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Rhodes, the return of an American Legend
After over 24 years off the market Rhodes Music Company announced their return to the music market. Rhodes is an American legacy known worldwide for its sound and unique design and all of the people that are working on the Rhodes project are dedicated in getting it better than right.
ManyTone ManyBass released for both Windows and Mac
ManyBass is a bass guitar sample based synthesizer which comes with a large collection of bass guitar samples intended to form the foundation of your day to day bass instrument needs. This extensive range of sounds has then been coupled with a highly efficient sample playback engine with a powerful FX rack.
reFX NEXUS 1.3.9 available now
NEXUS is a next generation rom synthesizer of the highest quality from reFX, which just recieved an update (version 1.3.9.)
Eventide.com relaunches with a TimeFactor giveaway
Coincident with the opening of the Winter NAMM, Eventide has launched a new state-of-the-art Eventide website that will serve as a venue and forum for users around the world.
A real Steinway … virtually yours!
Steinway And Sons, maker of the world’s finest pianos, and Garritan, makers of the world’s finest music soundware, announce a new venture to create a series of Authorized Steinway Piano sample-based software instruments.
Dateq announces the XTC II dj mixer
Dateq will show the new XTC II at a PA show in Houten the Netherlands. This new XTC is a Vibe without the filter options.
MOTU introduces Electric Keys
MOTU debuted Electric Keys ($295), a cross-platform virtual instrument that delivers authentic sounds of 50 classic, vintage electric keyboard instruments from the last 40 years. This massive 40GB sound library includes over 20,000 meticulously crafted 24-bit 96 kHz multi-samples of legendary electric pianos, electric organs, clavinets, Wurlitzers, tape
samplers, string machines, keyboard basses and other rare and exotic electric keyboard instruments.
MOTU introduces the 828mk3 Firewire Audio Interface
MOTU has introduced the 828mk3, a cross-platform FireWire audio interface with on-board effects and mixing. New features include a 32-bit floating point DSP for digital mixing and effects processing, more I/O, 192 kHz operation, true hi-Z guitar inputs, signal overload protection, digitally controlled analog input trims on all inputs, two banks of ADAT/TOSLink optical, MIDI I/O and much more.
Flux updates all plugins to version 1.3.
Every Flux plug-in now features an Automation button managing the A/B Morphing slider. When engaged , only the Morphing slider is used to control the host automation in read and write modes. No other plug-in parameter is managed by the host automation.
Three absolute Legends in a box from Waves
When it comes to audio hardware modeling, Waves sets the standard to which others aspire. Their plug-ins don’t just mimic components and circuit schematics, they recreate every last nuance of actual hardware behavior. Now, Waves has captured the most respected recording consoles in the world. The consoles that made music history. The big budget studio sound.
Applied Acoustics announce Strum Acoustic GS-1
Strum Acoustic GS-1 is an acoustic guitar software synthesizer based on the latest AAS physical modeling technology. Strum provides an impressive collection of steel and nylon acoustic guitars and includes elaborate voicing and strumming modules for the realistic reproduction of a guitarist’s playing techniques. Chords played on the keyboard are automatically voiced for the guitar while strumming and picking actions are reproduced by an auto-strum function, special strumming keys, or MIDI loops. EQ, multi- effect, and reverb modules complete the package.
RiffRumble VIII Online Song Contest
Sonoma Wire Works announces RiffRumble VIII, an online song contest for RiffWorks recording software users. Contestants will compete for $4000 in prizes including a Taylor Standard SolidBody Guitar, an IK Multimedia StompIO USB floor controller/audio interface, AmpliTube ‘Jimi Hendrix’ guitar amp and effects rig, Recording Magazine subscriptions, and more. Three contestants worldwide will win. There is no contest entry fee.
Digidesign complete Pro Tools studios All in One Box
Digidesign and M-Audio have joined together to create two special limited-edition packages that offer complete professional music studios, all in one box. The Pro Tools Music Creation Studio and Pro Tools Personal Studio both provide everything you need to record, edit, mix, and promote your music, including a complete Pro Tools audio system, microphone, and monitors. Take the guess work out of putting together your own home or project studio, and save hundreds of dollars in the process, simply choose the bundle that best suits your needs
Livid Ohm Controller now shipping
Livid Instruments is proud to announce Ohm, their latest hardware instrument. Ohm is a real-time MIDI control surface designed to give digital audio and video performers an innovative interface for performance and presentation.
Nomad introduces the Analog Strings Station
Nomad Factory and NUSofting Introduce the Analog Strings Station Virtual Instrument. Nomad Factory and NUSofting are proud to announce their collaboration in creating top-of-the-line virtual instruments. The first announced of this collaboration is the Analog Strings Station, an advanced emulation of vintage electronic keyboards.