Cakewalk today announces availability of free updates for SONAR 8 Producer, SONAR 8 Studio, and SONAR V-Studio 700. The updates are now available as free downloads for registered SONAR 8 and SONAR V-Studio 700 customers at www.cakewalk.com/SONAR83 and www.cakewalk.com/VS700_11, respectively.
Line 6 announces the shipment of POD Studio KB37, a powerful USB audio interface that combines a 37-key MIDI controller and multiple inputs and outputs with a complete collection of pro audio software that includes POD Farm, the premium tone plug-in.
Spectrasonics has released Stylus RMX version 1.7 featuring an innovative and completely new capability called Time Designer which intelligently transforms RMX audio loops into different time signatures and features the ability to Groove Lock the feel of any groove to another all in real time.
Native Instruments today announced that Maschine is now available in stores worldwide.
Image Line Software, the developer of FL Studio, has released Sawer, its latest synthesizer plugin. Sawer is a powerful vintage modeling synthesizer that cuts through the mix with precise articulation and a punchy sound.
The Symphony 32 PCI card is part of the Symphony family of low latency, high performance audio interfaces for the Mac, which include the Symphony Mobile card and the recently introduced Symphony 64 PCI card.
Monocircuit Audio releases its first FX bank, appropriately called Monocircuit Tone2 Filterbank FX 1. Inside this high-octane, dangerous and experimental bank you will find 79 patches that will push the envelope of your audio.
ION Audio, a leader in consumer audio and entertainment technology, announces that it is now shipping its LP 2 CD turntable that records to CD. ION Audio has already sold more than one million USB turntables that convert vinyl to digital files. LP 2 CD is the company’s first turntable that does not require a computer for standalone transfer from vinyl to CD.
Steinberg is pleased to announce a new update for its HALion Symphonic Orchestra VST instrument that provides support for 64-bit editions of Windows Vista, as well as new ‘light’ programs for customers using 32-bit versions of Windows. HALion Symphonic Orchestra is the latest Steinberg product to be made available in a 64-bit version, coming after the release of Cubase 5 for 64-bit Vista. Cubase 5 and HALion Symphonic Orchestra fully support VST Expressions, a new technology that offers dramatically enhanced handling of large sample libraries. The update is available now at www.steinberg.net.
The very first SDX expansion pack dedicated to Superior Drummer 2.0, Vol.2 of the NY Studio Legacy Series, contains unique sample recordings from two legendary New York Studios – Hit Factory NY and Allaire Studios.
Last year Sonic Charge released a very particular softsynth. Synplant is a software synthesizer with a genetic approach to sound creation. Instead of creating patches the conventional way by turning dials and knobs, Synplant lets you explore a world of organic sounds by planting seeds that grow into synth patches. Watch the video below for a detailed explanation of how this strange software synth works and sounds.
Hot on the heels of the TT24 1.7.0 release which added full input/output routing, support for the LP48 card, FOH/MON linking, and DS3232 mic pre gain compensation, users can now download the 1.7.1 update.
The new Metal Amp Room release features presets containing Tue Madsen’s favorite settings from his time with Metal Amp Room and his work with Engel, Heaven Shall Burn, Dagoba, Hatesphere, Ektomorf, and Sirenia among others.
BCR Performer is an application that acts as a driver for the Behringer BCR2000 MIDI Controller. One of the strong points of the BCR is the fact that it updates the LED’s on the knobs and buttons based on information received from Audio/MIDI Software. This means that unlike normal knobs, the knobs on the BCR are always updated to be at the correct value. If you assign a knob on the BCR to the Filter Cutoff of a synth, the host will in turn send a message to the BCR to make sure the correct value is displayed on the LED’s around a knob.
Urs Heckman has started his own YouTube channel where he shows us the workings of Zebra. Zebra is a wireless modular synthesizer. It combines numerous synthesis techniques (subtractive, additive, fm, wavetable, etc.) with a powerful modulation engine that even smoothly integrates with the built-in effects section.