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Pimp my Roland synth for new Madonna world tour
Roland was a proud participant in Madonnas 2004 Re-Invention Tour. Now the pop queen has returned to the road with an all-new show for 2006. Keyboardist Marcus Brown teamed with Roland and Bruce Forat to create a one-of-a-kind Roland synth rig for the tour.
muTonic for OS X goes universal with v2.0.2
A new version of microTonic for OS X is now available. The new version is a so called Universal Binary which means that microTonic is now compatible with Intel Macs.
Free upgrade for Ableton Live Lite users
Ableton announces a free upgrade to Live Lite 5 Enhanced Edition for current Live Lite Digidesign Edition and all Ableton Live Lite M-Audio versions.
Free Mackie C4 Commander MIDI controller software
Tweak your favorite MIDI hardware synths, rack mount processors or guitar pods without leaving your mix station or monitoring sweet spot.
URS releases 1975 Classic Console Compressor
URS released the 1975 Classic Console Compressor, which digitally recreates a popular feed forward 1975 VCA Compressor – Warm and Aggressive.
New synth from Germany: the Tiefenrausch
The Tiefenrausch is a monophonic synth with over 27 knops and two voltage-controlled oscillators.
LinPlug Octopus preset library enlarged
US sound designer The Outsiderz handcrafted more than 128 presets for the Octopus Dual Matrix Synthesizer. The new presets are rather experimental and rough ones and definitely at the quality level that LinPlug demands for the their factory presets.
AudioFile: Spectre is finally ready for the world!
Spectre is a multi-instrument real-time audio analyzer for Mac OS X. Designed in Cocoa from the ground up, Spectre proudly takes advantage of Quartz, OpenGL, CoreAudio, and other solid OS X interface features.
Urei adopts the ProX customisable cross fader
In response to the many requests concerning the new Eclectic Breaks ProX cross fader and its compatibility with the 1601 series.
Motu Ethno and Symphonic Instruments ship as universal binaries
Ethno Instrument 1.0 is now shipping as a Universal Binary for Intel Mac, PowerPC Mac and Windows. In a simultaneous release, version 1.1.2 of the MOTU Symphonic Instrument is also now shipping as a Universal Binary update that includes numerous enhancements and optimizations.
HALion Symphonic Orchestra now shipping
Steinberg is pleased to announce that HALion Symphonic Orchestra, a new 27 GB orchestral library featuring the award-winning HALion sampler engine, is shipping now to resellers and outlets worldwide.
Access releases Virus TI OS 1.1 public beta download
The Virus TI synth has been an ongoing development since it was first announced early last year. It birdges the gap between hardware synth and virtual instrument with a USB port for running the TI as a plug-in from inside a host application.
Summer news from Linplug
Albino 3 is right around the next corner. More than 3000 Musicians cant wait to get their hands on this amazing Synthesizer, full of exciting Rob Papen presets. It will be available in June 2006, right from the start for Intel-based Macs, and of course PC, as an Audio Unit, VST plugin and RTAS (Mac only) plugin.
OtiumFX release Sonitex STX-1260
otiumFX is happy to announce that Sonitex STX-1260 has been released and is available for puchase. Sonitex is a VST effect plug-in for Windows that is dedicated to adding sonic texture to digital audio, and provides detailed emulation of vinyl records and vintage hardware samplers.
Musicrow releases a White Crow
Music Row White Crow VST is released. White Crow is a virtual monophonic synthesizer with a very distinctive sound that uses a unique synthesis method called Phase Distortion Synthesis.