BOSS introduces Waza-Air wireless personal guitar amplification system

BOSS has introduced its new wireless personal guitar amplification system Waza-Air, a revolutionary new wearable, over-ear sound system for guitarists.

In BOSS Waza tradition, Waza-Air combines decades of expertise with cutting-edge innovation to present a breakthrough musical product that truly pushes the envelope.

Melding BOSS’s premium amp, effects, and wireless technologies with dynamic 3D sound and natural “amp-in-room” tone, Waza-Air delivers a unique guitar amplification experience that’s never been available until now.

BOSS Waza Air feat

While often necessary to avoid bothering others, playing guitar through traditional headphones offers a less-than-satisfying experience that lacks the depth and dimension of playing a real amp in a real room.

Waza-Air changes all that, restoring the natural dimension, resonance, and “moving air” feel to provide an engaging and inspiring monitoring environment for the player. An integrated gyro sensor tracks head movements as the user plays, driving sophisticated 3D algorithms that produce an immersive sound field with extraordinary spatial realism.

Waza-Air’s advanced ambience setups provide three realistic environments to play in. Surround mode places the amp in a virtual room, providing an immersive experience like playing a recording studio. Static mode provides natural spatial localization, where the combined amp and room sound continually changes depending on where the user moves their head. Finally, Stage mode places the user center stage, with the amp sound coming from a virtual backline behind them.

Waza-Air features tones and controls from the stage-class Katana amplifiers, with full customization available using the free BOSS Tone Studio app for iOS and Android.

Five amp types deliver tones from classic clean to high gain, plus a full-range voice that’s ideal for bass or acoustic-electric guitar. Over 50 effect types are available as well, including mod, delay, and reverb effects optimized for Waza-Air’s unique spatial experience. And with six onboard memories, users can store favorite setups and recall them with dedicated buttons.

BOSS Waza Air

In addition to providing a wireless connection to BOSS Tone Studio, Waza-Air’s built-in Bluetooth lets the user jam along with songs from their mobile device.

When used with Stage mode, the streaming music plays from the backline along with the amp sound, simulating a live performance environment. It’s also possible to remotely control volume and playback functions with a multi-function lever on Waza-Air.

All audio connectivity with Waza-Air is 100-percent wireless, allowing users to move and play in complete freedom. Advanced wireless tech from BOSS’s acclaimed WL series provides premium sound quality, effortless set up, and great playing feel with ultra-low latency.

The headphones and included transmitter also feature auto standby and wake functions, conserving the life of their built-in rechargeable batteries between playing sessions.

Waza-Air features

Over-ear guitar sound system with wireless connectivity, premium amp and effect tones, Bluetooth audio streaming, and sound editing via your smartphone.

Advanced BOSS spatial technology and integrated gyro sensor deliver natural “amp-in-room” tone with 3D ambience and dynamic sound localization.

Five unique amp types derived from the Katana stage amplifier series, including a full-range voice for bass or acoustic/electric guitar.

Access over 50 customizable effects in the BOSS Tone Studio app.

Integrated BOSS wireless technology provides exceptional sound quality with ultra-low latency.

Easy-to-use controls for guitar volume and Bluetooth audio playback, plus instant access to six user-configurable tone settings.

Large, custom-designed 50 mm drivers deliver premium audio quality with rich, full sound.

Conforming earpads ensure optimum driver performance for uncompromised guitar tone.

Wide headband provides comfort for long playing sessions.

Durable construction with deluxe chrome-plated metal parts.

Versatile two-way design folds down for compact storage or flat transport in a guitar bag pocket.

Built-in rechargeable batteries with auto standby/wake function to conserve battery life.

Up to five hours of play time with the headphones and up to 12 hours with the included WL-T Transmitter.

Wirelessly edit, organize, and download tones with the BOSS Tone Studio app for iOS and Android mobile devices.

Unique onboard tuner function with audible tones that guide your tuning; visual chromatic tuner also available in the BOSS Tone Studio app.

The Waza-Air is available for $399.99 USD.

