Vocoflex by Dreamtonics, priced at $199, is an AI-powered voice synthesis software designed for musicians, voice actors, and content creators. It offers realistic vocal performances, a user-friendly interface, and ethical safeguards. The software supports real-time voice conversion and customization, making it a versatile tool for creative applications.
DataMind Audio Unveils Virtual AI Instrument and Ethically Sourced “Artist Brains” Wildly creative music tech trailblazers team up with sound designers and music producers to set an ethical, green paradigm for AI in music. While much of the AI-powered tech for music creation spits out replicas or facsimiles, DataMind Audio does something radically different. Founded […]
Making a Scene Brings you a Comprehensive Review of Izotope Ozone 11 Izotope Ozone 11 is a highly acclaimed audio mastering software that has been widely praised by audio professionals for its exceptional range of features and tools. With its intuitive interface and advanced capabilities, it provides users with everything they need to enhance and […]
A Review of Mixed in Key’s Captain Plugins Epic Introduction If you’re a music producer or a musician, you might be familiar with the struggle of finding the right tools to enhance your creativity and streamline your workflow. In today’s digital age, there are countless plugin options available, each claiming to be the ultimate solution. […]
Making a Scene Brings you a review of the new Captain Plugins Epic AI Based Music Composition Suite Introduction If you are a music producer or composer, you know how tedious and time-consuming it can be to create music from scratch. This is where Mixed in Key‘s Captain Plugins Epic comes in. It is a […]
Bandlab Discontinues Free Version of Cakewalk by Bandlab DAW Bandlab, the company behind the popular digital audio workstation (DAW) software Cakewalk, has announced that they will no longer be offering a free version of the software. Bandlab acquired Sonar by Cakewalk DAW after Gibson discontinued the software after it purchase it from Cakewalk, leaving their […]
AI Songwriting Tools for Words and Music Introduction Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming various industries, including music. The integration of AI in music has led to the development of AI songwriting tools that can compose music and even write lyrics. These tools have become popular among musicians, producers, and songwriters, as they can save […]
Fender Musical Instruments Releases Presonus Studio One 6 Introduction Back in November of last year Fender Musical Instruments announced their intention to acquire Presonus Audio Electronics as part of their expansion of their reach into the pro audio market. In January “Making a Scene” interviewed the founder of Presonus Jim Odem about this new acquisition […]
Making a Scene Takes a Look at the new Studio One 5.5 Update Even with the pending acquisition of Presonus by Fender Musical Instruments, the team at Presonus is still rolling out updates to their flagship DAW “Studio One”. The new 5.5 update adds some powerful new features to their “Project Page” that will making […]
Making a Scene Presents 10 Last Minute Gifts for the Indie Musician With only a few days left before Christmas, the shipping window has closed for many gift options. Fortunately for your favorite indie musician there are some options that you can get them in plenty of time for Christmas! Here is out list of […]
Making a Scene Presents a Review of Masterwriter – Songwriting and Creative Writing Software! What is Masterwriter? Masterwriter was created over 20 years ago as a software product to help songwriters and creative writers with their process by giving them access to all the tools they need in a single place. It has over the […]
Making A Scene brings you a review of Plugin Boutique’s Scaler 2 If you are a songwriter or music composer, you know that sometimes you run into that dreaded writers block. Sometimes it only takes a new sound, or chord progression to break you out of it and allow the muse to inspire you. Scaler […]
Making a Scene Reviews Presonus Sphere One of the most important tools for Indie artists and songwriters today is the home recording studio. The Advantage of building a home based studio allows you to demo your work before going into the studio, create song structures to write against or, with the right equipment you can […]
Making a Scene Takes a look at OBS Studio With the shutdown of the gig economy during the pandemic many musicians have been thrust into the world of content creation as a way to stay connected to their fanbase. One of the main avenues that has been most widely used is the Live Stream. This […]
Tape Plugin Shootouts Don’t Make Sense Commonly asked questions in audio groups regarding the use of tape emulations include: “Which tape machine plugin is best?” “Which one should I reach for on my sources?” “I keep hearing that this one is better than that one, but that one always sounds best to me and I […]
PreSonus Releases Studio One 5 When you invest in a DAW for your studio it is important to remember you are also investing in the company and their ability to continue to develop the software to not only innovate add new features but also to stay abreast (if not ahead) of the technology. PreSonus has […]
Making a Scene Reviews The Plugin-Alliance Mega Bundle The Plugin-Alliance The Plugin Alliance is an umbrella company that pulls together a variety of software developers under a single digital marketing and authorization system. The companies that are now under this “alliance” are some of the industries top hardware and software developers with more slated to […]
Making a Scene Takes a First Look at the Slate Digital “All Access Pass”! When a software company announces they will be having a major announcement in the coming days, one of the first things that come into my mind is “How Much is it Going to Cost Me”. I have been a “Everything” bundle […]
