Archives for January 2017

Steinberg has released some new instruments. One of them is a sound creation system and another is a VST sampler. The package, which includes another item as well, will be announced this year at an event called NAMM. The sound creation system is called the HALion 6, which offers a lot of inspiration for people to create their own instruments.

Key Takeaways:

• HALion 6 takes the flexibility and freedom that HALion has offered to the next level. Tailored to contemporary composers and sound designers, it delivers a detail-layered sound design environment that covers the full process of crafting custom instrument libraries.
• The advantages of HALion Sonic lie with its simplicity and pristine audio quality, making it a true alternative to heavyweight hardware workstations. 16 instrument slots alongside easily created keyboard splits and its dedicated performer mode.
• The HALion Sonic 3 VST workstation adds over 25 GB of high-quality samples to the sound library with four new acoustic instruments, including strings, brass and two grand pianos, plus two new synthesis-heavy instruments making use of the brand-new wavetable and granular synthesizers.

“HALion 6 offers endless inspiration for creating own instruments”

http://www.musictech.net/2017/01/new-steinberg-vst-instruments-have-arrived/

If your professional work is in voice-overs or music, you probably hate having to go to a studio every day. It may seem like having a home studio is the way to go, but it can have some drawbacks. First of all, you need to take your neighbors into account. Your choice in career entails a certain amount of noise, which can cause them to dislike you at times. You also have to consider the noise that they make that may contaminate your session. And finally, you have to consider noise-makers in your own home.

Key Takeaways:

• If you say recording you say sound at more or less high volumes. This may result in an annoyance to your closest neighbors.
• Don’t forget that while you are trying to record the persons living next door are trying to mind their own business.
• The best way to find out what kind of noises you will be exposed to is to have a “test” recording session.

“”The possibility you have nowadays to record decently in your own home is certainly a matter of joy to anybody who’s into audio. However this situation usually entails some limitations absent in professional facilities.””

http://en.audiofanzine.com/recording-mixing/editorial/articles/the-bothers-of-a-home-studio.html