Roland is proud to announce R-MIX, a new audio processing application that gives recording professionals and those just starting out the tools to manipulate a stereo mix audio easily, visually and intuitively in real time. Featuring the newly developed proprietary V-Remastering technology and the highly-acclaimed VariPhrase technology, R-MIX allows you to see the individual components of a stereo mix as color-coded clouds of harmonic matter and to apply effects or center cancel exactly where and as you wish within the mix.

By graphically breaking down the stereo mix data into three elements (frequency, panning, and level), R-MIX makes it possible to actually see the instruments inside a mix using Harmonic Placement. Change the panning and level, erase, extract, and add effects, and independently adjust the pitch and speed of the playback as desired. Lower the level of the vocal or any other instrument within the mix to create minus-one karaoke files or create remixes using two pairs of stereo tracks. Mastering live recording sources is also possible by adjusting the instrument levels and applying noise reduction and effects, and with R-MIX, you can create the highest quality sound and then export your project as an audio file for music player playback.

Since there is only one R-MIX screen to operate, workflow increases, and there is no need to switch screens. Menus are aligned according to the workflow, easing navigation, and a simple help window for each task allows for hands-free operation. Windows/Mac compatibility and the intuitive design also make it accessible to everyone from serious DAW magicians to novice users and integrates easily into education and video production settings.

Roland’s innovative V-Remastering digital signal-processing technology gives you total control over the elements within a stereo audio file. Built into R-MIX, V-Remastering makes it possible for you to see each stereo mix as color-coded clouds of energy and harmonic matter, and easily isolate the individual instruments or elements within the mix and change their panning positions and levels. V-Remastering also gives you the ability to erase, extract, or add effects to each element within a mix. V-Remastering enables music-editing capabilities never possible before.

In conjunction with V-Remastering, R-MIX employs Roland’s acclaimed VariPhrase technology, which can make your audio “elastic.” The secret to elastic audio is the independent control of pitch, time, and formant. Smoothly adjust pitch without changing tempo, for example, or adjust tempo without changing pitch. Audio is elastic, and freely under your control in real time. All of this can be done without changing the sound quality of the original recording.

R-MIX Tab, a simplified version of R-MIX, will be available for the Apple iPad later this year. This iPad application also uses the V-Remastering technology to extract audio elements and easily creates minus-one data from an audio file.

On the Mac, R-MIX requires OS X 10.5.8 or later, an Intel Core2 Duo processor and a minimum display size of 1024 x 768 pixels.

R-MIX for Mac OS X is expected to ship in December with a street price of £85.

http://www.RolandConnect.com/product.php?p=r-mix

Twisted Tools have released Buffeater, a real-time, dynamically ordered, granular multi-effects unit for Native Instruments’ Reaktor 5, complete with a 346 MB sample library by notable producers such as Richard Devine, D’arcangelo, Mike Huckaby and more.

The effect works by capturing live audio and storing it in a temporary buffer, which allows for real-time processing of the incoming audio using granular synthesis and other methods. In plain terms, Buffeater allows you take live audio and tweak elements of the sound such as time and pitch, while controlling he signal flow of the effects by the order in which you play. With Buffeater, you can easily achieve stutters, glitch, beat repeat/juggling and/or chopped and screwed effects.

The six effects in included are:

Stretch — A granular time and pitch stretching effect. You can use this effect to slow down (stretch) your audio and even freeze it, while still maintaing control over the audio’s pitch.

Tape — A varispeed type effect that allows you to slow down/speed up effect while also altering its pitch. This is similar to the effect you get when speeding up or slowing down a tape.

Slice Repeat — Allows you to repeat fragments of incoming audio and even re-order them on the fly. You can also adjust the speed and direction of the playback of the slices.

Deconstruct — Takes slices of incoming audio and randomly rearranges them in time and can also reverse them. This effect is similar to Slice Repeat, except that it is more random and also features a ‘slide’ setting that causes audio to glide between slices.

Scratch — Classic turntable style scratch effects, similar to what a DJ does with vinyl or cdjs. This allows you to play with time rhythmically with results that sound like ‘scratching’.

Feed Grains — Feed Grains is a granular feedback effect, that is great for creating spatial effects similar to reverb and also to create similar effects to ring modulation. This is a unique effect that really has no comparison that we know of. Try it and experiment.

Buffeater Features:

• 6 realtime granular and buffer effects
• Playable via MIDI
• Advanced internal automation system
• Independent automation speed and length per knob
• Effect signal flow is dynamically re-ordered as you play
• 288 FX Presets and 60 Snapshots (Combos)
• Kore and Maschine Templates
• Time-stretching sample playback system
• 346mb Sample Library
• Sounds by: c2, Richard Devine, EVAC, Glitchmachines, Josh Hinden, Mike Huckaby, Haptic, Komposit, Rena Jones and Tembu (Bay Dawgz)

Buffeater requires Native Instruments Reaktor 5.15 for Mac or PC. It is compatible with Reaktor 5.5. Native Instruments Kore 2 or Maschine are also required if using their respective included templates.

You can purchase Buffeater via direct download from Twisted Tools for $49.

twistedtools.com/shop/reaktor/buffeater

Discuss Buffeater in our Effects forum.

Breakfast Quay is announcing its new Rubber Band Audio Processor, which is a nice straightforward audio time-stretching and pitch-shifting application, written using the respected Rubber Band library from Breakfast Quay.

This small commercial standalone application (£20 UK, and there’s a very functional free demo version) offers tempo estimation, adjustment by BPM, and tap tempo — useful for loop editing and management. It can handle both very
fine and very extreme stretches, as well as pitch shifting by mere cents or multiple octaves. Available for Mac OS/X 10.4+, on Intel only at present.

Come on into the Forums to discuss the Rubbed Band Audio Processor.
Website: http://breakfastquay.com/