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    Type Something, Hear Something with New App

    Waves Illugen. Knoxville, TN (May 28, 2025)—Waves Audio has announced Illugen, an AI-powered desktop app that turns text prompts into custom-generated audio. The Waves app’s new text-to-sound engine transforms creative ideas into one-of-a-kind one-shots, loops and special FX, the company explains. Illugen is not a sample library or a collection of pre-made sounds, but instead enables users to generate original, never-before-heard audio through text prompts. Waves Free Plugin Pack Debuts Unlike traditional sample packs and various services that provide pre-made instruments and sounds, Illugen generates fresh, original audio from text descriptions, offering new possibilities in creative sound design. A user simply can type in a scene, mood or sonic concept—“alien signals pulsating underwater;” “a haunted violin drifting in the wind;” “the sound of a spaceship’s broken radio”—and Illugen’s AI-powered text-to-sound generator will attempt to bring that description to life. The app is said to transform text prompts into sounds instantly and the user may then drag and drop the generated sounds straight to a DAW. Three unique sound variations are created from each prompt. A history page allows the user to browse all previously generated sounds. Illugen is available in three subscription tiers starting at $7.99 per month.

    V1 Church Deploys LV1 Console

    Christopher Wrigley, lead audio engineer at V1 Church. Knoxville, Tenn. (May 13, 2025)—V1 Church is using a Waves eMotion LV1 Classic console for both its FOH and broadcast needs at its main broadcast location in Brooklyn, N.Y. Christopher Wrigley, lead audio engineer at V1 Church, comments, “A typical Sunday service features a full worship team performing three songs, followed by our pastor, Mike Signorelli. During the third song, we simulcast to all our campuses, transmitting the click, tracks and lead vocals across locations. This ensures synchronization, with the lead vocalist from our broadcast campus guiding the performance on LED screens nationwide. The sermon is then broadcast live in real time to all campuses,” he says. “Our main broadcast campus is currently in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, which doubles as a 1,500-person capacity music venue during the week. This means we set up and tear down our entire church setup every week. Despite these challenges, the eMotion LV1 Classic handles the complexity and rigors of our Sundays seamlessly.” He continues, “I’ve mixed on a lot of consoles, but the first time I heard a full band through the LV1 Classic was like a breath of fresh air. There’s something about the combination of its amazing preamps and the use of Waves plug-ins that ensures a pristine source and a clean, musical mix every time. It’s the ease of a digital console that feels and sounds like the best analog desk you could ever hope to work on.” Wrigley says that one of the advantages of the eMotion LV1 Classic is its simplicity: “It never feels overwhelming. Its well-designed interface keeps things straightforward, making operation effortless even for new users, and the compact design allows it to fit into a relatively small and easily transportable case. For FOH, all that’s needed is a small table and a network cable connection. Additionally, I’ve used many other consoles and I have to say that the LV1 Classic’s routing options are the most straightforward and user-friendly that I’ve seen on any console out there. It all just makes sense.”

