Monthly Archives: September 2009

Native Instruments ready for Snow Leopard

September 1, 2009·0 comments·

All NI products are compatible with Mac OS X 10.6. Native Instruments has conducted initial compatibility tests with Mac OS X 10.6, which have shown all current NI products to work without any specific issues under standard installations of this operating system. However, users involved in professional audio production or live performance should be cautious about upgrading to Mac OS X 10.6 until compatibility with third-party audio software and hardware has been widely confirmed by the relevant manufacturers.

Synths and workstations

Roland announces SP-404SX Linear Wave Sampler

September 1, 2009·0 comments·

Roland is pleased to announce the SP-404SX Portable Sampler. This update to the popular SP-404 offers 44.1kHz/16-Bit sound quality, improved DSP effects, a more versatile pattern sequencer, and easier data management.

Studio Software

Sony releases Sound Forge Pro 10

September 1, 2009·0 comments·

Sony Creative Software announced the availability of Sound Forge™ Pro 10 digital audio production suite. Sound Forge Pro 10 new features include event-based editing, disc-at-once CD burning, iZotope™ 64-bit SRC™ (sample rate conversion), MBIT+™ dither (bit-depth conversion), musical instrument file processing, and the élastique Pro timestretch/pitch shift plug-in. In addition, Sound Forge Pro 10 software provides exclusive new enhancements, including customizable window layouts, metadata editing, performance optimizations, and interactive tutorials. These new features create a powerful and flexible audio production environment, increasing workflow and efficiency while consistently delivering the pristine audio quality the recording industry has come to expect from Sound Forge software.

Synths and workstations

Roland ships AX-Synth shoulder synthesizer

September 1, 2009·0 comments·

Roland is proud to announce general availability of the AX-Synth Shoulder Synthesizer, the first of the legendary AX-Series to offer an onboard sound engine featuring a collection of the best of Roland’s cutting-edge synth sounds.

Studio Hardware, Studio Software

Tango Software version 2.3.5. released

September 1, 2009·0 comments·

The version 2.3.5 release of Tango software, released generally last week, has more than 400 new features and fixes across all of the workstations we support.