Week of November 9, 2003
Saturday, November 15 2003 | dmac
DASH Signature has released v. 1.0 of EVE "Electronic Vintage Ensemble"
EVE is a new and exciting kind of sample playback engine that is so much more! Featuring a new multi- timbral and multi-layer concept, it is designed to create amazingly complex ensembles taken from your favourite vintage keyboard sounds. Eve comes with a complete library of multi-sampled keyboards such as electric pianos, organs and rare string machines. It also includes many other vintage waveforms, such as a Korg MS20 and Minimoog saw and square waves. These waveforms, combined with the rich vintage sample library, are interwoven to create something we call Semi Additive Synthesis, or SAS for short. For example, you can layer a pure sine waveform with a Rhodes keyboard to enhance the fundamental harmonic, or you can stack the attack from a Wurlitzer, have a wash of Solina strings, and add an analogue square wave to give that finishing touch. More @ DASH Signature | Demo here.
Saturday, November 15 2003 | dmac
Traxmusic Updates...
Hi folks, we have a few Traxmusic updates for you guys to feast your eyes on today. 1). "What do Eminem and Queen have in common?" Well why not find out from Enrico Iori, headman behind IK Multimedia, we'v interviewed him on SampleTank2. 2). Following that, Kevin Rossiter, has a review: "Slayer II - A Worthy Successor to Slayer I?". Has the new release of Slayer II from reFX being worth the wait? Find out his opinion here. 3). Finally, we’ve just opened a new section here at Traxmusic, on VSTi/DXi plugin's. We're currently writing basis, intermediate, and advanced master classes for all you VSTi/DXi/plugin users out there. Tutorials on how to get started and set-up and configured with your host applications and hardware tweaks. And also advanced tutorials, for you professionals out there that need that something "extra" to get that perfect sound in you mix. Enjoy.
Friday, November 14 2003 | dmac
DISCOVERY SOUND Releases New Sample CD, "The Legend of China"
A masterpiece of "the legend of China" reverberated the eternal sounds image.?The Legend of China. "The Legend of China" for 2-set Audio CDs, which was released into all over the world in 1999, caused a great sensation in the technical magazine of each country including U.S. Keyboard magazine. In addition, it succeeded in bringing a great inspiration to his or her creativity including the professional producers and the engineers as well as the home recording lovers and the image writers. This title is a set of 2 discs, CD-ROM (387 files) and Audio CD (339phrases), corresponding to ACID & REX2 becoming in use of the musical piece making method. It has overwhelming capacity of loops & shots by percussion, stringed and wind instruments plus the phantasmagoric voices by Peking Opera actors and actresses. Moreover, this library includes bonus! CD-ROM includes 36 kinds of the tone data corresponding to a multi-sampling and Audio CD does include 15 kinds of the sound effects which were caught on the street corners in Beijing, Shanghai and wherever in China. You will realize that the modern China coming the 2004 Olympic Games is still in the center of the history. Format: CD-ROM (ACID/WAV/REX2)?AUDIO CD Price: $55.00 URL: http://www.discoverysound.com/
Friday, November 14 2003 | dmac
FX-MAX Announces VSTi Adapter for GigaStudio
FX-MAX.com announced the forthcoming release of Giga VST Adapter, a tool for running GigaSampler as a VST instrument in any VST compatible host. With support for GigaStudio 2.54 and 3, the program will integrate the software sampler right into your favorite VST host environment. Furthermore, using it with the company's upcoming Windows and Mac OS X version of FX Teleport, you will be able to run GigaStudio on dedicated LAN-connected computers as VSTis seamlessly integrated into any host application running on either platform, allowing you to build a massive cross-platform DAW-farm based system. And all this without the need to purchase any audio or MIDI interfaces beyond those already installed in your main (host) machine. Giga VST Adapter features: - GigaStudio 2.54 and 3 support
- Upto 64 MIDI channels
- Upto 64 audio outputs
- High sample rates supported
- SONAR support (via VST DX Adapter)
- MIDI Layering
- Option to use external performance tool(s)
- FX Teleport integration
Giga VST Adapter is planned for release in Q1, 2004. For more information, visit their web site at www.fx-max.com.
