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Thursday, May 3, 2018

Five Finger Death Punch Premiere New Song “When The Seasons Change”

 
Tonight, Thursday May 3, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH have released the new song “When The Seasons Change,” marking one of the most infectious and melodic songs in their repertoire yet. “This song is about loyalty, the kind of loyalty that doesn’t crumble in the face of adversity, which we have faced many times throughout our career and in our lives,” explains guitarist ZOLTAN BATHORY. “This is a very human subject everyone can relate to and it is something this world can use more of.” “When The Seasons Change,” is off the group’s forthcoming album AND JUSTICE FOR NONE, which is due out May 18. Listen to “When The Seasons Change” HERE.
 
With their customary airtight riffs, muscular grooves and seismic melodies, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH maintain their signature intensity, all while pushing themselves into new territories on AND JUSTICE FOR NONE. The album is available for digital and physical pre-order HERE.
 
For AND JUSTICE FOR NONE, the multi-platinum quintet--Ivan Moody (vocals), Zoltan Bathory (guitar), Jeremy Spencer (drums), Jason Hook (guitar) and Chris Kael (bass)--hunkered down in their home base of Las Vegas with longtime producer Kevin Churko (Ozzy Osbourne, Disturbed) behind the board a year after Got Your Six. In the studio, the group collectively stepped up their game as a unit. “We just understand each other so well,” says JEREMY SPENCER. “There’s a huge level of respect on both sides. He gets the best out of us.”
 
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH’s current single, “Gone Away” (their own rendition of The Offspring’s 1997 hit single) has received over 27 million streams in the U.S., is currently charting at #5 on Active Rock and topped the iTunes rock and metal charts globally. Check out the official video for “Gone Away” and the lyric video. The group has now released three pre-order tracks “Fake” (on 4/6) which generated just under 1 million streams in the U.S. during its first week and made the viral chart on Spotify in multiple countries. Following two weeks later was the song “Sham Pain,”--listen HERE--which  launched to over 1 million streams in its first week of release and now “When The Seasons Change.” Expect an official music video for the song “Sham Pain” to be released next week.
 
5FDP will be hitting the road for a massive series of co-headlining North American dates with Breaking Benjamin this summer, along with special guests Nothing More and Bad Wolves. The summer amphitheater tour, co-produced by Live Nation and Frank Productions, kicks off on July 16, 2018 in Seattle, WA and will make stops in 32 North American cities. For tickets to the biggest, can’t-be-missed rock event of the summer, VIP offerings and more info on the tour go HERE.
 
Catch FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH on tour in the following cities:
 
Five Finger Death Punch Spring Festival Dates 
5/5/18 – Carolina Rebellion – Concord, NC
5FDP / Shinedown Spring US Tour Dates
5/6/18 – Bridgestone Arena – Nashville, TN
5/8/18 – Rupp Arena – Lexington, KY
5/10/18 – BOK Center – Tulsa, OK
5/11/18 – Westfair Amphitheatre – Council Bluffs, IA
5/12/18 – Eagles Ballroom – Milwaukee, WI *
5/14/18 – Salem Civic Center – Salem, VA
5/16/18 – Legacy Arena – Birmingham, AL
5/17/18 – Ford Center– Evansville, IN
5/18/18 – Mark of the Quad – Moline, IL
5/20/18 – Alerus Center – Grand Forks, ND
5/30/18 – Casper Events Center – Casper, WY
 
Five Finger Death Punch
5/29/18 – Red Rocks Amphitheater – Morrison, CO
6/1/18 – Deadwood Mountain Grand Hotel – Deadwood, SD 
6/2/18 – KQRC Rockfest – Kansas City, MO
6/14-6/16– Montebello Rockfest – Montebello, SC
 
