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Abbey Road and Native Instruments team up
Native Instruments today announced a close partnership with Abbey Road, the iconic British recording studios that have shaped the sound of popular music for over 75 years. Combining Native Instruments‘ industry-leading expertise in music software design with Abbey Road’s unique engineering facilities, the two companies will create advanced software instruments of exceptional sonic quality and musical value, with the first product scheduled for release in early 2010.
PreSonus releases 64-bit AudioBox USB Driver for Windows
PreSonus has released a new software driver for its AudioBox USB 2×2 audio interface. The new driver adds 64-bit functionality for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 and can be downloaded (free) from the Technical Support/Downloads section of the PreSonus Web site.
Crysonic releases Sindo Version 3
Crysonic announced the release and availability of SINDO V3 Stereo image Expander / Narrower. Comprising of industry first new features and additions such as Stereo Width Compression, Dynamic Stereo width changes together with a great new interface and many other great new features.
Elektron demo videos for Machinedrum and Monomachine
Elektron have asked ‘Hector’ to show us why the Machinedrum and the Monomachine are so special. For each instrument there are three videos in which ‘Hector’ will give you a thorough introduction to these Elektron instruments.
XLN Audio releases Funk ADpak for Addictive Drums
Funk features a Pearl Reference Series kit with cymbals from Paiste and Sabian, 400 MIDI grooves and over 30 production presets. The Funk ADpak, focusing on contemporary funk beats and sounds, lays down the groove and lets you produce hot funky music in no time. Funk features a granite sparkle Pearl Reference Series kit with a 22″ bass drum and a thick 14″ snare drum. The four included toms range from a small 10″ tom down to a 16″ floor tom. The cymbal section consists of three crashes from Sabian and Paiste along with a 13″ Paiste heavy hi-hat and a 22″ Sabian Artisan ride.
Xylio FutureDecks Pro updated to version 2.0.
Xylio just released FutureDecks Pro 2.0, this major release including brand new features is now available. Free upgrades for purchases made after Aug 1st.
Urs Heckmann releases ACE V1.0
Urs Heckmann (U-He) is happy to let you know that he has released ACE (Any Cable Everywhere) in version 1.0. ACE is a small, low cost synthesizer plugin with easy but powerful modular features. ACE is *very* hungry on CPU but has a rewarding sound quality that has rarely been achieved in software before. ACE is furtherly ideally suited as an entry level synthesizer for modular synthesis as it’s pre-wired in a familiar standard 2LFO-2VCO-2VCF-2ENV-2VCA fashion.
Logic 9 – Gearjunkies Review
Since Apple has released Logic 9 some time ago, we have been playing and working with Logic to get to grips with all the new features and functions within this DAW. Below is what we came up with during our time working with Logic 9!
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.
ACE Any Cable Everywhere demo track
Urs Heckman (U-He) recently announced his new synth ACE (Any Cable Everywhere). This software synthesizer delivers top quality sound at a highly competitive price. The selection of modules and clear layout make ACE the ideal instrument for newcomers delving into the fascinating world of modular synthesis. The number of ways to connect modules together is practically infinite, and you will soon discover how much more fun it is to make your own sounds in ACE than in a non-modular synthesizer. Urs now has posted a video which was initially thought to be a demo tune for the new ACE synthesizer, but turned into a pretty funny parody song.
PreSonus products now compatible with Windows 7
The latest version of Universal Control is available now at the Technical Support/Downloads section of the PreSonus Web site. With this update, Universal Control is compatible with Windows 7 32- and 64-bit.
Release of ReWire VST for energyXT
ReWire VST is a virtual instrument for VST compatible hosts. ReWire VST allows you to record audio from other host applications directly into energyXT, or any other host supporting the VST standard. For instance, you can fire up Reason and record its instruments and devices directly into energyXT for further editing and mixing.
Video demo of Audio Damage Tattoo drumsoftware
Audio Damage’s first instrument, Tattoo, is a drum synthesizer where everything old is new again. Featuring 12 independent “voice-tuned” synthesizer topologies loosely based on the X0X series, and an incredibly sophisticated step/mod sequencer, Tattoo is at home in all forms of electronic music production. Tattoo is not out yet but will be released soon.
SPL The Vitalizer plug-in is available now
The Analog Code® Vitalizer® plug-in is available for MAC and PC in all main formats: TDM, RTAS, VST and AU. A VENUE version is already available, too!
The Vitalizer is a unique and comprehensive tool to add character and life to any music production. All different models together, the hardware version was sold more than 30.000 times. Now we have transferred this legendary, patented filter technology for sound optimizing to the digital domain. Using the latest component modeling methods, the unique Analog Code sound quality is simply amazing.