Beat English 02-2022

Full versions worth $78 2 high class sound instruments Fresh and original sounds for your productions await you in this month‘s software highlight: Applied Acoustics Systems gives you two high-quality sound instruments. You can choose your two favorites from over 50 different instruments with sonorous names like Insomnia, Stranger Strings, Post Rock and Deconstruction. The sound banks cover a huge stylistic spectrum. Download: see Page 9 | www.applied-acoustics.com win | mac All serial numbers securely accessible: The Beat Serial Center To ensure that none of your serial numbers are lost in the future (for instance in the event of a new installation, Outlook crash or disk crash), you can now conveniently manage them online. The advantages are obvious: The Editorial Team can send you targeted software updates, you have access…

4.6 GB: Loops & Samples for Cinematic, Tribal & Hip-Hop Two high-quality sound instruments from AAS are waiting for you as a highlight this month. You can choose your two favorites from over 50 sound packs. With Analog Techno Drums you can create the matching grooves right away. The plug-in comes up with 1056 drum sounds, as well as matching modern synth sounds for various modern music styles. For the new soundset Big Room Synths for Zampler & MPCs, we married our modular Beat Studio Rack with analog synths and combined the resulting sounds with the organic sounds of instruments like acoustic guitars, pianos, koto and glockenspiel. Perfect for EDM, Techno, Trance & the like! Inspiration is also guaranteed with the 4.6 GB of loops from Black Hand Loops, Prime…

The common thread: Beat issue 02/2022 For many years, Beat has been inspiring its readers not only with practical and musical topics, but above all with the tight integration of editorial content. From the very beginning, Beat has been about creating, about the structured building of ideas and the common thread - in the magazine as well as in the tracks. This navigator shows you the highlights of this issue and allows you to see the big picture. Studio Insights: Eris Drew One of the few DJs still using turntables, house producer Eris Drew also uses her Technics as a production tool. Danny Turner looks at her debut album „Quivering In Time“. Page 52 Review: ASM Hydrasynth Explorer Hydrasynth is a potent 8-voice synthesizer that relies entirely on digital sound…

The next generation of Pioneer DJ‘s standalone DJ controller XDJ-RX3 is on the market. This 2-channel system for mobile events can now draw on the advantages of the club standard CDJ-3000. The most striking feature is the 10.1-inch touchscreen, which has been enlarged by three inches. In line with the in-house DJ software rekordbox, analyzed songs are visualized in 3-band EQ mode. The number of beat effects and sound color effects has been increased by a total of eight new effects. The Release FX, Echo Out, Spin Out, Build Up and Vinyl Brake modes have been added to the eight performance pads available per deck. The music can be transferred, as usual, either via the two USB slots or via a computer with rekordbox. Two phono and two line inputs…

After last year‘s huge success, Focusrite has once again put together a Hitmaker Expansion Pack software bundle that delivers over $1,000 in added value to all Focusrite customers of a Scarlett 3rd Gen, Clarett and Red interface. Even users of the smallest Scarlett Solo will have access to this software. The plugin suite is, therefore, intended to complete one‘s own recording studio with high-quality mixing and mastering plug-ins. The bundle includes the Auto-Tune Access vocal effect from Antares, as well as the LX480 Essentials Reverb from Relab and the Silver Jubilee 2555 Marshall clone from Softube. In addition, there are the XLN Addictive Keys and XLN Addictive Drums 2 Studio Rock Kit plug-ins, which are supposed to provide snappy drums and expressive keyboard sounds. From Brainworx, you can enjoy the…

With a refreshed look, improved workflow and some new technical enhancements, FabFilter presents the updated Volcano3 effects plug-in. Among the most important innovations is the four analog-modeled, non-linear vintage EQ filter shapes: Bell, Low/High Shelf, Notch and Allpass. They each have their own saturation section. If desired, the slope can now be lowered to only - 6 dB per octave. Furthermore, endless modulation possibilities are promised for XLFOs, MIDI sources and envelope generators, which can be quickly linked using drag and drop. In real time, the modulation sources and the modulation destination are visually displayed. At each filter, the volume and panning settings can be changed. For the best possible results, a High-Quality mode for maximum oversampling has been integrated. The collection of factory presets has also been updated. There…