Archives for May 2018

Looking to build up powerful orchestral tracks? Well, the harp is a key component, but it's surprisingly underrepresented in most sampling libraries out there. In order to solve this problem, Cinesamples brings you CineHarps – a comprehensive library of harp samples. Recorded at the MGM Scoring Stage at Sony Pictures in LA, this extensive collection includes a wide range of versatile notes and mic positions. With everything that comes with this setup, you'll be able to add all of the harp accents that you can dream up.

Key Takeaways:

• Harps can add power and depth to a breadth of your instrumental compositions.
• However, despite their versatility and popularity, these ancient instruments are surprisingly under-sampled.
• Fortunately, CineHarps solves this problem elegantly, by bringing you a whole host of different harp sampling option.

“Beginning with the most basic of patches, the Concert Harp is anything but straightforward-sounding.”

Read more: http://www.musictech.net/2018/03/cinesamples-cineharps-review/

Key Takeaways:

• • The TR-8S now has sounds from 5 different versions, including ones able to be modified
  • Audio shaping tools are now more easily accessible, located on the front panel.
  • Sequencer can now hold 128 sequences in memory that can be singular or combined together

“With the TR-8S, Roland have incorporated feedback on their excellent TR-8 to add sample import, eight analogue outputs, trigger outputs for connection to external sound sources and a multi-channel audio/MIDI interface.”

Read more: https://www.soundonsound.com/news/roland-announce-flagship-tr-8s

Justin Perkins, of Pro Audio Files, likes to caution mastering engineers away from allowing peak levels to reach 0 DBFS. Beyond that, he feels that the commonly shared wisdom, suggesting peaks of -6, or – 3 db are being overly cautious and also harking back to a time period when sound equipment was quite primitive, relative to today's technology, when it made good sense to have a definite limit in place.
With today's far superior equipment, Perkins says he rarely gets overly excited about the peak levels, unless it gets to 0, or unless he's dealing with analogue equipment. He also advocates not using a limiter, or a plugin that prevents peaks that would otherwise reach or clio 0 dBFS.

Key Takeaways:

• Justin Perkins of Pro Audio Files admonishes mixing engineers not to let peak levels get to 0 dBFS.
• That also suggests that the oft-shared advice to keep peak levels at -6 or -3 dB are too arbitrary, harking back to a time when equipment ability was sub par.
• Perkins says, with today's superior equipment, he rarely worries about peak levels, unless the get to 0, or unless he is using analogue equipment.

“Not a week goes by where I see somebody on a forum or Facebook group asking about how much headroom to leave on a mix for the mastering engineer. Then comes the flood of varying responses”

Read more: https://theproaudiofiles.com/6-db-headroom-mastering-myth-explained/

The latest PMC monitors are a tad pricey, no doubt. Nonetheless, they are surprisingly more affordable than their predecessors. Result6 monitors, from PMC, have earned the musicTech excellence award, as well as blogger Andy Jones's respect, as a piece o equipment that stands up to its predecessors and merits the extra cheddar, because they are well-built and they deliver a clean, sound, with a lot of integrity and detail.
The result6 has lots of nifty features that help it to produce its extended bass sound from its relatively small box, including a soft dome tweeter (affording ultra-high resolution with a neutral balance) and a perforated acoustic lens, an active transmission line vent, allowing for an extended bass response, with lower levels of distortion, and a midrange/bass driver, which allows for control of the bass response even at extremely low output levels.

Key Takeaways:

• Looking for a new studio monitor that won't break the bank? Check out these PMC result6 monitors.
• At about 2400 Pounds Sterling, they're surprisingly affordable to studio owners and producers.
• And, even at that price point, the performance is phenomenal across the entire spectrum.

“Those new result6 monitors, you see – and the ones I have on test here – are PMC’s lowest priced monitors ever.”

Read more: http://www.musictech.net/2018/02/pmc-result6-review/