Published on September 18th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Drum Key by 9 Soundware is a collection of presets for the Ultrabeat drum synthesizer within Apple Logic Pro. The drum kits in this sound set are based on two models. Both synthetically executed, one echoes the structurally simple electronic sounds of drum machines, and the other is inspired by the sound of acoustic drum [...]

Published on September 18th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

n-Track, the first software for consumer market that supports the VST3 plug-in standard
Upgrade to the new 6.0.6 version is free for existing v6 users.
n-Track Software announces today the release of version 6.0.6 of the n-Track Studio music recording and editing software www.ntrack.com
The update, free to existing v6.x users, adds support for the latest version of [...]

Published on September 18th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

CRYSONIC RELEASES THEIR FLAGSHIP PRODUCT SPECTRALIVE NXT V3 AUDIO PLUGIN for Mac OS X and PC
Third Generation Intelligent Spectral Audio Vitalizer | Enhancer
Adelaide SA (September, 18, 2009) – Crysonic today announced the release of SPECTRALIVE NXT V3 and availability in Native Mac OSX AU,VST (PPC /Intel Mac) and PC VST formats. Spectralive NXT V3 is [...]

Published on September 18th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Voxengo Polysquasher version 2.1 update is now available for download.  Voxengo Polysquasher is a mastering compressor plug-in for professional audio and sound production applications, available in AudioUnit and VST plug-in formats, for Mac OS X and Windows computers.
Version 2.1 update includes the following changes:
* Ratio can now be entered without the trailing “:1″.
* Loudness bursts [...]

Published on August 25th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH is pleased to announce an update to its Cubase Essential Personal Music Production System to version 5. Offering a streamlined feature set that offers newcomers to Cubase a comprehensive set of composing, recording, editing, and mixing capabilities, the new version includes a range of functions from its extremely successful sibling, Cubase [...]

Published on August 25th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Native Instruments today introduced SCARBEE PRE-BASS, a new software instrument that provides a meticulous, highly musical rendition of the iconic Fender Precision bass. PRE-BASS is derived from the acclaimed Scarbee Blue Bass library, and the first release in the recently established development partnership between sampling expert Thomas Hansen Skarbye and Native Instruments.
Powered by the industry-leading [...]

Published on August 21st, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Press release from Spinner Audio:
Spinner Audio Releases “Box Store Kit”, 550 sampler ready grooves in REX,WAV,SF2,Akai(S5000/6000) format
Spinner LLC proudly announces the release of Box Store Kit. 550 drum loops in 4 different formats Recorded in a huge vacant warehouse, these beats are edgy, full and take loops into a new dimension with a wide open [...]

Published on August 18th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Press release Simplosive: After four highly successful percussive sample packs we are entering round five with “Electro Bass”, a huge collection of fat and dirty one-shot bass tone samples.
“Electro Bass” includes 300 sub-shaking one-shot bass sounds including static basses, bass stabs, bass chords and bass sweeps. All recorded in pristine 24 bit and in key [...]

Published on August 10th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Voxengo Crunchessor version 2.5 is now available for download.  Voxengo Crunchessor is a general-purpose track compressor for professional audio production applications.  It is available in AudioUnit and VST plug-in formats, for Mac OS X and Windows computers.
Version 2.5 change log:
* “Radial” knob mode can be now disabled completely.
* “Off-Line Render” indication added.
* Level metering parameters [...]

Published on August 7th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Piano Trilogy is a new unique piano collection that includes three piano instruments based on sampling, synthesis, and physical modeling techniques. Vintage Piano is based on an amazing bechstein grand piano from 1906, Broken Piano brings tasteful dark upright piano and various broken piano sounds, while Pianoforte revives the old ancestor of the piano with [...]

Published on August 3rd, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Paudioware has announced the release of PSP oldTimer, a new vintage-style compressor designed for track and program compression and limiting. PSPaudioware’s goal in developing this plug-in was to provide a simple compressor that offers an exceptionally musical sound while requiring a minimum of tweaking.
This plug-in is not based on any specific hardware, rather it is [...]

Published on July 29th, 2009.
Author: Gary.Rebholz
Category: Audio Articles, Recording.

When I was contemplating my first article for Traxmusic.org about a month ago, Darren thought there might be some interest in a slightly motivationally tinged note that addressed the issue of establishing a home recording setup. In his vision, he recognized the struggle that so many of us have had getting past the barriers we [...]

Published on July 29th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

“Minimum” is the follow-up to the bestselling Beatluxe library “Minimalistech”.
This pack includes 100% kick-free groove loops to spice up your Minimal and Tech House tracks. These pared-down, minimal top rhythms should simply be added to your existing drum loops and instantly create a gliched-out feel and rhythm. We also added a large selection of deep [...]

Published on July 21st, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Electro House Sounds 2 features 100 selected presets for the latest Electro House productions.
The package includes basses, chords and leads (no loops).   Electro House Sounds 2 is shipped with a simple sample player for your favourite Windows VSTi sequencer.   Patches for all popular samplers such as Reason NN-XT, Logic EXS24, Kontakt, HALion and [...]

Published on July 1st, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Mechanical Sound FX Hits The Zenhiser ShelvesThese industrial sized sound effects are the perfect add on to all established SFX collections. Merging through time, capturing the evolving sound of digital machines is the direction of ‘Mechanical Sound FX‘. Inspired by years of classic sci-fi films we decided to create this collection of audio fx to [...]