Published on April 30th, 2009.
Author: Victor.Eijkhout
Category: Featured, Virtual Instruments.

Devine Machine Krishna Synth review
For a supposedly progressive field, software synthesis often seems very conservative. From the first Neon synth to the latest announcements, people can’t seem to get enough of imitations of analog sounds. More of the same, just better, seems to be winning market strategy. It is therefore refreshing to find companies such [...]

Published on April 27th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Dusted William Sounds  release The Dirty Dose, consisting of over 500 one shot samples from an Atari 2600, a Commodore 64, and a Vintage Tama analogue drum set.  The combination is a sweet mix of 8 bit grunge, with some analogue warmth.
Each and every hit was processed through some more  analogue gear and recorded to [...]

Published on April 22nd, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

Native Instruments today released URBAN ARSENAL 2, a new collection of production-ready sound material for contemporary hip-hop and similar music styles. Created in collaboration with established urban music producers and sound designers, the latest entry in the KORE SOUNDPACK range delivers a further assortment of professional groove material and instrument sounds for use in KORE [...]

Published on April 20th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

FreeSP is a sample pack with over 80 one shot samples from VST drum machines and synths processed through an SP1200.  Samples are available as 24bit x 44.1 khz mono wave files.
Cost: Free, after signing up for the Dusted William Sounds newsletter.
Availabilty: Now
More info @ dustedwilliamsounds.com.

Published on April 20th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

‘Ultra Minimal Tech House Kit 01′ Hits The Zenhiser Shelves
One of the most up to date Minimal / Tech House drum kits on the web. This truly dynamic collection of over 170 Minimal & Tech House drum sounds shows exactly why Zenhiser has become the first port of call for high end drum sounds & [...]

Published on April 20th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

FabFilter has released updated versions of the FabFilter One synthesizer and the Simplon filter plug-ins, bringing them up to date with VST 3 support and various improvements.
Furthermore, it is five years ago that FabFilter One was first released! To celebrate this, FabFilter announces an anniversary sale: You can pick up a copy of FabFilter One [...]

Published on April 20th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

ZERO-G Progressive House – ACIDized WAVs, AIFF Apple Loops, Stylus Compatible Rex2 Files, EXS24, Kontakt, Reason Refill
Progressive House – fantastic progressive and minimal house library at a budget price. (Product Code ZG-160)
This superb library features over 500 samples of the deepest progressive house.
This fantastic progressive and minimal house sample library from Zero-G offers hundreds of [...]

Published on April 17th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News, Musikmesse '09.

Solid State Logic, the world’s leading manufacturer of professional digital and analogue consoles, proudly announced the release of MX4 at Musikmesse 2009.
MX4 delivers outstanding performance to demanding ‘inside the box’ users who refuse to compromise on quality. It combines three central system elements: a very high channel count/high quality audio [...]

Published on April 17th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

The new active PA speaker range by Gear4music has been carefully constructed to deliver the audio clarity of a permanent install with the portability of a live rig, at an unbeatable price for the European market. Built from a tough but lightweight ABS resin, these speakers will survive rigorous live use. With mounting options including [...]

Published on April 17th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

666 by 9 Soundware is a set of instruments for the EXS24 sampler within Apple Logic Pro. The underlying theme of the sound set is the portrayal of 666, The Number of the Beast. From drones and disturbing cry-like textures to squeals and intense noise rhythms, these sounds were designed to paint fear-inducing backdrops, as [...]

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

At Musikmesse Solid State Logic has announced the release of Duende V3 and its new X-Verb plug-in.
With the release of Duende Studio Packs at NAMM ‘09 SSL brought the SSL Duende Plug-in collection to a new level of affordability. Duende V3 doubles the power that the Duende platform can be upgraded to with the introduction [...]

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

The Heavenly Prophecy is a collection of 200 extraordinary sounds for Prophet V. It is the fourth in Musicrow’s series of soundsets for Arturia vintage synthesizer recreations. The Heavenly Prophecy takes the Prophet 5 and the Prophet VS to new extremes! The sounds were designed to take the classic tone of these two vintage synthesizers [...]

Published on April 14th, 2009.
Author: Richard.Hunter
Category: Featured, Virtual Instruments.

Fabfilter Twin 2 is a surprising instrument.  The surprise begins with its visual presentation, which shifts constantly in accordance with the user’s activities, exposing and highlighting its workings intelligently in response to the user’s need.  I am sure that no one reading this has another instrument in their kit that behaves visually like Fabfilter Twin.
The [...]

Published on April 14th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

“Minimalistech” kicks off a new line of sample packs made by Beatluxe.
This pack includes 100% kick-free loops to build your own intricate Minimal grooves and pounding Tech House throbbers. The core of this release are groove loops with a large number of wobbling and glitched low-end grooves which literally fill the gaps between the kick [...]

Published on April 13th, 2009.
Author: Darren McEntee
Category: Industry News.

IK Multimedia is proud to announce the availability of the new ARC System 1.1 software update, bringing new
features and functionality to provide the highest level of acoustic correction and sonic accuracy for your monitoring environment.

ARC System delivers the most advanced, accurate solution for acoustical problems for any DAW-based studio. And now, with version 1.1, ARC [...]