Hollin Jones

Hollin Jones

Hollin Jones was classically trained as a piano player but found the lure of blues and jazz too much to resist. Graduating from bands to composition then production, he relishes the chance to play anything with keys. A sometime lecturer in videographics, music production and photography post production, Hollin has been a freelance writer on music technology and Apple topics for well over a decade, along the way publishing several books on audio software. He has been lead writer at a number of prominent music and technology publications. As well as consultancy, full-time journalism, video production and professional photography, he occasionally plays Hammond, Rhodes and other keys for people who ask nicely. Hollin is Contributing Editor at Ask.Audio.

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Acon Digital Verberate Immersive 2: Revolutionary Vivid Hall Algorithm in 3D

Verberate Immersive 2 offers complete and independent control over the panning of the dry sound, late reverberation and early reflections. Here's more.

Native Instruments Introduces STRAYLIGHT, For Cinematic Sound Design And Scoring

With a bespoke granular engine that places the source audio into a powerful '" yet easy-to-use '" interface, STRAYLIGHT provides lush, organic timbres.

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Reason Compact 2.0, an easy-to-use iOS mobile app, gives you a comprehensive music studio in your pocket ready to make music on the go.

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How loud is the loudest sound ever made - even the loudest sound it is possible to make? Scientists think they have the answer, and it might surprise you how they got there.

Devious Machines Releases Duck, A Creative Volume LFO Plugin

Get essential sidechain pumping, trance gating, tremolo, and many more effects with Duck, the creative volume LFO by Devious Machines. It's available at a discount for a limited time.

XILS-lab Updates Vintage Polysynth PolyKB III VI To v3.5

The 3.5 update to this powerful and unusual virtual synth is free for owners of V3 and brings a revamped UI, improved preset management and much more.

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