Friday, November 14 2003 | dmac
New "Analog" Filter Plug-in from Antares
Antares Audio Technologies announced the release of Filter, a quad rhythmic multimode filter plug-in for Macintosh and PC. Antares Filter is designed to give composers, producers, remixers and engineers everything they need to harmonically shape their tracks with surgical precision or animate them with an almost limitless variety of tempo-synced rhythmic effects At the core of Filter are four true stereo, analog-style multimode filters. With low-pass, highpass, bandpass and notch modes, variable cutoff slope, four independent full-featured delay sections, and a variety of filter routing options, Filter provides the power to create dynamic filter effects that range from subtle to extreme. To bring tracks to life, Filter provides modulation capabilities. Virtually all key parameters can be modulated. Control sources include four multi-shape LFOs, four Envelope Generators with delay and hold times, two Rhythm Generators, an Envelope Follower and up to 28 MIDI controllers. Filter is available now for RTAS Mac (OS9 + OSX), VST Mac (OS9 + OSX), MAS (OS9 + OSX), DirectX, VST (PC) and RTAS (PC) at a U.S. MSRP of $199.00. A time-limited demo version is available for download. For more information, visit their web site at www.antarestech.com.
Thursday, November 13 2003 | dmac
KeyToSound Debuts the NetSynth Pilot
KeyToSound, a new company based in Denmark, announced its first product: the NetSynth Pilot system. The system consists of a 2U rack module and a small console for remote editing operations. The NetSynth Pilot system has been designed as a high-end digital synthesizer, so be prepared for a little sticker shock. Pricing on the system is $5000. But this isn't just your basic virtual analog synth either. Sounds are created from a total of 128 oscillators and 64 filters. Together with a flexible matrix architecture and more than 120 parameters for each of the 16 layers and 96 system parameters to play around with. This huge synthesizer system is designed to be a "must have" for those sound designers and artists whom want to be at the leading edge of sound design or just want to distinguish their synthesizer sound from the other players. Key Features - 16 Voices
- 16 Layers
- 128 Oscillators: FM, AM, PWM and hard sync.
- 64 Filters: 16 different filter types
- 48 Envelopes: 4 stages with key and velocity tracking
- 32 LFO's
- 96 Modulation Matrices
- 2 Stereo Effects
- 96 kHz Digital stereo I/O
- Balanced Stereo I/O
- MIDI I/O
For more information, visit their web site at www.key2sound.com.
Wednesday, November 12 2003 | dmac
SampleTank 2 XL Special Offer for SampleCell Owners
Digidesign announced a new plug-in offer for SampleCell and Soft SampleCell customers who want to begin using SampleTank 2 XL, the latest "Sample Workstation" plug-in for Pro Tools from IK Multimedia. Now through December 20, 2003, registered owners of SampleCell products can visit store.digidesign.com to purchase SampleTank 2 XL for $349 (regularly $499 -- a $150 savings). With easy import of both SampleCell Instruments and Banks, users can now bring SampleCell libraries easily into SampleTank 2 XL to take advantage of a host of new sonic possibilities. SampleTank 2 XL offers 1,500 new sounds and nearly five gigabytes of material on eight discs. It includes a wide range of sounds from pianos, guitars, basses, drums and percussion to full orchestral, acoustic, ethnic, brass, synths and more. For additional details on SampleTank 2 XL, visit www.sampletank.com.
Wednesday, November 12 2003 | dmac
VirSyn TERA v2.0 released
VirSyn have unveiled VirSyn TERA v2.0, now featuring six new pages dedicated to each synthesis type: - Waveshaping (microTERA)
- Analog synthesis (anaTERA)
- Spectrum Synthesis (specTERA)
- Formant (formanTERA)
- FM synthesis (fmTERA)
- Physical modeling waveTERA)
These pages allow easy access to TERA's mighty sound engine however, in the modular page you have unrestricted access to all modules and parameters. Features of v2.0: - Custom waveforms for all Oscillators.
- Supersaw Mode.
- The unique "Slotmachine" enables the user to get random sounds which are really usable.
- Syncable multi-segment (64) envelope generators.
- Combi programs for layer and split sounds.
- Microtuning.
- PC and Mac OS 9/OS X standalone / VST / AudioUnit.
- New: ReWire 2 and RTAS.
