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Thursday, January 05, 2012
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01/05/12 11:35 AM,
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Eventide has announced that the new 2016 Stereo Room and Omnipressor plug-ins are now available. Introduced in 1971, the Omnipressor rack unit was also widely used on hit records throughout the last four decades. A double-knee compressor/limiter, the Omnipressor has the unique ability of simultaneously compressing and expanding audio; it is capable of extreme compression, limiting, expanding, and dynamic reversal. The new software version of the Omnipressor is available for Pro Tools AAX, VST, and AU. Long used as a…
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
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11/22/11 02:36 PM,
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Sound Radix has announced the immediate availability of SurferEQ, a Mac- and PC-compatible RTAS, VST and Audio Units pitch tracking plug-in. SurferEQ is capable of locking onto a vocal or an instrument pitch and adjusting the EQ frequency to its fundamental pitch, or any of its harmonics - thus “surfing” on the sound waves. The EQ filters offer new and original algorithms, with every effort made to preserve the energy and size of the original recording. In addition to the…
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
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11/17/11 12:48 PM,
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Nomad Factory has launched MAGNETIC II, a realistic audio tape warming effect plug-in that gives audio tracks an exclusive vintage tape sound. This effect can inject sterile audio with the warmth and character of classic tube circuitry and analog tape saturation. The plug-in features pure analog reel-to-reel tape speeds, tape/tube saturation and tape color effects, as well as a dedicated vintage style EQ and a built in Boost mastering section. MAGNETIC II offers several new features and nine new tape…
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
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10/23/11 06:41 PM,
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Waves Audio has unveiled Bass Rider, an easy-to-use plugin that rides bass levels automatically. A companion to Waves’ popular Vocal Rider plugin, Bass Rider does not change the natural sound of bass. Optimized especially for the frequency range and envelope characteristics of bass instruments, Bass Rider covers all the “basses” - DI, amplified, acoustic, synth, upright, etc. Unlike a compressor, Bass Rider works note by note, without disturbing their inner dynamics, so they sustain and decay naturally. Since Bass Rider…
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Friday, October 14, 2011
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10/14/11 08:06 AM,
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Waves Audio has introduced the H-EQ Hybrid Equalizer, a powerful plugin for mixing and mastering, offering vintage and modern EQ inspired by the finest British and American consoles. Included are seven different filter types per band: US Vintage, UK Vintage 1, UK Vintage 2, US Modern, UK Modern, Digital 1 and Digital 2, in addition to a newly-developed, one-of-a-kind asymmetrical bell filter. An intuitive keyboard graphic lets users choose frequencies by clicking on notes, and an exclusive MS Mode allows…
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Friday, September 09, 2011
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09/09/11 08:21 AM,
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Allen & Heath has launched a Waves SoundGrid option module for the iLive digital mixing series, which provides a low latency 64-channel bi-directional interface to SoundGrid. The new M-Waves module opens up the opportunity to use Waves SoundGrid plug-in processing and concurrent multi-track playback and recording. Developed by Waves, SoundGrid is an Audio-over-Ethernet networking and processing technology for live applications. It provides an extremely low latency environment for high precision Waves audio processing using standard Gigabit Ethernet networks and an…
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Wednesday, July 06, 2011
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07/06/11 11:42 AM,
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Waves Audio, in association with international covert audio specialist Phil Manchester and Griff Comm Ltd., announces the release of the Phil Manchester/Waves Audio Forensics Package. A collection of nine audio plugins chosen especially for their precision in covert audio investigation, this package is ideally suited for law enforcement agencies. Covert audio evidence, made possible by Waves plugins, was an indispensable part of the prosecution’s case against Parviz Khan and four others convicted in an infamous 2007 plot to kill a…
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Wednesday, April 06, 2011
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04/06/11 05:05 PM,
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Waves Audio is now offering the new SoundGrid compact system for Yamaha consoles. The system includes everything Yamaha users need to process their live performances using Waves plugins, as well as the tools to capture their performances into a DAW. The SoundGrid compact system represents the first time Waves has assembled all the components needed to run Waves plugins on a Yamaha console into a single, affordable package. Users can process up to 16 live audio channels using up to…
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
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Waves Audio has responded to the difficulties facing the 2010 FIFA World Cup telecasts by unveiling a solution that dramatically reduces the problematic sound of the omnipresent Vuvuzela trumpet favored by South African soccer fans. In response to the widely publicized complaints from TV viewers and broadcasters about the continuous Vuvuzela blasts, Waves engineers quickly devised a solution to decrease the amount of noise. Working in conjunction with a major television broadcaster, Waves crafted a real-time processing chain consisting of…
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
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01/31/10 09:46 AM,
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Waves Audio is now shipping WavesLive MultiRack Native, the first-ever software application designed to run Waves plugins with live analog and digital mixing consoles. MultiRack Native is a software host that lets sound engineers run multiple simultaneous instances of the same Native Waves plug-ins used in recording studios and mixing rooms the world over. Armed only with a laptop, an I/O box, MultiRack Native and Waves plug-ins, users now have the power to shape their live sound with unprecedented precision,…
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