Audio Damage releases RoughRider3 free Dynamics Compressor / Limiter

RoughRider series of compressors has been a mainstay of electronic and hip-hop music. With over half a million downloads, this workhorse is easily one of the most used compressors in the music business.

Rough Rider is a modern compressor with a bit of "vintage"-style bite and a uniquely warm sound. Perfect for adding compression effects to your drum buss, it also sounds great with synth bass, clean guitar, and backing vocals. Definitely not an all-purpose compressor, Rough Rider is at its best when used to add pump to rhythmic tracks. Of course, you can use it however you'd like. The Compressor Police aren't gonna come to your house and give you a citation. Slap it on a track and crank some knobs.



New Features

• external sidechain input
• sidechain HPF
• a "full bandwidth" switch that turns off the internal warming filters
• input and output level controls
• an all-new GUI with full input, output, and gain reduction metering and graphs.

Download Here : https://www.audiodamage.com/pages/free-downloads

Elon Musk Drops New Euphoric Progressive House Record

The Tesla CEO was teasing the track on his Twitter last night and eventually uploaded it to his SoundCloud page, wittily named Emo G Records.

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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 31, 2020

It’s not every day that one of the world’s biggest tech entrepreneurs drops an EDM song. Elon Musk has made his musical return to SoundCloud with a new track, “Don’t Doubt ur Vibe.” Dropping his second single via his label Emo G Records, The Tesla CEO has gone all out in promoting his creation—changing his twitter name to E “D” M and sharing multiple photos of him in the studio.

“Don’t Doubt ur Vibe” features Musk’s own lyrics and vocals as well as on-brand artwork of a superimposed Tesla Cybertruck over Mars. The tech innovator first made his producer debut with “RIP Harambe” in 2019 where he infused his comedic take on the hot 21st century meme with a SoundCloud rap style beat. Like its predecessor, “Don’t Doubt ur Vibe” has already taken the internet by storm.

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TR-808 Enters The Hall Of Fame

Roland has announced that its legendary TR-808 Rhythm Composer drum machine has been inducted into the prestigious NAMM TECnology Hall of Fame, Class of 2020. Here’s the story in their own words…

The TECnology Hall of Fame, presented by the NAMM Museum of Making Music, honors audio products and innovations that have made a significant contribution to the advancement of audio technology and production. Hosted by audio historian George Petersen, the TECnology Hall of Fame Celebration was held during The NAMM Show on Saturday, January 18, 2020.

Each year, a panel of audio experts, including authors, educators, engineers and other professionals select the inductees. This year’s panel commented, “Roland’s TR-808 programmable drum machine became part of the foundation of music movements in hip-hop, rap and electronica. And although made in 1980 — almost 40 years ago — the once $1,200 TR-808 remains a highly-prized studio tool today, with working units valued in the $4,000 range.”

Voxengo releases CRTIV Shumovick

Voxengo says that CRTIV Shumovick, their new AU, AAX and VST plugin produces a creative dynamic noise-floor padding effect. Here’s the details in their own words…

Applications

• Electronic music production
• Makes synth sounds less sterile
• Adds a vintage vibe to the sounds
• Subtle stereo-widening effect

CRTIV Shumovick AU, AAX and VST plugin for professional music production applications produces a creative dynamic noise-floor padding effect.  This effect is most effective on beats and synth sounds used in electronic music production – EDM, hip-hop and the like.  The noise-floor effect created by this plug-in is correlated to the spectral content of the sound being processed.

How ribbon microphones work?!

1. Ribbon consist of an extremely thin aluminium foil placed between two neodymium magnets which vibrates with sound waves, The movement of the ribbon in the magnetic field generates a small electromotive force (emf) which can be detected using two wires connected to the ribbon.
2.This signal is so weak so we use a transformer to step-up the voltage.
3.The output of the transformer is now ready to send through XLR cables to preamps.

Effect of Sound Level on the Perception of Pitch

The level of sound affects the perception of pitch. For low frequencies, the pitch goes down as the level of sound is increased. At high frequencies, the reverse takes place—the pitch increases with sound level. The following is an experiment within the reach of many readers that was suggested by Harvey Fletcher. Two audio oscillators are required, as well as a frequency counter. One oscillator is fed to the input of one channel of a high-fidelity system, the other oscillator to the other channel.
After the oscillators have warmed up and stabilized, adjust the frequency of the left channel oscillator to 168 Hz and that of the right channel to 318 Hz. At low level these two tones are quite discordant. Increase the level until the pitches of the 168-Hz and 318-Hz tones decrease to the 150-Hz–300-Hz octave relationship, which gives a pleasant sound. This illustrates the decrease of pitch at the lower frequencies. An interesting follow-up would be to devise a similar test to show that the pitch of higher frequency tones increases with sound level.

MIDI 2.0 Standard Has Been Officially Confirmed

The MMA (MIDI Manufacturers Association), an international collective of technology and software manufacturers voted the new MIDI 2.0 standard on January 18th.

The MMA today released a statement:

MIDI 2.0 Means Two-way MIDI Conversations
MIDI 1.0 messages went in one direction: from a transmitter to a receiver. MIDI 2.0 is bi-directional and changes MIDI from a monologue to a dialog. For example, with the new MIDI-CI (Capability Inquiry) messages, MIDI 2.0 devices can talk to each other, and auto-configure themselves to work together. They can also exchange information on functionality, which is key to backward compatibility—MIDI 2.0 gear can find out if a device doesn't support MIDI 2.0, and then simply communicate using MIDI 1.0.

Higher Resolution, More Controllers and Better Timing

To deliver an unprecedented level of nuanced musical and artistic expressiveness, MIDI 2.0 re-imagines the role of performance controllers, the aspect of MIDI that translates human performance gestures to data computers can understand. Controllers are now easier to use, and there are more of them: over 32,000 controllers, including controls for individual notes. Enhanced, 32-bit resolution gives controls a smooth, continuous, "analog" feel. New Note-On options were added for articulation control and precise note pitch. In addition, dynamic response (velocity) has been upgraded. What's more, major timing improvements in MIDI 2.0 can apply to MIDI 1.0 devices—in fact, some MIDI 1.0 gear can even "retrofit" certain MIDI 2.0 features.