Adobe VoCo, el "photoshop del audio" que agrega y cambia palabras de cualquier voz grabada

En su conferencia anual MAX, Adobe ha mostrado un nuevo proyecto llamado VoCo que consiste en un mágico algoritmo capaz de agregar o cambiar palabras habladas en un discurso o diálogo mediante un proceso de resíntesis de la voz original.

http://bit.ly/2fuq1oJ

Pero, ¿qué quieren los DJs?

Hemos hablado de los mejores productos de cada año, de los productos que han sido un desastre y de lo que los DJs no quieren ni ver. Pero, ¿exactamente qué quieren los DJs? Tratamos de analizarlo, y de paso os invitamos a participar aportando vuestros deseos tecnológicos para la pista de baile.

http://bit.ly/2fTRnY8

¿Por qué una señal comprimida suena más alto?

¿Qué sucede realmente con el volumen de una señal de audio cuando se comprime? En el presente artículo vamos a explicar por qué se tiene la sensación de que se ha elevado su volumen.

http://bit.ly/2fvgM7W

El taller orquestal hispasónico crea un álbum temático sobre La Folía

En Hispasonic apreciamos el espíritu de colaboración y desde luego la música. Lleno de ambas y contraviniendo aquello de ‘segundas partes nunca fueron buenas’, el taller orquestal nos regala otro magnífico álbum con 13 variaciones sobre La Folía.

http://bit.ly/2fLTRb6

Plugin Spotlight: Neutron by iZotope

Introducing Neutron by iZotope, a new mixing plugin that combines the latest innovations in intelligent analysis and metering with award-winning audio processing.

Overview

Neutron is a powerful new mixing channel strip plugin from iZotope which combines the latest intelligent innovations in analysis and metering with award-winning audio processing. With impressive new features like Track Assistant and Masking Meter, Neutron helps you quickly reach an optimal starting point, clearly identify overlapping frequency problems, and ultimately enhance your workflow by eliminating much of the guesswork while giving you creative control over all of your mix decisions.

Three Styles

Neutron is offered in three different flavors and pricing options ranging from basic features to a more full-featured advanced version.

• Neutrino: A free spectral shaping subset of the greater Neutron feature set.
• Neutron: A channel strip that features five modules, seven processors, Track Assistant, and Masking Meter.
• Neutron Advanced: Includes Neutron in addition to four dedicated component plugins such as EQ, Compressor, Exciter, and Transient Shaper, as well as support for surround sound.

Track Assistant

Track Assistant is the next level of audio intelligence designed to analyze the incoming audio signal and intelligently make recommended adjustments across all of Neutron’s modules. Once the analysis is complete, Neutron will set EQ nodes, create EQ curves, adjust compressor thresholds, select saturation types and amounts, determine single or multiband modes which include crossover points, adds Spectral Shaping, and makes additional settings to give you the most optimal starting point.

At the touch of a button, Neutron will listen to the audio input, determine its key characteristics, and deliver a new preset that’s custom tuned to your audio in a variety of ways. Track Assistant is designed to suggest custom-tuned preset settings as a creative starting point, which you can further tweak to taste. Track Assistant’s goal is to provide subtle clarity and balance to each of your tracks. For example, after analyzing the incoming audio signal, EQ nodes are intelligently placed where Track Assistant thinks you need them, which is incredibly helpful when trying to figure out where to cut or boost frequencies.

In addition, Track Assistant offers infinite presets that are custom tailored to your sounds, unlike common software presets that do not know what type of audio they’re being applied to such as vocals, guitar, bass, drums, synths, etc.

Masking Meter

Another industry first is the highly anticipated Masking Meter feature that allows you to visually identify what frequency ranges on any track in your mix that may be competing with one another. This extremely helpful and intelligent feature displays, in real time, regions of the frequency spectrum where masking is occurring, alerting you to problematic frequencies that may cause issues with clarity, headroom, and any other problems that can cause a “muddy” or overly crowded mix. Quickly and easily toggle seamlessly between any two tracks to see what frequencies are recommended to carve out to create the sonic space needed to ensure that each instrument has its own place to shine in the mix. That’s not all! Neutron is also equipped with additional options and visual indicators to help you hone in and tackle any frequency problems with precision.

