Published on November 27th, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Since the official launch of their dedicated download site on 8th October 2008, ProducerLoops.com has partnered with these sample pack, reason refill and virtual instrument developers:
• Sonic Reality
• Bluezone
• Precisionsound
• Soundcells
• Digital Juicyness
• Kreativ Sounds
• Inner Rhythm Studios
• RadioActive Beats
ProducerLoops.com now offers over 740 Downloadable Products from 55 soundware developers. Every style of music is [...]

Published on November 26th, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Roland is pleased to announce the release of the latest system update for the Fantom-G workstations. Version 1.20 adds new enhancements to the Fantom-G that include 1GB RAM support and new Auto-Track functionality.
The Fantom-G has redefined the boundaries of playability and creativity with its advanced sound engine, revolutionary ARX SuperNATURAL expansion bay, jumbo-sized color LCD, [...]

Published on November 25th, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

IK Multimedia is proud to announce it has surpassed 1,000,000 software installations worldwide with its range of plug-ins and software applications for music production. This represents an enormous milestone for a company that started 12 years ago with the goal of “helping people to change the way they make music”.

A history of achievements
IK Multimedia [...]

Published on November 21st, 2008.
Author: Richard.Hunter
Category: Virtual Instruments.

A review of Heavyocity Evolve

Heavyocity’s Evolve is a purpose-built machine.  The purpose is to provide maximum support for composers working in film,  TV, video games, and other music to picture–that is, for people working on impossibly tight deadlines to produce emotionally evocative material in a wide range of genres, especially modern pop, rock, hiphop, and [...]

Published on November 20th, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Studio Devil announces the release of Virtual Bass Amp, the newest addition to their line of vacuum tube modeling guitar amplifier plug-ins. Virtual Bass Amp sets a new standard in direct recording of bass guitar, bringing life-like tube amp tone from a simple, intuitive interface. Following the success of their award-winning guitar amp modeling [...]

Published on November 12th, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Cakewalk today releases Second Coming, the latest Expansion Pack created by Galbanum for the Rapture and Rapture LE synthesizers. Second Coming enhances Rapture’s, soundset for creating fresh new sounds for Dance, House, Trance, and Techno music. Second Coming provides 400 new presets based exclusively on 600 MB of new custom content for Rapture. Second Coming [...]

Published on November 12th, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

House Improvements v1 is the latest samplepack from Loopmasters which features the skills of talented producer Justin Critchlow aka the Sound Diggers, who has produced a consummate collection of Deep, Chunky, Funked up and Glitched out House samples for dance producers looking for some fresh flavor to inject into the mix!

 
From Deep and Funky Grooves, [...]

Published on November 12th, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Native Instruments today introduced TRUE STRIKE TENSION, a new KORE SOUNDPACK with distinctive percussion sounds that are specifically designed to add mystery and tension to cinematic film scores and similar musical styles. Created in collaboration with renowned sound design company ProjectSAM, the production-ready sound material in TRUE STRIKE TENSION is further enhanced through the convenient [...]

Published on November 11th, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

IK Multimedia is proud to announce that the highly anticipated T-RackS 3 is now shipping! IK Multimedia’s flagship high-end mixing and mastering suite has now evolved into the next generation – T-RackS 3. The original T-RackS software was the first analog-modelled mastering solution, and now T-RackS 3 sets a new standard in high-end DAW mastering [...]

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

Synplant is a software synthesizer with a genetic approach to sound creation. Instead of creating patches the conventional way by turning dials and knobs, Synplant lets you explore a world of organic sounds by planting seeds that grow into synth patches.

The purpose of this product is to move focus away from the sometimes intricate [...]

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

Celemony has released a new service update for Melodyne plugin: Version 1.0.4 improves the stability and interaction with various hosts.
In addition to numerous small gains and improvements of detail, the following problems have been resolved:

Ableton Live: We have fixed a bug that in the VST variant sometimes led to a crash.
Digital Performer: Melodyne [...]

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

Vox Ships JamVOX, Software/Hardware Modeling Interface With GXT Guitar Xtracktion™ Technology
VOX Amplification announces that its first-ever software product, JamVOX, is now shipping. In addition to providing drag-and-drop access to virtually any combination of sought-after amp and effects models, JamVOX allows users to import their MP3/iTunes library or their favorite CD tracks. Using new proprietary GXT [...]