so much great news came out of Winter NAMM 2020 like new audio interfaces from
Audient SSL and IK Multimedia, new plugins
from waves, Korg and so many others new MIDI keyboards and so much more in this
episode of the home studio show I'm going to go over some of the
announcements that came out of Winter NAMM 2020 there were so many
announcements that I'm not going to be able to include them all in this episode
so be sure to subscribe to the channel and you'll get to check out the next
episode which I'm going to be following up with very soon plus I have the
plugins worth checking out section later in this video along with the free
plugins of the week so be sure to stay tuned all the way through I'm Zane and
welcome to the home studio show on simple green tech this is a weekly show
where I do audio tech news and reviews to help you
find new tools for your home studio and like usual links for everything that I
mentioned in this episode are in the description now let's get into the news
two new audio interfaces from Audient have been announced at Winter NAMM 2020
Audient have become a very popular brand amongst home studio owners and these two
new audio interfaces are aimed at the budget-priced market the Audient EVO 4
and EVO 8 aim to make recording easy the Evo 4 features two of audience new evo
mic preamps with 58 decibels of gain range along with class-leading
converters plus 48 volt phantom power you also get a Jfet instrument input
and the Evo is powered by USB it can record at 24 bits up to 96 khz and
you get a plugin bundle with it one of the really cool features is the smart
gain button push it while setting your input levels and it will automatically
set the optimal gain levels for you and the loopback feature will allow you to
record your computer's audio along with your microphone audio which is great for
podcasters and streamers all of this comes in a very convenient portable unit
the evo 8 has all of the same features of the Evo 4 but
it has four mic preamps these audio interfaces should be released in the
next couple of months with an estimated price of 129 US dollars for the evo 4
and I'm really looking forward to both of these interfaces next up in Winter
NAMM 2020 news is a new plugin in the Korg collection
the Triton plugin has now been released this gives you all of the sounds of the
original Triton synth that had huge popularity in the early 2000s not only
do you get all of the original sounds of the Korg Triton but you also get all of
the expansion sounds too giving you over 4000 sounds to choose from solid state
logic have announced two new audio interfaces in the ssl2 and the ssl2+
ssl have been creating professional studio mixing consoles for over 40 years
but these are their first dedicated audio interfaces that are part of their
personal studio range one of the really cool features with these is the legacy
4k analog enhancement mode push this button in and add some sparkle with a
little extra analog character you also get the ssl production pack that
includes some of SSL's own studio grade plugins and more the
ssl2 is a 2 in and 2 out audio interface you get that legacy 4k button on both of
the inputs it's USB powered and can record at 24 bits up to 192 kilohertz
the ssl2+ is basically the same but it adds a second headphone output midi
i/o and unbalanced outputs for DJ mixers the ssl2 will cost around $229 us and
the ssl2+ will go for two hundred and seventy nine dollars if you're
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news bitwig studio have released bitwig studio 16 track bitwig is a daw
with a modular sound design environment with the 16-track version you get
sixteen tracks that can be a mix of audio, instrument and hybrid tracks and
you also get two effects tracks another limit in this version is you can only
export audio at 16 bits and record a maximum of four inputs at one time you
do get a large number of effects instruments modules and more with this
version though if you're curious about bitwig and you want to check it out and
see what the modular daw is all about then this is a great starting point
waves audio have released the ovox vocal resynthesis plugin ovox can be
used as a rich vocoder talkbox harmonizer pitch/tune editor vocal
arpeggiation effects and more it has hundreds of presets to get you started
and you can use it either as a plugin in your DAW or as a standalone program
this gives you vocal synthesis and reshaping options from the Daft Punk
style vocoder sounds to inventive vocal effects with endless creative
possibilities another new audio interface was announced at Winter NAMM 2020
this one is from IK multimedia the axe IO solo is a compact guitar
interface with advanced tone shaping solo is for guitar players wanting to
record the best possible sound on a budget or on the go it's a compact 2 in
3 out USB audio interface that features IK's pure microphone preamp plus an
instrument input with proprietary tone shaping options and an exclusive amp out
to incorporate real gear into your recording setup it can record at 24 bits
up to 192 kilohertz it can also act as a controller for use with ik's included
AmpliTube or your other favorite guitar software if you're primarily a guitar
player and you want an interface specifically built to make your guitar
sound its best this one might be for you it's set to be released at about 250 US
dollars toontrack have announced the release date of ezbass this is
similar to their ezdrummer and ezkeys products you'll
get carefully sampled bass tones MIDI grooves and a host of features to help
you quickly and effortlessly add bass to your songs this is like your own
personal session bass player ezbass will be released in May now let's get
into the plugins worth checking out and first let's look at that recently
released korg triton plugin I went over the details about this virtual synth
earlier in the episode so I won't get into it again let's just have a listen
to some of the 4000 sounds the next plugin worth checking out this week is
another NAMM 2020 announcement this one is from scuffham audio it's their s-gear
amp simulator which has being updated to version 2.9 s-gear is a
collection of guitar amps speaker cabinets and effects this is a
collection of boutique sounding gear as all of the amps and effects were
designed by Mike scuffham this plugin should help you stand out from all of
the other typical guitar sounds that are out there so let's give it a listen now
now let's move on to the free plugins of the week and the first one is from
UJam this one is finisher micro this is like
a multi effects plug-in with very simple controls finisher micro allows you to
focus on your music while adding finishing touches to your tracks without
needing to know complex controls it can be extremely subtle or over-the-top
sounding so let's give it a listen now
the next free plugin of the week is from beatassist.eu it's their bat-s12 this
is a free drum machine plugin for Windows it's a very easy to use drum
sampler with 12 pads and easy access to the editing section at the moment you
don't get any samples with it but you can find drum kit samples or any sample
almost everywhere on the internet just search for free drum hits or free drum
samples and you're going to find a lot now let's load some into beatassist.eu
bat-s12
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