One notable option is Inverse Link, which makes separating frequencies between two tracks much easier. When enabled, the Gain and Frequency controls for each EQ node on both selected tracks are linked and will react in the opposite directions from each other whenever you make any EQ moves. For example, if you boost 3 dB on node 4 of the source EQ, Neutron will simultaneously cut 3 dB on node 4 of the target EQ below it. This ability to remedy frequency issues between two tracks at once is a sure workflow enhancer.

Key Features

As the successor to Alloy 2, Neutron also features a flexible arrangement of iZotope’s industry leading processing modules but ramped up significantly with a host of intelligent mix features that also offer analog/vintage and digital processing. Check out a breakdown of Neutron’s key features below.

Track Assistant

• Automatically detects different instrument types like guitar, vocals, bass, and drums
• Creates custom, optimal starting points based on your audio tracks
• Offers three levels of power, from Subtle to Medium to Aggressive
• Adds Neutrino’s Spectral Shaping sound for subtle focus and clarity
• Intelligently places EQ nodes and creates an EQ curve
• Sets optimal settings for signal flow, including single or multiband processing
• Smartly places crossovers in multiband modes
• Selects Compressor style (Digital or Vintage) and automatically sets settings (Threshold, Attack, Release, and Ratio)
• Selects Exciter algorithm blend and dials in a custom amount tuned to the audio

Neutrino Spectral Shaping

• Based on iZotope’s Spectral Shaping technology
• Adds clarity and detail to your mix
• Subtly enhances instrumental separation and focus
• Four modes: Voice/Dialogue, Guitar/Instrument, Bass, and Drums/Percussive
• Simple controls
• CPU efficient

Masking Meter

• Visually identifies which frequencies are being perceptually masked by another track
• Adjusts both the selected track and masking track’s EQ settings from within the same plugin GUI
• Identify frequency masking trouble spots over time using the Histogram

Equalizer

• Static or Dynamic functionality per node
• Sidechain functionality for Dynamic nodes
• Up to 12 EQ Bands
• Flat LP/HP, Resonant LP/HP, Analog lo/hi shelf, Baxandall bass/treble, Vintage lo/hi shelf, Prop Q, Band shelf
• Multiple frequency scale types: Linear, Mel, Log, Extended Log, Flat Log
• Adjust both the lead track and masking track’s EQ settings from within the same plugin GUI
• Piano roll overlay
• Individual Equalizer plugin (ADVANCED ONLY)

Compressor

• Clean modern or colorful vintage compression modes
• Single or multiband modes
• Threshold and crossover frequency auto-learn
• Peak, RMS, or transparent True Envelope detection
• Program dependent auto-release
• Internal or external sidechain per band
• Analog (zero-latency) or Hybrid (transparent) crossovers
• Individual Compressor plugin (ADVANCED ONLY)

Transient Shaper

• 3 Global Modes: Precise, Balanced, Loose
• 3 Contour Shapes: Sharp, Medium, and Smooth
• Single or multiband
• Crossover frequency auto-learn
• Analog (zero-latency) or Hybrid (transparent) crossovers
• Individual Transient Shaper plugin (ADVANCED ONLY)

Exciter

• 3 Global Modes to fine-tune saturation color: Full, Defined, Clean
• 4 blendable saturation types: Tube, Warm, Tape, & Retro
• Unique, easy to use blend interface
• Single or multiband
• Crossover frequency auto-learn
• Analog (zero-latency) or Hybrid (transparent) crossovers
• Individual Exciter plugin (ADVANCED ONLY)

Limiter

• 3 Limiting Algorithms: Transparency, Low Latency, and Hard
• 3 Character Modes per algorithm: Clear, Thick, and Smooth
• Zero-Latency Mode
• True Peak Limiting

Surround (ADVANCED ONLY)

• Up to 7.1 Surround Support *
• LFE Bypass toggle for each module and Limiter

Pricing and Availability

All versions of Neutron is available to download at iZotope and Authorized Dealers.

