Monthly Archives: March 2010

Studio Software, VIDEOS

UAD Manley Massive Passive EQ Powered Plug-in

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Universal Audios UAD Powered Plug-In versions of the Manley Massive Passive EQs represent UAs most ambitious and detailed EQ model to date. The two-channel, four-band Manley Massive Passive tube EQ utilizes design strengths from choice console, parametric, graphic, and Pultec EQs — delivering a fundamentally different sounding EQ that is beyond compare. The plug-in version captures the behavior of the hardware with the level of detail that UA is famous for.

Studio Software

SONiVOX Releases Eighty Eight Grand Piano Virtual Instrument

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SONiVOX, Boston based virtual instrument manufacturer today announced the release of their heavily anticipated Grand Piano Virtual Instrument, Eighty Eight. Conceived and designed as an exceptional virtual embodiment of a Steinway CD 327 grand, Eighty Eight affords piano and keyboard players alike the opportunity to experience a truly world-class grand piano from the relative comfort and proximity of their digital audio workstation.

Studio Software

XILS-lab announces the polyKB

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XILS-lab is proud to announce its new product : the polyKB. The polyKB is a recreation of a very rare, very powerful polyphonic synthesizer released in the 80’s by a french company. It is a polyphonic substractive synthesizer based on two waveform morphing, aliasing free oscillators and a self oscilating 4 poles low pass filter.

Studio Software

Audio Damage Discord3 preview

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Audio Damage gave us an preview of Discord3 plugin via their Analog Industries blog. It follows the Discord2.  Discord 2 took the vintage pitch-shifting style of Discord 1 and 1.5 to an entirely new plateau. With a full-featured delay section and mod routing system, Discord 2 is a specialized platform for special effects, in addition to its normal skill as a workhorse delay and pitch-shifter. Discord3 will even make more truly bizarre shit happening…

Studio Software

TechnoTrance Soundset for Largo available

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Waldorf has announced that a new TechnoTrance Soundset for Largo from sound designer Rob Lee is now available. The soundset contains128 brand new presets and consists of Arps, fat basses, House and Techno chords, searing leads, evolving pads and more, thus giving you all the tools you need to start producing quality Techno and Trance music. The download package contains the soundset as FXB bank as well as all single sounds in FXP format.

DJ GEAR, Studio Hardware, Studio Software

Pioneer DJ introducing DJM-2000 Mixer Flagship

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The art of DJing is now in the digital age, and the next generation of DJ mixers needs to keep pace with the CDJ revolution. The DJM-2000 truly does that. The brand new DJM-2000 is Pioneer’s most powerful performance mixer and is the perfect match for the new industry-standard CDJ-2000 digital decks. With an innovative touch screen and arsenal of remixing FX, the DJM-2000 forms the ultimate club mixer. No less than six individual effects processors lay the foundation for hundreds of music manipulation combinations, so a DJ can always create their own unique sound.

Studio Software

AAS releases the Starlight sound bank for Ultra Analog VA-1

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Starlight is AAS’ third sound bank title for Ultra Analog VA-1 and lands with sounds collected at the confine of the galaxy. Its 149 presets scattered across ambient, arpeggiator, arpeggiator bass, chime, effect, keys, lead, rhythm, and synthesizer categories breach into the outer space for an impregnable intergalactic landscape. Whether you want to teleport your music into another dimension or simply leave for an orbital spaceflight, Starlight is your ideal shuttle.

Studio Hardware

Livid Block Diablo now available

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Block is a compact and programmable MIDI control surface designed for interactive audio performance. Built on the same bi-directional and adaptable platform as the Ohm64, Block provides a powerful interface for creating and interacting with sound in a small easy-to-transport body. Sixty four backlight led buttons provide endless possibilities for visual feedback with the instrument by connecting it to Ableton Live, Max/Msp, our open source sounds apps, or any other software that supports MIDI. The Limited Edition Block Diablo is only available while supplies last. This version has a mahogany body, black faceplate, and red LED’s.