From music to movie soundtracks and beyond, audio engineers are upmixing all sorts of content from stereo to surround, to capture the excitement of today’s full, multi-speaker environments. And when the original multi-track sessions aren’t available, they have to work with stereo mixes. Presenting the UM225 and UM226 stereo-to-surround processors, two new tools which bring Waves quality to the new surround soundscape.
Jamcussion is the long-awaited hand percussion add-on for Jamstix 2. It is the most complex Jamstix expansion that we have developed so far. Not only does it add a wide range of percussive sounds and new style and player models but it also expands the interface of Jamstix 2 to allow the simulation of three dedicated percussionists, complete with separate bar, song and kit editing.
From the C thu Music website: The AXiS-49 is a USB MIDI keyboard designed for home studio or tour bus use.
Finally the long awaited (and announced) title in the Toontrack Music Toontrack Software Tools series is ready for release. Taking a new angle on the conversion of drum audio to drum MIDI and drum sound replacement, Drumtracker features stand alone operation and all out manual operation.
Blazin Beats for the next Level. Equipped with 20 pumping construction kits based on minimalist influence with a blast of artificial texture overload. These stealthy, covert themes were made to fuel endless high-tech tracking needs. Each kit includes intro / outro, verses and refrains standard. 900 loops are bundled for excessive alternative personalization options.
iZotope has updated iDrum to version 1.7, and it’s a free update for registered iDrum users! iDrum 1.7 incorporates useful new features like support for time signatures other than 4/4 and a simple-to-use song editor that allows you to easily chain patterns together. iDrum now features two separate humanize controls, a “Groove” control and a Swing control, giving you more control over the feel of your beats.
PreSonus VP of Sales and Marketing Rick Naqvi is beta-testing the new PreSonus StudioLive 16-channel digital mixer in the field, and you are there! Join Rick on his new StudioLive blog as he mixes and records an assortment of live and studio performances in various clubs, churches, concert halls, and studios.
Level Pilot is a stylish, high-resolution volume solution that fits into any active speaker set-up quickly and easily and with a minimum of clutter and wires. Level Pilot gives you convenient and high-precision control over your levels where you would ideally want it: right at your fingertips. Whether you are a passionate hobbyist recording in your bedroom, a musician with a small home studio set-up or working at a pro recording facility, LevelPilot makes sure the volume is always exactly where you need it, when you need it.
Once again, the Vienna Symphonic Library team covers new ground, with music software that addresses virtually everybody creating music on a computer. VIENNA SUITE is a bundle of eight advanced, yet easy to use audio processing tools for mixing and mastering. For optimum precision, the plug-ins offer full 64-bit audio processing on all major 64-bit and 32-bit host platforms supporting the formats AU (OS X), VST (OS X, Win), and RTAS (OS X).
Steinberg is pleased to announce two more Content Sets for its Sequel 2 Music Creation and Performance Software. Each featuring over 300MB of studio-grade loop content, the new Sequel Content Sets have been designed by professional audio content producers.
Applied Acoustics Systems is announcing an exceptional promotion to celebrate 10 years of physical modeling and software instrument development.
SM Pro Audio is now shipping their highly anticipated V-Machine VST player in the US market. The V-Machine is a compact VST/VSTi hardware playback module designed to take plug-ins on the road or into the studio and access them directly without a computer.
After several beta versions, Audjoo have now officially released Helix. Over two years it has been developed with the demanding sound designer in mind, but is easy enough to use for any synth enthusiast to enjoy.
Classic Boxes Collection is a software bundle that contains the emulations of the famous classic boxes, namely: Phoscyon, Drumazon and Nepheton.
With the release of version 3.3.1 drivers for Windows XP/Vista and Mac OS X, PreSonus popular FireStudio Tube and FireStudio Project FireWire recording systems have taken a quantum leap in functionality.