Antelope Audio Now Accepting Preorders on Goliath HD, Orion Studio 2017 Interface Now Shipping; Both with Latest FPGA-Based Real-Time FX

Santa Monica, Calif., May 11, 2017 — Antelope Audio, a leading interface company specializing in realtime FPGA-based vintage FX modeling, announces that its Goliath HD is now available for preorder and that its Orion Studio 2017 is now shipping and avaialble through the company's network of authorized dealers.

Priced at  $6,995, Antelope's flagship Goliath HD is the culmination of years of research and design, and is able to serve as the powerhouse centerpiece of any studio. The unit features 64 channels of high-quality audio I/O and includes powerful upgrades, including the adaptable new Accusonic preamps — along with a full suite of Antelope's groundbreaking FPGA-based FX.

Orion Studio 2017 Now Shipping
Released in April 2017 and priced at $2,595, Orion Studio 2017 features brand new analog to digital converters allowing it to deliver an unparalleled 124 decibels of dynamic range along with Antelope’s groundbreaking suite of real-time FPGA-based FX. Boasting a sleek carbon grey faceplate, the updated interface continues its predecessor’s penchant for extensive connectivity and best in class performance, including 12 high-quality microphone preamps and 16 analog outputs.
A pioneer in the field of analog to digital conversion, Antelope’s Orion Studio 2017 features new A/D conversion chips capable of 124 decibels of dynamic range when converting audio. This allows users to capture every sonic nuance of a performance as faithfully as possible. The combination of these new innovations along with Antelope’s renowned 64-bit Acoustically Focused Clocking (AFC) jitter-management technology makes the Orion Studio 2017 poised to deliver industry-leading fidelity in just about any recording application.

FPGA-based FX and Vast Connectivity Options
Antelope has added several new compressors to its growing library of FPGA-based FX, and Orion Studio 2017 allows for simultaneous use of up to 32 compressors —without sacrificing the 40 EQ instances the hardware offers. Ideal for tracking or mixing, these ultra-realistic realtime FX are handled within the interface itself and do not tax the host DAW system, expanding the sonic palette.
Controllable via a desktop app for Mac or PC, Antelope’s session preset and routing software gives users complete control over signal flow, enabling powerful FX chains, faithful monitor mixes and easy outboard hardware integration. The new Matrix View, available in Orion Studio 2017 and all Antelope Thunderbolt & HDX Audio Interfaces, offers a detailed alternative to Antelope’s classic drag-and-drop routing interface, while the new Session Presets lets users instantaneously recall settings at any time, speeding up sessions and allowing them to be shared across multiple studio rooms or facilities.

Meantime, the 12-built in preamps in Orion Studio 2017 is able to easily accommodate complex multi-microphone setups, while 16 analog outputs offer plenty of signal distribution capabilities for outboard gear integration or summing. Dual-mastering-grade monitor outputs maintain signal integrity all the way to the monitoring stage, while also allowing easy switching between two speaker pairs.

For more information on the Orion Studio 2017, please visit:
http://en.antelopeaudio.com/products/orion-studio-rev-2017/

For more information on the Goliath HD, please visit:
http://en.antelopeaudio.com/products/goliath-hd/#overview

For more information on Antelope Audio’s real-time FX and a full list of available FX, please visit:
http://en.antelopeaudio.com/hardware-based-fpga-effects/

John Dennis Turns Tragedy Into Hope With Sophomore Album

 Second Wind to be released July 28th

Nashville, TN -- May 9, 2017 -- John Dennis tells his own story of hope, healing, and rebirth with this summer's Second Wind, the second album from the young Americana musician.

Releasing July 28th, the album finds Dennis sharpening his mix of folk, southern soul, and stripped-down country. It's a warm album, punctuated by swells of pedal steel and swirls of B3 organ. At the center of the sound is Dennis himself: a clear-headed singer, songwriter, and storyteller who's coming to terms with the tragedy that sent him spiraling into a period of depression and addiction.
A songwriter since the age of 13, Dennis found a lifelong muse in his high-school sweetheart, Adrienne, who shared his love of the Beatles and Tom Petty. The two were inseparable for years. Tragedy struck during Dennis' first semester as a music student at Nashville's Belmont University, when Adrienne was involved in a fatal car accident. Left without his partner, Dennis threw himself into songwriting, earning a record contract with Dr. Bryan Clark's Rainfeather Records in the process. Meanwhile, he coped with Adrienne's loss by leaning heavily on the numbing effects of alcohol.
Eternity Tree, his first collection of honest, heart-baring songs, arrived in 2014. The album dealt heavily with Adrienne's loss, but it did little to cure Dennis' drinking habit. By the following year, he was a full-blown alcoholic. During the months that followed, he bottomed out, cleaned up, relapsed, and cleaned up once again, this time committing to sobriety for good. He owed it to Adrienne. And he owed it to himself. 

"For five or six months after getting sober, I worked a day job at a craft store, picked up a guitar every few days, and rediscovered music without drinking," he explains. Most of Second Wind's songs were written during that period, while Dennis pieced his life — and his art — back together. "I allowed music to be a healing thing," he adds, "and found my footing both in my artistic life and personal life. I'd gotten to the bottom and realized there was another way of doing things. It's a second wind."

One month before Second Wind's summertime release, Dennis will celebrate two years of sobriety. The timing couldn't be better. Second Wind is an album about hope, reconciling love, and giving love — as well as life — a new shot. Intimate, human, and unflinchingly honest, it's a battle cry from an artist who, after successful fending off his demons, isn't too proud to show off his scars.

Isotonik Studios: Ned Rush - Glitch Pack

It's time to get Glitchy!

PRODUCT: Ned RUSH - Glitch Pack

PRICE: £25.00

One of the first products we released from our Isotonik Collective was the Ned Rush Audio Collection, a large suite of MaxforLive devices to effect audio. Built in Max 6 each could be viewed as not being out of place in the early seventies for their appearance as a disco revival!
Now Ned's been hard at work firstly opening up his own studio, HyperReal Studios and secondly refreshing each of the devices in the Audio Collection.

We've split the larger pack into two, the Glitch Pack & the FX Pack and today we've released the final update for the Glitch Pack.

Consisting of four separate MaxforLive devices to glitch up incoming audio or samples this innovative pack can create new audio in seconds without having to spend hours cutting and splicing together audio clips.

Ned's recorded a set of walkthrough videos to show the how the effects work and the sort of instant results you can achieve!

KNOBULATOR - CLICK HERE
Based around a giant dial and a bunch of FX, you effect the incoming audio as the dial is turned (which also controls the rate of the effect) and set the quantization fo the effect for an awesome tool that can be used live in your performances as well as in productions

STITCH - CLICK HERE
Combining a stack of Glitch Effects with a Step Sequencer seemed like a good idea, add in the option to randomise the selection on each pass turned it into a genius one!

MASHUP - CLICK HERE

MashUp works on a sample based affair, drop in any sample and set it going to create instant glitchcore, you can control the repeat rate & then dial in the probability of each effect.
SCRUBBER - CLICK HERE

If you've been looking for a pseudo DJ scratching effect in Ableton Live then Scrubber may just be what you're looking for. It buffers incoming audio and then lets you scrub a play-head around it via MIDI, with auto-scrub and different gating options this MaxforLive device is a lot of fun!

MORE DETAILS - CLICK HERE