Pricing/Availability The price for TERA 2.0 will be 299 EUR and shipment will start on November 24th. All registered users with the original TERA CD 1.1/1.2 will get a downloadable upgrade for free. Registered users who have bought both CUBE and TERA get the upgrade for free regardless of the version. More @ VirSyn.
Tuesday, November 11 2003 | dmac
INTAKT Now Available
Native Instruments is proud to announce the release of INTAKT, the groundbreaking new loop sampler and our latest addition to the Sampling Line. INTAKT combines beat slicing, time stretching and a classic sampler mode into a complete loop workstation: slice, stretch, compress, effect and modulate sliced grooves into powerful new rhythmic creations. INTAKT also includes a cutting edge 1.2 GB library, full of drum and instrument loops drawn from the award-winning collections of Zero-G and East West and optimized by Native Instruments sound designers to take full advantage of INTAKT?s impressive features. More @ Native Instruments.
Tuesday, November 11 2003 | dmac
Zygoat Doggiebox version 1.0.5 released
Zygoat Creative Technical Services is pleased to announce the immediate availability of version 1.0.5 of Doggiebox, our acclaimed beat sequencing software for Mac OS X.
This latest update brings a couple of new features and a number of bug
fixes. Notably, several issues that were causing crashes for people
should be eliminated. More @ Zygoat.
Tuesday, November 11 2003 | dmac
FMJ-Software Updates...
- Announcing Awave Studio v9.0!
This release continues their tradition with the focus on user interface improvements in major version updates, while file format additions have been done mainly in (free) minor version updates. There's a lot that has been improved - Check out FMJ-Software for more info. Please note that this is not a free upgrade for v8.x users. However, they are offering you a $100 discount on upgrading from v8.x. The new version should be possible to install 'side by side' with v8.x in case you wish to try it before deciding if you want to upgrade or not. For the computer musicians out there, fmjsoft have released a new SoundFont with high quality samples of 6 differently shaped small open bells. Their instrument tuning software just got improved with a full screen mode, selectable note names, needle inertia and hold time controls and keyboard short-cuts.
Monday, November 10 2003 | dmac
Plugin updates...
Monday, November 10 2003 | dmac
Kjaerhus Audio Launches Golden Modulator - A professional Modulation VST Plug-in.
The GMO-1 is a Professional Modulation VST-Plug-in designed to provide high quality Chorus, Flanger, Tremolo, Panning and other Frequency-, Delay- and Amplitude- Modulated effects. It is based on the core development of the highly acclaimed 'Classic Chorus' and 'Classic Flanger' Plug-ins, but with many new features and more robust sound processing. The GMO-1 is the first Plug-in in a new series called the 'Gold Series'. It was designed in collaboration with professional musicians, studio producers, and technicians to ensure that it achieves all the expectations of a modern professional VST-Plug-in. 64 Bit processing, 4x oversampling and 192 kHz support are just some of the features that brings this Plug-in into a 'World Elite' class of modern Plug-ins. The GMO-1 has no latency delay and can therefore be used in real-time for live gigs as well as in the studio. The regular price for the GMO-1 is only $58, but it will be sold for as little as $46.40 (-20%) as an introduction-discount running this year out. A 14 days Trial Version can be downloaded, giving you the ability to fully test all of the features that are available in the full licensed version. For more information, visit the Kjaerhus Audio web site at www.kjaerhusaudio.com.
Monday, November 10 2003 | dmac
BATTERY for OS X now available!
NATIVE INSTRUMENTS is excited to announce the Battery 1.3 update, which brings the legendary drum-sampler to Mac OS X and Pro Tools users on OS X. (Windows XP version will follow soon) Battery 1.3 fully supports OS X's modern technologies and interfaces, including AudioUnits, RTAS, VST, and standalone operation with CoreMIDI and CoreAudio. The Battery 1.3 update is immediately available to all registered users as a $29 direct download. For users who would prefer to receive the 1.3 update on CD, NATIVE INSTRUMENTS offers a 1.3
update CD for $49. For more info please go to http://www.ni-battery.com.
Monday, November 10 2003 | dmac
MusicianUniversity.com introduces 3 new Songwriting Courses
MusicianUniversity.com today officially introduced three new courses specifically aimed at musicians who already have some experience with music theory, but who have not yet been able to write songs using their instruments or get stuck writing chords sequences, melodies or riffs. More @ MusicianUniversity.com.
|
