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The PSI Palm Mute Piano is a unique Kontakt instrument created by meticulously sampling a Grand Piano using finger dampening to create what is essentially a brand new instrument.

The Piano has been sampled in 3 individual articulations to create the widest range of tones possible, staccato, sustained, and the epic sounding pedalled. The recordings have also been made using 3 microphone positions which can be individually controlled and blended to maximise the range of obtainable sounds and effects.

With A/B referencing playing an essential part in the production, mixing and mastering process, Magic AB offers an infinitely faster, easier and more accurate method to compare multiple audio streams to those available in any DAW or audio editor.

A uniquely powerful utility to aid and speed up the mixing and mastering process, Magic AB's controls and ergonomically-designed GUI can be learned in two minutes, and will lead to a lifetime of better mixes.

Alchemy Mobile v2 is the latest update to Camel Audio's
popular iOS sample manipulation synthesiser for your
iPhone/iPad. The 2.0.18 update provides support for the
general pasteboard so you can easily paste audio into
Garageband and other non-ACP apps. Also included are
a new manual to help you get the most from all its features
both old and new, as well as additional improvements:

- Copy/Paste to Garageband and other non-ACP apps
- New Manual makes learning easy - see Extra->Help
- New 'Himalaya: Vintage' Sound Library available
- authentic classic synths
- Improved handling of looped audio
- Improved background rendering
- Various other improvements and fixes

Mike Thornton is a sound designer, audio producer and a Pro Tools specialist who works in radio, TV sound & digital media. He is also Deputy Editor of Pro Tools Expert and a Sound on Sound columnist.
Chances are he's encountered a noisy situation like the one you’re facing, and he’s ready to show us how to fix the problem with RX 2.

- This series features real-world examples of audio rescue, including:
- Reducing hiss caused by a bad microphone cable
- Repairing clipping in a poorly recorded interview
- Reducing hum from a one-time-only recording
- Removing camera sounds from wedding vows
- Eliminating feedback from a bad PA system
- Tackling mobile phone interference and buzz
- Removing mobile phone text alert sounds
- Cleaning up recordings from a drama performance
- Reducing noise from a trade show floor
- Removing clicks and crackles from old recordings

Arturia’s Dr. Bob’s Collector Pack pricing promotion starts on May 23 and runs for one week only.

During this time, Moog fans, musicians, and producers worldwide wishing to pay tribute to the inventive individual responsible for singlehandedly revolutionising the sound of modern music production with his namesake 1965-patented Moog Ladder Filter design — which featured in the breakthrough voltage-controlled Moog modular synthesizer and its game-changing 1971-vintage compact MinimoogTM monosynth followup (for which Dr. Bob Moog was posthumously inducted into the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office National Inventors Hall of Fame) — can purchase Dr. Bob’s Collector Pack from the Arturia website at a reduced rate of €129.00 EUR/$129.00 USD (instead of €249.00 EUR/$299.00 USD). As always, a per ...

Future Garage has been produced with great attention to detail. The sound bank is 700 MB in size and offers heavy ultra deep sub-basslines, wobbling pads, widespread choruses and loose, broken drums.

Among the 139 loops, ranging from 8 to 16 bars length, you will find mix- and backing-parts, drum-mixes as well as loops of bass drum, snare/clap, hi-hat, percussions, bass, synths and FX. Additionally the 69 single sounds can easily be combined to new drum patterns.
Individual tracks are available for each of the four construction kits, allowing for complete re-arrangements and new constructions. To offer further flexibility, the kits are also divided into subfolders such as intro, a-part, b-part and outro.