Studio Software

Celemony releases Melodyne editor with DNA Direct Note Access

Celemony is proud to announce that Melodyne editor will be on sale in stores worldwide from Monday November 16th, 2009. Melodyne editor is the first Celemony product to feature the company’s pioneering DNA Direct Note Access technology allowing access to individual notes in polyphonic audio material. The recommended resale price of Melodyne editor is 349 €. Coincident with the launch of Melodyne editor, Celemony is presenting its new product line, comprising Melodyne studio bundle, Melodyne editor, Melodyne assistant and Melodyne essential RTAS.

Able10 Party in Amsterdam

The international dance music platform 365mag.com will present, in collaboration with Media Satellite, an exclusive Able10 Party to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of Ableton. Ableton wants to thank all our loyal users in Benelux for the last ten years, and we will do this exclusively on Saturday, November 21 in the Sugar Factory, Amsterdam.

PowerFX releases Funktronica

PowerFX has released Funktronica, a collection of acoustic and electronic instrument loops to help any production get a groove on. Funktronica combines funky, retro guitar comps, soulful basses and jazzy percussion with the contemporary synth riffs, house breaks and booming basses for a full on booty shaking, party vibe. This downloadable package includes over 1.3 GB´s of pure content in .wav files (1050) with no redundant formats.

AAS updates Tassman 4 and Ultra Analog VA-1

Applied Acoustics Systems are happy to release Tassman 4 v4.1.3 update for Mac OS X and Windows. This maintenance update is free of charge for all registered users of Tassman 4. Furthermore they released an Ultra Analog VA-1 v1.1.2 update for Mac OS X and Windows. This maintenance update is free of charge for all registered users of Ultra Analog VA-1.

Waves releases two new Post Production plugins

The first in the new line of dedicated Waves Post Production tools, the WNS Waves Noise Suppressor is a real-time multiband processor for fast and effective broadband noise suppression on dialog tracks. Suitable for both indoor and location recordings with constant or modulating environment noise, WNS delivers superior sound quality with minimal artifacts.

Designed from the ground up especially for Post professionals, the workflow, approach, and interface of the WNS will be immediately familiar to Post engineers. WNS offers all the flexibility, portability, power, and precision of software, like true Pro Tools integration, multiple simultaneous instances, and full automation.

AAS unveils The Entangled Species Sound Bank for String Studio VS-1

Entangled Species is AAS’ second sound bank title for String Studio VS-1, and grants exclusive access to the beloved tools, inspirational encounters, and living sounds of composer David Kristian. The 128 presets covering arpeggiators, pads, loopers, synthesizers, keyboards, noises, and sound effects shall evolve as a natural extension of the sonic inventory of anyone into electro-acoustic, ambient, and film music arrangements. And with String Studio VS-1 behind the scene, users can easily transform them with just a few tweaks.

Five12 Numerology 2.2 Released

Five12 today announces the release of Numerology 2.2 for Mac OS X. New features in this release include a Pitch Glide feature for easily adding pitch bends to monophonic sequences, a speech synthesis option, and direct support for Volta from MOTU and SilentWay from ExpertSleepers. The Pitch Glide feature in Numerology’s MonoNote sequencing module allows you to easily add pitch bends to monophonic sequences. In addition to making it trivialy easy to build class acid basslines, Pitch Glide can be used for funk grooves, swirly synthesizer leads, extreme glissandos or just a little bend here and there.

Spectrasonics releases Omnisphere Version 1.1

On the heels of the release of their epic new Trilian(r) Total Bass Module virtual instrument, Spectrasonics has announced the release of version 1.1 of their award-winning Omnisphere(r) Power Synth – featuring native 64-bit Windows support, core library integration with Trilian and more. The new v1.1 is also Mac and Windows 32-bit compatible. For users who have both virtual instruments, sounds from Trilian can now be opened inside Omnisphere – allowing deeper editing of the Trilian sounds, as well as the creation of layers and splits with both instruments’ sounds in the same environment. The Omnisphere v1.1 update is free to all Omnisphere users as a download from the Spectrasonics website.