Acustica and the team at Improve Your Mix, the number one pro audio portal in Italy, have joined forces with one of the best Italian mixing engineers, Salvatore Addeo, to create the perfect easy-to-use processors designed to meet the specific mixing needs where ease and speed of use are crucial.
These plugins give you access to a professional producer's knowledge and tools, making it easy for you to process your drum and vocal tracks effectively with just a few simple steps to achieve outstanding results.
DRUMA.
DRUMA is an easy-to-use drum processor designed to be used as a drum bus tool to refine your drum kit and add density and life when needed, emulating Salvatore Addeo's typical processing chain to make your drum tracks sound solid, punchy, and balanced!
Key Features:
• Give any drum track a solid, punchy sound and balance.
• The MIX knob combines complex EQ, compression, saturation chains, and more.
• Four different modes/presets.
• Ideal for any acoustic drum tracks (Pop, RnB, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Trap, Urban, and more).
• Analog tones from a prestigious studio boasting a British console sound.
• Easy to use.
• Low computer load.
The four available modes/presets will give you full power over your drum tracks by enhancing them according to stylistic needs, from clearing up the low end and adding energy to giving that subtle old-school recording sound.
DRUMA GUI
Let yourself be guided by the four modes and effortlessly achieve instant results without spending time and energy searching for the 'miraculous' sound.
Furthermore, even on individual elements of the drum kit, Druma's presets have yielded impressive results.
You could achieve similar results by combining EQ, compression, saturation, and more if you have the necessary skills. Still, Druma saves you that trouble and offers you a single tool that can do it all, where ease and speed of use are essential.
Modes / Presets.
Choose from 4 different modes/presets that allow you to shape your desired sound quickly:
➊ Acoustic Pop: This preset is designed for acoustic drum kits in a Pop context. It employs a classic close-mic, overhead, and room setup, creating a balanced preset without harsh compressions. It emphasizes the bandwidth extremes for a hi-fi sound.
➋ Acoustic Rock: In this preset, compression, EQ, and saturations are adjusted to provide a bold sound. There's an increased warmth in the mid-bass range to accentuate the second harmonic of the kick drum and emphasize the snare, adding more punch to the 140Hz - 250Hz range.
➌ Modern: This preset is tailored for virtual or sampled drum kits, suitable for modern pop music. The approach is decidedly contemporary, with noticeable saturations and compressions, resulting in a punchy and well-defined sound, especially in the low and high frequencies.
➍ Urban: This preset delivers an exceptionally aggressive and punchy sound for trap and urban music.
Please review the user manual for a comprehensive understanding of DRUMA's features.
VOXA.
VOXA is the perfect easy-to-use tool to improve your vocals instantly, make them shine, and add richness, presence, breath, and detail.
Inside VOXA, you'll find Salvatore Addeo's complete vocal processing chain, which he regularly utilizes. This chain has evolved and has been perfected over the years, encompassing various functionalities, all designed to emulate the unique sound he has cultivated during his 25-year career.
Key Features:
• Give any vocal track a polished mixed sound—instantly.
• The MIX knob combines complex EQ, compression, saturation chains, and more.
• Four different modes/presets.
• Ideal for both lead and backing vocals in all genres (Pop, R&B, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Trap, Urban, etc.)
• Analog tones from a prestigious studio boasting a British console sound.
• Easy to use.
• Low computer load.
VOXA offers versatility by working effectively with vocals from various musical genres, as evident in the presets. It has also demonstrated exceptional results when applied to instruments like pianos, keyboards, and synthesizers. Therefore, we also highly recommend using it on these instruments as well.
VOXA GUI
How to achieve a more "produced" and polished vocal sound?
Usually, achieving the right sound involves a balanced combination of EQ, compression, saturation, and perhaps a touch of other audio processing techniques. However, Acustica's and Salvatore Addeo's new Voxa plugin comes remarkably close to providing a simplified solution.
VOXA is the right choice to get instant results; it is the perfect vocal processing plugin that can add sparkle to your vocals and bring the quietest details forward to help your vocals stand out in your mix.
Modes / Presets.
Choose from 4 different modes/presets that allow you to shape your desired sound quickly; each emulation is designed to handle a specific production task.
➊ Classic Pop: This preset can be used when you want transparent vocals, not 'modern' vocals where there is a significant presence above 10kHz, but where the voice is clear, and the treatments are gentler, more reminiscent of the 1990s so that the voice conveys more dynamics, openness, and transparency.
➋ Modern: This preset aims to have the same pop approach as the previous one but contextualized in 2023, where compression and equalization become more pronounced, adding a good dose of saturation working more on the extreme ends of the frequency spectrum, especially above 30kHz.
➌ Urban Trap: This preset was designed for use on a 'modern' voice to achieve a 'crispy' tone, more saturated, that cuts through the mix.
➍ Vintage: This preset aims to achieve a warm but not 'muddy' voice in the mix.
Please review the user manual for a comprehensive understanding of VOXA's features.
Technical information.
• Supported formats: VST2, VST3, AAX, and AU.
• Available sample rates: 44.1 - 48 - 88.2 - 96 kHz.
• System Requirements.
• Windows 10 and 11 compatible.
• macOS 10.15, 11, and 12 compatible.
• Intel, AMD, and Silicon M compatible.
• AAX Silicon Native.
Price and availability.
DRUMA introductory price: €67.99 | | 20% OFF until October 9, 2023 (reg. price €84.99). Get it here!
VOXA introductory price: €75.99 | | 20% OFF until October 9, 2023 (reg. price €94.99). Get it here!
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VOXADRUMA SOUND PACK: €125.99 Get it here!
Due to commercial choices defined by the endorser / partner, the product is in the introductory period until Oct. 9 from the release date; this implies that the product may receive improvements, changes or fixes by that date available through Aquarius Desktop updates.
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Note: DRUMA & VOXA trials version includes 44.1 - 48 - 88.2 - 96 kHz sample rates.
Please remember that trials expire 30 days after authorization, and we strongly recommend not using trial products in commercial sessions or any important project.
DRUMA user's manual
VOXA user's manual
DRUMA webpage: https://www.acustica-audio.com/shop/products/DRUMA
VOXA webpage: https://www.acustica-audio.com/shop/products/VOXA