More information: 

https://www.boss.info/global/products/waza-air/

Audio Media Research AMR ReValver v4.0.160830 [FREE]

ReValver® models guitar amplifiers, stompboxes and effects at the component level, resulting in unmatched realism, dynamics and tone. ReValver’s RIR 2 Cabinet Modeling takes convolution cabinet modeling to another level while ACT (Audio Cloning Technology)™ allows incredible instrument modeling on the input and tone matching on the output.

ReValver can also create and load amp clones in our ACT Combo module, making ReValver virtually unlimited. Expand ReValver even further by hosting 3rd party VST/AU plugins within the software. Take ReValver to the live stage with full MIDI control and GIG Mode for seamless switching between presets. Download ReValver 4 for free and then browse the Amp Store for a wealth of additional amp/stomp/effects modules, ACT content and bundles. ReValver is available as a stand alone program or as an AAX, VST or AU plug in.

REVALVER FEATURES

COMPONENT LEVEL MODELING

How does ReValver simulate the sound of tube amplifiers and effects with such unrivaled accuracy? Component level modeling. Every resistor, capacitor and tube is modeled in stunning detail within the ReValver engine. In fact, every ReValver model is not only modeled to the schematic, it can generate an editable schematic for you to tweak, an industry first.

ADVANCED CABINET MODELING

With improved Impulse Responses, ReValver takes cabinet modeling to a whole new level of accuracy and realism by giving the user independent control of speaker configuration, microphone, and mic placement, allowing for almost endless tone shaping options. Also, the electrical interaction and response of the amp and speaker have been captured, allowing for even greater realism and dynamics.

INSTRUMENT MODELING

ACT (Audio Cloning Technology)™ also allows the user to mold and shape the sound of the guitar itself. At the input, the ACT Input Module can alter the incoming guitar signal to mimic the sound and characteristics of other instruments, such as acoustics, folk instruments, and even other electric guitar and pickup combinations.

3RD PARTY PLUGIN HOSTING

Do you have go-to plugins that you can't live without? With ReValver's plugin host module, you can expand ReValver with VST and AU plugins of your own. Add your favorite effects and stompbox plugins, or even use 3rd party amp sim modules with ReValver's advanced cabinet modeling. When it comes to expandability, the sky's the limit with ReValver

MIDI MAPPING

Virtually all parameters in ReValver modules can be controlled by MIDI. Using Control Changes, this allows you to switch stomp boxes on and off, switch channels on amplifiers, control expressive effects such as a Wah and even use expression pedals to control something such as Diffusion on the World Wide Verb delay for extreme delay control.

TWEAK, TWEAK, TWEAK

Where most amp modeling software lets you edit high level properties of an amp model, ReValver allows you to tweak models at the schematic level - all the way down to the electronic components. Change resistor values, tube types, tube parameters and more to create an amp model that is truly and uniquely yours.

ACT (AUDIO CLONING TECHNOLOGY)™

ReValver has always set the bar for guitar amp modeling. But, with the release of ReValver 4, we raised that bar even further by introducing our proprietary ACT (Audio Cloning Technology)™. Simply put, our ACT technology allows us to analyze, clone and reproduce a source sound with uncanny accuracy. ACT can clone the sound of instruments, speaker cabinets, amps and even recorded tracks and mixes. ACT doesn't just copy a sound source, it steals its soul.

WANT YOUR SINGLE COIL GUITAR TO SOUND LIKE A GUITAR WITH ACTIVE HUMBUCKERS? ACT CAN DO IT.

WANT YOUR ACOUSTIC/ELECTRIC GUITAR TO SOUND LIKE A HAND CRAFTED CLASSICAL NYLON GUITAR? ACT CAN DO IT.

WANT TO CLONE THE SOUND OF YOUR BUDDY'S BOUTIQUE TUBE AMP? ACT CAN DO IT.

