New Version, dBdone Beta 1.1 OUT NOW!


dBdone 1.1 enables you to view, tag and search your DAW projects from one place, and you don’t even have to load them to hear what they sound like. The new app is currently in beta and free to download.

The company said ‘We redesigned and developed our tool from scratch. Based on our users feedback that we’ve collected during the first Beta 1.0, we included lots of requested features and solved major bug fixes’.

Most DAW users tend to have a lot of projects on the go at once. Or, more accurately, most DAW users tend to start a lot of projects but never get around to finishing them.

The upshot of this is that the typical musician’s hard drive is filled with obscurely-named projects that can get forgotten about, but dBdone is on a mission to get you more organised.

Its new software enables you not only to view all of your on-the-go and (accidentally) archived projects, but also name them, tag them and listen to previews without loading them up.

dBone is compatible with the majority of major DAWs, and all of your projects can be viewed from your dashboard and opened in the relevant software with a single click. Once they’re all tagged up, they can be searched and filtered, and the audio previewing is possible once you’ve recorded a section of your track into the app. Both names and artwork can be generated automatically.

You can create tasks, deadlines and current status labels for each project, and gather all important related files in one place. Tasks and deadline labels can be added, too, and it’s also possible to chat with collaborators and exchange files and links.

New features:

– New branding and user interface design

– Ability to create your own account which opens lots of possibilities and

features

– Improved user experience

– Updated Prelisten Plugin (VST, AU) with new Auto Record function and

design

– New appearance settings (like dark mode)

– Collaboration: create teams, share files and chat

– Create Stacks to combine projects visually into groups

– Collect versions of a project into one

– my.dBdone: Create your own webpage in minutes with important links and

songs managed in dBdone. It’s like magic!

– From now on: Automated Updates

dBdone is in beta right now and can be downloaded for free (for now). Whether you’ll have to start paying a subscription once the software is fully up and running remains to be seen.

You can download the app now from the dBdone website.

 

Giorgio Sancristoforo Introduces Nakama Performance Looper with Tape Disintegration Effects + Surround Sound Support


Developer Giorgio Sancristoforo (Gleetchlab, Berna, Bento) has introduced Nakama, a performance looper/delay with progressive tape disintegration granulation and surround sound.

It’s out today for MacOS, with a Windows released planned to follow “soon”.


Features:

  • Nakama is a live performance looper/delay that’s designed to create huge layers (up to one hour) of asynchronous sound in a stereo or surround setup. (2,4 or 8 channels). Nakama can process one to four separate musical instruments at the same time, with 8 tape delay/loopers and 4 granular processors.
  • Nakama can loop and delay the sound at full quality or gradually transform it with several modes of sound degradation, including tape saturation, noise, wow and flutter, sticky shed syndrome, spectral gating, data corruption and filters.
  • Nakama is designed to work with 2 4 or 8 channels. 12 sources can be placed anywhere around you or moved in orbits.
  • Recording is possible without using a DAW and if you want you can record multichannel PCM audio files.
  • All the controls are MIDI mappable.

Nakama is available now for Mac for €19.50.

New App, Sessions, A Plugin Host For Live Performance


Open Planet Software has introduced Sessions, a new Audio Unit plugin host designed for musicians that want to perform live with virtual instrument plugins.

Sessions is designed to be a straightforward tool for playing the instruments in your plugin collection. It can be used for simple plugin chains, or complex live band setups, with pre / post-fader sends, auxiliary channels and multiple outputs.

“As much as I love using DAWs to create and produce music, they’re quite complex and not necessarily the best apps for playing live,” notes developer Gordon Murrison. “I wanted something more straightforward, where I could use my plugin collection away from the DAW. The simpler environment, combined with the Always-on recorder, have given my practice sessions a productivity boost and new ideas for sound design flow much quicker.”

Features:

  • Plugins
    • Support for Audio Unit v2 and v3 plugins
    • Independent instrument and effect plugin libraries with search and favourites filter
  • Mixer
    • Support for multi-channel audio interfaces and multiple MIDI keyboards and controllers
    • Unlimited number of Instrument, Audio and Auxiliary Channels
    • Instrument channel MIDI filters to support the creation of layers and splits
    • 8 sends per channel (switchable pre / post fader)
  • Plugin Widgets
    • Simple drag-and-drop interface
    • Over thirty beautiful widget themes, many inspired by the classic hardware of yesteryear
    • Control up to 12 parameters per plugin
  • Scenes
    • 12 Scenes, each with its own independent Mixer
    • Seamless switching between scenes
  • Macro Controls
    • 16 Macros and 1 Big Knob per Scene
    • Each Macro can control multiple parameters, each with its own scale and range
  • Always-on recorder
    • Continuously record the last 5, 10 or 15 minutes of what you’ve been playing
    • Looping payback of recorded region
    • Export recorded region as M4A or WAV
  • Beat Clock
    • Start / Stop, tempo and time signature control
    • Internal, Ableton Link and external MIDI clock sync sources
    • Metronome with selectable tick sound
  • Misc
    • Record to file for unlimited recording duration
    • MIDI controller support for switching scenes, controlling macros and more
    • Light and dark modes
    • Native support for Intel and Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 13 and later

Sessions is available now for $29.99.