Autotune 7

On October 24, 2010, in Music Technology, by Daniel Rowland

Ok, so Autotune 7 is out. I think Antares had fallen a little behind when it comes to the usability and interface of Autotune. Especially when products like Melodyne have been around for years, presenting a familiar way of editing (MIDI style piano roll), as well as the ability to manipulate timing of audio, as [...]

Free Reverb Impulse Responses

On October 8, 2010, in Mixing Tutorials, Music Technology, by Daniel Rowland

If you’re trudging through your DAW searching for the best reverb plugins, you may be a little disheartened. Some are good, some are bad (or very bad), but there are very that are truly excellent. For those of you who have a convolution reverb, I want to pass along some really great, free impulse responses. [...]

New Pro Tools HD Native!

On October 6, 2010, in Music Technology, ProTools Tutorials, Uncategorized, by Daniel Rowland

Ok, so you knew this was coming….or maybe you didn’t, but regardless, it’s here. Pro Tools HD Native. Instead of relying on expensive chip-based cards, the new Pro Tools HD software relies on…well, a less expensive card. Here’s the deal. Computers are much faster now than when Pro Tools HD was released 8 or so [...]

New Avid Pro Tools HD Interfaces–The HD Omni and HD MADI

On August 20, 2010, in ProTools Tutorials, by Daniel Rowland

The Avid HD Omni. This Pro Tools interface is a new concept for Avid. Normally, an HD system necessitates having the prerequisite Core PCI card, some sort of compatible I/O (made by Avid, SSL, Apogee, etc), mic preamps, a console or dedicated monitoring solution, etc, etc. The HD Omni is designed to streamline this process for [...]

Check out the new Avid Pro Tools HD interfaces–The HD I/O series

On August 18, 2010, in Uncategorized, by Daniel Rowland

So, the new Pro Tools HD interfaces were released today. I have been wondering when Avid would release these, given that the last model came out almost 8 years ago. Here’s an overview of what’s new. The HD I/O. At first, these don’t appear to have changed much from the old models. For starters, the [...]