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Waldorf Largo update 1.1.0 available
The Waldorf Largo synthesizer has been upated to version 1.1.0. This update is not only a “bug fix”, it also carries a bunch of new features e.g. the Mod Delay, a completely revised Reverb and an extended multi-part function plus several additional enhancements. Largo version 1.1.0 is a free update for all Largo user and available for PC and Mac. Also available is the updated PDF manual.
D16 Group releases Drum Machines updates
D16 Group have announced they have updated their drum machines: Nepheton and Drumazon. They also have officially released them as MacOS Audio Units.
Now you can rent your Waves plugins
Waves Audio introduces the Waves Rental Plan, a new, easy way to access selected Waves bundles on a short-term basis. For tracking, mixing, mastering, restoration or live, whatever the sound field, leading audio professionals expect and require the very best signal processing available, and now with the new Waves Rental Plan, artists, engineers and producers can rent the exact Waves bundles they need to give their projects the extra edge.
Rob Papen releases Predator 1.5.5.
Predator is a top notch synth that stands out in audio quality but also in wicked synth design and sheer amount of contemporary presets. It is endless popular among top producers worldwide and appears on countless music tracks worldwide!
Softube launches Passive-Active EQ Pack
Softube is shipping the Passive-Active Pack, an EQ plug-in collection for native VST, AU, and RTAS. Passive-Active Pack is available today at the Softube web shop ($199, excl. VAT).
Scratching with your coffee table … kinda!
Ok, it is not really a coffee table, it just looks like one! No, it is the Microsoft Surface controller/display/thingy. VectorForm, a Microsoft Surface Partner have developed a fun DJ tool for the novice on Microsoft Surface. Vectorforms DJ application started simple, and grew from there. There’s even an iPhone app. Now they have added some features like scratching into the 2.0. version. Via Skratchworx.
de la Mancha Ballistic released
Ballistic is a 15 slot drum sample player designed to get you making beats quickly without a million parameters to adjust. All controls are on one screen and the essentials are built in, but with one stereo output per slot, you can add more effects per slot in your hosts mixer. This keeps CPU low and workflow efficient.
Voxengo LF Max Punch 1.1 released
Voxengo is pleased to release an updated Voxengo LF Max Punch version 1.1 which is available for download immediately. Voxengo LF Max Punch is a professional audio effect plug-in for music and sounds where low-frequency thump and punch are most welcome, and where distortion is applied specifically to bring the bass sound to life. Plug-in is available in AudioUnit and VST plug-in formats, for Mac OS X, Windows XP and Windows Vista computers.
The Rob Papen Power Tools Collection
Rob Papen is one of the world´s leading sound designers. He started off with a number one hit in Benelux aged just 18 and has subsequently created patches for the Access Virus and EMU.
A new face for SPL Track One and Channel One
SPL of Germany have updated the look of the channel strips Track One and Channel One. Both units are now available and join the Frontliner, SPL’s flagship channel strip, to form the new family of SPL designed products.
Smart AV Tango Controller videos
4 new videos of the Smart AV Tango console with Logic Pro, reviewed at Mercenary Audio have been posted on Youtube. Tango has a combination of Features, Technology, Ergonomics, and Quality that will blow your mind, but not your budget. At an introductory price of US$7,990 Tango is real value for the audio professional and home user alike.
Focusrite launch Saffire PRO 24 DSP
Just when it looked like Focusrite’s Saffire PRO 24 was the most elegantly tailored interfacing solution on the market, along comes the Saffire PRO 24 DSP. The best FireWire audio interface in its class just got a whole lot better.
200 synths in One – Best Service announces Titan
The biggest and most extensive Synthesizer Sound Collection of all time! The development and the sampling of this library was 10 Years in the making. TITAN offers 5500 multisamples of the best sounds from 200 (!!) classic Analog Synthesizers and Modular Systems including the biggest & most famous Digital Synths & Workstations of the 80s and 90s but also the newest virtual instruments and current synths all in one massive plugin.
Rob Papen officially announces RP-Verb
Reverb is a very critical effect when mixing. A bad sounding reverb can ruin the mix of your music! Today’s powerful computers makes it possible to run far more complex algorithms then in the past. But still… it is down to the algorithms if a reverb sounds great or terrible.
Minimoog Voyager OS 3.4. available for free
The new Voyager 3.4 Operating System features extensive local control options, new touch surface features, and enhanced pot resolution.