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Audient iD MKIII - What's New?
The third generation of Audient’s well-loved iD audio interfaces is here. With some exclusive sweeteners that cannot be found anywhere else, in the video we explore the brand new features for iD MKIII. Housed in folded metal ‘waterfall’ design enclosures, MKIII nods to its second gen predecessors, with a softer more symmetrical look. Most importantly though, the third generation is packed full of features that give it a true advantage over many desktop alternatives.
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https://www.production-expert.com/production-expert-1/audient-id-mkiii-first-look-2026-roomtune-and-smart-gain
12 Nov 2026
@audientworld's iD MKIII puts monitor correction and hardware EQ and compression inside a bus-powered interface.
Luke looks at the third generation of the iD range, written in cooperation with Audient. Smart Gain now works on the console mic pre with configurable target gain and analysis time. Vari Phase and Vari HPF sit alongside the Analogue Tone Suite of HMX, LIFT, GLOW and ORBIT, and RoomTune handles monitor correction onboard.
The EQ and compressor in iD Control can sit in the record path, and you can change their order. Across four models there is a lot to go through, so the full first look covers what each one offers.
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#ProductionExpert #Audient #iDMKIII #AudioInterface
12 Nov 2026
@wavesaudio has confirmed its annual Black Friday free plugin, and sign-up is open now.
The plugin will be released on Friday 27th November and will only be available to download over the Black Friday weekend, with a limited number of licences. Waves hasn't said what it is yet, and all we have to go on is a bright magenta teaser image.
Sign up for a reminder, then log in to your Waves account on the day, go to the free plugin registration page and add it to your account. Previous years have brought Magma Stressbox, IDX Intelligent Dynamics, Silk Vocal and EchoSphere.
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#ProductionExpert #Waves #WavesAudio #FreePlugin
12 Nov 2026
Can a stereo upmix to 9.1.6 fold back down and null perfectly against the original? Paul tested @kaizen_audio's claim.
AXIS Upmixer spreads stereo across layouts up to 9.1.6 with five engines and a Downmix Lock, while VORTEX Downmixer folds 5.1 to 9.1.6 mixes down using the ITU matrix, with group knobs that show the real gain of each fold.
Paul runs null tests in Pro Tools, tries the ceiling objects routing for Atmos sessions in a 7.1.4 room, and measures CPU load on an M1 Ultra Mac Studio.
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#ProductionExpert #KaizenAudio #AXISUpmixer #VortexDownmixer
12 Nov 2026
Open-source clones of @avid.protools are drawing a lot of applause, and Russ has questions about why.
One of the Production Expert team has spent time with the Pro Tools clone, and the practical findings on session compatibility, AAX plugins and EUCON hardware are short. Russ's bigger concern is ethical, and it takes in copyright, licensing, subscription pricing and what small developers stand to lose.
It is an opinion piece for anyone who earns a living from software or from creative work.
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@avid.protools
#ProductionExpert #ProTools #Avid #DAW
12 Nov 2026
@solidstatelogic made far more than the E Series, and our updated round-up of SSL-inspired plugins reflects that. Julian looks at one of the most enduring themes in plugin emulation, taking in the 80s and 90s hardware beyond the 1979 E Series console. The list covers SSL's own Native Channel Strip 2, the @pluginalliance SSL 4000 G and the UAD SSL E Channel Strip, with notes on EQ character, preamp modelling, DSP support and latency.
The article has been refreshed with the latest information, and what's interesting is that every entry is still on it.
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@uaudio
#SSL #SolidStateLogic #Brainworx #UniversalAudio #ChannelStrip
11 Nov 2026
Which key combination does that in @steinbergmedia when you have spent all week in @avid.protools?
Production Expert has built a free DAW Keyboard Shortcut Finder covering every default shortcut for Pro Tools, Cubase, Logic Pro and @fenderstudio, 1,863 in all, with Mac and Windows keys where the DAW has both. You can search by what you want to do, or press a key combination and see what it triggers in each DAW.
There is also a comparison view for 24 everyday commands side by side, which is handy if you move between systems or work in a room that runs a different DAW from your own.
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#ProductionExpert #ProTools #Cubase #LogicPro
11 Nov 2026
@krotosaudio is giving away a 3,956-file effects library and a creature voice plugin until 23:59 GMT today.
The Starter Library is a royalty-free WAV collection covering Foley, footsteps, whooshes, weapons, magic and ambiences. Dehumaniser Simple Monsters is a voice-processing plugin for building creature, monster and robot voices. Both are full licences to keep, with no card or paid subscription needed.
Simple Monsters requires a free iLok account, and signing up adds you to the Krotos mailing list, which you can leave at any time. Today is the last day to complete the free checkout.
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#ProductionExpert #Krotos #DehumaniserSimpleMonsters #SoundDesign
11 Nov 2026
Pulsar Audio has released a free plugin built on two digital tape algorithms from the 2000s.
DigiTape pairs CONTOUR, which compresses and saturates the top end while rounding transients, with GRAIN, which saturates the lows and mids and lets the resulting harmonics feed the highs. There are five tape Types, automatic gain compensation on Drive, oversampling, instance grouping and more than 20 presets, with low CPU use and no iLok.
Pulsar Audio presents it as a tribute to the engineers who wrote these algorithms when processing power was scarce, and as an alternative to the accurate tape models that dominate the category.
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#ProductionExpert #PulsarAudio #DigiTape #TapeSaturation
11 Nov 2026
This week's free pick is a @pspaudioware equaliser aimed at the warmth and punch of classic British EQs.
PSP ClassicQlite sets out to bring the musicality of those well-loved British equalisers into your DAW, and it is available as a free download from PSP. If you reach for a certain kind of EQ character on a mix, it is worth checking out.
It is also part of our free plug-ins list, which now covers more than 690 plug-ins from over 230 developers, each one checked by working engineers.
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#ProductionExpert #PSPAudioware #ClassicQlite #FreePlugins
11 Nov 2026
Steve's way of making sure nobody plays the wrong mix starts with a timestamp you never have to type.
The naming format is Artist - Project - Song, followed by a date and time in ISO order, 24-hour clock, so versions always sort chronologically, even when you deliver several in one day. The part that saves the effort is a short macOS Shortcut that drops the stamp into any export dialog from the Services menu.
The article walks through each step of building it, including the date format string and the setting that makes it available in every app.
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#ProductionExpert #macOS #AppleShortcuts #MixingEngineer
11 Nov 2026
@toontrack has a new EZkeys 2 expansion built from resampled hardware synths and contact-mic recordings.
Neon Void EKX brings 67 playable presets across keys, pads, textures, leads and basses, with a separate set of subs, impacts, risers and hits for transitions. The synth sounds started on classic hardware and outboard gear before being layered and saturated, while the FX were made from modular synthesis and foley recordings of everyday objects bowed, struck and scraped.
It is aimed at darkwave, industrial metal and sci-fi scoring, and it includes MIDI songs written around the sounds themselves. Requires EZkeys 2.
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#ProductionExpert #EZkeys2 #Toontrack #NeonVoidEKX
10 Nov 2026
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