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Mechanical Sound FX Hits Zenhiser’

Published on July 1st, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
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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 ā€˜Mechanical Sound FXā€˜. Inspired by years of classic sci-fi films we decided to create this collection of audio fx to [...]



PreSonus Releases Universal Control

Published on June 25th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
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PreSonus has released the Universal Controlā„¢ version 1.11 software. The installer for this release includes three major components. The first component consists of new 32- and 64-bit drivers for all PreSonus FireStudioā„¢-series audio interfaces and the StudioLive 16.4.2ā„¢ digital mixer. With the new drivers installed, these interfaces now work correctly under 64-bit Windows XP and [...]



Home studios, not just for the rich

Published on June 23rd, 2009.
Author: Gary.Rebholz
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Has this ever happened to you?
You get excited about setting up a home studio. You start doing some research so you can make wise decisions when it comes time to buy the gear you need. You immerse yourself in the industry trades, major audio recording websites, recording forums, and the blogs of ā€œprofessionalā€ audio engineers [...]



Tone2 Gladiator v2.1 released

Published on June 11th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
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Tone2 Audiosoftware have announced the availability of a free update for Gladiator 2. A revolution
in synthesis! Gladiator uses Harmonic Content Morphing (HCM) combined with a large, expandable
collection of standard and resynthesized waves.
These waves can be modified in real time using various modifiers altering their harmonic structure,
in total there are more then 30.000 different spectra available [...]



New Soundprovocation release

Published on June 11th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
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Soundprovocation “Sweeps & Whooshes” is a collection of creatively recorded,Ā  generated, played and carefully selected sound effects. These pure sounds were ment to assist audio professionals: musicians, sound designers, radio and TV producers, DJs.
Effects are dedicated to blow-up expressivity and power into your music and production. Collection contains four categories of 179 royalty-free effects total:
Noise [...]



Spicy Guitar real-time synthesis released

Published on June 9th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
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Spicy Guitar is a real-time sound synthesis software simulating acoustic guitar tones. It is based on physical modeling algorithms inspired by research works on modal synthesis, physical modeling, and convolution technology. Since the mechanical and acoustic properties of the instrument are incorporated in the models, Spicy Guitar realistically simulates different guitars.
You can find more information [...]



Korg Releases MR-Series Audiogate Update

Published on May 31st, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
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AudioGateā„¢Version 2.0 file format conversion software includes new file editing tools, Korg’s enhanced “AQUA” dithering algorithm, plus CD/DSD disc creation capabilities Korg’s MR Series recorders — the MR-1, MR-1000 and MR-2000S — introduced affordable DSD 1-bit recording and archiving. Korg includes its AudioGateā„¢file management/conversion software free with every recorder. The newly released AudioGate Version 2.0 [...]



Voxengo PHA-979 phase v2.1 released

Published on May 31st, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
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Voxengo PHA-979 version 2.1 update is now available for download.Ā  Voxengo PHA-979 is a track phase and time alignment audio plug-in, available in AudioUnit and VST plug-in formats, for Mac OS X, Windows XP and Windows Vista computers.
Version 2.1 update implements a very useful feature – multi-band correlation meter that greatly simplifies phase- and time-aligning [...]



9 Soundware Releases Air EXS24

Published on May 29th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
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Air by 9 Soundware is an instrument in EXS24 format. The concept behind the sound set was to use sounds generated by air to create a transparent-sounding percussive instrument. Functionally similar to a hi-hat, the instrument was designed to add rhythmic movement to arrangements, but in a subtler manner.
The samples are of quick blasts of [...]



Voxengo Tube Amp & MSED updates

Published on May 27th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
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Updated Voxengo Tube Amp v2.0 and Voxengo MSED 2.1 free audio plug-ins have been released.Ā  These plug-ins can be loaded into any audio host application that conforms to the VST or AudioUnit plug-in specification.Ā  Plug-ins are compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit) and Mac OS X 10.4.11 and above (Intel and PowerPC) [...]



FabFilter release Timeless 2 delay

Published on May 25th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
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FabFilter has released FabFilter Timeless 2, the successor to the original Timeless delay plug-in. New features such as mid/side processing together with virtually unlimited modulation possibilities ensure that Timeless 2 will warp and mangle your sounds more enthusiastically than ever. At the same time, the streamlined “what-you-use-is-what-you-see” interface makes it even more of a pleasure [...]



9 Soundware Releases Heartbeat EXS24

Published on May 22nd, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
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Heartbeat by 9 Soundware is an instrument in EXS24 format. The sound set was constructed from samples of human heartbeat recordings, which were enhanced for drum-like punch. The percussive instrument features sounds of pulses resembling kick drums, as well as other internal organ activity.
The instrument is based on 224 samples. They were captured using an [...]



Voxengo Elephant 3.3 released

Published on May 19th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
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Voxengo Elephant update version 3.3 is now available for download. Voxengo Elephant is a mastering limiter plug-in for professional music production applications, available in AudioUnit and VST plug-in formats, for Mac OS X, Windows XP and Windows Vista computers.
Version 3.3 update includes the following changes:
* “Radial” knob mode can be now disabled completely.
* “Off-Line Render” [...]



Bonus offer from Dusted William Sounds!

Published on May 18th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
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DWS updates…
There is 2 more weeks to get the Dirty Dose at the intro price of $21.99.
They’ve also included a FREE bonus product for all people who buy the Dirty Dose during the intro offer period.
The Bonus product is called RX7 vs 301, and is only available to those who buy the Dirty Dose during [...]



Precisionsound Vintage Keyboard v1

Published on May 18th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
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Precisionsound releases Vintage Keyboard Collection Volume 1
This SampleSet contains 3 obscure and great sounding keyboards from the past that has been given new life and enhanced performance due to modern technique and the sample formats Ā NI Kontakt, Steinberg HALion, SoundFont and Rx2 for grooves.
The keyboards:
Stylophone 350s
Bergman Klavitron
ACE 3000
You Ā get:
- 51 Rx2 grooves
- 88 HALion programs
- [...]



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