WANT YOUR SONG'S MIX TO SOUND LIKE THAT HIT SONG ON THE RADIO? ACT CAN DO IT.

home page:

audiomediaresearch.com/revalver-4

DMG Audio TrackControl v1.04 x64 x86 VST AU AAX RTAS WiN MAC [FREE]

1. Fully equipped stereo toolkit
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3. M/S encode and decode
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5. M/S and L/R Panning
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7. Stereo Width control

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• Channelstrip input controls for Phase and LR Swap
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• High-pass filter with adjustable frequency and slope
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• Delay both forward and backward in time (on hosts with PDC)
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• Windows VST, VST3 and AAX as 32+64bit, RTAS 32bit
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• Mac VST, VST3, AU and AAX as 32+64bit, RTAS 32bit
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Windows System Requirements

Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10

32bit or 64bit

ProTools 7 or newer.

A host that supports VST or VST3, such as:

Steinberg Cubase

Steinberg Nuendo

Steinberg Wavelab

Sony ACID Pro

Ableton Live

Cockos Reaper

Magix Sequoia

Magix Samplitude

AudioMulch

Mac OS System Requirements

OS X 10.7 or newer, including Mojave (10.14)

Intel Mac

ProTools 7 or newer.

A host that supports VST, AU or VST3, such as:

Apple Logic (32bit or 64bit)

Apple Garageband

Steinberg Cubase

Steinberg Nuendo

Ableton Live

home page

https://www.dmgaudio.com/products_trackcontrol.php#overview

Sampleson PUSH v1.0.1 x64 x86 STANDALONE VST AU WiN MAC [FREE]

ONE BUTTON. A LOT OF LOGIC.

Push is a subtractive synth with a huge amount of randomness. Parametrized with a sound-design logic to get the most of the results to be usable as a patch. All of the randomized parameters are accessible via the "Edit Current" button.

You can use the patches as they are once you press the push button, or you can use the initial patch as inspiration to tweak each sound into a new and refined one.

Resulting patches and banks can be exported and shared without limits. Just click on "Open/Save" then "More" and "Export Bank" to get a shareable file.

PRODUCT DETAILS:

-Polyphonic subtractive synthesizer.

-2 Oscillators.

-5 waveforms.

-6 unisono voices.

-4 filter types.

-2 LFOs.

-Effect section.

-Just 35 MB.

-Scalable HD interface.

-MacOS Catalina Ready

-Easy install.

-No extra purchases needed (like Kontakt, UVI, etc) or any other 3rd. party player.

-Ready to be loaded into major DAWs (Cubase, Logic Pro, GarageBand, Cakewalk, Reaper, BitWig, Nuendo, FLstudio, etc)

-Win 32/64 bits and Mac VST/AU/Standalone versions included

home page:

https://sampleson.com/push-synthesizer.html

Vember Audio updates Surge to v1.6.4 free plugin synth

Vember Audio has updated Surge to version 1.6.4. This update has several MPE and effect changes, new content and some small cleanups.

Synth Sound and Behavior:

- Release velocity is now an available modulation source. See more details here.

- Sustain Pedal in MPE mode was mis-mapped to the wrong channel, leading to it not working in MPE note-per-channel configurations.

- The "Drive" feature in the distortion effect is extendible.

New Content:

- A set of MPE patches for the Linnstrument provided by Roger Linn. Here's a video of Roger demonstrating them:

- Producer Damon Armani contributed a set of EDM & Dubstep Wavetables and Patches to the 3rd party library.

Other smaller changes:

- Mouse button shows value of integer and boolean sliders.

- Fix a small repaint bug in the LFO display.

- Handle cases where user folders don't exist.

- Make LFO modulation button state always consistent.

- Better abbreviated names of modulation sources, with consistent case and spelling.

- Failed WAV file loads include the name of the file which failed.

- Developer documentation cleanup and unit tests.

Visit: Surge

Xenobioz updates Lynx free synthesizer for Windows to v1.03

Xenobioz has released an update to the Lynx free synthesizer instrument for Windows.

Changes in Lynx v1.03

- Over 1,000 presets.

- Added Symmetrize and Rectify modifiers.

- Added Fibonacci and Prime Waves.

- Improved drawing.

- Preset browser fixes.

- MIDI Keyboard Mode fixes.

- Fixed crash when drawing with shift key.

- Fixed Fade End/Start and added Fade Ends.

- Fixed Smooth Loop and Smooth Increased FM Copy Resolution.

Lynx is subtractive synth with a powerful Wave Editor, Drawable Waveforms and two Stacked Unison Oscillators. It is meant to have limited set of features but still allowing for a lot of variety in sound.

