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■ MUSICROW MODULAR DREAMS SOUNDSET FOR MOOG MODULAR V Modular Dreams ($39) takes full advantage of the Arturia Moog Modular V’s modular nature, and offers 200 presets (20 free presets are already available for download on their website). www.mcrow.net ■ BIAS PEAK PRO 6 MASTERING/EDITING SOFTWARE Peak Pro 6 ($599) for the Mac, a significant upgrade from Peak Pro 5, features fully customizable realtime volume envelopes, sample level zooming and editing, and overlap/gap or centered crossfades for either mastering or “take”-style workflows. The Pitch Envelope creates pitch changes via a user-customizable envelope, the Convolve Envelope offers dynamic control over the amount of convolution being applied over time, and the Voiceover Ducking analyzes voiceover amplitude and automatically adjusts the level of a mixed background source. www.bias-inc.com ■ ROSONIQ ORANGEVOCODER 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION First released in 1998 as a VST plug-in, the OrangeVocoder has gained a reputation as being both flexible and transparent-sounding. The 10th Anniversary Edition ($254 or $44 for the upgrade/crossgrade from the 2.x versions) takes the vocoder one step further by making it AudioUnit compatible and adding a wealth of features that the original product didn’t have: It doubles its internal voices, incorporates full MIDI control, supports all project sample rates and processes in true stereo, offers various sound modes (each with a distinct basic vocoder sound), voiced/unvoiced detection linked with a noise synthesizer, and a filter bank freeze option. www.prosoniq.com ■ FOCUSRITE LIQUID MIX 16 With 16 mono channels (or 8 stereo channels), Focusrite’s Liquid Mix 16 provides 40 Compressor and 20 EQ emulations straight from the box with more available for free download. Each channel serves as a separate VST/AU/RTAS effect and works with all major sequences, including Pro Tools. www.focusrite.com ■ MOTIONSAMPLES.COM LOOP LIBRARIES Six new downloadable libraries are now available: Hip Hop Piano & Organ ($30) offers over 200 loops of hiphop piano and organ melodies recorded live from outboard keyboards, Poggy House Drum Fills ($40; recorded from drum machines and live instruments) features 450 drum fills for creating various styles of progressive house music, R&B Guitar Loops ($40) has over 300 multi-loops of funky and glamorous melodies with harmony and strumming style variations, Minimal Electro Loops ($25) provides over 200 micro-groove loops designed for creating swinging rhythm and based on a mixed blend of ring-modulated drums and processed synthesizers, Groove Theory Drum Loops ($35) contains 400 loops recorded from 30 live drum sessions that are broken down into segments of bass drum, hi-hats, snares, toms, room mics, and effected sounds, and Synergy Trance Loops ($40) features 350 multi-loops layered numerous times with harmonies and automated ambience; sounds include tremolo pads, complex arpeggios, filtered synths, and modular ambience. www.motionsamples.com ■ BANDMATELOOPS.COM DEEP FRETS: SESSION ROCK GUITAR Deep Frets ($29.95, download) offers a wide range of versatile Rock riffs, rhythms, and melodies with a lush tone. Ten full sets are included, with half performed in clean style and half in dirty style; a 65 to 120bpm tempo range allows for maximum project compatibility. www.bandmateloops.com www.eqmag.com JUNE 2008 EQ 15 http://www.mcrow.net http://www.bias-inc.com http://www.prosoniq.com http://www.focusrite.com http://MOTIONSAMPLES.COM http://BANDMATELOOPS.COM http://www.motionsamples.com http://www.bandmateloops.com http://www.eqmag.com

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EQ Magazine - June 2008 Contents Talk Box Sounding Board 3 Doors Down, Hard-Fi, Paul Manousos Tool Box Panic at the Disco Guitar Trax Bass Management Key Issues Drum Heads Vocal Cords Mix Bus Cheat Sheet Cakewalk Projects Apple Loops Utility SSL Duende Mini JBL LSR4326/PAK & LSR4312SP Holophone H3-D Creation Audio Labs MW1 Studio Tool Amp Modeler Roundup Eventide Timefactor, Electro-Harmonix Stereo Pedals, Korg Pandora PX5D Room with a Vu: Blues Tunes Studios, Silverlake, CA

EQ Magazine - June 2008

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