Five Finger Death Punch + Breaking Benjamin Summer Tour Dates:
* - 5fdp & Bad Wolves only/ ** - 5fdp, Breaking Benjamin & Bad Wolves only
7/16/18 – White River Amphitheatre – Seattle, WA **
7/18/18 – Spokane Arena – Spokane, WA **
7/20/18 – Taco Bell Arena – Boise, ID
7/21/18 – USANA Amphitheatre – Salt Lake City, UT
7/24/18 – Shoreline Amphitheatre – San Francisco, CA
7/25/18 – Mattress Firm Amphitheatre – San Diego, CA
7/27/18 – FivePoint Amphitheater – Irvine, CA
7/29/18 – Isleta Amphitheater – Albuquerque, NM **
8/1/18 – Austin360 Amphitheater – Austin, TX
8/3/18 – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion – Houston, TX **
8/4/18 – Starplex Pavilion – Dallas, TX
8/6/18 – BankPlus Amphitheater at Snowden Grove – Southaven, MS
8/7/18 – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre – St. Louis, MO
8/9/18 – Heritage Park Amphitheatre – Simpsonville, SC
8/11/18 – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre – Tampa, FL
8/12/18 – Verizon Amphitheatre – Atlanta, GA
8/14/18 – KeyBank Pavilion – Pittsburgh, PA
8/15/18 – BB&T Pavilion – Camden, NJ
8/17/18 – The Pavilion at Montage Mountain – Scranton, PA
8/18/18 – Xfinity Center – Boston, MA
8/20/18 – Budweiser Stage – Toronto, ON
8/22/18 – Lakeview Amphitheater – Syracuse, NY **
8/24/18 – Jiffy Lube Live – Bristow, VA
8/25/18 – PNC Bank Arts Center – Holmdel, NJ **
8/28/18 – Riverbend Music Center – Cincinnati, OH
8/29/18 – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre – Chicago, IL
8/31/18 – Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center – Indianapolis, IN **
9/1/18 – DTE Energy Music Theatre – Detroit, MI
9/3/18 – Darien Lake Amphitheater – Darien Center, NY
9/6/18 – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater – Wantagh, NY **
9/7/18 – XFINITY Theatre – Hartford, CT
9/9/18 – Blossom Music Center – Cleveland, OH **

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Introducing ALK2 Sequenced Looper

The only looper that lets you pre-arrange your loops for live performance
Berlin, Germany (April 26, 2018)  - zenAud.io, a creative powerhouse and music software developer, has introduced a new concept for music creation and performance: arranged live looping. The company recently released ALK2, a unique cross between a looper and a sequencer.
For the first time, musicians can control what gets looped, and when -- all within the familiar DAW timeline paradigm. Instead of an error-prone series of pedal presses, ALK2 empowers the musician to concentrate on their music, and let the software take care of the operational details.

During a gig, ALK2 follows the arrangement you rehearsed, pressing the necessary virtual pedals to arm channels, trigger effects, record and play loops at the right time -- allowing the musician to focus on the performance, rather than on a pedal. Clips are recorded live and looped to create layers of sound, like a traditional looper, but, like in a sequencer, the loops can be drawn, moved, copied, cut and pasted in a musical arrangement.
ALK2 boasts many innovative features - all packed into an attractive and intuitive user interface.

Key Features:
  • Full featured VST/AU host with support for audio and MIDI looping using your favorite plugins, along with built-in quantization and beat repeat
  • If you make a mistake, the panic function allows you to recover gracefully by crossfading the current take with its reference version
  • Automation assignments are dynamic and can also be sequenced, allowing you to easily switch encoder mappings
  • Hover auditioning is an elegant and ergonomic way of handling monitoring during production: simply hover your mouse over the track you want to hear

With traditional loopers, it's easy to get caught in an endless stacks of loops that go nowhere, and eventually collapse under their own sheer weight and tedium. Using ALK2, you can create dextrous transitions between different chord changes and musical sections, keeping your tracks light, fresh, and engaging throughout.

zenAud.io ALK2 runs on macOS 10.10 (Yosemite) or higher, on any Mac.

Pricing & Availability
Available at zenAud.io for EUR199 (30 day free trial)

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Loopcloud 2.0 has Arrived – Audition Millions of Sounds Directly in your DAW


Loopcloud, the cloud-connected application for browsing, streaming and importing your samples, loops and sounds effortlessly into your DAW just got better. 

Audition Millions of Sounds
Loopcloud 2.0 is out now, and it lets you audition the award-winning Loopmasters catalogue in your DAW, in perfect sync with your projects, for free! Now you can preview millions of sounds made by the world’s top artists – whether you own them or not – straight from the cloud. Only pay for what you need when you’re ready to commit and drag directly into your project.

Buy Individual Samples, Selections or Whole Packs
The world of music is changing, and so is Loopmasters. Loopcloud 2.0 makes it possible to buy just the individual samples you’ve auditioned, as well as full packs or folders of sounds. You can now preview sounds right inside the app – no need to open a browser or download and unzip.


