IK Multimedia and Fender Musical Instruments Corporation are pleased to announce the release of AmpliTube Fender version 1.1, a free downloadable update for all registered users of AmpliTube Fender. Delivered to satisfy requests from players around the world, this new software update of the hottest guitar and bass tone software has several new models and enhanced functionality.
Indaba Music JavaFX-powered digital audio workstation has been launched today. The functionality of the DAW allows people, for the first time, to record high-quality uncompressed audio directly to their browser and work both on and offline. The console features advanced web-based mixing and editing tools, real-time effects, and loops – elements that are critical to musicians and that they have paid a pretty penny for in the past. Indaba will also be unveiling a new homepage, community, sessions and studio pages as well as new three new memberships tiers (previously broken down in 2 categories): Basic (free), Pro ($5/month), and Platinum ($25/month).
The Waldorf Largo synthesizer has been upated to version 1.1.0. This update is not only a “bug fix”, it also carries a bunch of new features e.g. the Mod Delay, a completely revised Reverb and an extended multi-part function plus several additional enhancements. Largo version 1.1.0 is a free update for all Largo user and available for PC and Mac. Also available is the updated PDF manual.
D16 Group have announced they have updated their drum machines: Nepheton and Drumazon. They also have officially released them as MacOS Audio Units.
Waves Audio introduces the Waves Rental Plan, a new, easy way to access selected Waves bundles on a short-term basis. For tracking, mixing, mastering, restoration or live, whatever the sound field, leading audio professionals expect and require the very best signal processing available, and now with the new Waves Rental Plan, artists, engineers and producers can rent the exact Waves bundles they need to give their projects the extra edge.
Predator is a top notch synth that stands out in audio quality but also in wicked synth design and sheer amount of contemporary presets. It is endless popular among top producers worldwide and appears on countless music tracks worldwide!
Softube is shipping the Passive-Active Pack, an EQ plug-in collection for native VST, AU, and RTAS. Passive-Active Pack is available today at the Softube web shop ($199, excl. VAT).
Ok, it is not really a coffee table, it just looks like one! No, it is the Microsoft Surface controller/display/thingy. VectorForm, a Microsoft Surface Partner have developed a fun DJ tool for the novice on Microsoft Surface. Vectorforms DJ application started simple, and grew from there. There’s even an iPhone app. Now they have added some features like scratching into the 2.0. version. Via Skratchworx.
Ballistic is a 15 slot drum sample player designed to get you making beats quickly without a million parameters to adjust. All controls are on one screen and the essentials are built in, but with one stereo output per slot, you can add more effects per slot in your hosts mixer. This keeps CPU low and workflow efficient.
Voxengo is pleased to release an updated Voxengo LF Max Punch version 1.1 which is available for download immediately. Voxengo LF Max Punch is a professional audio effect plug-in for music and sounds where low-frequency thump and punch are most welcome, and where distortion is applied specifically to bring the bass sound to life. Plug-in is available in AudioUnit and VST plug-in formats, for Mac OS X, Windows XP and Windows Vista computers.
Rob Papen is one of the world´s leading sound designers. He started off with a number one hit in Benelux aged just 18 and has subsequently created patches for the Access Virus and EMU.
SPL of Germany have updated the look of the channel strips Track One and Channel One. Both units are now available and join the Frontliner, SPL’s flagship channel strip, to form the new family of SPL designed products.
4 new videos of the Smart AV Tango console with Logic Pro, reviewed at Mercenary Audio have been posted on Youtube. Tango has a combination of Features, Technology, Ergonomics, and Quality that will blow your mind, but not your budget. At an introductory price of US$7,990 Tango is real value for the audio professional and home user alike.
Just when it looked like Focusrite’s Saffire PRO 24 was the most elegantly tailored interfacing solution on the market, along comes the Saffire PRO 24 DSP. The best FireWire audio interface in its class just got a whole lot better.
The biggest and most extensive Synthesizer Sound Collection of all time! The development and the sampling of this library was 10 Years in the making. TITAN offers 5500 multisamples of the best sounds from 200 (!!) classic Analog Synthesizers and Modular Systems including the biggest & most famous Digital Synths & Workstations of the 80s and 90s but also the newest virtual instruments and current synths all in one massive plugin.