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Native Instruments celebrates 10-year birthday
Native Instruments today kicked off the NI-VERSARY celebrations, honoring the 10th anniversary of the company and the exciting decade of music software evolution that lead up to it. In the summer of 1996, Native Instruments released the groundbreaking modular software synthesizer GENERATOR that was later to become the REAKTOR platform. This laid the
basis for a wealth of innovative instruments and tools such as KONTAKT, TRAKTOR DJ Studio and GUITAR RIG, which changed the way that music is produced and performed today.
Universal Binary update to the Audio Units version of Rapture
Cakewalk today announces the worldwide availability of the Universal Binary update to the Audio Units version of Rapture, the ultimate wavetable synthesizer for igniting the sounds of todays pop, dance, and electronic music.
Studio Electronics new synth the CODE
Studio Electronics announes a new synth the CODE, but it looks like the Omega 8, available in 2 voice, 4 voice, or 8 voice configurations.
Prototype Ableton and DJ controller from Kenton
On the Kenton website: We have made a couple of prototype controllers intended for use with Ableton Live or similar software. Neither unit has a final name at the moment and are temporarily being called AB Mini and AB DJ.
RME announces the Bob-32
Synthax AG presents RME BOB-32, the universal breakout box for AES/EBU XLR or D-Sub. BOB-32 has two sides.
McDSP announces ML4000 Mastering Limiter
The ML4000 is a high-resolution limiter designed for music, mastering, post, and live sound, in single and multi-band configurations.
Muse Research releases UniWire
Muse Research has announced that its highly anticipated UniWire audio and MIDI networking technology for their Receptor hardware plug-in player is now shipping in their version 1.5 system software update. UniWire technology allows customers to off-load processor intensive tasks to their Receptor while retaining complete control and integration with their computer DAW program.
Gemini changes its company name to GCI Technologies
After 34 years of servicing the Professional Audio and DJ communities, Gemini Sound Products will be changing its company name to GCI Technologies.
Denon DJ announces the successor to DN-X1500 DJ mixer
The new DN-X1500S is a 4-channel, 12inch mixer featuring a brushed aluminum top panel, and is a perfect complement to the critically acclaimed DN-S3500 tabletop CD/MP3 player. This club/mobile style mixer incorporates Denons original high performance adjustable Flex Fader, a built-in sampler, matrix switching, parametric EQ, onboard effects.
Ueberschall released Liquid Player for MacIntel
Ueberschall have today announced the availability of Liquid Player 1.1, the new VST Engine for their Liquid Instrument Series for Mac and PC, featuring Liquid Sax, Liquid Bass, Liquid Guitars, upcoming volumes like The Voice 1/2 and Hornsection. Liquid Player 1.1.0.7 is designed for use with VST-, Audio Units- or RTAS-compatible host applications and also able to perform as stand alone application.
Albino 3 has been released!
In 2002 Rob Papen approached Peter Linsener of LinPlug with the idea of a sound-designers dream synth. A few months later ALBINO was born! This very unique synth stole the hearts of many musicians due to it is high quality sound, usability and inspirational presets.
Now, just when you thought things could not get any better… Albino 3 arrives! There are loads of amazing new creative features added like the two new filters Scream and Comb, four FX units with new FX like LoFi and WahWah, a Compressor and an improved Reverb. But the biggest new feature is that you can layer up to four instances of Albino in one single preset!
Lynx Aurora converters with Pro Tools HD systems
Lynx Studio Technology today introduced the LT-HD for the Aurora 16 and Aurora 8 converters.
Wusikstation v3.0 released
Wusikstation is one of the most popular Sampler/Rompler out there. Since it started, if got more and more features asked by users, a new interface, easier way to load presets and much more. Its been rated by users the number one choice when creating songs. It can cover pretty much any style of music. From NewAge to SoundTracks, from Dance to Techno.
Virsyn Cube 2.1 with MacIntel and RTAS support released
CUBE 2.1 brings the Daddy of all additive synths to Intel based Macs and to ProTools users with the long awaited RTAS interface. But that is not all, this new version also comes with a greatly improved spectral analysis algorithm for more natural resynthesized sounds! This upgrade is free of charge for all registered users of CUBE 2.
Audio Damage releases Discord v.2
Audio Damage is pleased to announce that the latest addition to the family, Discord 2, is (finally) done! It is a huge update to the popular Discord series, and brings many new features to this plugin.