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Blue Cat Audio Major Update – RTAS and Full 64-bit Support
Blue Cat Audio, renowned for their precise Audio Analysis Tools and their powerful Audio Signal Processors are proud to announce that all of their professional plug-ins have been ported to the ProTools RTAS format and are from now on fully compatible with all 64-bit OS systems and major host applications.
Numark announces new powerhouse software controller
MIXTRACK is a powerhouse controller in a compact chassis for performing and producing with DJ software. The familiar layout works just like two decks and a mixer so whether you’re a seasoned professional or building your DJ skills, MIXTRACK is easy to learn and handles advanced techniques. It’s portable so you can grab MIXTRACK and your laptop and go to wherever the gig is.
Ableton & Minus present ten free Ableton Live Sets
The Live Sets were made exclusively for Ableton by ten artists from the Minus roster. Each Set comes with a companion Lesson that reveals insights into the artist’s musical vision and offers valuable production tips.
Audio-Technica introduces ATH-M10 Headphones
Audio-Technica, a leading innovator in transducer technology for over 45 years, introduces its new ATH-M10 Professional Monitor Headphones. Offering Audio-Technica’s renowned sound quality at a very accessible price point, the ATH-M10’s are an ideal headphone monitoring solution for project studios, home studios and critical music listening.
Meet the Propellerheads Crew – Video
Check out the Propumentary – a behind the scenes look at Propellerhead Software’s HQ in occasionally sunny Stockholm, Sweden. You’ll see a bit of old time history and hear about a lot of the thinking that went into creating Reason 5 and Record 1.5. Why did Reason turn out like it did? What kind of thinking was behind the latest version of Reason and Record? Meet the Propellerheads and get some of the inside story on how we create our software.
Ableton Music Challenge for the young and talented
Over the years, technology-assisted musical learning has become more and more accessible to an ever broader audience. This could not be more true in schools all around the world, where the integration of creative music technology is giving students even more ways to develop and express their ideas. The Ableton Summer Music Challenge is an attempt to support this cause by asking students to get creative with music over their summer vacations and perhaps help their school out in the process.
Nord Stage Classic and Electro 3 OS updates available
Nordkeyboards (Clavia) is very pleased to announce the OS updates that enable the Nord Stage Classic and the Nord Electro 3 to benefit from the v5 platform, with the new great v5 Piano sounds, the new Sound Manager 5.30 and the v3.00 Windows Hardware Quality Labs certified USB driver.
Toontrack Beatstation available now
Toontrack proudly presents to you – Beatstation! Part sound design tool and part audio engine, Beatstation brings the best aspects of musical creativity together in one EZ and powerful virtual instrument that is sure to inspire greatness in your next composition or project.
NI Kontakt instrument Session Strings – Video
Aimed at producers looking for high-quality ready-to-go string sections for modern productions, SESSION STRINGS produces immediate results without hours of fine tuning and tweaking, yet also boasts an incredible set of expressive features accessible from a highly intuitive interface. The fully production-ready sound is made up of four violins, three violas, two celli and two double basses – played as one perfectly realized ensemble via the free KONTAKT 4 PLAYER or KONTAKT 4, representing outstanding value for money.
Your Guitar Tone On Your iPhone – AmpliTube for iPhone
IK Multimedia is pleased to announce that AmpliTube® for iPhone, the ultimate mobile guitar amp and effects system for iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad, is now available for download from the iTunes App Store. Together with the iRig interface adapter this represents the first complete solution for guitar and bass players to play, practice, and have fun anytime and everywhere rocking through their iPhone. The combination of AmpliTube mobile app and iRig accessory adapter is called AmpliTube® iRig™, the cutting edge system for the portable guitar and bass multi-effects of the future.
Hands on KONG – Reason Video Tutorial
Analog synthesis, physical modeling, sampling, REX loops, support sound generators, effects, flexible routing, multiple hit types and more. The Kong Drum Designer is not your regular drum module. It’s the drum module focused on letting you get exactly that drum sound you’re after. Kong has 16 pads and 16 drums. Build your drum sounds based on any of the nine different drum modules. Flavor the sound with 11 support generators and effects. Program automation, create alternating groups and let Reason’s powerful sequencer control the beat. Reason 5 ships with a sound bank with a generous supply of kits for Kong across a wide variety of styles.
PSP VintageWarmer2 v. 2.5.0 released
PSP Audioware is happy to announce their latest release: PSP VintageWarmer2 version 2.5.0. PSP VintageWarmer2 (plug-in AudioUnit, VST, RTAS for Mac OSX (Universal Binary); VST and RTAS for Windows; VST, RTAS and MAS for Mac OS Classic) is a high-quality digital simulation of an analog-style, a single- or multi-band compressor/limiter. It combines rich, warm analog processing with a straightforward user interface, and comes with a comprehensive library of presets.
And more Vuvuzela killers available
Prosoniq is proud to announce the world’s first realtime Vuvuzela filtering plug in based on sonicWORX’ audio de-mixing technology. This technology does not use a notch filter or parametric EQ to remove the noise. VuvuX is a free Apple AudioUnit plug in that suppresses the noise created by the South African trumpet called “Vuvuzela” in realtime without affecting the audio commentary or the stadium atmosphere, allowing you to enjoy a noise-free World Cup 2010.
New Apple Mac mini got more…
Apple today unveiled a completely redesigned Mac mini, featuring up to twice the graphics performance, a new HDMI port and a new SD card slot, all in an amazingly compact aluminum enclosure. Mac mini is the world’s most energy efficient desktop and starting at $699, is the most affordable way to enjoy Mac OS X, iLife or Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server.