Electrix has released Virtual Repeater Pro, a plug-in for live loop recording, sampling and overdubbing using your PC or Mac. Sync your loops to audio or MIDI and control them with your hands or feet. Record a loop and then speed it up or slow it down – without affecting the pitch. Other Effects and features include Time Stretching, Undo, Reverse, Slip, Overdub and Resample which allows you to bounce multiple tracks down to one.
Electrix, a division of SBD Music, Inc., has announced its plan to release a new line of sound processors.
FabFilter has released FabFilter Pro-C, a new professional compressor plug-in with very high
quality sound, flexible routing and side chain options, and various beautiful program dependent compression styles. The innovative user interface and animated level display make compression with FabFilter Pro-C easy to grasp for everyone.
Blue Cat just unleashed a new version of Blue Cat’s Gain Suite, a freeware gain adjustment plugins package for Windows, including mono, stereo and mid/side DirectX and VST plugins.
Zplane.development announced the release of vielklang 1.1 in September 2007. They made vielklang an even more versatile and powerful tool in the production process. The release of version 1.1 will definitely extend vielklang’s lead as the quickest, easiest and most musical harmonization tool available.
Apogee has released updates to their Symphony PCI-E card driver and Maestro application.
Well at first glance it may look like a toy that your child would love to play with, and well … it could actually, but it is a musical sequencer. The Tangible Sequencer is a simple musical instrument. There are 8 colored boxes each with a large triangular play button that lights up in time with music. Press play on any box and it will play a sound. Put boxes next to each other and they become aware of one another. The boxes take turns playing their sounds one after another just as you have laid them out. Just follow the arrows!
PreSonus is pleased to announce the MegaStudio Producer, a complete audio and video production studio including the FP10 10×10 firewire recording interface (available in stores September 1, 2007).
Ultimate FM is a unique sound library for all DASHsnd compatible VST instruments- an extensive collection of sounds from Yamaha’s classic, but notoriously difficult to program, FS1r. HQS Vol. 1 features all the character and sounds you would expect from a top-class FM sample set plus more thanks to the FS1r’s additional waveform features and formant filters. You will find basses, organs, electric pianos, brass, pluck, fx and synthesised sounds, as well as several formant sequences.
The Mackie Onyx Satellite represents a breakthrough for computerbased audio and music production. As the world’s first two-piece FireWire recording system, Satellite consists of a portable recording Pod with premium Onyx mic preamps, and a desktop Base Station with additional inputs and outputs.
Waves has taken action against facilities that use their software illegally. With help of undercover agents who posed as potential clients they visited several studios and audio facilities and gathered information on the use of illegal Waves software.
This August sees the unveiling of Focusrite’s new ISA 828 eight channel microphone pre-amplifier. The ISA 828 features eight original ISA transformer based pre amps in a single robust 2U chassis, and offers the Focusrite signature sound at the lowest cost per channel to date.
The Sound Forge 9 professional digital audio production suite includes everything you need to quickly get from raw audio to finished master. Use this suite to create and edit stereo and multichannel audio files with speed and precision. Efficiently analyze, record and edit audio, digitize and restore old recordings, model acoustic environments, design sound for multimedia, and master replication ready CDs. Version 9.0b has just been released and ready for download at the Sony website.
The Musicrow Group releases PianoBoy VST instrument, a virtual acoustic piano for windows PC.
The new version of the renowned virtual drummer is now being shipped out to resellers worldwide. On top of the classic Groove Agent module from previous versions, Groove Agent 3 incorporates two completely new player modules.