Auto Keymatch and Better Tagging
With comprehensive updates to tagging and navigation, Loopcloud 2.0 makes it even easier to find the sounds you’re looking for. With the new Auto Keymatch function, any sample can be automatically transposed, making it fit your host project whatever its original key. 

Works Better and Quicker
Loopcloud 2.0 now connects to your DAW automatically, updates on its own and works 4x faster. Improved optimisations across the board make Loopcloud more intuitive, inspirational and speed up your workflow. 

Free Sounds for Everyone
Every week, each user gets a healthy dose of track-making material added to their collection, just by launching Loopcloud. 

Pricing and Availability
No subscription required - individual sounds, folders and packs are purchased with credits. All users will be given 500 free credits to get started. Until August 1st, all users will receive double credits on their first purchase.

New and existing users can download Loopcloud 2.0 for free from loopcloud.net.

New Features for Loopcloud 2.0
– Audition the entire Loopmasters catalogue in your DAW
– Stream millions of samples whether you own them or not
– Buy individual sounds, folders and packs directly from Loopcloud
– Sounds match your project’s key automatically for easy auditioning
– Loopcloud automatically connects to any DAW via the Loopcloud plugin
– Tagging is improved to help you choose from millions of sounds
– Upgraded GUI and graphics, and general optimisations
– Software updates are performed automatically 

Recent Updates (Version 1.4)
– Drag pitched, time-stretched and sequenced audio directly to your DAW
– History navigation: never lose the files you found, and repeat custom searches easily
– Improved file searching and retrieval
– Audition and export your files in half time and double time

Original Loopcloud Benefits
– Get 150 sounds every week just by opening the app
– Instantly search through a library of samples tagged for genre, key, type and more
– Timestretch and pitch-shift audio to audition with your project
– Audition one-shot samples with preset rhythms in time with your project

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Dream Pop Songsmiths The Luxembourg Signal Turn to RME’s Babyface Pro Interface on 'Blue Field'

Super Compact, High-Quality Bus Powered Multi-Channel Interface Captures the Band’s Vast Soundscapes with Remarkable Fidelity
 
Fort Lauderdale, FL – April 23, 2018 – When The Luxembourg Signal set out to begin work on their new record Blue Field, they knew they would be taking their rich electronic-inflected dream-pop soundscapes in new directions. But to corral their expansive seven-member lineup, spread across either side of the Atlantic Ocean, the band needed a portable recording solution that would let the process emerge organically. They turned to the RME Babyface Pro interface, which captured every twist and turn of Blue Field with unparalleled precision as the band deftly weaved together a tapestry of lush vocals, driving rhythms, shimmering keys, and sparkling guitars.
Change was part of the DNA of Blue Field, according to drummer Brian Espinosa. “Like most bands, we wanted to try something different from what we did on the first record,” he says. Working with producer Mark Rains, they captured pounding drums and bass guitar at Station House Studios in Los Angeles, but afterward decamped to their respective workspaces to flesh out the tracks.
“The fact that our locations are rather far apart, from San Diego to Los Angeles to London, would have been much more difficult to manage 10-15 years ago,” Espinosa concedes. “While it would be nice and convenient for all of us to live in the same city, the fact is that recording technology like the Babyface Pro makes the physical distance between us is less of an obstacle.”

Isotonik Studios: Multi Analyser gets an XL upgrade for Ableton Live

Mark Towers - Multi Analyser XL

RELEASE: OUT NOW

INTRODUCTORY PRICE: £4.00 exc VAT.

LINK - CLICK HERE 

When we released the Multi Analyser device for Live 10 we were taken aback with the response that it got, analysing audio across different tracks had been done before but this device was designed by Mark Towers as proof of concept of the new API capabilities of Live 10. Basically it was part of his re-certification to retain that illustrious title of Ableton Certified Trainer.
With numerous mentions around the internet culminating in a Free Stuff Friday feature from Ableton themselves it's quickly become our most downloaded product!
And then in came the feature requests...
One of the first to share on the social channels was Danny J Lewis of the Underground Music Production group on Facebook. His request was simple....
"Can you make the visualiser detachable so i can see the impact of my tweaking without having to have the track with the device in it in focus?"
He wasn't the first, nor the last to ask for this upgrade so Mark has set to work to bring this and further routing capabilities to the Multi Analyser XL!

