepack you’ll find a variety of complex ideas to add to your sample library.

Ingredients 001 comes with a wide range of content, tempos ranging from 95bpm – 140bpm. This samplepack is inspired from a variety of genres and would be the ideal for the producer making: Future Bass, Dubstep, Drum and Bass, Hip Hop and Garage.

This pack contains 45 Drum Loops, 21 Bass Loops, 13 Foley Loops, 10 Pad Loops, 41 Synth Loops. 13 Kicks, 24 Snares, 10 Hats, 11 Percussion Hits, 5 Bass Hits, 12 Foley Hits and 10 Synth Hits.

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BlankFor.ms Tape Haze 4 Sample Pack WAV

By | March 26, 2022

BlankFor.ms Tape Haze 4 Sample Pack WAV

BlankFor.ms Tape Haze 4 Sample Pack WAV

Warm, noisy, and saturated – Tape Haze IV features 170 cassette-recorded WAV samples including tones, chords, loops and drums perfect for use in existing projects or new work. The large one-shot collection can be imported into any sampler for instantly playable leads, pads, chords, and percussion. The loops folder includes both freeform and BPM-adjusted clips, featuring tape-drenched melodies and chord progressions.

All files were recorded to cassette tape and then at 48kHz 24bit via Universal Audio Unison preamps, complete with all the distortion, pitch modulation, and stereo imaging magic that cassette tape brings. Keys and pitches are outlined in the filenames.

Featuring Tascam 414 MKII Tascam 424 MKI, Tascam PortaOne, Tascam Porta02, Library of Congress C1, Sony Walkman, Sohmer and Sons upright piano, Sequential Prophet Six, Moog Sub Phatty, Moog Matriarch, Arturia Microfreak, Landscape Stereo Field, Chase Bliss Mood, Walrus Audio Ages, & Elektron Digitakt.

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Splice Sessions Senegal Origins WAV

By | March 26, 2022

Splice Sessions Senegal Origins WAV

Splice Sessions Senegal Origins WAV

In Splice Sessions: Senegal Origins, producer Pape Armand Boye and a group of West Africa’s top musicians further explore the earliest African music. Learn the sounds of the balafon, a type of xylophone closely associated with the Mandinka ethnic group of West Africa. Get familiar with the kora, an ancient ancestor of the banjo. Make dance music with the help of bikutsi rhythms from Cameroon. Fuse the sacred stylings of mbalax into your next heater. With this pack, we intended to honor the origins of African music while providing you with the depth and vitality passed down in African culture for generations.

The performers on this pack who played with force and virtuosity were Thio Mbaye, Cameroonian bassist Obam, Gabonese bassist Ismael Eneric, Franco-Central African guitarist Yann Moni, and guitarist René Shalom from Benin.

Contains:

  • 99 one shots
  • 141 loops

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Paul Mabury x Javier Solos Dirty Disco Vol. 2 WAV

By | March 26, 2022

Paul Mabury x Javier Solos Dirty Disco Vol. 2 WAV

Paul Mabury x Javier Solos Dirty Disco Vol. 2 WAV

Dirty Disco Vol. 2 was crafted Grammy-winning co-founder and drum extraordinaire, Paul Mabury with Javier Solis as a featured guest on percussion. Inspired by the disco music of the 1970s and ‘80s, this pack features tight and punchy drums, as well as a wide variety of complimentary percussion one-shots and loops. To maintain authenticity, the musicians used 1980s Rodgers and Yamaha drum kits with CB-700 concert toms.

Over 15 different percussion instruments were played live in the recording of this pack. Use these sounds to add groove or bounce to your track or layer the percussion loops onto the drums for added texture and feel in your productions.

Contains:

  • 127 one shots
  • 255 loops

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