Cableguys new ReverbShaper plugin can set amazing spaces in motion.
ReverbShaper unlocks the hidden rhythm of reverb, putting your sounds inside amazing spaces that move, groove and flow along with your music. It is a powerful space maker that can make your music move as you apply drawable LFO shapes and envelope followers.
This latest addition to the company’s ShaperBox 3 bundle seems destined to become just as popular as its stablemates.
ReverbShaper features 120 unique spaces, all of which can be set in motion with those aforementioned drawable LFOs. What’s more, the presence of the envelope follower means that your reverb responds to dynamics – create instant ducked reverb or use it like a gate to control what gets sent to the reverb. If you want to get really clever, it’s even possible to trigger custom LFO curves from transients.
Other features include a Clear Tails mode, which resets the reverb every time the LFO reaches its minimum point, and multiband control.
ReverbShaper runs on PC and Mac in VST/AU/AAX formats and is available now. You can buy ReverbShaper on its own, priced at $39/€39. However, the better deal is the ShaperBox 3 Bundle, which is currently on sale for just $89/€89 and includes not only ReverbShaper but nine other Shapers as well.
Universal Audio has announced that its LUNA Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) – previously only available to UA Apollo customers – is now available as a free download for all Mac users, no UA hardware required.
UA says that LUNA is the only recording software with the sound of classic studio equipment, like analog console summing and tape machine emulations, built right in.
“Today we are thrilled to make LUNA, our award?winning DAW, free to all Mac users. No UA hardware and no purchase required.” says Connor Sexton, Product Manager at Universal Audio. “With LUNA and the LUNA Pro Bundle your music will have album?quality sound from the start.”
Features:
Record and playback as many tracks as your machine can handle with unlimited track count.
Analog Summing, Tape Machines, Channel Strips, Bus and Parallel Compression built into the LUNA mixer with LUNA Extensions, no extra plug-ins or separate windows required
Create with record-ready sounds from Shape, a comprehensive toolkit instrument with every sound needed to finish a track or start an idea
Quantize audio more efficiently with LUNA’s proprietary Razor Blade and Polyphonic warp algorithms
Recall key moments, song variations, and creative ideas with intuitive and powerful full preview Import Session Data
Avoid modes and menu diving with LUNA’s smart tool and session browser
Get powerful tactile control with industry leading control surfaces including Softube Console 1, SSL 360, and MCU
Easily use your favorite Audio Units plug-ins and instruments
In addition to LUNA Digital Audio Workstation, UA offers the Pro Bundle, a $399 collection of UAD Plug?ins and LUNA Extensions, co?created with API, Ampex, Studer, Pultec, and others. Mac users can try the essential LUNA Extensions and UAD Plug?ins add?on bundle free for 30 days.
LUNA is available now as a free download for MacOS.
FabFilter takes reverb into three dimensions with the next iteration of its Pro-R reverb plugin, offers 2 new reverb algorithms, impulse response import, analogue-style saturation and immersive audio support mean Pro-R 2 is an update worth making space for.
FabFilter has announced the release of a major update to its Pro-R reverb plugin. Pro-R 2 brings an array of new features to FabFilter’s flagship reverb, including two new reverb algorithms, immersive audio support, IR import and more.
While Pro-R was geared towards producing clean and natural reverbs that emulate a variety of physical spaces, Pro-R 2 bolsters the plugin’s capabilities with a Vintage reverb algorithm that emulates the sound of digital rackmount processors from the ’80s and ’90s and a Plate reverb algorithm aimed at replicating the metallic character of classic plate reverbs.
The plugin has been equipped with full immersive audio support up to 9.1.6 Dolby Atmos, meaning you’ll be able to configure Pro-R 2 for a number of multichannel formats before designing complex three-dimensional reverbs with the new Surround Settings panel.
Though it’s not strictly a convolution reverb, Pro-R 2 can import impulse responses (recordings that aid reverb processors in emulating physical spaces by providing information on their acoustic properties) and recreate these algorithmically by adjusting its Decay Rate and Post EQ shaping to match the imported audio.
Pro-R 2 now offers a Thickness knob for dialling in analogue-style saturation, an Auto Gate for Collins-esque gated reverbs, and the ability to create sustained atmospheres with the new Freeze button.
FabFilter Pro-R 2 is priced at $169/£144 and is available for both Windows and Mac in VST/VST3/AU/AAX formats. Pro-R owners can upgrade for a discounted price.