Lynx is a free download as a 32/64-bit VST plugin for Windows.

Visit: xenobioz.com

MV's Plugins releases La Voz Cantante 6B free 1024-band vocoder for Windows

MV's Plugins has released La Voz Cantante 6B. La Voz Cantante is a 1024-band high-fidelity vocoder that facilitates natural and clean sounding choirs or even solo vocals.

Version 6B is a major update to the previous version 1.3, delivering a 1024 band spectral resolution and a completely reworked sibilant processing.

This is a 1024 channel vocoder. The modulator input - usually a sung or simpjy spoken voice - is analyzed with respect to its spectral content, which is then applied to the other sound source - the carrier. The latter may be any externally supplied signal ranging from pink noise, synth pads, guitar or even drums. Alternatively, there is an internal, MIDI driven synth which is optimized for best speech reproduction fidelity. You can blend the high frequencies with noise for more natural sounding plosives and fricatives. Threre is also a noise gate, a compressor and a stereo reverb on board.

Visit: lavozcantante

Audec releases Drive free waveshaping plugin for Mac (VST3/AU)

Audec has announced availability of its new Drive waveshaper audio effect plugin.

Drive is a flexible waveshaping effect that makes a variety of sounds from soft saturation to aggressive distortion.

It’s shaping curve can be adjusted continuously. It allows you to make the shaping curve you like, such as soft clip, hard clip, tube-like asymmetric curve, and so on.

System Requirements:

- VST3 or AU host DAW

- Mac OS 10.11 or newer (64-bit)

Visit: audec-music.com/drive

Truality Audio releases RealSpread free plugin effect

Truality Audio has released RealSpread, an audio plugin VST which “Stereoizes” a mono audio signal or widens a stereo one, without practically compromising mono compatibility.

RealSpread is an Audio Plugin (VST Windows) which “Stereoizes” a mono audio signal or widens a stereo one, without practically compromising mono compatibility. The spartan GUI conforms to my philosophy of simplicity in plugin design. RealSpread is more effective on single sources, for example a single (mono) Drums Overhead or Room microphone. Of course, you can experiment with stereo sources as well although I wouldn’t recommend using it on Groups/ Stems or Masters…except if you are aiming for that something else!You can insert a Goniometer / Lissajous pattern plugin on the Master bus if you want to observe the effect…

Visit: RealSpread

Sonex Audio releases free 6GB Stein D Grand Piano Collection for Kontakt

Sonex Audio has released Free Stein D Grand, an massive 6.3 GB Steinway D Acoustic Piano for NI Kontakt Sampler.

Features:

- Legendary Steinway D Acoustic Piano.

- 4 separate mic positions: close (stereo and mono), middle, far, and ambience (room).

- Up to 12 velocity layers.

- Nearly 28GB of uncompressed sample content (compressed to 6.3 GB).

- 2.805 Samples (Kontakt Lossless Sample Compression format).

- Built-in Effects: 3-Band Equalizer, Compressor, Saturation, Distortion, Chorus, Reverb, Delay, Stereo Width, Limiter and more.

- Full set of effects in the Kontakt settings for further customization.

- Unique GUI has been designed to give a user full control over options and effects without slowing down the creative process.

Full retail version of NI Kontakt 5.6 or later required.

Visit: https://sonex.store/files/Sonex_PA_Steinway_D.zip

JhudStudio jParaComp x64 x86 VST AU WiN MAC [FREE]

 

A dedicated stereo/parallel compressor for those who know its work!

1. jParaComp supports Windows/64bit/VST2/VST3 ***VST3 will be uploaded later*** Mac/64bit/AU 32bit will not be supported unless enough requests.
2. Have a stereo track that has too many peaks on one side? Compress Left and right sides independently.
3. If used right, it can be used as a nice stereo effect for any instrument.
4. Built in clipping can stop the signal from going past 0 dB.
5. FREE. Who does not like free?
6. Preset loader/save. I will be making presets at some point to add to the plugin.
7. Change background color. Currently there is only red and blue.

 

https://www.jhudstudio.com/paid-plugins