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Edirol releases Mac OS X Drivers
Edirol has released Version 2.0.1 of Mac OS X drivers for 10 audio interfaces. These new drivers offer improved performance under high CPU loads as well as a further reduction in the already-minimal latency factors. In addition, Edirol has also added an uninstaller for easy removal.
Edirol audio devices with version 2.0.1 OS X drivers for the following products:
-M-100FX
-PCR-1 S.L.I.M
-PCR-A30
-SD-90
-UA-20
-UA-25
-UA-3FX
-UA-5 USB
-UA-700
-UR-80
M-Audio announces new audio MIDI FireWire controller
Ozonic is a completely integrated audio/MIDI FireWire production and performance tool designed to streamline making music with your computer.
Battery 2 – full and demo versions now available
After the release of the BATTERY 2 full version, the demo version for Mac OS X and Windows XP are now available as well. The extraordinarily intuitive and multi-facetted drum sampler has been completely renewed. The extended and customizable cell matrix, multi-mode filters, compressors and much more make BATTERY 2 the ultimate weapon for firing blazing beats.
Steinberg announces Virtual Bassist
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH is excited to announce a new addition to its highly successful VIRTUAL PLAYER range of virtual musicians: Virtual Bassist.
Featuring the talents of the programming team behind Virtual Guitarist and Groove Agent, Virtual Bassist provides all manner of bass guitar phrases, sounds and styles, comments Helge Vogt, Steinberg’s Product Manager for VST Instruments. Steinberg is now in the unique position of offering a whole backing band of intelligent, musically-oriented VST instruments directly within the virtual audio environment, adds Vogt.
Renoise 1.5 Beta1 is released
Renoise is the next generation of music tracker software, combining studio quality sound and virtually infinite expandability with a clear and concise interface putting every parameter and option literally at your fingertips!
EKS announces plug’n’play system for DJ’s
XP10 is the first real plug’n’play system for playing digital audio streams. The features are just state-of-the-art, no existing product comes even close. And all this inside an inch thick controller.
Eventide announces H3000 TDM Factory plug-in
In a technology preview of the next offering in a series of H3000-based plug-ins, Eventide will be showing the H3000 Factory™ plug-in for Digidesign TDM ProTools. The H3000 Factory plug-in is based on the Factory algorithms used in the legendary H3000, ubiquitous in music production since its introduction in 1989.
The H3000 has been a staple of music production live and in the studio for fifteen years, said Ray Maxwell, Eventide vice president of sales and marketing. The Factory plug-in brings three of the most versatile and most popular H3000 algorithms to the Pro Tools desktop.
The heart of H3000 Factory is the ability to combine up to 18 effect modules together in completely unique ways using the “anything to anything” patchbay, delivering a virtually limitless array of sounds. Users can create their own signature effects with a combination of effects blocks, including delays, amplitude modulators, envelope followers, pitch shifters, filters, and low frequency oscillators. Each individual delay effect block offers looping capabilities, system tempo lock and high cut filtering. Filters have sweep and modulation capability and are selectable between band pass, high pass and low pass, all with variable Q. A Function Generator for parameter modulation is also included, giving users the options of 19 wave shapes, white noise generator, MIDI control, and side chain inputs.
Vestax announces new DJ mixer with sampler
The Vestax PMC-05 ProSL is the classic PMC05 Pro (now Mk3) with a built in sampler.
Featuring as standard 2 channels with high quality faders on both as well as high quality crossfader.
Access announces 3 new Virus synths
Access Music is excited to announce the new VIRUS Total Integration (TI) Line of synthesizers, leading the world in a completely new direction with musical instrument and pro-audio convergence. TOTAL INTEGRATION uses innovative technology to greatly expand the VIRUS Synthesizer, resulting in an advanced stage/standalone instrument, while simultaneously extending the product capabilities with a suite of compelling studio integration features.
Way Out Ware software announces a ARP 2600 emulation
Way Out Ware has perfected the first software synth version of the classic ARP 2600 analog synthesizer: the new TimewARP 2600.
Demo version Applied Acoustic’s Ultra Analog VA-1 now available
Applied Acoustics Systems has announced that the demo version of Ultra Analog VA-1 si now available. Ultra Analog VA-1 is a virtual analog synthesizer with 32 voices of polyphony.
Roland product manuals available online!
Demonstrating its commitment to worldwide customer support, Roland Corporation US has now made product manuals available online. From Quick Start Guides, to Owners Manuals and Applications references www.RolandUS.com now offers it all.
We understand how important it is to have this information readily available to our customers, said Roland Director of Product Management and Marketing. Hopefully, due to the intuitive nature of our products, most of our customers will never even have to consult their product manuals—but for those who do, the resources are just a few keystrokes away.
Effective immediately Roland Corp. US will offer online manuals for the current Roland product line. The company intends to post manuals for legacy product in the near future.
Elemental Audio updates Audio EQ plug-ins
Firium 2.1 and Eqium 2.1 now available – Elemental Audio Systems today announced the availability of the newest versions of its two flagship audio equalizer plug-ins, Firium and Eqium. In addition to new features and improvements, these new versions include improved Audio Unit support for better compatibility with Apple Logic 7 and other up-to-date Audio Unit applications. Firium and Eqium support a range of common plug-in formats and are compatible with popular host applications including Digidesign Pro Tools, Steinberg Cubase, and BIAS Peak. Firium and Eqium are available individually for $129 each or bundled for $169. The updated versions are free to registered customers.
M-Audio releases Firewire SOLO
M-Audio has introduced the FireWire Solo, an easy-to-use interface for recording guitar tracks on the computer.
This compact bus-powered unit is perfect for desktop or laptops. The metal chassis can be rack-mounted as well. In addition to the 1/4 inch guitar input right on the front panel, a microphone input with phantom power also accommodates recording of vocals, acoustic guitars and other instruments. Both of these inputs feature gain control and clipping LEDs. There are also dual line inputs for effects, drum machines and other outboard gear. Coaxial S/PDIF digital I/O provides both 2-channel PCM and pass-through of AC-3 and DTS surround-encoded content.
PreSonus announces new tube mic preamp
The PreSonus ADL 600 is a hand-made, high voltage Class A, two channel tube microphone preamplifier designed by world-renown tube circuit designer Anthony DeMaria.