cm: Firstly we must talk about StageOne 2. It's such a 21st century plugin, with its superb stereo visualiser and the smart phase recovery algorithm really changing the game for a lot of people. Was saving people time and headaches a big motivation with StageOne 2?
Robin Reumers: "Yes. That's been the goal from the start. When we began Leapwing Audio in 2015, we felt there were two types of plugins. There were ones that were very easy to use but didn't sound very good.
They were phasey and very new at that point, and the other ones were supercomplicated, and you needed to go through pages and pages of things to sound good.
"So, our original goal was to make plugins that are easy to use, have a few controls, but under the hood there are a lot of things that we've fine-tuned and considered. So it's easy to make mixes sound better. That was always the original goal.
"With that, we also want to keep innovating - we don't want to just build another regular compressor like everyone else. That's been our focus point in the last eight or nine years almost."
cm: How quickly after v1 did you guys start making StageOne 2?
RR: "It took some time. What we've always known is that when we're building one plugin we're learning for the next one. When we made Center One, a lot of those ideas helped us to build StageOne. Then RootOne helped us with different ideas of how to do things, and getting DynOne 3 out gave us new ideas and that really evolved again into the ideas for StageOne 2. It's always been kind of iterative."
Bu hikaye Computer Music dergisinin April 2024 sayısından alınmıştır.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Giriş Yap
Bu hikaye Computer Music dergisinin April 2024 sayısından alınmıştır.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Giriş Yap
Sonuscore The Score $399 PC MAC
The Score comes up with a film soundtrack based on your stylistic choices, but that’s just the start of it. Andy Jones scores The Score
Baby Audio Humanoid $129 PC MAC
Humanoid brings the ‘extreme’ and ‘radical’ to the world of vocals, but is also one of the easiest plugins to use and abuse, says Andy Jones
The Synth Factory Horizen $129 PC MAC
A synth/sampler that packs in a lot of power at an almost silly price - despite its low profile, Andy Jones gazes at Horizen...
Flow Mastering Suite $15/month PC MAC
Mastering your music just got as easy or as complex as you want. But, Andy Jones asks, is it worth yet another monthly subscription?
Universal Audio LA-6176 $299 PC MAC
UA has bundled three of its classic emulations into one channel strip. Is this analogue dream your ideal plugin team? Andy Jones finds out
Rack'em up...
IK Multimedia has announced a comprehensive update to its mixing and mastering software, T-RackS, that brings some smart mastering additions
FX Collection 5 €499
Arturia's huge bundle of effects gets its regular update and it's still easily as essential as the company's V Collection
Make a pulsing bass with GForce Axxess
Get mechanical, with a garage-inspired bass patch, which gets right to the pulsing heart of the Axxess synthesiser
The software that shaped us
Computer Music has had a 25-year history, and over the life of this magazine, the technology behind music production has changed beyond recognition. Here are the products that set the stage for the modern world…
PERFECT VIRTUAL GUITAR!
Need a great guitar sound, but lacking any guitar-playing contacts, or the skills to play it yourself? Have no fear, your computer is here! With a few pointers, buying advice and hands-on tips, you and your PC or Mac can emulate the greatest guitarists in the world…