    W is for Waves Wheatsheaves and Weedon the Architects

    I simply can’t decide between these choices for the Letter W, so let's cover them all! So, Harry Weedon’s architectural practice was the one favoured by Oscar Deutsch to design his Odeon cinemas. Arthur J. Price was one of the architects in the practice, and it was he who designed Loughborough’s original Odeon on Baxter Gate, most recently a Beacon Bingo, and now in the process of being renovated. The Art Deco style was rather influenced by the designs of things of travel and speed – like the Mallard train built in 1938, which broke the speed record for steam locos in the summer of that year; like Babs the racing car which broke the speed record on Pendine Sands in 1926 with J.G. Parry Thomas in the driving seat; and like the popularity of the cruise ships. Hence the building designs that almost mimicked the shape and style of the cruise liner, or included waves, or wave-like patterns in their ornamentation. Perhaps you might stand where Market Place joins High Street and look at the amusement arcade, which if you get the right angle, looks like the front of an ocean liner. Plus, its ornamentation is decidedly wavey - and the central panel almost looks like the letter W! A similar ocean liner feel comes from the row of shops on Market Street, and they too have waves. These are above the windows at first floor level of the blocks either side of Party Pieces, although these almost look like eyelashes! There are also some waves above the windows on the first floor of the row of buildings on the right-hand side of the former Ramada Hotel (previously the King's Head), although they do look rather more like window pelmets!   And my final choice for W is wheatsheaves! No, not the Jam Garden, but the architectural motifs that we can see on the former Burton Tailoring store. They are keeping well out of the way of the lions, and can be found on the outside pillars of the building, at first-floor level. ____________________________________  I'm taking part in the A-Z April Blogging Challenge!! ___________________________________ Posted by lynneaboutloughborough With apologies for typos which are all mine! _______________________________________________ Thank you for reading this blog. Copyright: The copyright © of all content on this blog rests with me, however, you are welcome to quote passages from any of my posts, with appropriate credit. The correct citation for this looks as follows: Dyer, Lynne (2025). W is for Waves, Wheatsheaves, and Weedon the Architects. Available from: https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2025/04/w-is-for-waves-wheatsheaves-and-weedon.html  [Accessed 26 April 2025] Take down policy: I post no pictures that are not my own, unless I have express permission so to do. All text is my own, and not copied from any other information sources, printed or electronic, unless identified and credited as such. If you find I have posted something in contravention of these statements, or if there are photographs of you which you would prefer not to be here, please contact me at the address listed on the About Me page, and I will remove these. External Links: By including links to external sources I am not endorsing the websites, the authors, nor the information contained therein, and will not check back to update out-of-date links. Using these links to access external information is entirely the responsibility of the reader of the blog. Blog archive and tags: If you are viewing this blog in mobile format, you will not be able to easily access the blog archive, or the clickable links to various topics. These can be accessed if you scroll to the bottom of the page, and click 'View Web Version'. Alternatively, there is also a complete list of posts, which when clicked will take you to the page you are interested in. Searching the blog: You can search the blog using the dedicated search box that appears near the top of the blog when viewed in the web version. Alternatively, you can search using your usual search engine (e.g. Bing, Google, DuckDuckGo etc.) by following this example: site: https://lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/ “Radmoor House” NOTE – the words you’re actually looking for must be in “” and the first of these must be preceded by a space Thank you for reading this blog. Lynne

    Pineapple by The Paper Shelter Digital Stamps

    Greetings friends, and welcome to my post today.  Today starts the new challenge on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog.  The theme is: THAT SPECIAL LADY   I chose the fabulous Pineapple image from The Paper Shelter Digital Stamps for my Design Team card. I used my trusty Copic markers to colour the image.  I inked the edges of the frame, and I added some enamel dots at the bottom of the card. Be sure to check out the other lovely cards made by the other DT members on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog.  And, while there, why not join our challenge?  There are some wonderful images to be won. The Paper Shelter also has a Facebook group called The Paper Shelter Fan Club.  See here. That's all from me today.  Until next time, Lori xx Resources and Tools Used   Frame:        Joy Crafts "Round Corners Frame" die 6002/0631Sentiment:  Computer generated    

    Waves Free Plugin Pack Debuts

    Waves Free Plugin Pack Knoxville, TN (April 21, 2025)—Waves Audio has announced a new Free Plugin Pack, bringing together seven plug-ins for users to indulge in—and the plugs will continue to be updated for free as time goes on. Waves’ Free Plugin Pack sports plug-ins for warm analog saturation, analog-modeled EQ and compressors, specialty reverbs, creative FX pedals and an FM synth. In addition, users receive StudioVerse Audio Effects and StudioVerse Instruments, providing access to custom plug-in chains designed by producers and engineers. Waves WSG-PY64 I/O Card — A Mix Product of the Week The Waves Free Plugin Pack includes: Lil Tube: Sweet Analog Saturation A straightforward tube saturation plug-in intended for adding depth, character, and harmonic warmth to a track. IR Live Convolution Reverb: Real-World Reverb These impulse response reverbs emulate a variety of environments, such as concert halls and studios, in order to provide a sense of space. V-EQ3: Smooth & Musical Vintage Analog EQ Emulating Neve 1066/1073 preamps, this three-band EQ is intended for use on vocals, instruments and mixes. V-Comp: Classic Vintage Compressor Taking its cue from the Neve 2254 Limiter-Compressor, V-Comp is for adding musical dynamics. AudioTrack: All-in-One Channel Strip A single plug-in featuring EQ, compression and gating. Flow Motion: Hybrid FM Synth More than 1,000 presets are available on this FM synthesizer with intuitive modulation. GTR Solo: Pro Effect Pedal-Style FX A sizable collection of amp and effects emulations.