• Neutron Advanced: $349 USD
• Neutron: $249 USD
• Neutrino: FREE

 

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Mixing and Mastering Program

Transform rough ideas and basic compositions into dance floor bangers and sonically pleasing commercial quality masters. Learn the well-kept industry secrets of EQ, compression, panning, level balancing, reverb and special effects.

About This Program

This program gives you everything you need to refine tracks into a clear commercial quality release, including special mixing and mastering techniques for dubstep, techno, house, trance, downtempo, hip-hop, and the gamut of electronically-produced music. You will learn to mix and master your tracks using the same plugins that top industry engineers use every day, including plugins by Izotope, Soundtoys, Sonnox, Altiverb, and more.

What’s Included

• Mixing & Mastering Level 1: Mix
• Mixing & Mastering Level 2: Modify
• Mixing & Mastering Level 3: Master

Additional Information

Visit the Mixing and Mastering course page for detailed information on this program here.

If you have questions, please call 877.DUBSPOT or send us a message.

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New Horizon, el mixer DJ a válvulas creado en Barcelona

FarSound es una empresa de Barcelona que fabrica artesanalmente amplificadores a válvulas de guitarra. Hace poco lanzaron un nuevo producto de corte artesanal totalmente distinto, el mixer de DJ a válvulas New Horizon, toda una obra de arte en acero y cuero cuyo aspecto parece un homenaje a los coches vintage.

http://bit.ly/2f8cfHw

Tres interesantes propuestas de educación infantil mediante la exploración del sonido y la escucha

Exploramos tres interesantes proyectos dedicados a introducir la experimentación sonora, la consciencia por la escucha y la experimentación musical en niños, buscando enseñarles no solo sobre el mundo del sonido, sino sobre el mundo a través del sonido.

http://bit.ly/2ej40Xw

Guía de diseño sonoro (09): Ocho procesos elementales

En una nueva entrega de nuestra guía de diseño sonoro exploramos ocho de los procesos más importantes para realizar de entrada en la creación de sonido para medios visuales.

http://bit.ly/2fHI11R

La partitura más cara de la historia se subasta en Sotheby’s

232 páginas manuscritas y 4 millones de euros son cifras enormes, pero no tanto como la pasión del empresario de éxito que se convirtió en director de orquesta extasiado por esta segunda de Mahler, realizando así el sueño de su vida.

http://bit.ly/2fjax5q

Music Tech News Roundup November 2016

This music tech news roundup features the latest music industry announcements and emerging technologies.

KORG | monologue

KORG rolled out their next-generation monophonic analog synthesizer in a vivid five-color lineup. The monologue is a compact 25-key, fully programmable monophonic analog synthesizer with a voice all its own. While sharing its sleek layout, knob-per-function workflow and high-quality construction with Korg’s best-selling minilogue, monologue is a truly unique new synth for all types of musicians; featuring new voicing and sound-sculpting abilities. The monologue’s completely new filter, modulation, drive, and LFO can generate powerful basses and sharp leads, creating awesome mono sounds that showcase its single-voice design. The step sequencer has also been dramatically expanded, allowing more intuitive and more complex editing.

Read more at KORG

ROLI | BLOCKS

ROLI releases BLOCKS, a new modular music studio that you build as your skills and interests grow. You can arrange your Blocks in many configurations to create kits that are perfect for you. The Blocks connect magnetically, so you simply add more Blocks to do more things. The Lightpad Block is the center of the BLOCKS system. You make music through natural movements on the Block’s smooth, glowing, pressure-responsive surface. Drop beats and shape melodies by striking, sliding, and pressing your fingers on the surface. Illuminated grids help you find your notes. Light Trails guide you to learn musical gestures quickly. To get started on BLOCKS, all you need is a Lightpad Block and NOISE, the free iOS app.

Read more at ROLI

Roger Linn | LinnStrument 128

Renowned electronic instrument designer Roger Linn has released a smaller, more affordable version of his versatile LinnStrument MIDI controller designed to give electronic musicians more expressive control over hardware and software synths. The more compact LinnStrument 128 features a grid of touch sensitive pads capable of sensing five different parameters to control note characteristics: strike velocity, pressure, left-right motion, front-back motion, and release velocity. The LinnStrument 128 sports a powerful 2-track step sequencer, an expressive swing arpeggiator, a split keyboard to play two separate sounds, foot switch options, open-source software, and more.

