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NI Reaktor made easy with Reaktor Player
REAKTOR 5 PLAYER is your free entry point to the award-winning and avant-garde audio world of REAKTOR 5 – the super-powerful modular sound studio that made Native Instruments famous. REAKTOR 5 PLAYER offers you an easy to use interface and gives you access to the high-end, professional sound of REAKTOR. REAKTOR 5 PLAYER can be used with the free FACTORY SELECTION, featuring three unique instruments with over 200 sounds. Users can also expand their arsenal with the growing range of KOMPLETE Instruments & Effects powered by REAKTOR. Simply load an instrument and start playing!
Native Instruments introduces KOMPLETE 7
KOMPLETE 7 is the latest version of the ultimate software collection from Native Instruments. Now bigger and better and featuring 24 KOMPLETE Instruments and Effects, this 90 GB package is bursting with more than 10,000 production-ready sounds for all styles and genres. KOMPLETE 7 features renowned flagship products like KONTAKT, GUITAR RIG and the redesigned REAKTOR 5.5 plus all-new instruments and effects from Native Instruments and brands like Abbey Road and Scarbee.
Alchemy Factory Bonus 3 Released
Alchemy Factory Presets & Samples Bonus 3 offers over a gigabyte of new samples. Acoustic instruments are a major feature of this latest collection, including a grand piano, baroque lute, cimbalom, autoharp, and hammered dulcimer, plus delicate meditation bowls and crystal glasses. There are also loads of dramatic one-shot hits, sweeps, and crashes, war drums, tabla loops, and bowed cymbal effects.
Presonus Studio One 1.5.2 Update available
The Presonus software team has done it again. Just a month after releasing Studio One 1.5.1, they’re already shipping version 1.5.2 of their groundbreaking DAW software for Mac and Windows!
Imageline Harmless Introduction and Interface – Video
Harmless is an additive synthesizer doing subtractive synthesis. Or if you prefer, a subtractive synthesizer powered by an additive synthesis engine. This softsynth is digital, and proud to be. Everything is fake, the tone generator, the filter & its resonance, the phaser, all performed on the harmonics, before partials are computed. Harmless is one of Image-Lines fastest selling synthesizers with over 4,000 units sold in the first few weeks. Christopher Hawkins has just uploaded a three part tutorial on using Harmless.
Voxengo drum track recording service cost lowered
Voxengo custom drum track recording service has lowered the cost of the drum recording orders down to US$ 59.95. This will be a regular price from now on. Beside that, we have decided to make licensing terms less strict: now you will get full ownership of the recorded drum tracks, without requirement of any future royalty payments. You may visit the service page at http://www.voxengo.com/drumservice/ A new demonstration video is available.
Oh My Funkness! loop bank for Strum Electric GS-1
Oh My Funkness! is AAS’ first loop bank title for Strum Electric GS-1 and presents a collection of 261 funk grooves. The loops are divided into ten unique electric guitar instrumentals, each covering a particular style and era. The loops are delivered as standard MIDI files for tempo independence and full editability. Oh My Funkness! integrates straight into Strum Electric GS-1’s MIDI library for instant access and inspiration.
Focusrite unveils the new ISA428 MkII pre amp
New to Focusrite’s renowned ISA range of pro audio hardware is the ISA428 MkII, a premium four-channel mic preamp and A-D converter. The ISA428 MkII will supersede the existing ISA428 and will be available at a much more affordable price.
Apple Unveils New Mac Pro with 12 Cores
Apple today unveiled a new Mac Pro line with up to 12 processing cores and up to 50 percent greater performance than the previous generation. Featuring the latest quad-core and 6-core Intel Xeon processors, all-new ATI graphics and the option for up to four 512GB solid state drives (SSD), the new Mac Pro continues to deliver amazing performance and expandability for the most demanding consumers and professionals.
MOTU ships DP Control App for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
MOTU has released DP Control™, a free app now available from the Apple app store that allows Digital Performer users to control DP over a WiFi network using their iPhone, iPad or third-generation iPod Touch.
OP-X Controller Ready for Take Off
The first time we got to know Mario Jurisch was when he made this incredible cool impOSCar 2 controller. His next project became the OP-X controller which he just finished. Again from scratch and completely original he created this controller for the virtual Oberheim clone which is produced by SonicProjects from Switzerland.
A&H launches first iPhone app for iLive
Allen & Heath has launched iLive Tweak, its first iPhone app, to provide real time mobile control of the iLive digital mixing range. The release adds yet another option to iLive’s array of remote control possibilities, which includes laptops and touch tablets running iLive Editor control software, and the PL Series of controllers.
Symphony I/O new USB audio interface from Apogee
Apogee Electronics Corporation introduces Symphony I/O, the most advanced multi-channel professional audio interface available with next-generation sound quality, Logic and Pro Tools compatibility and total I/O flexibility. Perfecting the collaboration between Apogee audio hardware and the Mac, Symphony I/O is the culmination of 25 years of award-winning design experience featuring a unique modular based system which can function in StandAlone Mode or connect directly to a Mac via any Mac-based audio workstation. With Symphony I/O, the new Symphony System sets an unprecedented standard with ground-breaking digital audio conversion technology, new Maestro 2 software, multiple I/O options and ultra low latency performance.
New additions to the Moogfest line-up
MoogFest 2010, a three-day festival celebrating the innovative vision of sonic pioneer, Robert Moog, to be held in Asheville, NC, during Halloween weekend, October 29-31, is already dealing some tricks and treats. The announcement of the entire line-up and schedule has now been postponed to August 10th, with tickets now going on sale three days later, Friday the 13th! But festival producers AC Entertainment have decided to dole out a treat as well by announcing that Big Boi, Jonsi, and Caribou, are among the many acts joining Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation, and MGMT on the bill for the weekend festival.
Elysia launches xpressor 500
The xpressor 500 is elysia’s new stereo compressor available in API’s 500 series format. Its discrete audio path running in constant class-A mode has been designed to provide superior audio quality, combining a clear and open sound with a good lot of punch.