STUDIO

Sony restyles ACIDplanet.com

Sony Creative Software, a leading provider of professional video and audio production applications, has unveiled its newly redesigned ACIDplanet.com Web site, the Internet’s premier destination for independent musicians and fans that want to listen to the newest remixes by the creative community. In addition, the Company is introducing ACID Xpress 7 software, a free version based on its leading ACID Music Studio application.

URS announces Saturation Plug-in v2.5

URS Announces Saturation Plug-in v2.5 is now available for RTAS, Audio Units and VST Mac OSX Leopard and Tiger, Windows XP and Vista, and is ProTools 8 compliant. Version 2.5. is a free upgrade for existing Saturation users. The URS Saturation plug-in v2.5 includes ten vintage analog algorithms. The six digitally recreated Pre Amplifiers add different and distinct vintage even and odd ordered harmonics, input stage saturation and soft clipping.

ARTURIA announces version 2.0 of BRASS

BRASS, the award-winning software recreation of three wind instruments, a trumpet, a saxophone and a trombone, is now coming in version 2. All the characteristics of the real instruments have been analysed and modelled by Ircam Paris through mathematical algorithms, to offer extreme realism and expressivity.

Celemony presents Melodyne editor with DNA

Celemony is presenting at the NAMM Show 2009 Melodyne editor, the first product with Direct Note Access. DNA technology was first introduced at the Musikmesse Frankfurt 2008 and has aroused great interest worldwide. It allows for the first time to edit individual chord tones in audio recordings. Melodyne editor offers for single audio tracks all the possibilities that have made Melodyne legendary, and, with DNA, opens up in addition to these unique new possibilities for the correction and refashioning of audio material. Melodyne editor can run as a plug-in or stand-alone and will be available from spring 2009 for 349 US$/€.

IK Multimedia announces StealthPedal

IK Multimedia is proud to present the StealthPedal, the first guitar audio interface/software controller in a compact wah-style pedal, allowing users to record, play and control the included “Powered By AmpliTube” software, or any other MIDI controllable software, with the same feel and ease of use as a traditional guitar pedal.