TC-Helicon is renowned for delivering the best tools for enhancing vocal performances and VoiceTone Harmony-G XT is no exception. With improved harmony technology and the reverb taken from its big brother, VoiceLive 2, Harmony-G XT improves vocal tone and provides pro effects and vocal harmony controlled by naturally playing guitar.
Discrete Drums, a brand of Sonoma Wire Works, has released the long-awaited Heavy Mental 2 Multitrack 24 Bit Drum Recording Pro Set. Heavy Mental 2 is the second set of the popular Heavy Mental series, and is the first Discrete Drums product to be released since its acquisition by Sonoma Wire Works. Recorded by the same dynamic team that produced the critically acclaimed Heavy Mental 1, Heavy Mental 2 builds on an already solid foundation. It was recorded by legendary drummer, Tony Morra, in the world-famous Sound Kitchen “Big Boy” studio, produced by Discrete Drums founder, Rick DiFonzo, and engineered by Steve Marcantonio.
Ableton and Cycling ’74 are pleased to announce the release of Max for Live, the long-awaited product that puts the power and potential of Max/MSP inside Live. Co-developed by Ableton and Cycling ’74 over a period of more than two years, Max for Live effectively opens up the Live platform, allowing users to create and edit their own instruments, effects and devices.
Introducing Open Labs’ SoundSlate, the ultimate virtual instrument player and hardware DAW for your keyboard workstation or MIDI controller, contained in a sexy 1U rackmountable case. SoundSlate redefines music production and performance by incorporating Open Labs’ music operating environment including the critically acclaimed virtual instrument host Riff, 8000+ of sounds and effects, a robust audio i/o, and a powerful computer core running Windows XP into a 1U-ultra compact case that packs a punch.
These are the releases we have encountered this week on the Loops and Samples front. Just like the quality of the audio software we use these days the quality of the content we use (loops and samples) equally matches the high standards of this software. Below is this weeks selection.
In September, Steinberg outlined its plans to ensure compatibility for its current product range and technologies to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and Windows 7, comprising a three-phase development and testing plan.
Lexicon has launched the Omega® Studio Desktop Recording Bundle. The Omega Studio Bundle is a completely integrated computer recording package that combines Lexicon’s Omega Studio USB recording interface with Steinberg® Cubase® LE 4 multi-track audio and MIDI recording software, the Lexicon Pantheon™ VST reverb plug-in, and an AKG® D 88 S® lead vocal microphone and mic cable. It contains all the necessary hardware and software components to transform a PC or Mac® into a professional 24-bit recording studio and allows the user to start recording immediately.
MixControl is a high quality, flexible and full featured channelstrip plug-in with a variety of essential mixing tools, all at a fraction of the CPU load of other leading channelstrip options. TeamDNR Collaborative Designs announces the release of MixControl v1.0r4.
The Reason Soul School ReFill explores the classic sounds coming out of soul’s three capitals: Detroit, Memphis and Cincinnati – and puts them in the midst of your Reason rack. Featuring twelve unique soul and funk instrumentals and all their musical elements – bass, drums, guitars and horns – this ReFill gets under the skin of the music. It’s like having access to every channel – every instrument – on an old school rare groove multitrack tape!
Steinberg has been receiving reports of individual CI2 users encountering random noise bursts during playback/recording. This issue which occurred when applying certain software settings was examined and has now been fixed. The driver patch plus extension is available in the support section of the Steinberg site.
Does the world really need another simple synthesizer? Urs Heckmann believes it does – but there’s a lot more to ACE than meets the eye.
German manufacturer SPL enhances its Analog Code plug-in series with its Vitalizer sound optimizing processor. The plug-in is based upon the Vitalizer MK2-T and will be released as VST, AU, RTAS and TDM plug-in for MAC and PC.
Native Instruments today introduced SONIC FICTION, a new KORE-Powered instrument that combines inventive field recording with advanced synthesis into an arsenal of hundreds of genuinely otherworldly sounds. Designed by prolific sound design artist Jeremiah Savage and usable with KORE 2 and the free KORE PLAYER, the instrument provides musicians and producers with a inspirational resource for movie and game scoring, modern sound design and various electronic music styles.
TC Electronic – leaders in the world of signal processing and effects – is giving everyone the chance to download a professional TC Reverb… but hurry – the offer only stands for 72 hours! TC Electronic has been at the forefront of effects development for decades, and their reverb algorithms can be found in the best recording and mixing environments in the world. But from Monday 16th November the sought-after sound of one of the finest reverbs on the planet will be yours to download. TC Electronic’s M30 is a small yet great sounding reverb, and for 72 hours it can be downloaded for free.
FabFilter’s software instruments and effects have won the company many awards and fans across the globe thanks to their simple philosophy – to develop plug-ins that sound every bit as good as they look. The Pro-Q precision EQ is no exception, combining a clean and accurate sound and a never-before-seen feature set that has none of the sacrifices you normally have to make when choosing an EQ. And with all of this power crammed behind a great looking interface, Pro-Q could easily become your ‘go to’ plug-in for every EQ application – be it musical, surgical or creative.