VoiceTone Synth brings together a collection of extreme exotic and contemporary sonic effects, including jagged HardTuneTM effects, classic Vocoder effects, a voice-controlled synthesizer and vocal distortion and megaphone effects. Now vocalists or anyone looking to add a modern edge to their live performances and studio productions can dial-in these effects instantly with the press of a footswitch.
The Nord Electro 3 OS has been updated to version 2.02. This update contains a few bug fixes – the “what-happened-to-my-tonewheel-leakage?” and the “Farfisa clipping/good for fireworks” bugs have now been eradicated. A more significant result of the update is the compatibility with the new Nord Sound Manager application and its feature set.
Thermionic Culture have released the Little Bustard, their second valve summing mixer which has been designed to complement the Fat Bustard valve summing mixer by increasing the number of inputs channels. Or the new 19” 2u Little Bustard can be used independently by itself as a stand alone mixer.
To celebrate Thermionic Cultures 11th anniversary, Thermionic Culture have announced the Culture Vulture Anniversary Limited Edition. The Anniversay model will be based on the companies current standard Culture Vulture but it has far more radical possibilities, in particular for guitar and bass applications. The production will be limited to 80 units and will have the front panel finished in Thermionic red instead of black.
Jeroen has updated his Red Phatt Pro VST compressor/expander plugin to version 1.0.1.
I found on Gearslutz a picture from the SSL X Desk, a small 19 inch, 8 channel analogue mixer. Lets hope this desk will make his appearance on the MusikMesse next week.
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 faster processor with at least 1 GB of system RAM recommended).
Steinberg and parent company Yamaha have teamed up to create the ultimate combination of audio software and hardware for a complete integrated studio solution. Steinberg released a domonstration video to show us more on the complete Steinberg Package.
McDSP introduces Live Pack, a collection of highly acclaimed plug-ins for mixing live performances. Features like ultra low latency, superior sonic flexibility and seamless integration with the Digidesign VENUE live sound system make Live Pack a “must-have” for any FOH or monitoring engineer.
TC Electronic will be launching BMC-2 at the 2009 Frankfurt Musikmesse, a dedicated Digital-to-Analog Converter and high quality Monitor Control that is suited for use with digital and analog speakers. Predictable speaker and headphone control is an important part of the production process, and with BMC-2 such luxury is always available – regardless of the state of the computer.
Ever since the introduction of the Nord C1 in 2007, life has been a bit easier on the organ player. No other unit delivers so much, at such a low cost, in such a compact and lightweight package. The sound and the versatility of the C1 has not only made it a player favorite, it has also received great accolades in the music press all over the world. With the introduction of the Nord C2, Clavia now raise the performance bar a bit further – this is the new organ for others to compare against.
Allen & Heath will be introducing three new audio interface plug-in cards for the iLive-T digital mixing series at the Pro Light & Sound show in Frankfurt, enabling the system to interface with popular standards, including EtherSound, ADAT and AviomTM.
Devine Machine software company has updated its Frame Synthesis based instrument Krishna Synth to version 1.5.
Prosoniq announces that it will discontinue development of its Windows products starting June 1st, 2009. Existing Windows products will continued to be sold until that date, and updates will be available until the end of 2009. Users who wish to crossgrade from the latest version of their Windows product to the Mac counterpart can do so for free by contacting Prosoniq via its contact form.
PowerCore owners have two more reasons to celebrate as TC Electronic is giving away two incredible reverb and compression plug-ins for the award-winning platform! This amazing offer is open to anyone who owns both a PowerCore and one of the company’s Konnekt audio interfaces. So if you are the proud owner of either a Desktop Konnekt 6, Studio Konnekt 48, Digital Konnekt x32, Konnekt Live, Konnekt 24D or Konnekt 8 and a PowerCore, you can receive both plug-ins – the amazing Fabrik R reverb and Fabrik C compressor – absolutely free!