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Native Instruments KOMPLETE 6 available soon
Allthough it is still not official we saw that several webshops already are advertising this NI News. One of the new NI products will be KOMPLETE 6. The NATIVE INSTRUMENTS KOMPLETE 6 includes Kontakt 4, Absynth 5, Guitar Rig Pro, Reaktor 5, Massive, FM8 and Battery 3. The NATIVE INSTRUMENTS KOMPLETE 6 is the latest version of the high-end collection, featuring synthesizers, samplers, vintage keyboards, virtual guitar, sound effects and more.
Native Instruments ready for Snow Leopard
All NI products are compatible with Mac OS X 10.6. Native Instruments has conducted initial compatibility tests with Mac OS X 10.6, which have shown all current NI products to work without any specific issues under standard installations of this operating system. However, users involved in professional audio production or live performance should be cautious about upgrading to Mac OS X 10.6 until compatibility with third-party audio software and hardware has been widely confirmed by the relevant manufacturers.
Roland announces SP-404SX Linear Wave Sampler
Roland is pleased to announce the SP-404SX Portable Sampler. This update to the popular SP-404 offers 44.1kHz/16-Bit sound quality, improved DSP effects, a more versatile pattern sequencer, and easier data management.
Sony releases Sound Forge Pro 10
Sony Creative Software announced the availability of Sound Forge™ Pro 10 digital audio production suite. Sound Forge Pro 10 new features include event-based editing, disc-at-once CD burning, iZotope™ 64-bit SRC™ (sample rate conversion), MBIT+™ dither (bit-depth conversion), musical instrument file processing, and the élastique Pro timestretch/pitch shift plug-in. In addition, Sound Forge Pro 10 software provides exclusive new enhancements, including customizable window layouts, metadata editing, performance optimizations, and interactive tutorials. These new features create a powerful and flexible audio production environment, increasing workflow and efficiency while consistently delivering the pristine audio quality the recording industry has come to expect from Sound Forge software.
Roland ships AX-Synth shoulder synthesizer
Roland is proud to announce general availability of the AX-Synth Shoulder Synthesizer, the first of the legendary AX-Series to offer an onboard sound engine featuring a collection of the best of Roland’s cutting-edge synth sounds.
Tango Software version 2.3.5. released
The version 2.3.5 release of Tango software, released generally last week, has more than 400 new features and fixes across all of the workstations we support.
TC Electronic G-Major2 – Editor and Preset Vault now available
Those of you lucky enough to own a G-Major 2 guitar effects rack just got even luckier – and those of you who don’t, here’s yet another reason to check out the G-Major 2! The new TC Electronic G-Major 2 editor is designed to make using the award-winning effects rack even easier.
112dB updates Redline Equalizer
112dB announces that Redline Equalizer, the mastering-quality EQ plugin with unique features, has been updated to version 1.0.2. This maintenance release applies to both the retail and the trial version.
Free Ableton Live Pack – Time Designer
Time Designer is the debut Live Pack from extendlive.com containing 50 advanced multitap delays for Live 8 and a 10-step tutorial for creating and customizing your own delays using only Live’s built-in devices.
Beatslicing is more FUN when you hold the sample in your hands
Still only in prototype stages, OTTO is an electronic musical instrument for realtime manual beat slicing of audio samples.
Apogee announces compatibility with Snow Leopard
Apogee Electronics is pleased to announce Snow Leopard compatibility for Duet, ONE, Mini-FW, USB and X-Firewire interfaces.
Symbolic Sound releases software for chaining Pacarana with Kyma software
Symbolic Sound Corporation has expanded the real-time sound-computing power of its Paca(rana) sound engine by making it possible for Kyma sound designers to chain two or more multiprocessor Paca(rana)s together via the built-in A/B Expansion ports.
Stanton announces new SCS.3 System
By combining two of the Revolutionary SCS.3d controllers with the new SCS.3m MIDI mixer, plus including Native Instrument’s Traktor LE software, Stanton has put together the most popular SCS.3 configuration, all in one box ready to go.
Best Service TITAN FREE now as a free download
Get your free copy of our brand new TITAN Synthesizer now and discover how to make a big sound experience in our Sample Player ENGINE based on 12 great TITAN multi samples! Did you know that you can even import up to 24 of your own samples (per layer) into ENGINE? Make your experience with this unlimited version of ENGINE – more than a sample player – and the free TITAN demo content now!
Hardware step sequencer from Taktmaschinen: mOne
The mOne is a open source hardware sequenser from Germany.