Read more at Roger Linn Design

Elektron | Analog Heat

Elektron releases Analog Heat, a hardware effects processor that features eight different analog stereo distortion circuits, stereo analog multi-mode filter with seven filter types, two-band stereo analog EQ, assignable envelopes, and an assignable LFO. Analog Heat is also Overbridge enabled and can be fully integrated with your DAW. In addition, Analog Heat can function as a 2 in/2 out sound card, even while processing DAW audio.

Read more at Elektron

UVI | Synth Anthology 2

UVI releases Synth Anthology 2, a massive collection of 77 hardware synthesizer multisampled sounds that have been expertly programmed, individually sculpted with outboard processors, and mastered to perfection. Synth Anthology 2 delivers the renowned sounds from major manufacturers spanning over several eras that include Roland, Yamaha, Oberheim, Sequential Circuits, PPG, Korg, Casio, Moog, ARP, Waldorf, NED, Access, Kawai and more. Each hand-crafted sound has been brought to life using hardware processors including EQs, compressors, and effects from Manley, Langevin, Lexicon, Publison, Focusrite, SPL and more. In addition, Synth Anthology 2 provides deep sound editing capabilities in a clear and easy-to-use interface that allow users to quickly browse, tweak, edit, effect, modulate, and layer sounds from any synth with ease.

Read more at UVI

Play Joué | Joué

Instrument designer Joué has introduced an innovative and evolving MIDI instrument that offers artists a unique level of expressivity and spontaneity. The Joué features a modular design, which allows you to customize a variety of controls on its playing surface. Joué is made of wood and is equipped with a pressure sensitive sensor where you place touch sensitive magic modules such as piano keys, guitar strings, drums pads or 3D control surfaces that offer an infinite playground for musicians. Joué’s high sensitivity sensors and unique texture allow natural gestures such as vibrato, bending, finger drumming, and high-velocity giving you expressive control over any instrument.

Read more at Play Joué

MasterSounds/Union Audio | Radius 2

Famed audio accessories company MasterSounds has partnered with Union Audio who engineered Richie Hawtin’s recently launched PLAYdifferently MODEL 1 mixer to create Radius 2, a hand built two channel analog rotary DJ mixer. The mixer offers fantastic, open and dynamic sound on both LINE and RIAA inputs, as well as great usability. Radius 2 also features easy-reading VU meters, a responsive Master EQ/Isolator, a smooth, natural sounding hi-pass filter on each channel and an AUX Send/Return system for easy integration of external effects.

Read more at MasterSounds

Synthstrom Audible | Deluge

Synthstrom Audible releases Deluge, an all-in-one, stand-alone, portable synthesizer, sequencer, and sampler designed for the creation, performance and improvisation of electronic music. Deluge offers piano-roll-style sequencing on 128 full RGB pads with scrolling and zooming, a full-featured subtractive and FM synthesis engine, customizable patching matrix, a variety of effects and modulation options, time-stretching of samples, various scale modes, internal speakers and mic, SD-card storage, and a host of other features.

Read more at Synthstrom Audible

Apple | MacBook Pro

Apple launches the completely redesigned MacBook Pro that is faster, more powerful, thinner, and lighter. It has the brightest, most colorful Mac notebook display yet and introduces the Touch Bar, a Multi-Touch enabled strip of glass built into the keyboard that replaces the function keys for instant access to various tools. This latest model also scrapes traditional USB ports and introduces Thunderbolt 3 which integrates data transfer, charging, and video output in a single connector, delivering up to 40 Gbps of throughput. Other upgrades include redesigned system powered that provide twice the dynamic range, 58 percent more volume, two and a half times louder bass, and three times more peak power. All three models feature SSDs with sequential read speeds over 3GBp among several other improvements and features.

Read more at Apple

Ableton | Live Set Export

Ableton introduces Ableton Live Set Export, a new software development kit for iOS designed to make it easy for developers to add ‘Export to Live’ functionality into music apps. The library allows an application to write all types of Ableton Live project files. Live Set Export addresses a growing need for musicians using iOS music apps, who would like to move their musical ideas to Ableton Live.

