Published on October 31st, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

After nine months of intense R&D, MUTOOLS are proud and happy to release MU.LAB 2.0. MU.LAB is an easy-to-use yet powerful music composer combining extensive sequencing tools and vast sonic possibilities.
Highlights in MU.LAB 2.0:

New integrated high quality sampler, also featuring key & velocity mapping.
New integrated synth ‘Synthia’ : Quick results, fantastic sound!
Track Targets allow you [...]

Published on October 31st, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

CONSEQUENCE – The Chord Synquencer
A super versatile Rom-Synthesizer with Performance Sequencer for grooving Chord/Arpeggio Sounds.
CONSEQUENCE is the new member of our product family and it will make your tracks get a move on.
Consequence is a chord groovebox, with a surprising depth of possibilities while being easy to use, due to an intuitive workflow.

Chords are alternated, [...]

Published on October 28th, 2008.
Author: Richard.Hunter
Category: Virtual Effects.

A review of Voxengo Crunchessor 2.3, Elephant 3.1, and Varisaturator 1.4
The good news regarding the latest releases of Voxengo’s Crunchessor, Elephant, and Varisaturator compressor, limiter, and saturation (respectively) plugins is that they sound very, very good, offer plenty of flexibility in routing for applications like sidechaining, are easy on the host CPU, and are very [...]

Published on October 17th, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

DJs, remixers and producers on the forefront of technology, watch out.
Serato and Ableton are happy to announce a partnership, which will pave the way for the future of Digital DJing. With shared artist rosters from hip-hop (DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Nu-Mark, A-Trak) to electronica (Paul Van Dyk, DJ Sasha), both Ableton Live and Serato Scratch [...]

Published on October 16th, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

20 New Sample Libraries released for Prime Loops Launch!
Prime Loops have launched their new website containing an up to date selection of over 20 downloadable sound suites, free remix competitions, and a host of free downloadable music production tutorials, tips & tricks.
The UK based team consists of musicians, sound engineers and technicians, and records in [...]

Published on October 15th, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

IK Multimedia is proud to announce T-RackS 3, our new high-end mastering and mixing suite. IK Multimedia pioneered the analog-modeled mastering field with the first all-in-one software solution, the original standalone version of T-RackS that quickly became a cult hit for a multitude of studios around the world. The new T-RackS 3 raises the bar [...]

Published on October 14th, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

FabFilter releases Pro-C 1.11 and Volcano 2.02 updates
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, October 13, 2008. FabFilter has released FabFilter Pro-C 1.11 and Volcano 2.02. Both plug-ins now work correctly in MOTU Digital Performer 6, and the Audio Unit versions support mono-to-stereo channel configurations. Like Volcano 2, Pro-C now features
mouse wheel handling and an improved parameter value display. [...]

Published on October 10th, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Inspiration Sounds have today announced the official launch of their new download site at producerloops.com. The new site launches with an impressive 600 Downloadable Products from over 45 manufacturers, including offerings from AMG, Cluster Sound, Best Service, Loopmasters, Sonic
Flavours and Zero-G.
ProducerLoops.com offers its customers a wide range of Downloadable Sample Packs, Sample CDs, Sample DVDs, [...]

Published on October 10th, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

After many years of development, Spectrasonics is proud to release the brand new flagship virtual instrument Omnisphere. This epic ‘Power Synth’ breaks completely new sonic ground by combining a wide variety of hybrid realtime synthesis techniques, an epic library of remarkable ‘Psychoacoustic’ sounds, and many innovative features that have never been seen before in any [...]

Published on October 9th, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

NUSofting presents: Gaming Athmosphere LivePack – Inspirational tools for Ableton Live
A bundle of audio and MIDI clips, Drum Kits, Synths and Effect Chains, and Live sets as Compositional Workspaces.
NUSofting Live Packs are collections of external sounds and presets for the native Ableton devices that are intended to provide key elements of sound, structure and function. [...]

Published on October 7th, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Zero-G and Xfonic present VOCAL FOUNDRY – over 2.5Gb of brand new vocal samples.
Vocal Foundry is a brand new multi-format vocal library featuring 700 patches and over 850 samples in over 2.5Gb of original vocal material sourced entirely from specially recorded pro vocal performances in pristine 24bit audio.
From the producers of the best-selling sample library [...]

Published on October 6th, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

URS Saturation plug-in v2.0 includes nine vintage analog algorithmsThe six digitally recreated Pre Amplifiers add different and distinct vintage even and odd ordered harmonics, input stage saturation and soft clipping. The six Mic Pre Amplifier Saturation algorithms include:

Class A Tube Mic Pre Amplifier – Motorcity
Class A Tube Mic Pre Amplifier – German
Class A Discrete Pre [...]

Published on October 6th, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

An updated Voxengo Elephant version 3.1 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 3.1 update includes the following changes:
* Issue with a strange signal chunk being inserted on [...]

Published on October 1st, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Stanton DJ, an industry leader in the design and manufacture of professional audio products for DJs, introduces DaScratch, the company’s newest addition to the SC System controller line. DaScratch is a USB-MIDI controller that combines fast response, easy customization, and a compact form factor to create an ideal instrument for any digital DJ looking for [...]