Making a Scene presents a first look at the Audio Assault RM-2 Analog Channel This one has me excited, and not just because that’s my voice on the walkthrough video. I’ve been getting in touch with developers for a while asking if anyone was interested in modelling my Ramsa. I looked into Acustica’s Nebula technology, […]
Whether you are a home recording musician, or you own a commercial recording studio one of the biggest ongoing investments you make are for good quality plugins. Keeping up with what is new in analog modeling plugin technology can be daunting to say the least. If you are at all like me, you have a […]
Plugins I’ve Been Using That I Recommend Brandon S Hire The Noise Floor It’s not the tool, it’s the user. But as a blogger and content creator, I get to play with a lot of cool tools. Here’s a few of them that I highly recommend checking out. 1. The Plugins From My Walkthroughs. Obviously […]
You wouldn’t think of a direct box as having a certain character, unless you’ve worked in a facility that has really good character DI’s. After all, in the age of Multi-I/O converters with DI inputs, it’s easy to forget the role that a quality DI box plays. High end DI boxes were used to help […]
As many of you may have noticed, the long awaited Paul Reed Smith amp models from Waves were released. From the moment I downloaded and plugged in a guitar (In this instance a cherry red 1998 Godin LGxT) I was completely hooked. Finally the holy grail of smooth satisfying clean tone was available at my fingertips, and […]
Do we REALLY need another EQ? We have stock eq’s, free eq’s, hardware eq’s, dynamic eq’s, analog modeled eq’s, digital eq’s that can do a zillion cool things… I find it hard to get excited about another eq these days, unless there’s something truly new and unique it brings to the table. More developers should […]
Top 5 Audio Assault Plugins Brandon Shire We all have our favorites, and in this post I want to share my top 5 from Audio Assault! Let’s countdown, starting from number 5. FREAKQ 305 5. FreakQ 305 It’s hard to see what’s so special about FreakQ 305 on the surface, because it looks like a typical […]
Top 5 IK Multimedia Plugins Brandon Shire We all have our favorites, and in this post I want to share my top 5 from IK Multimedia! Let’s countdown, starting from number 5. MASTER EQ 432 5. Master EQ 432 The right amount of the right eq on the master bus can really bring your mix […]
Top 5 Waves Plugins! Brandon Shire We all have our favorites, and in this post I want to share my top 5 from Waves Audio! Let’s countdown, starting from number 5. MY DEFAULT HLS SETTINGS 5. Kramer HLS Channel This thing is just meaty. I use it as a low end enhancer more than anything, […]
In the sea of plugins available to home recording musicians, it is not very often that I run across one that actually becomes part of my “Must Have” Toolbox. The Waves “Abby Road – ADT” (Artificial Double Track) is just that plugin. Since day one, I have found that the ADT to be an essential […]
Why you shouldn’t sleep on Nomad Factory Brandon Shire [I realize this entire post reads like a giant advertisement, but I assure you that it’s my honest opinion about a product line that I am personally passionate about. Nomad Factory have never given me a plugin to review, I have no NFR’s from them, and […]
Recently Boz Digital Labs released Transgressor, which is a transient designer that allows you to eq the transient and the sustain separately. This plugin seems like it was created with my workflow in mind, so when I got the chance to get a review copy I was stoked! Let me explain. I tend to […]
Understanding Drum Sample Libraries From bedroom producers, to the top brass mixing engineers with multiple grammies, there are a lot of people who use drum samples in their mixes. Joey Sturgis is famous for using Kick 10 from Steven Slate Drums in many of his productions (although now Joey Sturgis has his own sample library […]
To Subscribe Or Not To Subscribe Whether you’re an aspiring artist or seasoned industry vet, you undoubtedly have noticed the subscription trend getting picked up by more and more software developers. On December 12th 2016, Softube announced their new subscription model for their plugin collection and it very closely mimics The Everything Bundle promotion that […]
Plugin manufacturers are on a never ending quest to develop the holy grail of plugins…the perfect digital model of a classic analog piece that everyone in the industry embraces as the most accurate, bar none. This is admirable in that it pushes the technology further and further, and now we have top tier mix engineers […]
Back in the day, we had hardware. Since then, we started using software. Over the years, we’ve become better and better at developing this software so that it fools the trained ear into thinking it’s hardware. We make it move, overload, have noise, and try to recreate the exact sonic imprint of the hardware. We’ve […]
If you are a touring musician and you put any time on the road, this is the app for you. WAZE by Google is one of the world’s largest FREE community-based traffic and navigation apps. You are Joined by drivers in your area who share real-time traffic & road info to save time, gas money, […]
EQ Made Easy One of the most mis-understood and mis-used effect in recording and mixing has to be Equalization. Using EQ in recording and mixing is more than a simple Treble/Bass adjustment. If not used properly you can easily take a really good recording and turn it into sonic mush in just a few knob […]
The home recording revolution that started in the 80’s with inexpensive 8 and 16 track recorders has evolved into an industry of recording software, hardware modeling and audio interfaces. The tools that are available to the home recording studio today would be the envy of professional studios of only 20 years ago. The problem is […]
Sonar X3 Lets face it, once you find a DAW that you like and you have gone through the learning curve it’s pretty hard to change. But, if you are looking to get your first full DAW or you feel your DAW is not giving you what you want, you might want to consider Cakewalks […]
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