With a large floating window that's detachable from the main device you can now focus on each track and make changes whilst seeing the results without having to click back to the track that contains the device!
Additionally you can choose to see the audio represented Pre FX, Post FX & Post Mixer!
See what Danny did as soon as he downloaded it - Instagram 
Easy to set up, simple to use and ultimately effective!
BUY NOW - MULTI ANALYSER XL 

- Bless, Peace, Love - The Isotonik Collective

New Plugin from Glitchmachines: PALINDROME


Palindrome is a granular morph plotting sampler geared toward experimental sound design.

The basic concept behind Palindrome is to fuse four granular samplers with a coordinate plotting grid and complex modulation sources in order to facilitate the creation of morphing sound effects and unusual instrument patches.

The plugin’s main grid section facilitates the creation of custom paths that determine the trajectory of a playhead over time. This playhead travels across a user-definable path that corresponds with the outputs of the samplers which are smoothly morphed using a bilinear interpolation algorithm. Palindrome also features 8 user-definable multi-breakpoint modulation envelopes to facilitate the creation of intricate modulation shapes. With its 4 granular samplers, morph-plotting system, 8 multi-breakpoint modulation envelopes, dual effects processors per sampler, shape presets, 4-note polyphony, deep randomization system, global reverb, 1.4GB sample library and numerous factory presets, Palindrome brings sound designers a powerful new sound sculpting tool.
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The Glitchmachines Team
www.glitchmachines.com

Antares Auto-Tune Pro Now Shipping

New pitch-correction software features redesigned interface, ARA support

Santa Cruz, CA— April 24, 2018 — Antares Technologies, the global leader in professional vocal processing tools, is thrilled to announce that Auto-Tune Pro is now available. This new, most advanced version of the industry-standard pitch-correction software, can be purchased at antarestech.com and at authorized dealers worldwide.

For two decades, Auto-Tune has remained the industry standard for natural, real-time pitch correction and vocal effects. With Auto-Tune Pro, Antares has incorporated its most advanced engineering innovations along with feedback from the user community to develop a flagship application aimed at raising the bar for music production, in the studio and onstage.

Auto-Tune Pro features a sleek, intuitive interface that has been redesigned from the ground up for streamlined workflow, offering new modes optimized to help users work smarter and faster, whether they’re novices or seasoned pros. The update adds ARA (Audio Random Access) support and incorporates user-requested features such as Classic Mode for creating the legendary Auto-Tune 5 sound.

New Features in Auto-Tune Pro:

New Interface Modes Auto-Tune Pro’s interface has been completely redesigned for ease of use and efficient workflow. A new Automatic mode lets users select Basic View, which provides a simplified work environment pared down to Auto-Tune’s four most-used functions; or Advanced view, which offers comprehensive controls.

Classic Mode Back by popular request, the iconic Auto-Tune 5 DSP algorithm is built into AutoTune Pro’s Classic Mode, for users who want to create that legendary Auto-Tune 5 sound.

Automatic Key Detection Auto-Tune Pro’s included Auto-Key plug-in automatically detects music key and scale and sends those parameters to one or more instances of Auto-Tune Pro automatically.

Audio Random Access Support for Compatible VST3 DAWs ARA technology allows closer integration and exchange of information between audio plug-ins and host applications (digital audio workstations). Users can now edit in Auto-Tune Pro’s Graph Mode without first playing through the selection to track the audio into Auto-Tune.

Improved Graphical Mode Auto-Tune Pro’s Graphical Mode interface has been redesigned from the ground up, incorporating a larger Main Graph, greater zoom resolution, programmable zoom presets, and reconfigured controls that optimize workflow efficiency.

HiDPI Support Auto-Tune Pro offers complete support for Retina and other high-resolution screen displays.

MIDI CC Control of Parameters In Automatic Mode, use a MIDI controller to make real-time adjustments to Auto-Tune parameters such as Retune Speed, Flex-Tune, Humanize, Throat Length, and Vibrato functions. Assign parameters to MIDI device controls to perform dramatic effects in real time, on stage or in the studio.

Redesigned Settings Menu Auto-Tune Pro’s updated Settings menu, featuring a new Preferences dialog, provides new options for customizing Auto-Tune’s behavior and appearance.

Auto-Tune Pro is available for $399; customers who purchased Auto-Tune 8 on or after January 1, 2018 will receive a free upgrade to Auto-Tune Pro. Users of any previous version can upgrade for $129. For more information, visit www.antarestech.com.