Nomad Factory has three new analogue mastering plug-ins. Without further ado, here they are! All three are highly optimized look-ahead Brickwall Limiter and Level Maximization effects.

The A.M.T Amp Leveler has been designed to be used for Mixing, Mastering, Tracking and Live use. Using a new proprietary algorithm ensuring a very smooth-warm sounding with maximum loudness and no digital-over-clipping as well as low CPU consumption for lightening-fast processing, the A.M.T Amp Leveler is nothing shot of amazing.

* High quality signal processing algorithms
* Look-ahead Peak Limiting and Loudness Maximizer
* Input Threshold (Maximizer) variable from -20dB to +20dB
* Out Ceiling variable from -20dB to +20dB
* Recovery (Release Time) 5 settings
* Full Automation for all parameters PC and Mac OS X
* Easy-to-use vintage interface.
* Windows XP / Vista32 and Mac OS X (Intel & PPC) supported
* VST, AU and RTAS supported
* 24 bit / 192 KHz supported

Here’s some more sites for your reference. Some of you will find these really useful.

100 free plugins. Yes, there’s more. We want to hear from you to see which ones you guys think are the best, and why.

Email me – chris@audiotechnews.com
DSK Brass: Sample-based brass instrument, with two layers and 23 waveforms, effects, automation support, and even micro-detuning.

DSK StringZ: Sample-based strings, two layers, separate ADSR envelopes for each layer, effects, automation.

Syntar: A sytar-like synthesizer.

Dr-Fusion 2: Drum sampler and synth with, layering, per-sample controls.

Tapeworm: Mellotron-inspired synth with fine-tuning and automation support.

Enjoy.

OK, it’s no secret that you can download thousands of plugins. Not to most people anyway, although I like to think that some people might read this blog who are pretty new to recording.

So the good news is – you can download free plugins. Pretty much every single type you’ve ever heard of, and then some. Stop there. Even the most seasoned professional sometimes has to curb him or herself with these things. It’s very easy to over do it.

On other occasions though, you just need the right one, and no other will do.

The best way is just to do a google search on “Free plugin reverb” unless you want a compressor, in which case you’re an idiot, but you’ll still find one anyway. Eventually. You will, for example end up clicking onto a page like this.

And there you will find one of my personal favourites – the Terry West Vocal EQ Pro. It’s so simple, but effective, and that’s almost always exactly what you will be looking for. Play with all the buttons, and all the combinations, and lose yourself in the fact that you just made something sound good, even if it is cheating a bit; because at the end of the day, if you end up settling for a bad sound out of that particular plugin…

You Sir… are a moron.

JOST have released version 0.4.3 which accepts accepts audio synthesis and processing plugins in LADSPA, DSSI, and native Linux VST formats, and solves some of the pizmidi problems of v0.4.2

“JOST also encourages and monitors the development of native Linux VSTs from open source code provided by the original authors. Though written originally for Windows, this code is often released under the GPL, and some remarkable collections are available. The programmers at mda-vst kindly donated a package of more than thirty synthesizer and effect plugins, many of which have excellent sound quality. Other notable contributions include various effects from the DestroyFX crew, some interesting synths from the soi-disant Rock Hardbuns, and a potentially very useful set of MIDI event processors from the developer known only as The Piz.”

More at Linux Journal

For a limited time, customers who have purchased hardware products such as Steinberg’s Cubase LE or select Yamaha hardware products that include Cubase AI4 can get a fully-functioning crossgrade version of Cubase 4 or Cubase Studio 4 and save up to 50%.

Cubase AI4 supports the DAW extensions for Steinberg software and provides Advanced Integration between Yamaha hardware and Steinberg software. If only Bill Gates would release a version of Windows that runs properly on PC’s, we’d be laughing.