Published on May 30th, 2007.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Uncategorized.

VirSyn has updated miniTERA to v2.1.
Changes:

Streamlined sound browser for easier access
Fixed: RTAS: changing samplerate is now working.
Fixed: Mac: Projects with multiple instances sometimes didn’t load correctly.
Fixed: Cakewalk Sonar: Arpeggio notes didn’t stop after sequencer stopped.

miniTERA 2 is free of charge for all users of TERA 3. From now on with every purchase of [...]

Published on May 30th, 2007.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Uncategorized.

Acoustic R&B offers 6 super-deep, easy-to-use Song Sets® that are reminiscent of 60s soul grooves but current enough for Top 40 pop and hip hop songs. The overall mix includes a heavily dampened snare that was then compressed and gated for a very dry “in your face” crunch.
The toms were dampened for a “thuddy” sound [...]

Published on May 30th, 2007.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Uncategorized.

M-Audio® is proud to announce the release of Microsoft Vista drivers for many of the company’s most popular products.
M-Audio currently expects to release 32-bit Vista drivers for all of the following models during the second quarter of 2007: all FireWire products; all currently selling USB MIDI keyboards; Fast Track™ USB, Fast Track Pro, JamLab™, MobilePre™ [...]

Published on May 30th, 2007.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Uncategorized.

Pro-Sounds has announced the release of their latest soundset for the reFX Vanguard Vsti synthesizer: Culture Elect.
Culture Elect, designed by Aluisio Aparecido de Lima, contains 128 professionally designed presets in FXB and FXP format. Culture Elect is our most brazen collection of Vanguard sounds yet – No room for the weak in this set! Users [...]

Published on May 29th, 2007.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Uncategorized.

AraldFX has released the second beta version of StormGate1.
New in Stormgate1 beta 2:

Pattern chaining.
Pattern indicator showing which pattern is playing.
Follow mode: selects automatically chained patterns when played.
Simplified and more effective synchronization options.
Precise synchronization to every host.
Accurate synchronization (seeking and looping in host) even in presence of long chained pattern [...]

Published on May 29th, 2007.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Uncategorized.

IK Multimedia has announced a download for the new Sonik Synth 2.1 is now available, providing compatibility for IK Users with Mac Intel Systems. Sonik Synth 2 users may download this software update for free from the IK User Area.
In addition to Mac Intel compatibility, Sonik Synth 2.1 can now be opened as a [...]

Published on May 29th, 2007.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Uncategorized.

Zero-G and Xfonic presents The SoundSense Series. The SoundSense Series From Zero-G has been created to provide music producers with professional quality sounds at fantastic value for money. The SoundSense Series maintains Zero-G’s tradition of virtuosity, value and variety.
Ambiosis – Ambiosis serves as a fine electronic music resource for producers who need to apply texture, [...]

Published on May 28th, 2007.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Uncategorized.

Nomad Factory has announced the launch of its third Blue Tubes V3 Pack – the Blue Tubes Effects Pack is a collection of six plug-in processors for Windows and Mac OSX in VST, AU, and RTAS/AS formats.
The pack contains:

BT Analog Chorus CH2S
BT Analog Phaser APH2S
BT Oilcan Echo TLE2S
BT Stereo Imager ST2S
[...]

Published on May 28th, 2007.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Uncategorized.

D’Accord Music Software announces an innovative software – iChords – that recognizes and presents chords from any MP3, WMA files or CDs.
According to a group of computer music researchers, hearing a song and writing out chords is challenging enough for experienced musicians, so imagine how difficult it is for a computer? While difficult, they [...]

Published on May 28th, 2007.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Uncategorized.

VertexDSP has released a product update of MultiInspector.
The update includes a new high-resolution mode for the low-frequency bands. There is a context menu at the top of the GUI to select between the new HiRes Mode and the old Eco Mode. The mode selection is shared across all instances.

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Further enhancements:

Performance improvements
Switching signals [...]

Published on May 24th, 2007.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Uncategorized.

reFX recently updated Vanguard to v1.7.0.
New features:

“old behavior” option on the backside: It’s now possible to switch between the new (introduced with 1.6.0) oscillator-playback and the old (pre 1.6.0) oscillator-playback. The new version is a bit cleaner, but some people seem to prefer the dirtier sound. For all old soundbanks and projects this feature [...]

Published on May 24th, 2007.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Uncategorized.

Groove Monkee Releases Rock MIDI Library for Addictive Drums
May 23, 2007
Groove Monkee is pleased to announce the release of the first 3rd-Party MIDI library for XLN Audio’s Addictive Drums. Groove Monkee Rock contains 1500 MIDI beats and fills covering 10 styles of rock music: alternative, ballad, blues rock, classic, contemporary, hard rock, punk, metal, funk [...]

Published on May 22nd, 2007.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Uncategorized.

VirSyn has announced the release of Poseidon v1.2, featuring new “inverse” filters for formant preservation, bitmap import for the sonification of images, and more.
New features:
* “Inverse filter” model for separation of sound source and body enables preservation of formants.
* Bitmap import function to convert images into sound.
* New harmonic/wavetable analyzer modes ensure strict harmonic partials.
* [...]

Published on May 21st, 2007.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Uncategorized.

Precisionsound Releases Ethno Percussion Collection Vol.1 – DAF
The DAF is a Middle Eastern frame drum, a percussion instrument with a very distinctive sound.
This library is Precisionsound’s first release in the Ethno Percussion Collection series, where they have focused on making very detailed single shot percussion libraries for your own playing and programming.
Several layers (up to [...]

Published on May 20th, 2007.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Uncategorized.

Steinberg has released new updates to its Universal Binary versions of Virtual Guitarist 2 and Hypersonic 2.

The new update for Hypersonic 2 introduces several minor enhancements, including improved integration of Hypersonic 2 phrase content.
The Audio Unit version of Hypersonic 2 also sees improvements when using the onscreen ModWheel and MIDI controllers.
The update to Virtual [...]