    Out and About, Spring ‘25

    Picnic day, first of the season. It was sunny and the temperature was going up to 7 degrees Celsius without any wind, great conditions for us to pack up the lunch box and head west to North Cape. As my husband and I drove towards the Cape, the white water was obvious along the coastline. Lower tide meant waves entered shallow water farther off shore and the tumbling lengths of bubbling water were impressive amid the blue of sea and sky.  When we arrived at North Cape, we hurriedly left the car! Although my husband and I have lived on Prince Edward Island almost fifteen years, we had never seen the ocean like this. While we have lived though tropical storms, we did so from the safety of our home, never seeing the surf conditions. These surf conditions in this setting were spectacular. A stretch of reef visible at the North Cape was formed where the waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, north of Prince Edward Island, meet the waters of the Northumberland Strait to the island’s south. The waves from both bodies of water collide at the reef. But the sound…the sound was like a roaring dragon which didn’t take a breath, rather a huge exhale which surrounded you. One could only stand and take it all in. After the initial experience with the sea, we began to notice the animals which were enjoying the environment that day too. Common Eider ducks bobbed over the waves as they advanced to shore. Black Scoters were is a row, as one elevated itself ahead and above the others, possibly trying to attract the female farther back.  Various species of Gulls, played on the breeze and along the shoreline. And typical of this time of year, along the shoreline, a Song Sparrow sang from its heart although its song was drowned out by the roar of the dragon. Eventually we walked along the shoreline toward the location of a sea arch which looked fragile last year. Sure enough, as Newfoundlanders say, “There it was…gone.” All that remains is a sandy looking sea stack with some holes, making its survival questionable.  Looking along the shoreline, waves crashed into the cliffs although snow still clung to the coastline in places. Reluctantly we left North Cape and drove to Kildare Capes to the south. Along the way, we stopped at Sea Cow Pond where fisherman are preparing for the start of the lobster fishery at the end of the month. Across from the Pond is a horse ranch which always catches my attention. The horses were enjoying lunch at the far end of the pasture. We had lunch at Kildare Capes, in the yard of Christ Church, built in 1867. It is surrounded by huge trees so even on the windiest of days, the area is peaceful. One can easily imagine the peace people have found in the church for more than a century. After lunch, we walked back to the Capes where the waves crashed into the sandstone cliffs. My husband and I also walked the boardwalk last week and the beach at Mont Carmel. One evening, I did an Owl Prowl with my friend Lucy and her family. I am determined to see an owl this year on the island. Our prowl at dusk was unsuccessful thus far, but we have just started!  Here’s hooting for the best!

    How do waves form? New research provides insights

    Scientists conducted a first-of-its-kind study into how waves form and increase in windy and hurricane conditions. The research, which reconstructs the two-dimensional profile of pressure and airflow above wavy surfaces, provides new insights into understanding ocean wave growth and its broader implications for weather forecasting and coastal resilience. The research team simultaneously measured air pressure, airflow, and water elevation in a controlled environment, capturing up to 1,000 data points per second. By analyzing these data, they studied how different factors—such as wave height, wave frequency, and wind force—affect the movement of air and the transfer of momentum between the air and the ocean’s surface. The aim of the study is to understand how waves develop and how winds interact with the ocean in extreme weather conditions. Building on these high-resolution measurements, the researchers used a wind-wave tank, which is capable of simulating Category 5 hurricane-force winds, to reconstruct the airflow patterns that drive wave growth in strong winds. By employing Constant Temperature Anemometry to capture rapid airflow changes, Particle Image Velocimetry to track the movement of air and water, and Multi-beam Imaging to map wave structures, they gained deeper insights into the dynamic interactions shaping ocean waves. “Wind pressure acts like fuel for ocean waves—higher pressure pushes on the front of a wave, making it grow taller and move faster,” says Peisen Tan, the lead author of the study and a recent PhD graduate of the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. “Measuring the pressure over the open ocean is extremely challenging. Our research… allowed us to document that wind speed alone can be used to estimate this pressure and predict wave growth.” The researchers found that the traditional models (where the airflow adheres to the water) correctly predict over 90% of momentum transfer in airflow over water until separation occurs. However, when airflow separates on the leeward side of waves (blocked from the wind), these models underestimate momentum transfer by more than 30%. “This study marks a significant step in understanding air-sea momentum transfer,” says Brian Haus, a professor in the ocean sciences department at the Rosenstiel School and a coauthor of the study. “Our experimental approach reconstructed the two-dimensional profile of pressure and airflow above wavy surfaces—an achievement that, to our knowledge, is a first-of-its-kind breakthrough. These insights can help refine numerical wave models by incorporating airflow separation effects.” The study appears in the American Geophysical Union’s Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. Funding for the study was provided in part by the Office of Naval Research. Source: University of Miami The post How do waves form? New research provides insights appeared first on Futurity.

