welcome to the home studio show today i've got mulab 8 free ik multimedia have announced
amplitube 5 and yes there will be a free version of that plus i've got some free plugins and other
plugins so be sure to stick around for all of that i'm zane welcome to the home studio show
where i do audio tech news and reviews to help you find new tools for your home studio now links to
everything mentioned in this episode are in the description so let's jump in and first up in this
episode is mutools have released mulab 8 free so this is a free version of the very powerful
mulab 8 daw i did a review on mulab 8 a long time ago i'll be sure to link to that
but basically this is a track limited version of the full daw in my opinion they have limited
this a little too much as you can only have five tracks but you can definitely create a
decent foundation for your beat in mulab 8 free but for a complete song it might be a little too
limited or maybe you only need 5 tracks not everyone goes crazy like i do maybe so let's
look at some of the highlights of mulab 8 free and then i'll look at some of the restrictions
so first off it's an extremely lightweight daw i have the full version and it's under 100 megabytes
plus you don't even need to install it you just unzip the folder and run it from there so this
isn't going to add any sort of bloatware to your computer another highlight is the mu drum plugin
and this is an excellent drum sampler plugin and it even includes some decent kits to get you
started you also get some other great instrument presets too plus you get some decent effects
the piano roll in mulab 8 is very nice and it's easy to work with along with recording audio
this is a simple daw that's capable of creating some great music as long as you can keep to the
five track limit or you can upgrade to the full daw i think it's around eighty dollars
now the limitations of mulab eight free are you can have a maximum of five tracks no vst
plugins no rewire no multi-core support no auto plugin latency compensation
only one midi input no midi output midi channel one only exporting to 16-bit audio files only
you can only have one project at a time only two lanes in the audio sequencer editor no export
tracks as audio files function and no convert rex files function so some of those limitations
may not apply to all of you but things like the track limitation and the no vst plugin support
that will affect you but mulab 8 is a great daw i hope you'll check it out and give it a try maybe
even support them by purchasing a license next up in audio tech news is ik multimedia have announced
amplitube 5 and this will also include an update to the free amplitube custom shop if you aren't
familiar with what amplitube is it's a guitar amp simulation plugin where you can switch out your
amps your cabinets plus microphones effects pedals and rack effects so what's new in amplitube 5.
well there's new gear you get 129 brand new models including two new stomp boxes five acclaimed amps
two new rooms 19 new rack effects and over 100 completely recaptured cabinets
you get an all new drag and drop signal chain that supports up to 57 simultaneous models series slash
parallel routing and blended di signal there's a new cabinet section with vir technology
and vir stands for volumetric impulse response and this transforms all 100 plus cabinets in
amplitube 5 with over 143 000 impulse response measurements in all there's a custom ir loader so
you can load and resize your own impulse responses there's a new mixer with built-in effects
and the new mixer lets you easily blend multiple cabs mics and your di plus 19 new mixing effects
that are included from t-racks 5. there's a totally redesigned custom shop which adds a
more modern easy to navigate design and it allows users to demo and unlock gear faster than ever
so this sounds pretty good amplitube has been my go to amp sim for several years now so i'm really
looking forward to grabbing this one and trying it out once it's released and i don't think they've
announced the exact release date yet but i'll be sure to keep you updated on that but be sure to
check the link in the description for the intro pricing there's upgrade options plus more info on
amplitube 5. now in case you missed my full review on tdr molotok tokyo dawn labs have released a
great free compression plugin called tdr molotok and i'll put the link in the description to my
full review there but this free compressor plugin really impressed me you can use it on buses or on
individual tracks and it's going to sound great it does color your tracks a bit so if you want
a transparent compressor this one really might not be for you but if you want to add some nice
character to your tracks download tdr molotok it's free and it sounds great now let's look
at some current deals but before i get there i just want to ask can you please give this video
a thumbs up if you're enjoying it so far it really helps my channel out and i appreciate it so much
now let's get into deals and a big one that's happening until november 30th is plugin boutique
in conjunction with beatport are giving you an incredible instrument for free it's the izotope
iris 2 synth and this instrument regularly goes for a hundred and forty nine dollars
but you can get it free until november 30th just go to plugin boutique and
i've included a link to the iris 2 listing in the description so you can easily check it out there
add iris 2 to your cart then at the checkout enter coupon code irisbp recalculate your cart
and you'll notice that it brings the price down to zero so be sure to grab this one while you can
also at plugin boutique this month if you purchase anything not the free stuff like
i just mentioned but anything that costs money even one dollar then you can choose one of three
izotope effects plugins there's ozone elements nectar elements or neutron elements that you can
choose from if you plan on buying more than one plugin split it up into three orders and then you
should be able to get all three plugins for free by selecting a different one each time again i've
linked to this promo in the description check it out now let's get into this week's plugins worth
checking out and i might as well look at a waves plug-in because i talk about them quite a bit
so this week i'll look at butch viggs vocals this is an all-in-one vocal chain including saturation
and it's housed in a kind of cool steampunk style interface i think this plugin goes for
around 35 and butch vig is known for producing some huge albums like nirvana's never mind
smashing pumpkins albums and so much more this plug-in is the result of butch vig working with
waves to go through his vocal chain and allowing you to have access to it it comes with some decent
presets to get you started in the right direction which is a nice touch so let's give it a listen
the way that things they used
the next plugin worth checking out this week is audifide's mix checker pro this is a mix reference
plugin and one of the biggest challenges for many of us home studio musicians and producers is that
we aren't recording and mixing in acoustically sound environments or we're using our headphones
so sometimes we create a mix that sounds good to us in our headphones or in our home studio
and then bam when we listen to it in somewhere else it just sounds terrible so what audified mix
checker pro does is it allows you to listen to your mix on various other types of players like
a car different types of monitors earbuds cell phones and tablets bluetooth speakers and more
so now you can check out how your mix will sound on many different systems
without having to leave your studio does it sound exactly like listening in your car
no but if your mix sounds good in this plugin chances are it's going to sound good in the
real world on the same sort of source and it also lets you know that your mix sounds good
in more than one place so all you need to do is put this as the last plugin on your master track
and while you're doing your fine tuning you'll be able to hear what it's going to sound like
in a car or whatever you select and of course you want to disable it or remove this plug-in
before you do your final mix down mix checker pro is available on mac and windows so here's
an example of how it sounds when listening through it everything reminds me of you
this is how we used to be
all right now it's time for the free plugins of the week and this week's first plugin
is odin 2 from the wave warden this is a really nice free synth plugin it has
a great analog sound that isn't based on any one synth but instead you can get sounds from various
classic synths it includes a ton of presets so you can easily find a nice starting point
and get used to it you can get it on mac linux and windows now let's give odin to a listen
the next free plugin of the week is bass deluxe from lost in 70s this is a classic bass tube amp
you get two identical channels with compression eq and drive settings allowing you to easily switch
sounds there's also a pedal board with six pedals plus four models of bass cabs that are based on
some of the most famous bass cabinets lost in 70s have done a great job with all of their plugins
and this one is no exception you can get it on both mac and windows now let's give it a listen
and if you want to check out even more free vst plugins click up here or click down here
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episode for the home studio show and simple green tech i'm zane keep creating and we'll talk soon