Native Instruments announces four new Kore soundspacks
Native Instruments today announced an upcoming expansion of its recently established KORE SOUNDPACK line, with four additional high-quality libraries scheduled for release in March.
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Native Instruments announces Kore player
Native Instruments today announced Kore player, a free software instrument that adds full ready-to-play capabilities to the recently established line of KORE SOUNDPACK libraries. Based on the innovative KORE 2 host system, the Kore player enables musicians and producers to efficiently access and play any KORE SOUNDPACK material in their host sequencer and as a standalone instrument – opening up a new and highly affordable way to use a wide range of inspiring high-quality sound material from Native Instruments in the studio and on stage.
New Spectrasonics Flagship is called OMNISPHERE
After many years of development, Spectrasonics previewed their brand new flagship virtual instrument Omnisphere at the Winter NAMM show. The revolutionary ‘Power Synth’ breaks completely new sonic ground by combining a wide variety of hybrid realtime synthesis techniques, an epic library of remarkable ‘Psychoacoustic’ sounds, and many innovative features that have never been seen before in any hardware or software synthesizer.
URS announces URS Saturation plug-in for Mac OSX Au and VST
The URS Saturation plug-in digitally recreates four different and distinct pre amplifiers each featuring: a different type of input stage saturation, even and odd ordered harmonics and soft clipping.
Solid State Logic launches Duende MINI
Solid State Logic, the world’s leading manufacturer of professional digital and analogue consoles, is proud to announce that the quality, precision and DSP driven power of SSL plug-ins is now available in a cool new compact, portable desktop box: Duende Mini.
PreSonus introduces 3 brand new products at NAMM
PreSonus Audio Electronics is proud to announce that they will be featuring 3 brand new products at the 2008 NAMM show, including the DigiMAX D8, AudioBox USB, and the FireStudio Tube.
Novation announces the Nocturn controller
NAMM 2008 plays host to the worldwide launch of Nocturn, the latest controller from Novation, innovators in music software control. Novations most affordable hardware controller to date, Nocturn promises to unleash the full potential of all your favourite instrument and effect plug-ins.
Novation updates Audiomap to 2.0
Following the monumental success of Novations revolutionary Automap Universal, a protocol exclusive to Novation controllers, providing automatic and intelligent control of your music software, NAMM 2008 sees the arrival of the eagerly awaited Automap Universal 2.0.
Focusrite announces ISA One mic preamp
NAMM 2008 sees the unveiling of Focusrites new ISA One microphone pre-amplifier. ISA One delivers Focusrites prestigious ISA transformer-based pre amp in a rugged and portable chassis, at a ground-breaking price.
Steinberg announces Cubase Essential 4
Steinberg is pleased to announce a new Personal Music Production System: Cubase Essential 4. Tailored to musicians, home studios and anyone on a tight budget, Cubase Essential 4 is a streamlined version of Steinberg’s award-winning Cubase 4.
Sonnox announces Oxford SuprEsser plug-in
Sonnox is excited to announce the launch of its first new plug-in since the Company became independent in April 2007. The Oxford SuprEsser joins the existing range of highly regarded audio processing plug-ins in the Sonnox line-up.
Steinberg releases VST3 SDK
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH is proud to announce the release of the Software Development Kit (SDK) for VST3, the latest generation of its VST platform. VST3 offers new capabilities to developers of host applications, audio plug-ins and virtual instruments.
Tone2 FilterBank3.2 and BiFilter v2.2 released
Tone2 has released two updated versions of their plugins. First one is the complete VST synthesizer and a flexible multi-effect unit, Filterbank 3. Second update is for the high-end quality stereo filter module BiFilter2.
AAS Strum Acoustic just around the corner
“Can’t learn the guitar in time for your deadline. Your favorite session player is out of town. Romplers are not quite there. Strum is the just-right solution.” With these words Applied Acoustics introduces us to their new Strum Acoustic GS-1 Guitar Plug-in Synthesizer. Without giving away more details AAS says Strum Acoustic will be out by the end of 2008’s first quarter, when more details will be revealed.
ARTURIA announces version 1.2 of the Prophet V
The virtual emulation offered in the Prophet V is an exact replica of the original instrument and uses the same subtractive synthesis model. Subtractive synthesis refers to the filtering of sounds in a specific way in order to create harmonically rich waveforms and new timbres. Our reproduction of Subtractive synthesis with TAE guarantees the sound quality of the instrument. Arturia has announced update-version 1.2. which is free to all registered users and can be downloaded at their website.