Bitwig has announced Bitwig Studio 4, the latest major update in their modular DAW. The main addition to Studio 4 is – much like their friends at Live – audio comping, which lets users record audio takes, which then create different lanes and then can be ‘comped’ together, to create a single take using the best versions of each recording. You can comp in both clip mode and arranger.
A new concept called Operators means you can create more randomness in your programming, an attempt to get away from repetitive looping rhythms and clips. Operators can increase or decrease the chance a note plays, have a note repeat at a certain rate. Occurrence sets conditions for each event like: Is this the first loop of the clip or not? Is the performance-control Fill button turned on? Or did the previous event play, or was it silent? Recurrence thinks of each event as its own looping timeline. So pick a cycle length and then check off whether the event plays on each of those four passes
Intel benchmarks claim Apple s M1 isn t faster. Let s reality-check the claims
Intel just clapped back with a carefully crafted takedown of Apple s Arm-based M1 chip. Let s review the claims, one by one Credit: Apple Microsoft
After months of silence about Apple’s impressive M1 chip, Intel just clapped back with a carefully crafted takedown of the Arm-based chip. It isn’t pretty.
Intel said its testing shows an 11th gen Core i7-1185G7 can match or greatly exceed the M1’s performance in a MacBook Pro in both native and non-native applications. Meanwhile in battery life, it’s pretty much a wash and the MacBook Pro wouldn’t pass muster to be certified as an Evo laptop.
21 Ways To Improve Your Studio In 2021 New Year, New Studio!
Acoustic treatment is often the single most effective way to spend money on improving your studio.
With the world still busy fighting the coronavirus, professionals and hobbyists alike have been spending more time in our home studios. As well as making more music, we’ve had plenty of time to reflect on what’s working well for us, and what’s not. So the SOS editorial team shared notes to come up with 21 ways you can greet 2021 with a better studio.
Acoustic treatment is an investment that will benefit both your mixes and your raw tracks. Several manufacturers offer full room kits that are a great way to get in the right ballpark if you have the cash, including GIK, Auralex, LA Sound Panels, Acoustics First, Iso Acoustics and Vicoustic. But as a minimum, basic ‘mirror point’ absorbers are a must, and if you have space, proper bass trapping not just foam in the corners will tighten things up.
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Linux has become an incredible platform for audio experimentation. It may not have the professional-grade applications seen on macOS and Windows (nor the ARM cross-compilation woes). It may not have the plethora of proprietary plugins that make those systems professionally viable, but it does have the frameworks, the developers, and an expanding niche of experimental music producers that are willing to forgo the convenience of mainstream applications in a quest for creativity-driven innovation. Norns, Zynthian, and ORAC are all amazing open source Linux-based examples of this. Each is open to anyone willing to step out of their comfort zone and try something new, and they all have huge communities trying to improve and create in equal measure.