Able10 – 10 FREE Livepacks
To celebrate the Able10 anniversary, Ableton is giving away 10 free, exclusive Live Packs from Ableton artists. Take a look inside these songs and sounds and see how these exceptional artists work their Live mojo.
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Toontrack Music upgrades EZdrummer to 1.2
EZdrummer 1.2.0 is now available. This update is recommended for all EZdrummer users. It adds essential support for the latest generation of EZX-s.
Ableton launches Able10 – 10 years of ableton. Join the party
Ableton is pleased to announce Able10 – a season of 2 months (November en December) with special offers, events, Give Aways and new products to celebrate the 10 YEARS of ABLETON.
Ableton announces Live INTRO
Ableton Live INTRO – a complete production environment for less than the price of a Plug-In! Live INTRO is the starter-version of Ableton Live and the succeeder of Live 7 LE – but still an extremely powerful product with all the essential features of Ableton Live at an unbelievable low price with more features and loads of content!
Brainworx releases FREE bx_cleansweep v1.0
Brainworx has released a new free plug-in, bx_cleansweep. bx_cleansweep features a lo-pass and hi-pass filter – introducing BX’s “anti-crush” 6 dB lp-filter, taken from bx_digital V2. It is available for Windows and Mac OS X in VST, AU and RTAS effect plug-in formats.
TeamDNR releases MixControl Channelstrip Pack
TeamDNR Collaborative Designs announces the release of MixControl, a flexible channelstrip package consisting of 2 high quality mixing plug-ins featuring precision measurement equalizers and tight, responsive gate and compressor modules.
Wave Arts announces Tube Saturator
Tube Saturator represents the first step into the world of accurate real-time analog modeling. Unlike other tube simulators which use radically simplified models, Tube Saturator uses state of the art circuit simulator technology to capture every nuance of an analog system.
Image Line releases Vocodex
Vocodex is simply one of the best sounding vocoders on the market today. Try the demo and hear why Vocodex is the last word in vocoding.
IK Multimedia announces the Mobile Groove Video Contest
IK Multimedia is proud to announce the “Mobile Groove Video Contest” on YouTube, powered by GrooveMaker, FourTrack, MixMeister Scratch, DopplerPad and InstantDrummer apps for iPhone/iTouch! Post your iPhone/iPod Music Video* on YouTube by December 15th, 2009 and you may win cool DJ gear and your share of over $6000 worth in prizes! You can win a Stanton SCS 3 Controller Bundle, PRO DJ 60 headphones, music production and mastering software from IK Multimedia, Sonoma Wire Works and MixMeister, a marketing package from BroadJam.com, plus cool soft-wear and accessories from HouseMusicChannel.com. 29 winners will be selected in 4 categories: Most Rated, Most Commented, Most Views and Honorable Mention.
Waves releases Vocal Rider and Version 7
Vocal Rider is the first of Waves pioneering new series of Mix tools. Simply put, Vocal Rider rides the levels of vocal tracks, automatically. Instead of manually riding the physical mixing console fader, or tediously drawing in each individual level change on a DAW track, Vocal Rider does it for you, making it a true timesaver.
HG Fortune Arracis Gold VSTi Synthesizer Updated to V1.2
H.G. Fortune updated Arracis Gold Pro VSTi Synthesizer to Ver 1.2. Changes affect Pro and Free version. Arracis Gold VSTi Synthesizer’s most significant feature is the 4 x 8 osc step sequencer with adjustable gatelength + modulation on gatelength. With this step sequencer you can have a quite rhythmical output incl. short blips (stepping among the oscillators in selectable sequence) plus mixing to the normal (steady) output signal for vivid Pad or Athmos. Thus it is easy to get really fascinating sounds even at the oscillator section only. In addtion the 2 inbuilt filters provide further means for tweaking. Finally at the output section there is Spook fx and two delays in series incl. pan modulation for delay and direct out for stunning spatial movement in stereo.
Akai APC40 European Video Contest
The Akai Pro APC40 is the perfect controller for Ableton Live. Combining the APC40 with Ableton Live transforms your experience from constructing tracks on a computer to fluid, musical creation. Akai Professional wants to know, how you produce with your APC40 and how LIVE has changed for you. Thats why Akai Professional announces the European APC40 video contest, starting November, 1st and ending December, 31st 2009. Capture your APC40/Live performance with a camcoder and upload your video to the Akai Pro Youtube Group.
Spectrasonics Trillian Bass Module demo video
Past week Spectrasonics finally started shipping their new Trillian Bass Module. Trilian is designed from the ground up to be the most versatile bass virtual instrument available today with a new level of expressive, real-time performance for acoustic and electric basses – plus cutting-edge synth bass tones with powerful editing and extraordinary sound quality. Trilian is the successor to Spectrasonics’ award-winning Trilogy bass instrument, offering deeper control of musical expression and much greater flexibility of sound shaping. Trilian’s 34GB library is 10-times the size of Trilogy and features all new acoustic, electric and synth basses.
iZotope Alloy essential mixing tools demo
The world of DAWs doesn’t need another channel strip. What it needs is a better way of working with the essential tools you need for all of your tracks and busses. That’s why iZotope designed Alloy. Alloy provides the key dynamics and sound shaping effects you’ll use again and again, in a self-contained and completely configurable interface.