Read more at Github

 

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Music Foundations Program

Unravel electronic music’s origins, build your chops, learn musical language and theory, and make and play music the way you want. Students will develop a deeper understanding of the roots and lineage of a variety of electronic and dance music genres, strengthen their keyboard skills, and learn valuable music theory, deepening their creative practice and facilitating effective collaborations with musical partners.

About This Program

The best producers, DJs, and musicians in the world strive to be well-rounded. So should you. In Dubspot’s Music Foundations Program, you’ll explore three major aspects of music: rhythmic theory, melodic theory, and critical listening.

Most pioneering early electronic musicians had years of conservatory training in theory and performance but had access to very limited technologies. In today’s musical world, it’s the opposite: we have a powerful and versatile array of electronic music making tools at our fingertips, but often fall short in our theoretical understanding of how electronic music works.

Our Music Foundations program is designed to fill this gap and provide training in fundamental skills and concepts with the electronic musician, DJ, and producer in mind. In this course, you’ll build your chops and learn the basics of musical language and theory so that you can make and play the music you want. You will also develop a deeper understanding of the roots and lineage of a variety of electronic and dance music genres, and explore compositional techniques and song structure. The weekly homework lessons for all three courses have been designed using Ableton Live, and along the way you’ll also learn the basics of Ableton and how to use it as a powerful tool to improve your musicianship in a variety of ways.

What’s Included

• Music Foundations Level 1: Pads & Rhythmic Theory
• Music Foundations Level 2: Keys & Melodic Theory
• Music Foundations Level 3: Critical Listening

Additional Information

Visit the Music Foundations course page for detailed information on this program here.

If you have questions, please call 877.DUBSPOT or send us a message.

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Yamaha Vocaloid Cyber Songman, ¿contratarías un cantante cibernético?

El sistema Vocaloid de Yamaha para creación artificial de pistas de voz cantante a partir de texto y una minuciosa edición fonética y de articulación, ha mirado siempre con especial atención a las voces femeninas y al idioma japonés. Pero llega Cyber Songman, que habla inglés y es varón.

http://bit.ly/2fbNOvU

Radius 2, nueva mesa de mezclas rotary de Andy Rigby-Jones

De la colaboración entre Master Sounds, empresa especializada en productos para amantes del vinilo, y Andy Rigby-Jones, ex-diseñador de mesas de mezclas de Allen & Heath, llega al mercado Radius 2, un mixer rotary analógico para DJs centrado en la sencillez y la calidad del sonido.

http://bit.ly/2edeub3

Roli Blocks Lighpad, Loop y Live ofrecen control 5D de bolsillo

El nuevo invento de Roli mantiene el control multidimensional pero en formato y precio impensables con el antecedente de Seaboard. Blocks cabe en el bolsillo, tanto en el sentido real como en la metáfora sobre su precio.

http://bit.ly/2ffycDY

Novation Circuit 1.4: más opciones y mayor simplicidad

Novation Circuit prosigue su escala ascendente en funciones. Sucesivos updates han llevado lo que parecía una groovebox de juguete a un instrumento en toda regla y útil en variedad de situaciones. Revisamos las novedades de la versión 1.4.

http://bit.ly/2eYoUNd

Korg ARP Odyssei: no es una errata, es un Odyssey polifónico para iOS

Más sorpresas Korg en la mágica madrugada de Halloween. Además del equipo de ingeniería analógica, en Korg sigue activa y ‘bital’ la parte soft. Llega una edición para iPad del sinte ARP que ya han reconstruido en hardware. Además puede integrarse en Gadget.

http://bit.ly/2dXHtnJ

Korg Monologue, cinco colores para un coqueto Minilogue monofónico

Se desvelan las sorpresas de Korg para el 1 de noviembre. Minilogue podría haberse llamado ‘micrologue’ por su tamaño, pero ‘monologue’ expresa mejor lo que es, aunque ofrece polifonía cromática es un sinte renovado, pensado desde cero para lo monofónico.

http://bit.ly/2ehN5Ie