Modeled faithfully after Vertigo's 6,000 $ flagship compressor. Vintage King calls it the 'Mercedes of VCA Compressors' on their website. Hear it to believe it. 'We are amazed how accurate the plugin simulates the real deal. We have compared it to the hardware several times now in a professional studio and cannot hear any difference at all. Is that good or bad?!?', says Andreas Eschenwecker, CEO

" Dubfire is a true Dance music veteran. As part of Deep Dish, Ali Shirazinia conquered dance floors and radio waves across the world, remixing everyone from BT and Michael Jackson to The Rolling Stones and Justin Timberlake and claiming their fair share of Grammy nominations. As a solo artist, his success has been no less remarkable, playing in some of the world's biggest clubs, remixing Plastikman,

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In Ozone 5, every module has been updated with refined signal processing algorithms to bring you a new level of mastering quality. The most complete mastering suite available has never sounded better. Guided by iZotope's expertise in DSP research, Ozone 5 combines the best nuances of both analog and digital worlds: Analog-modeled processing combined with linear phase precision Flexible sonic capabilities

The Rosegarden team is proud to announce the release of version 11.11 of Rosegarden, an audio and MIDI sequencer and musical notation editor for Linux. A long time in the making, this release combines a number of bug fixes with two major sub-projects that happened to come together right at the same time, and several completely new features as well. It is probably our most substantial offering since

OZONE ADVANCES iZotope is proud to introduce two groundbreaking new products: Ozone 5, the biggest update ever to our critically-acclaimed software mastering suite, and Ozone 5 Advanced, a new enhanced version of Ozone specially tuned to the needs and requests of professional mixing and mastering engineers. Pristine sound Enhanced visual feedback Optimized workflow Updated interface “Whether you’re

Alongside its Pro Tools 10 and HDX unveiling, Avid turned some heads by recently announcing it was replacing its RTAS and TDM formats to a new format called AAX, “Avid Audio eXtension.” Now, your first reaction may not be unbridled enthusiasm, exactly: it seems the last thing users are likely saying is, “yes, please, I’d like a new plug-in format to worry about.” But I wanted to give the

Avoid Common Recording Mistakes VERSION 2 Created on: May 10, 2011 5:04 PM by Phil O'Keefe - Last Modified: Nov 1, 2011 4:19 PM by Phil O'Keefe Identify and remove obstacles that get in the way of great recordings By Phil O'Keefe Why is it so hard to get tracks that kill? Mixes that scream with emotional impact--music that holds up to the work of the masters of our craft? Experienced pro or newbie

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There seems to be some confusion regarding what kind of Mac Pro you actually need to run the new HDX hardware. If you thought you were ready for blast off just because you own an Intel-based Mac tower you’ve got another thing coming. This confusion can only be blamed on Avid. They have changed their website and haven’t been clear about the requirements. Sure, the HDX is still a while away from