Terratec announces Area 61 keyboard
TerraTec Producer’s Expandable Controller Keyboard AREA 61 will be available in spring this year.
Studio Software
TC Electronics announces Tube-Tech CL 1B plug-in
Emulation is being redefined with Tube-Tech and TC Electronic announcing the Tube-Tech CL 1B plug-in for PowerCore.
NI launches TRAKTOR Ready and TRAKTOR 3 LE Included programs
Native Instruments announced today a new controller compatibility program that will make it easier for DJs to find the best possible performance controller for their TRAKTOR based setups. Selected digital DJ controllers are now labeled to be TRAKTOR Ready respectively TRAKTOR 3 LE Included. As part of this program, TRAKTOR 3 LE is now shipping as the standard DJ software with a wide range of digital DJ controllers from renowned manufacturers.
NI announces Kore 2
Native Instruments today announced KORE 2, the second generation of its advanced multi-functional host system. The new version significantly extends and refines the innovative concepts introduced and established with KORE, seamless integration of any software instruments and effects into a unified architecture, powerful realtime parameter control, and comprehensive sound access functionality. At the same time, KORE 2 expands its role by directly integrating powerful sonic capabilities with a comprehensive included sound library based on integrated NI instrument engines.
All Steinberg VST Instruments IntelMac compatible
At the Musikmesse, Steinberg announced updates for their current VSTi products for compatibility to Intel based Macintosh computers.
Steinberg releases Acid Pro competitor – Sequel
A world premiere! Brand new and presented for the first time, Sequel is Steinbergs new entry level music studio for music creation and live performance. This stunning new all-in-one tool combines recording, editing, mixing and live performance features with a huge collection of up-to-the-minute loops and sounds.
Akai accounces keyboardcontroller
Maximize musical ideas on-stage or in a home studio setting with the new Akai MPK49 performance controller.
IK Multimedia and Sonic Reality announce Sonik Instruments
IK Multimedia and Sonic Reality are proud to announce their latest collaborative effort, Sonik Instruments, a series of virtual instrument plugins dedicated to focused collections of rare and top of the line instruments and sounds. The first announced of this series
are SampleMoog, SampleTron, and Studiophonik.
IK Multimedia and Sonic Reality announce strategic alliance with Moog Music
IK Multimedia and Sonic Reality are proud to announce a strategic alliance with Moog Music to bring out sample based products focused on Moog synthesizer sounds. In an effort to present the flavors of Moog synthesizer history as playable sounds, Sonic Reality has sampled the entire range of vintage Moog synthesizers and together with IK Multimedia, they have created SampleMoog the first comprehensive collection of Moog samples available as a plugin powered by SampleTank.
IK Multimedia announces SampleTank 2.5 upgrade
IK Multimedia is proud to announce SampleTank 2.5, a powerful upgrade for the industry standard sample workstation plugin, SampleTank 2. It includes many new features such as an enhanced built-in effects system with auxiliary and master effects, the addition of a high quality studio reverb, the ability to read all Powered by SampleTank instruments and more.
Bias announces Peak Pro 6
Bias announces Peak Pro 6, a major new upgrade to the award-winning pro audio editing, processing, mastering and delivery software for Mac OS X with Universal compatibility for PPC and Intel-based Macs.
Novation and Overloud join forces
Novation and software control solutions, are excited to be partnering with Italian software company and Almateq brand, Overloud, experts in the field of accurate Guitar Amp simulation.
Focusrite accounces Liquid Mix v2.0
Musik Messe sees the release of Liquid Mix V2.0, a new software release for Liquid Mix, Focusrite’s DSP-powered dynamic convolution mix solution, delivering 32 channels of EQ and Compression simultaneously.
Ableton teams up with Cycling74
Cycling ’74 and Ableton to Codevelop New Products – The world of creative media software tools is about to get a lot more interesting. A new strategic partnership between Ableton and Cycling ’74 promises exciting developments on the horizon for digital media creators, producers, and performers. Ableton CEO and cofounder Gerhard Behles and Cycling ’74 CEO David Zicarelli are pleased to announce this unique alliance between the two dynamic and innovative audio/video software companies.
GForce impOSCar goes Universal Binary
Hot on the heels of the M-Tron Universal Binary update comes the impOSCar! It has been a huge job for GMedia to roll out Universal Binary editions of their amazing soft synth range, but the company are now on a roll and here is number two!