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.
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.
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.
Tone2 FilterBank3 is a complete VST synthesizer and a flexible multi-effect unit. The modular design and flexible modulation routing give you nearly unlimited possibilities. Tone2 has recently released version 3.1.
Native Instruments has just released GUITAR COMBOS 1.1.1, an update for its popular amplifier emulation series. GUITAR COMBOS is a series of three charismatic amp emulations that combine studio-grade sound quality with maximum ease of use, the TWANG COMBO, the AC BOX COMBO and the PLEXI COMBO. All three combos consist of a classic tube amplifier with a speaker box and several integrated effects, giving musicians and producers straightforward
access to a wide range of pure and highly musical guitar tones in software.
Sugar Bytes has updated Effect Keyboard Artillery 2. Now ready for IntelMac, PPC and Windows.
Apple today introduced iLife ’08, the most significant upgrade ever to Apple’s award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications. Garageband is a part of the iLife product series.