Inklen announces the release of Tonetable 1.1, an update to the iPhone App for DJs who want to control a deck of their digital vinyl system from their iPhone or iPod Touch. The update is available immediately through Apple’s iPhone App Store.
Cakewalk announces a feature packed upgrade for SONAR Producer, the leading choice in digital audio workstations and SONAR Studio the most powerful digital audio workstation in its price range. SONAR 8.5 continues to innovate with new capabilities including enhanced beat creation and arrangement tools, a new drum instrument loaded with stellar kits and patterns, an enhanced audio timing toolset, new multi-stage effect plug-ins for drums and percussion sounds and vocal tracks, engine optimizations and stability improvements, and many additional workflow and technological advances, notably Windows 7 compatibility.
Focusrite are pleased to announce the imminent arrival of their latest eight channel pre-amp, OctoPre MkII and the Saffire 6 USB audio interface.
Native Instruments has announced update 1.1. for Maschine, their next-generation groove production studio.
StringPort from Keith McMillen Instruments (KMI) has opened up a world of synthesis for string players previously inhabited only by keyboardists, and is now shipping to progressive violinists internationally. StringPort is a polyphonic string-to-USB 2.0 converter – not a MIDI converter – with a unique, powerful, and extensible software suite that greatly expands the synthesis and processing palette of violinists.
Novation is pleased to announce the launch of their brand new controller keyboard. The Nocturn Keyboard is based on the control surface of the hugely popular Nocturn.
For its official release of Trillian Spectrasonics has chosen Paris. At the IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique) on October the 22nd, 2009 Spectrasonics will have the world premiere of its highly anticipated new bass virtual instrument Trilian, successor of its award-winning Trilogy Total Bass Module.
Digital Performer 7 is now shipping with many feature additions and productivity enhancements, including a new suite of modeled guitar effects plug-ins that deliver world-class guitar tones.
Buffer Shuffler is a premium audio effect that comes with Max for Live. This audio effect “shuffles” incoming audio by buffering the audio, then replaying it in whatever order you’ve specified. Each channel of the stereo signal can be shuffled with different patterns (unlike Beat Repeat) and there is also a “dice” mode that randomizes the shuffle pattern at each bar crossing. Finally, a smoothing setting limits the amount of clicking at each transition point. Use sensibly to add subtle variations or go full-on to see where it takes you.
Nextbeat is a fully integrated professional DJ System, incorporating intuitive touch sensor controls and innovative performance functions. It is a wireless portable control unit taht enables performers to move free from the main device, resulting in more dynamic and energetic live performances.
Cakewalk, the world’s leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording, announces immediate availability of new Snow Leopard Mac Operating System (version 10.6) device drivers for the V-Studio 100 portable music production system.
Pretty soon the next version of Cakewalk Sonar will get officially announced. We heart it wouldn’t be version 9 but more like version 8.5. The next version of SONAR Producer will offer non-linear arranging of audio & MIDI with a new cell-based view. Take a look at the video below…
Digital Performer 7 lets you record, edit, arrange, mix, process and master audio and MIDI tracks side by side for songwriting, studio production, live performance, film and television sound tracks, audio post production, surround mixing and other professional audio production tasks.
The very successful Si Series family has been joined by a third member, the even more compact Soundcraft Si1 digital live sound console. In just 9 months, Soundcraft has now launched 3 models in this range, picking up no less than 5 industry awards in that time commending the Si console on its ease of use and simplifying the transition from analogue to digital.
TC-Helicon is pleased to announce that its revolutionary VoiceTone Synth is now shipping. VoiceTone Synth is a vocal effects pedal that specialises in recreating the kinds of effects heard on a lot of today’s chart topping tracks and it’s the first time that such a cutting edge collection of vocal effects has been made available in a pedal. The collection includes extreme, exotic and contemporary sounds like jagged HardTuneTM effects, classic vocoder effects, a voice-controlled synthesizer and vocal distortion and megaphone effects. Now vocalists or anyone looking to add a modern edge to their live performances and studio productions can dial-in these effects instantly with the press of a footswitch.