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Antares Audio Technologies Announces Haiti Relief Program
Antares Audio Technologies has today announced that in response to last month’s devastating earthquake that struck the nation of Haiti, they are partnering with Rotary International to help provide relief though ShelterBox, a Global Rotary Club Project. ShelterBox is an international disaster relief organization that provides shelter and lifesaving equipment to victims of natural and man made disasters. Each box supplies an extended family of up to 10 people with a tent, cooking and water purification equipment, and other tools and lifesaving equipment to use while they are displaced or homeless.
Voxengo Polysquasher 2.2 mastering compressor plugin released
An updated version 2.2 of Voxengo Polysquasher is now available for download. Voxengo Polysquasher is a mastering compressor plugin for professional audio and sound production applications, available in AudioUnit and VST plug-in formats, for Mac OS X and Windows computers.
Musicrow updates Golden Ensembles pack for Reaktor to v2.21
Musicrow updates Golden Ensembles to v2.21, and introduces a new addition to Musicrow’s reaktor ensembles pack: The Ebola. Ebola is a powerful semi-modular virtual analog synthesizer with a flexible architecture that enables you to create a wide variety of sounds with the distinct Ebola flavor! From heavily distorted leads to Hollywood style strings, sweet keys to strange and beautiful gargling sounds – Ebola can do it all!
Steinberg Cubase 5 trial version available
How about trying Cubase 5, Steinberg’s DAW flagship, before buying it? Steinberg has heard your requests and are happy to announce the immediate availability of Cubase 5 Trial version.
Indamixx Portable Studio USB Stick Version available
Trinity Audio Group Inc. expands its line of affordable music making products for the masses by announcing their most innovative release to date: INDAMIXX Portable Studio on a USB stick for Netbooks and Laptops. “Plug the Indamixx USB stick into any available USB port on your computer and in only 14 minutes it installs a very good, low cost, pro audio recording environment,” says Creative Director Ronald Stewart.
AAS release Strum Acoustic GS-1 v1.0.1 Update
Applied Acoustics Systems releases the Strum Acoustic GS-1 v1.0.1 Update for Mac OS X and Windows.
Music ALIVE 2010 – Next Sunday
Like previous years, Media Satellite proudly presents Music ALIVE ’10 an afternoon around Computer Music products, Audio and Visual Performance. Gearjunkies has partnered up with Media Satellite to bring you detailed coverage of this event. Starting this week with details on new products/updates, exclusive artist performance announcements at the event, and next Sunday live news coverage from the event itself. If you don’t want to miss anything? Be sure to follow the Gearjunkies twitterfeed. Click on that ‘follow‘ button!
Rane SIXTY-EIGHT Mixer patent problems
The new Rane SIXTY-EIGHT DJ mixer will be shipped week 2 or 3 in April. But not to the Netherlands due to some pattent problems.
‘The SIXTY-EIGHT won’t ship until mid-April. We won’t be able to ship this model to the Netherlands due to the same patent issue that prevents us from selling the other Scratch Live models,’ according to Dean Standing, Director of Sales from Rane/Serato.
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.
Moog updates the Voyager OS to version 3.5.
Moog Music has released an update of the Voyager Operating System. Version 3.5 for the Minimoog Voyager Analog synthesizer adds a number of new features, including quick save, category browse, and legato glide.
iConnectMIDI MIDI interface for iPhone and iPod touch
Simply plug your electronic instrument (synthesizer, guitar, whatever) into iConnectMIDI and you can play and control your music, using your iPhone or iPod, your instrument, or both at the same time.
All PreSonus recording interfaces are Windows 7 compatible
With the release of new drivers for the FireBox, FP10, FirePod, and Inspire 1394 recording interfaces, all currently available PreSonus recording interfaces are now fully compatible with Windows 7. These devices are class-compliant with Mac OS X, so they work on a Mac without a driver.
Analogue Solutions introduces Europa hardware sequencer
Analogue Solutions introduces their new hardware sequencer Europa, which does not contain a ‘sound engine’. It has been designed from the ground up to be utilised with your MIDI synths, analogue modular, drum brains and drum machines. Europa was designed to be utilised with the SQ8 and Oberkorn analogue sequencers (and anything else with a compatible clock input).
Music ALIVE 2010 at the Hilton Rotterdam
Media Satellite proudly presents Music ALIVE 2010 a special EVENT around Computer Music products, Audio and Visual Performances!
MUSIC ALIVE is an Open and FREE event for end-users of ALL LEVELS starting and professional musicians, producers, DJs. Gathering Information and publishing your Profile and Songs on-line is normal these days and perfectly OK but, … there’s no comparisment to a real-time experience of a workshop by company product specialist or a master-class by a top musician/producer and to connect and talk with others who think and work exactly like you.