Gears Turning in our Plugin Shop….

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We have been delighted with the constant stream of interest in our plug-in development tutorial and are happy to say the gears are turning on that front!  Thanks to the most generous donation of a MacBook Pro, we will be able to begin including some updates related to OSX and XCode as well as other plugin types such as Audio Units.  Keep the questions coming so we know what is of most use to you!

StereoAnalyzer Spectrum Plot

In other news, we have been developing our first series of analysis plugins to help you with evaluating your own plugins or audio projects.  First up is a Stereo Analyzer which will include direct/relative spectrums, time, loudness and dynamic range metering.  The spectrum analysis portion is available as a beta VST – if you would like to assist in testing or request features, consider joining our Quality Assurance Co-Op.  Or if you would like to help support this work, please consider making a contribution of any kind to Redwood Audio.

As always, if you have any questions, feedback or ideas about what you see here, we would love to hear from you.  Just start the conversation through our contact form!

Happy and Inspiring New Year!

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2014 is poised to be an exciting year for us with many new projects and endeavors already taking shape.  To start off the year on a creative note, we spent time in the studio and will soon be publishing some of our efforts as samples in the guitars section.  We have also been in touch with Paul Vo, inventor of the Vo-96 Acoustic Synthesizer – following a successful Kickstarter campaign last year,  our Luither kit is in the mail!  We will keep you posted on our process designing an electric guitar around this truly unique hardware – which based on early demos, we feel is set to unlock a new soundscape for guitars.  We have also ordered another similarly inspiring guitar invention, the “HammerJammer” from Big Walnut Productions.  While it has been out for some time, it is just now getting some of the attention it deserves and we look forward to incorporating the concept with some of our own.

Finally, by popular request, we have been providing some updates to our JUCE Tutorial and will be releasing additional tips for working in JUCE soon.  We thank you for all your feedback and interest in our tutorials and will be sure to keep growing that offering as well as prepare some of our in-house helper plugins for release to aid with your development.   We hope you always stay inspired and active on all your creative processes!  Feel free to contact us, if you build something you are interested in sharing or need help getting some ideas off the ground.

Redwood Audio Unplugged!

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Redwood Audio AC1

We are happy to announce our latest creation and first venture into the fully-acoustic world.  The Redwood Audio AC1 is a demonstration piece done to explore the beauty and challenge of acoustic guitar design.  Based on the lovely “orchestra models”, it has 14-frets free of the body which peaks at just over 4″ deep for a balanced tone and lively response.

The build of primarily hand-shaped Asian ebony, mahogany and a wonderful flamed-redwood soundboard was an exciting process with a bit of a steep learning curve – but the experience was rich and rewarding.  There is something about using fine hand-tools to gradually unlock the full potential from raw materials.  The results look and sound great!  We could not resist installing a Fishman Rare Earth Blend system for reinforcement, but the Model AC1 stands well on its own.  You can check it out along with our other instruments in our guitars section.

As always, if you have comments or ideas for a project you would like to share with us, please feel free contact us.  Otherwise, we wish you and yours a happy holidays and best in the New Year!