Published on December 28th, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

“Photosounder is a one-of-a-kind image-sound editing program. It is unique in that it opens images and sounds indiscriminately, treats and processes them as images, and synthesizes them as sounds. Sounds, once turned into images, can be powerfully modified to achieve effects and results that couldn’t be obtained in any other way, while images of all [...]

Published on December 18th, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

ModernBeats Releases Bass Elementz Samples
Featuring over 960 one-shot bass samples in 6 auto-loading software sampler formats, ModernBeats releases its “Bass Elementz Sample Library” (2 Sets: Bass Elementz 1 and 2). The library features bass guitar bites, riffs, chords, and bends designed specifically for urban, hip hop music production. The bass library includes professional recordings of [...]

Published on December 17th, 2008.
Author: Derik.White
Category: Virtual Effects.

Effectrix: Elite in the game, or more of the same?
What is Effectrix?
 
Effectrix is an audio plug-in from Sugar Bytes,  available for both Mac (AU\VST) and PC (VST).  It’s possibly the king of glitch type effects (often referred to as FSU effects).
Instead of being a regular effect like a reverb or delay that you insert into [...]

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

Image Line Software Presents its Latest Effect Gross Beat with Amaizing Xmas Sale
Till the end of the year every order of products of US $ 99 and more comes with a free copy of Gross Beat
Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium, December 16, 2008 – Image Line Software has announced its latest VST & FL Studio effect – Gross [...]

Published on December 13th, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Many of the world’s finest film and TV composers have used our original Receptor to create jingles and scores for many popular programs. The new RECEPTOR 2 PRO MAX performs significantly faster with its new 3GHz dual core processing engine, 3GB of super fast RAM, and a whopping 1000GB (1 TB) drive, and an E-SATA [...]

Published on December 13th, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

The Vienna Symphonic Library team has released a sequel to their successful solo strings collection. The new Vienna Instruments Collection SOLO STRINGS II, featuring the muted solo instruments, violin, viola, cello, and double bass, is now available from Vienna’s worldwide network of distributors and dealers.
Solo Strings II
This collection offers 46 GB of all-new articulations of [...]

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

Synapse Audio has announced the release of version 7.6 of its music production studio, Orion. This new version introduces the WASP V synthesizer, adding “hypersaw” and “hypersquare” oscillators to its sonic arsenal, creating a much fatter sound than previously. Moreover, an extensive new 2-tap delay effect has been added to the effects section and overall [...]

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

IK Multimedia has announced that T-RackS has been updated to v3.0.1 and a series of new T-RackS 3 educational videos are now available online. ARC System has also been updated to v1.0.3.

The T-RackS 3.0.1 update offers a number of significant enhancements:

Mastering with ARC: Owners of IK’s ARC System will now be able to open ARC [...]

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

Primloops release Dirty Electro Synth Loops.
Addictive, filthy nu-house licks, raw wobbly sub-bass grooves, jackin, rude and disgustingly electroholic twisted leads, crystallised sexy electro-flavoured textures, and purified pulsating chord progressions, as the electro house phenomena evolves from the studios to the clubs, dominating the airwaves and seizing number 1’s across the globe, Prime Loops proudly present [...]

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

Equinox Sounds Releases Smash Up The Studio ‘Cool Keys “R’n’B”‘, a collection of R’n’B keyboard loops.
Release Date: 9th December 2008
Equinox Sounds has released ‘Cool Keys “R’n’B”‘,  a downloadable loop collection from it’s content partner, Smash Up The Studio.
‘Cool Keys “R’n’B”‘ features contemporary R’n’B keyboard loops plus a selection of synths, strings, midi guitars and rhodes [...]

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

Main changes from v6.0.1 to v6.0.2
– Take management with lanes [New Feature]
- Manual multiple takes recording (press Rec button to immediately start a new take) [New Feature]
- Editing History window [New Feature]
- Recording to an existing track creates a new take [New Feature]
- Mute part control on waveform and in part properties box [New [...]

Published on December 8th, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Sinevibes is happy to announce a big update to it’s Producer Series sample libraries, which now include an even wider range of unique yet highly usable one-shot sounds and loops for the most demanding music producers and performers. These are completely original materials made from scratch using some of the most amazing hardware and software [...]

Published on December 8th, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Minnetonka Audio Software announces the release of SurCode for Dolby Pro Logic II RTAS v1.5. Two new features enhancements have been added to the most popular Pro Tools plug-in in the SurCode family.
First, multiple SurCode for Pro Logic II plug-ins can now be instantiated simultaneously in one session. The addition of multiple instance support [...]

Published on December 5th, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

FXpansion is proud to introduce the latest addition to the BFD2 expansion pack range, Japanese Taiko Percussion.
Taiko groups have wowed audiences the world over with their visually arresting performances, earth-rumbling bass, pure percussive volume, dynamics, and rhythm. The unmistakable taiko sound has also gained acceptance in many applications far removed from traditional Japanese music. [...]

Published on December 5th, 2008.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Press release from NI:
Native Instruments has just introduced REAKTOR SPARK, a KORE SOUNDPACK based on the new “Spark” performance synthesizer designed by NI founder and REAKTOR mastermind Stephan Schmitt. With a strong focus on distinctive tone and genuine musical expressiveness, REAKTOR SPARK is both an outstanding library addition for REAKTOR users as well as a [...]