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Crysonic SpectraLive Vision – Audio Vitalizer Announced
CRYSONIC today Announced their next incarnation of their Main Flagship Product Called SPECTRALIVE VISION. “This is a big announcement for us and we are very excited to introduce a Completely new VISION for SPECTRALIVE which now utilizes a greatly improved version of our proprietary Audio Vitality and Enhancement Engine“, Said Director of PR James Riley from Crysonic.
Spectralive VISION also encapsulates the best features of all previous Spectralive products and eliminates clutter with a new visual work flow paradigm. The unique Spectralive process created by Crysonic in 2004 is designed to add more warmth, much Better stereo coherence, significantly less phase distortion, great reduction of frequency masking, extra sparkle, more presence, improved spectral definition and less harmonic distortion to any stereo audio material.
Sugar Bytes Cyclop Bass Synthesizer Released
Sugar Bytes have just released a new bass synthesizer called Cyclop. Touching down in the future of music with the most seriously fun bass synth in the universe. Breaking the mould and far beyond the mainstream, Cyclop delivers some of the hardest bass your subwoofer has ever played.
Bias Inc. …. No More!
Sadly, another post we don’t enjoy posting, but we got news that Bias Inc. has ceased operations. On the front page of their website a short message has appeared explaining this decision.
MOTU Track16 Desktop Interface Introduced
MOTU just introduced their new desktop audio interface, Track16. Simple operation. Clean design. Studio-grade sound quality. Track16 exhibits these design principles through and through. And don’t let its compact size deceive you. There’s plenty of I/O available for a well-equipped personal studio, ready for multi-player recording sessions. Track16’s pristine mic preamps, balanced line-level audio connections, and renowned MOTU engineering deliver world-class audio quality.
TC Electronic Adds Off-line Measuring to LM6 Radar Loudness Meter
Existing LM6 users can now upgrade to version 1.1 and get access to the AudioSuite off-line feature, which allows for measuring a full track at a speed faster than real time. After the track has been measured, LM6 displays the full loudness history of the track, using the easy-to-read Radar Display™, and complete loudness statistics, including Program Loudness (LKFS/LUFS), Loudness Range and True-Peak Max, are available instantly. There is even a text-based log file containing Loudness Range and Program Loudness data.
Liine and Livid announce Hybrid Control for Ableton Live
Liine and Livid have teamed up to create a truly unique Ableton Live control experience. Griid software and Code hardware can now be linked as a single controller via free scripts. This hybrid control concept represents an innovative combination of multitouch control and hardware.
Paul Epworth and Universal Audio on Adeles 21 Album
When Paul Epworth co-wrote and produced “Rolling In The Deep” off Adele’s instantly classic album, 21, little did he know just how far that track would take him. Flash forward to the 2012 GRAMMY Awards ceremony where Epworth humbly accepted statues in two highly coveted categories — Song of the Year and Record of the Year — for his work on the track. To further hammer home the point, Epworth also triumphed in the categories of Album of the Year for 21 and Producer of the Year — an impressive feat, by any measure.
Denon SC2900 – Pre-Release Video
Last week Denon DJ started to tease with the mysterious “29” video. Soon after that rumours emerged that it would be the new SC2900 Media Player. And today they made it public that it is the SC2900 indeed and published an pre-release overview video of this puppy! It’s time to see what’s really behind the shadows and LEDs…
Celemony releases Melodyne editor 2.1
Celemony’s top product, Melodyne editor, as well as the smaller editions, Melodyne assistant and essential, are now available in Version 2.1. The new version features increased reliability and compatibility as well as other improvements.
New Sounds and Samples on Sample Saturday
These are the releases we have encountered this week on the Loops and Samples front. Just like the quality of the audio software we use these days the quality of the content we use (loops and samples) equally matches the high standards of this software. Below is this weeks selection.
Control Rob Papens Predator with your iPad
Now you clould take control over the powerful Predator from Rob Papen with the use of your own iPad and the Lemur app. Predator is DawControl‘s the most advanced Lemur template to date. It is created with the same care and understanding of user needs as all their templates but it just “feels” like there is more to it. They believe that it has something to do with the sound, Predator just sounds awesome!
Elektron Spotlight on Surf Dude With Attitude
Surf Dude with Attitude provides the perfect soundtrack for a weird and happy summer. What else can be said when ocean samples, hazy delay lines and bent FM-sounds are involved? When the quirky and upbeat sound gets accompanied by her special take on beach-themed lyrics, you just know the circle is complete. Surf’s up!
Japanese Popstars tour with A&H ZED mixer
Irish electronic act, The Japanese Popstars, selected an Allen & Heath ZED-420 USB mixer as the permanent mixer in their tour set up.
Ohm Studio Now Available to anyone!
In 2000, a bunch of music geeks gathered around their computers, only to find themselves guided by a strange and mysterious power — the power of Ohm Force. It revealed to them the essence of audio processing which they used to create the now mythical Ohm plug-ins. But they had a secret goal! This secret and long-term task was to venture beyond the plug-in world and explore the other dimension of sound creation: those humanoid artists that play with computers. Thus Ohm Force, by the sweat and steel of its humble, sandwich-peddling warriors, has been laboring to conceive a new type of music workstation — one that will bring real time creative harmony to the world. Yes, you read that right! Ohm Force is presenting the first ever real-time collaborative music workstation in the history of music production: the Ohm Studio — a project with which they aspire to redefine the meaning of online music collaboration. Yay.
Native Instruments Kontrol F1 Available Now
A week after the (unvoluntary) release of the Traktor Pro 2.5 update, Native Instruments announce that the Kontrol F1 is now available worldwide.