Studio Software

NI releases more Abbey Road Drums

ABBEY ROAD | 70s DRUMS is the second of Native Instruments’ collaborations with Abbey Road Studios London. This KONTAKT Instrument contains no emulations or modeling of any kind – ABBEY ROAD | 70s DRUMS is built entirely of high-quality samples of two distinctive vintage drum kits from the 1970s, made accessible via an easy-to-use interface newly created in conjunction with the Abbey Road experts. Made up of thousands of painstakingly sampled hits, every sound in this KONTAKT Instrument was recorded in Abbey Road’s legendary Studio Two using classic vintage equipment from that period.

Toontrack releases Songwriters Drumpack

Wouldn’t it be convenient having full verses, choruses, bridges, – complete song structures – in an array of styles, tempos and feels, categorized in separate songs with an individual hierarchy of increasing intensity? Pro-played drum MIDI that you could drag, drop and use to construct your full track in literally a few mouse-clicks?

Presonus demonstrations at the MusikMesse

Presonus will take the opportunity to demonstrate many of the product announcements, made at the past NAMM, to the European audience. At this years Messe Presonus will give an in-depth demonstration of the recently announced version 1.5 of its Studio One™ DAW software. This major free update adds so many important features and enhancements that the company decided to skip the previously planned version 1.1 and go directly to this more advanced version.

Akai Pro APC20 introduction video

The APC20 offers legendary Akai Pro APC build quality with a compact footprint. The APC20 is the link between human and computer that perfectly balances analytical parameter control with creative expression. Whether you are an electronic music artist and Live is your canvas, a DJ using Live to mix or remix tracks, or a more traditional musician using Live on stage or in the studio, you will find the APC20 to the intuitive, powerful instrument that directly links your inspiration with Ableton Live. It can also be the ideal companion for your APC40. How, … just watch the video.

ARTURIA announces THE ONE

Arturia announces THE ONE, a single-box containing every Arturia software instrument and a single license to activate one of them. This product comes from a simple observation: in stores, it may not always be possible to find the title you want. Dealers may have one instrument in stock, but not all products by the company. The idea with THE ONE is to make sure all titles are in one box and the user decides which one he will authorize.

Crysonic releases nXtasy V3

nXtasy is considered to be the leading and best sounding multi-octave Harmonic Tube Saturation inducing DSP plug-in in use by many Audio professionals today. V3 improves the magical results attained by its predecessor V2 in a brand new product bringing  many new and very exciting features including core enhancements, performance enhancements together with a completely new gorgeous UI revamp to match.

Celemony announce Melodyne updates

Celemony Software GmbH is pleased to announce that Melodyne editor, the first product to offer the patented DNA Direct Note Access technology, will be updated to version 1.1 in April. The free update improves the sound quality, performance and reliability of the software, optimizes numerous functions, and fixes a number of bugs. At the same time as the Melodyne editor update, updates will be appearing for Melodyne assistant and Melodyne essential RTAS.

Trigger – drum replacement announced by Slate Digital announced

Introducing TRIGGER, the next generation of drum replacement by Slate Digital. TRIGGER introduces new features and advancements not found in any other drum replacement plugin. At the heart of TRIGGER is a revolutionary new triggering engine with Slate Digital’s ADVANCED ALGORITHMS. The engine also contains the AMG humanization algorithm. AMG is a physically modeled triggering algorithm that allows the triggered drums to play with an extremely realistic and natural response. Even ghost notes and complex drum fills can now be retriggered with ease, naturally.

Toontrack Music announces the birth of Beatstation

And there it is, after a few weeks of teasing Toontrack has announced BeatStation. It plays percussion pads, lead instruments and melodic basses. Beatstation uses a flexible and skinnable open playing surface. It handles custom samples, midi grooves and .rex files. Apart from the video on their website there still isn’t much information but it looks like it is a VSTi that can be whatever you want it be. Although it is firmly planted in the Toontrack legacy of designing the best percussive virtual instruments Beatstation marks a departure for Toontrack, introducing melodic instruments, REX support, and recording capabilities making it the ultimate open surface sampler for sound designers, producers, musicians and songwriters alike.