Steinberg has announced that the new Wavelab 7 will be available on Mac OSX. And to say the least, I am pretty excited about this! I have been using i3′s DSP Quattro for mastering and sequencing and as much as I like it, Wavelab seems to be the superior product.
Wavelab 7 should start shipping in the second half of 2010.
This week I’ll be finishing up the mixes for the new Colton and Zara (Hartke Records) album. This is going to be 14 songs of fun, danceable goodness. I’ll drop a link so all you readers can buy a copy when it drops!
IRCAM (Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics and Music) and Flux have teamed up to create a new set of plugins, IRCAM Tools.
From their site:
The IRCAM Tools products express the result of over twenty years of fundamental research within the realms of music related digital signal processing. First out, we present a series of products evolved from two major fields of technology, Acoustic & Cognitive Spaces, and Sound Analysis & Synthesis.
Click here, for more.
Also, Flux is running 50% off of their Solera II, Epure II and Alchemist plugins until June 14th. Check it out!
In this wonderful video, veteran foley artist, Gary Hecker walks us through the art of foley while working on the new Robin Hood. For more sound for picture videos, check out soundworkscollection.com.
Gary Hecker, Veteran Foley Artist from Michael Coleman on Vimeo.
I picked up AudioMidi.com’s No Brainer deal that included the T-RackS 3 Classic EQ and Metering Suite plugins. I hadn’t used any of IK’s plugins before, but had heard enough good things that I figured it would be worth the $20 they were asking! I haven’t had a chance to use the EQ, but the metering suite is great! It includes Peak and Perceived Loudness meters, Phase and Correlation meters plus a full Spectrum meter as well. It would be worth the $99 that IK asks for it, but for $20 with a bundled EQ, it’s simply a must have!
Pick it up before the deal is over.
I just picked up the new Nomad Factory All-Tech 9063B EQ from dontcrack.com for $59! This plugin is an emulation of the classic Altec 9063B. Although this EQ is limited to a simple Low/High format with selected frequencies it sounds very nice. I love colorful sounding EQs and already have enough multi-band and linear phase EQs to choose from! The sale is going on until May 31st and I suggest everyone check this one out since Nomad Factory has been dropping some great sounding plugins lately!
I have been editing and pocketing drums by hand for a long time. But, I’ve recently been using Pro Tools Elastic Time to try and speed up the process. So, here is Part 1 of a three part video from Digidesign on how to edit multitrack drums using Elastic Time in Pro Tools 7.4. Enjoy!
The First and Foremost CD will be mastered this week! I can’t wait to drop this EP and let everyone hear it. I am very proud of the work we did on this record together, it sounds great and the songs are killer. We had a meeting today to discuss CD packaging and I believe we are going to go with a recycled CD sleeve.
In this day and age where all music is ripped to a computer and played from an iPod it doesn’t make sense to spend thousands on jewel cases and 4-color printing. Also, we’d like to be as good to the earth as possible, so with the CD being the only non-recycled item we’re doing what we can. Also, First and Foremost will have new merch very soon! Check out their myspace and facebook pages to find out about their next gig, you won’t regret it.
I was in the studio with Charlie from Surphace cutting vocals for their upcoming EP. They will be shooting a music video next Saturday with Justin Cary for the first single “Those Hands.” I can’t wait for this record to come out, it’s a big stylistic leap for the band and I’m loving what they’re doing!
“Once a Dull City” is Coming Soon!
First and Foremost’s debut EP “Once a Dull City,” will be hitting the streets (and iTunes) in a couple weeks! I’ll let everyone know when the new record is out… In the meantime, head over to the band’s myspace and check out one of the songs from the new EP.