    Waves Ring

    I’ve been taking a jewelry making course for the past couple of months. It’s been fun and I’ve been severely challenged in the patience department. The first classes were about reading measuring tools, how to saw, what soldering entails and how much sanding is going to be required for any project. Then we got started on our first item. For the first project, we needed to make a ring composed of a simple inner ring and an outer ring with some sort of decoration it. Since I never wear rings, I didn’t want to make a giant thing, but it needed some size in order to get a decoration in it. What I settled on is making a short-ish inner ring, and then make an even shorter outer ring with a flat bottom edge and a wavy top edge. Once I managed the sawing of the outer ring, I also decided to drill some holes and saw some lines for more wave action. Then there was some amount of sanding and polishing before soldering the two rings together. There’s one line decoration that came out great, and two that were partially filled in during the soldering process – can’t be perfect when you’re still learning. On to so many sessions of filing, sanding and polishing the thing to a high sheen. I learned about something that translates to ‘skin spots’, which is apparently copper coming out on the surface of the silver and looks like a dirty spot. I managed to get them all out in the end though. I have still not managed to wear it for a full day and I’m not sure that I ever will, but the process and the people in the class make it very enjoyable.

    The Daily Bucket: Black Brant - Surf's Up!

    Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) are small geese that winter here along our Puget Sound shoreline where they fatten up on nutritious eelgrass. These charming little geese winter elsewhere along the Pacific Coast, even down to San Quintín, Baja California. They are a pleasure to watch as they interact among themselves and play in the waves. I love these cheerful birds. I look forward to this time of year when they show up along our shoreline. Soon they’ll depart for their breeding grounds to the north. More about the Black Brant life histories here in a Daily Bucket prepared Words and Birds: The Daily Bucket: Black and White and Beautiful All Over — Black Brant Geese Fly in for a Visit THE DAILY BUCKET IS A NATURE REFUGE. WE AMICABLY DISCUSS ANIMALS, WEATHER, CLIMATE, SOIL, PLANTS, WATERS AND NOTE LIFE’S PATTERNS. WE INVITE YOU TO NOTE WHAT YOU ARE SEEING AROUND YOU IN YOUR OWN PART OF THE WORLD, AND TO SHARE YOUR OBSERVATIONS IN THE COMMENTS BELOW. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PURPOSE AND HISTORY OF THE DAILY BUCKET FEATURE, CHECK OUT THIS DIARY:  DAILY BUCKET PHENOLOGY: 11 YEARS OF RECORDING EARTH'S VITAL SIGNS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS This Bucket is photo intensive, a bit overboard, flooding the zone. I had a $5 off birthday gift from Shore Pine Coffee at the Edmonds Waterfront. It was a nice day, partly sunny. A storm front had just moved through. Post-frontal wind had kicked up generating whitecaps out on the Sound. I thought a perfect day to grab some coffee and stroll along the waterfront with camera. I walked first out on the fishing pier. There were still some lingering winter birds out on the water like Red-necked Grebes, Horned Grebes, Buffleheads, and Red-breasted Mergansers. After walking the pier, I drove the two-minute drive down to Marina Beach Park on a whim. And there they were, a big flock of Brant playfully splashing through the waves just off the beach. Marina Beach — Edmonds, WA Enlargement of the above photo to show the green band. Other creatures having fun in the wind and waves. Some of the lingering winter birds seen from the pier. Red-necked Grebe beginning the transition to breeding plumage. Horned Grebe also transitioning to breeding plumage. Bufflehead Olympic Gull, the hybrid of a Glaucous-winged Gull and Western Gull. Olympic Mountains veiled in clouds. That’s our Fire Department rescue boat on the right. Black Brant on the Browns Bay shoreline from a few years ago. What have you all been observing and finding in nature? Are you seeing signs of spring?

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