Published on October 31st, 2007.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Musicrow Releases Classic Minitunes – Sounbank for Minimoog V
Classic Minitunes is a collection of 200 high-quality presets for Arturia Minimoog V. It is the second in a new series of soundbanks for Arturia vintage synthesizer recreations.
Classic Minitunes offers much more then just classic minimoog sounds. Old tricks were combined with the Minimoog V’s new features [...]

Published on October 30th, 2007.
Author: Devon.Brent
Category: Virtual Effects.

Over the years, no matter what reverb unit I’ve worked with in hardware or software, I’ve rarely been impressed. If they were good, they were wrapped in some big fat dongle also known as the PCI card or in some very expensive piece of high end gear. Naturally, I was skeptical [...]

Published on October 27th, 2007.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Inspiration Sounds has announced the Funked Up Percussion sample pack.

Features 210MB of downloadable Percussion Loops and Samples performed exclusively by one of the UK’s leading percussionists. This is the first release from the Inspiration Sounds download label.
Sample Content: 414 loops, 66 hits and 9 percussion rolls. Tempos range from 114 to 127 BPM. Instruments include: [...]

Published on October 27th, 2007.
Author: Devon.Brent
Category: Virtual Instruments.

Just like the 1000+ patches in the Absynth collection, this plug-in has grown and evolved over the years. Native Instruments now offers us its 4th iteration of the plug-in to the masses. Who will this upgrade appeal to the most? Let’s find out.
 
What is Absynth 4?
Light and airy, brutal and [...]

Published on October 16th, 2007.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

EastWest has posted free updates for its PLAY audio engine software, and Voices Of Passion and Ministry Of Rock virtual instruments. The updates (PLAY v1.0.021 and INSTRUMENTS v1.02) are available for both Mac and Windows platforms in both standalone and plug-in versions.Introduced earlier this year, EastWest’s PLAY advanced sample engine is the first to offer [...]

Published on October 3rd, 2007.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

The version 1.5 of the ELS Vocoder brings the SideChain feature which allows using an external input as the carrier signal instead of the internal oscillator.
This feature makes the ELS Vocoder the most powerful and easy to use vocoder plugin on the market, with up to 3 stereo inputs available, without the need of complex [...]

Published on October 2nd, 2007.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Native Instruments is excited to announce that Guitar Rig 3, Kontakt 3, Komplete Synths, Komplete Classics and Komplete 5 are now available in stores worldwide.Guitar Rig 3 is the next generation of Native Instruments’ award-winning digital guitar studio. The third version expands on nearly every aspect that sets Guitar Rig apart as the most capable [...]

Published on October 2nd, 2007.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Image Line Software, the developers of FL Studio, introduces to the market its latest audio tool—the Multiband Maximizer Maximus. It combines high quality Maximizer, Compressor, Limiter, Noise Gate, Expander, Ducker and De-esser. It can be used either as a mastering plugin or as a per-track effect.
“Maximus will quickly become one of the most rewarding [...]