IK Multimedia and Muse Research is proud to announce the release of Total Workstation Rack, a hybrid of two powerful music production tools, IK’s Total Workstation line (powered by SampleTank) and Muse’s hardware plug-in player, Receptor. This unique combination of hardware and software together makes for one of the most powerful sound modules ever made!
SINDO V2 is Crysonics next generation hybrid stereo image expander (widener) / Narrower with many enhanced new features offering an extremely high level of mono compatibility with minimal side effects.
Version 2.3 offers an improved reverberation and is required for use of the Grimaldi add-on instrument. The upgrade is free to all customers. There is also a trial version with an evaluation period of 45 days. It is open for evaluation also to former trial users whose evaluation period expired.
Akai Professional continues to listen to the needs of musicians, releasing updated firmware for the MPD24 USB/MIDI Pad Controller.
Akai Professional announces that the MPD32 pad controller is available for purchase.
M-Audio is pleased to announce the launch of our official user forums. If you are interested in making and recording music, this is the best place to share ideas and get up to speed on the latest M-Audio gear. Discuss production techniques, hot tips and favorite gear with fellow technology enthusiasts, and get valuable assistance from other users.
An updated version 1.5 of Voxengo Overtone GEQ has been released and is available for download. Overtone GEQ is a free 7-band equalizer plug-in in AudioUnit and VST plug-in formats for Windows and Mac OS X computers.
The E2Transienter is now available in VST, AU and RTAS formats for both Windows and OSX. It supports Syncrosoft and is available in the Eiosis online shop for €170, including the Syncrosoft dongle.
API has established a brand new line of analog signal processing products, Arsenal Audio. The new line provides an outlet for the company to innovate and expand beyond the core technology on which API has built its reputation since it was established in the late 1960s. Arsenal Audio will launch at Summer NAMM in Nashville with an initial offering of three new products, the R20 two-channel mic pre and the R24 two-channel four-band EQ, plus the V14 four-band VPR 500 format equalizer.
Alesis, the world’s leading manufacturer of professional audio equipment and studio electronics, is proud to introduce ProTrack, the world’s first professional handheld digital stereo recorder for iPod.
The BEHRINGER ULTRAZONE ZMX8210 zone mixer is the ideal audio solution for anyone who needs to add music and paging capabilities to their environment. A professional 8-channel audio mixer designed specifically for fixed installation applications, the rack mountable ZMX8210 can distribute music programming and announcements to up to three zones (rooms). Typical applications include restaurants, office areas, health clubs and houses of worship, just to name a few.
Vir2 invite you to become master of the low end with BASiS, a breakthrough new virtual instrument. Featuring a comprehensively sampled collection of electric, upright, fretless, and synth basses, BASiS offers incredible attention to detail in the depth and breadth of the basses: 24-bit sampling, DI and amp blending control, multiple velocity layers, seamless humanizing, custom legato and vibrato tools, release layers, harmonics, hammer-ons, pulloffs, slides, slaps, rakes, falls, and more.
The latest addition to the Abbey Road plug-in series, the Brilliance Pack, is now available. It provides emulations of the RS127 and RS135 ‘presence’ EQs, which were key components of the Abbey Road sound during the ’60s and used on countless famous recordings.
LinPlug today releases the SaxLab 2 Saxophone Synthesizer for PC. A Mac version will follow as soon as possible. SaxLab is the result of many years of investigation and programming. It uses not one technology, but a very carefully balanced mixture of various techniques, to obtain the most realistic sax sound you can get from a virtual instrument. Authenticy, Expression and Variation is a must to obtain believable sax sounds.
Mackie announced two exciting new updates to the TT System32, the LP48 Loudspeaker Processing Card and TT1.7 software update. The powerful combination of Dolby EQ and loudspeaker processing, plus the capabilities offered by the simple software update, add tremendous routing flexibility and an even more professional feature set to the TT System32 Digital Live system.