Ableton’s latest update to Live 10 is an all-in-one solution for drum mixing needs as there is now a dedicated Drum Buss audio effect to make mixing drums easier than ever.
Mixing your drums can be a daunting task. Producers and engineers often stack on plugins to try and achieve that powerful and punchy drum sound that we are all accustomed to hearing. With Ableton’s latest to update to Live 10, you now have an all-in-one solution for your drum mixing needs since there is a dedicated drum bus audio effect to make mixing your drums easier than ever.
Read more about this here: https://music.tutsplus.com/tutorials/mixing-drums-with-the-ableton-10-drum-buss–cms-30974
Music Recording
EQ30 Graphical Equalizer 32-bit VST Plugin By discoDSP Is Now FREE
discoDSP has announced that the EQ30 graphical equalizer in 32-bit VST plugin format for compatible digital audio workstations on Windows is now a freeware.
EQ30 is a software graphical EQ modeled after the Alesis M-EQ 230 hardware unit. The plugin comes with the same feature set as its hardware counterpart, which is a dual 1/3 octave 30-band equalizer. It features input and output gain controls, along with solo buttons for the L and R audio channels. Unlike parametric equalizers which are useful for pinpointing specific frequencies in a sound, graphical EQs are best suited for gently fine-tuning the entire mix.
Read more about this here: https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2018/10/23/discodsp-eq30-free/
Accusonus aim to fix your vocals with ERA Voice Leveler
Accusonus expanded their range of single-knob processors with ERA Voice Leveler. It is a new set-and-forget vocal leveling plug-in to take the place of a compressor or indeed save hours of automation.
What sets this apart from other similar plug-ins, such as Vocal Rider from Waves, is the Emphasis feature which is designed to compensate for differences in frequency balance caused by a vocalist or voice actor moving around the mic during recording. There are two modes of operation: ‘Normal’ for a more natural sound and ‘Tight’ for more of a producer, radio-ready sound.
Read more about this here: https://www.soundonsound.com/news/accusonus-aim-fix-your-vocals-era-voice-leveler
Roland's VT-4 Voice Transformer Is For Musicians, DJs, Broadcasters And More
Hardware vocal processing was once the preserve of live performers. But now the technology is much more advanced, not to mention affordable, and it has become much more widely available. Roland’s latest offering in this field is the VT-4 Voice Transformer, a powerful new effects processor for manipulating the human voice.
Compact and easy to use, the VT-4 allows the user to connect a microphone and quickly craft unique vocal sounds with performance-oriented controls. It puts a wealth of modern and retro vocal effects at the user’s fingertips, eliminating the need to employ a complicated setup with a computer and plug-ins.
Read more about this here: https://ask.audio/articles/rolands-vt4-voice-transformer-is-for-musicians-djs-broadcasters-and-more
SPL Crescendo 8 Channel Microphone Preamp
There are microphone preamps that we use when we need some color or when we need transparency. The new SPL Crescendo 8 channel mic preamp was intentionally created to be as colorless as possible by using an approach that you won’t see in inexpensive mic pres.
The preamps in the Crescendo achieve the transparency using what SPL calls “120V DC Audio Rail Technology.” SPL uses its own 5th generation SUPRA op-amps that use ±60 volt power to make a 120-volt power rail. The result is more than 10dB more headroom, 3dB less noise, and a preamp that’s really difficult to overload.
Read more about this here: https://bobbyowsinskiblog.com/2018/10/15/spl-crescendo-mic-preamp/