Spectrasonics today debuted a new online Artist Video Series to showcase world-class artists performing and creating new original music tracks with their award-winning virtual instruments Omnisphere, Trilian and Stylus RMX. http://bit.ly/90qQ8f The company’s software instruments and sounds are widely used in the professional community and its users cross every boundary of style and genre. http://ow.ly/1yLaG
These are the releases we have encountered this week on the Loops and Samples front. Just like the quality of the audio software we use these days the quality of the content we use (loops and samples) equally matches the high standards of this software. Below is this weeks selection.
de la Mancha announces the release of Urban Decay, a 3 band distortion plugin (VST, Windows) that brings 13 flavours of dirt, filth, noise and degradation for just $15.
Applied Acoustics Systems releases the Ultra Analog VA-1 v1.1.4 Update for Windows. This is a maintenance update containing the following changes:
FAW (Future Audio Workshop) have started a Circle Synth User Group on SoundCloud. If you are a SoundCloud user then they would love to hear the music you have created using Circle. It also provides a great way for different Circle users to discuss sound design, using the time line comments feature to highlight different aspects of the music.
Waves Webinars is your chance to hear from Waves artists and insiders, and get your questions answered. The next one takes place Wednesday, April 21st at 4PM EST and will give you an inside look at our new Chris Lord-Alge Artist Signature Collection.
Toontrack Music release the next product in the Toontrack Software Tools line, EZmix. For all the track and songwriters with tight deadlines and a mobile work situation out there, Toontrack, in collaboration with DSP developers par excellence Overloud, has developed EZmix. EZmix is a simple (EZ), yet powerful, mixing tool that gives you access to a huge array of mix presets for the whole gamut of mixing needs. Whether you need to mix drums, vocals, guitars, bass or keyboards this is your tool.
Abbey Road Plug-ins announce the release of the RS124 Compressor Plug-in, available exclusively at *Abbey Road Plug-ins. This plug-in provides incredibly accurate emulations of three original RS124 hardware units from Abbey Road’s unique outboard collection, bringing the sound, look and functionality of the legendary audio equipment to all major Mac- and PC-based DAW systems.
Nerve is now available on XferRecords.com. Nerve is a software drum machine which brings powerful beat creation and manipulation to your Host Sequencer. Nerve runs as a VSTi or AudioUnit plugin. Nerve was designed and coded by veteran dance music producers, with a diverse sample library included from many of todays top sound designers. Create your own beats entirely from scratch using sounds you already have (AIF/WAV/REX/RX2/AKAI .SND), or utilize the factory-included Drum Kits, Presets, Patterns, and Sounds.
Slate Digital are pleased to announce that you can now demo the new Slate Digital Advanced DRUM REPLACEMENT plugin called TRIGGER! With TRIGGER, you can turn a poorly recorded drum track into one that sounds like it was recorded in a world class studio and mixed with top outboard gear. Or simply change your drum sounds in the mix or wish you used a fatter snare while tracking? Replace it with a big brass 14″ x 6.5″ Pearl Reference Snare from the Slate collection.
Blue Cat Audio is happy to announce a new version of thier dynamics processing audio plug-ins, Blue Cat’s Dynamics and Blue Cat’s Protector. These new versions add RTAS plug-in format support for Pro Tools (Mac and PC), 64-bit support for DirectX and VST versions under Windows x64, and 64-bit Audio Units support under Mac OS X Snow Leopard (for Logic 9.1 users running in 64-bit mode). These new versions also include several fixes and enhancements such as improved side chain support in Logic Pro.
Applied Acoustics Systems releases the Lounge Lizard EP-3 v3.1.4 Update for Windows. This is a maintenance update containing the following changes:
– Added native 64-bit VST plug-in;
– Fixed minor bugs.
Digital Performer 7.11 is now shipping. If you own Version 7, you can download the free Version 7.11 updater. This maintenance release includes expanded control surface and MIDI device configuration options, improved waveform overview construction, and more, as well as features and enhancements first introduced in DP 7.1 and earlier. Improved control surface configuration options enable the use of applications such as Saitara Software’s AC-7 applications for iPhone and iPad.
In January, PreSonus announced their groundbreaking new Virtual StudioLive™ (VSL™) software for Mac and Windows, which gives StudioLive users real-time, bidirectional control of the digital mixer’s channel, subgroup, and main-bus levels; Fat Channel parameters; aux mixes; effects; and the graphic EQ. Any change made to the mixer is reflected in the software in real time, and vice versa.
IK Multimedia is pleased to announce the immediate availability of 30 new Xpansion Tank 2 sound libraries for SampleTank 2.5. The Xpansion Tank 2 series, developed by Sonic Reality, is a collection of 30 high-quality sound libraries with over 30 GB of new “production ready”, inspiring, high-quality sounds for making music in any style: from Pop to Hip Hop, Rock, Jazz, Country, Electronica, Film Scores and more! There are 15 multi-sampled and 15 loop titles, totaling nearly 10,000 new sounds for SampleTank with each collection containing between 500 megabytes to over 1 gigabyte of samples.