Published on March 31st, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Press release from Electronisounds,
“Electronisounds is proud to present this new collection of PRAYER BOWL samples!!
Don’t want to spend hundreds of dollars to own your own set of prayer bowls? We’ve got your solution!!
Dig into this sample-pack recorded from 17 unique prayer bowls!
Prayer Bowls (or Singing Bowls) were brought to Tibet from India along with the [...]

Published on March 31st, 2009.
Author: Dan.Broad
Category: Featured, Virtual Instruments.

Devine Machine OTR88.

How hard is it to predict the weather? I mean, you could just open a window and stick your hand out, but that’s hardly scientific enough. Of course, you could live in the sort of country where today’s forecast is always ‘sun, sun, sun!’. If that’s the case, we in the UK are [...]

Published on March 28th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

A set of free Voxengo professional audio plug-ins were updated. These plug-ins can be loaded into any audio host application that conforms to the VST or AudioUnit plug-in specification. Plug-ins are compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit) and Mac OS X 10.4.11 and above (Intel and PowerPC) computers (2 GHz dual-core or [...]

Published on March 26th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Devine Machine software company has updated its Frame Synthesis based instrument Krishna Synth to version 1.5.
Frame Synthesis is and exclusive technology from Devine Machine that let you analyse a sound sample to obtain a special movie file that Krishna Synth will use as an oscillator. This process, the tools provided and the modulation possibilities can [...]

Published on March 26th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Just a quick not to you users of MultitrackStudio, its been updated to version 5.12 in order to fix a couple of issues:
Details:
- Improved VST compatibility (EMU Proteus / Emulator).
- Song Editor: pasting could lead to incorrect Chords and Lyrics.
- VistaSound driverset: fixed crash-waiting-to-happen with multichannel audio playback devices.
- Patch Editor no longer creates superfluous [...]

Published on March 25th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Interviews.

Eric Persing is the founder of Spectrasonics, a company specializing in developing World Class sampled sound libraries on CD-ROM since 1994. He has produced over 25 of the industry’s top selling titles.
Eric’s ground breaking Distorted Reality series of sample libraries are the best selling and most widely used collections in the world. Spectrasonics samples are [...]

Published on March 25th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Native Instruments just announced TRAKTOR DUO and TRAKTOR SCRATCH DUO, two new DJ solutions that bring the quality and creative functionality of the acclaimed TRAKTOR PRO platform into a new price range, offering an affordable entry into the world of digital DJing.
The new TRAKTOR DUO software, which is also at the heart of TRAKTOR SCRATCH [...]

Published on March 24th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Moogalicious Funk Loops is a colourful blend of authentic synthesizer loops for Urban and Dance Producers and DJ’s influenced by landmark musicians such as Stevie wonder, Parliament, Herbie Hancock, Motown Records, George Clinton, The Crusaders, Kool & The Gang, Funkadelic, Sly & The Family Stone and many more.
There are over 140 loops and combinations here, [...]

Published on March 23rd, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Mixer Feedback by 9 Soundware is the third and final release in a series of sample packs featuring DJ Shiftee, the winner of the 2007 DMC World Championships. The WAV format loops of mixer performances are intended to complement the mixer feedback samples found in DJ Shiftee: Extreme Turntablism.
These loops showcase DJ Shiftee’s innovative techniques, [...]

Published on March 19th, 2009.
Author: Derik.White
Category: Featured, Virtual Instruments.

Omnisphere by Spectrasonics…
What is it? A digital synth w/high-resolution sample playback available for PC and Mac as a VST, RTAS, and Audio Unit.
Installation:
The total installation process took quite a bit of time. I’m talking in increments of hours, not minutes. With a library of over 50 GB, it’s to be expected that the [...]

Published on March 16th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

And Two new plugins for the Scope platform.
Adern is proud to announce the release of two new plugins for the Scope platform.
Xor is a Variable Wave synthesizer. Xor’s combination of varying waveform oscillators, rich sounding multi-mode filter, diverse pattern LFOs and intuitive modulation routing allows the creation of new and exciting soundscapes revealing the darker, [...]

Published on March 16th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

FabFilter has released updates for the Twin 2 synthesizer, Volcano 2 filter and Pro-C compressor plug-ins.

The VST 3 versions of all plug-ins have been updated for Steinberg Cubase 5, and contain improved MIDI support and bypass functionality.
Fixed problems with the external side chain input in combination with the envelope generators in FabFilter Twin 2 and [...]

Published on March 10th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Akai Professional announces the release of its Vintage Beat Machines Sample Pack for MPC, a sample library for its MPC music production workstations. The sample pack is available now from the Akai website.
Beat makers and music producers frequently employ drum and percussion sounds from drum machines, beat and rhythm generators and other synthesizers from the [...]

Published on March 6th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Blue Cat Audio has released its audio analysis plugins for the Mac platform in Audio Unit format. The DirectX and VST for PC and VST for Mac versions of the six plugins have also been updated for this occasion, including several fixes and improvements.

These audio analysis plugins offering original interaction capabilities are available as a [...]

Published on March 6th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Akai Professional announces the release of MPC5000 OS 2.0, a new operating system for its flagship MPC5000 music production workstation. The new system is available now as a free download from the company’s Website.
MPC5000 OS 2.0 includes more than 25 improvements to the functionality and workflow of the MPC5000. Many of the new capabilities have [...]