NI Traktor (Scratch) Pro/Duo/LE 1.2.3 update now online
The 1.2.3 update for Traktor (Scratch) Pro/Duo/LE is now available for download via the usual channels. Below is the list of changes.
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Steinberg: Windows 7 and Snow Leopard updates now available
Steinberg is pleased to announce the release of compatibility updates for Windows 7 and Snow Leopard operating systems for all Cubase 5 products and more. This means Cubase 5, Studio 5, Nuendo 4, VST instruments, etc.* are all officially compatible with the newest operating systems for both Windows and Mac platforms.
MODARTT releases FREE Cimbalom add-on for Pianoteq
MODARTT releases a cimbalom add-on, a new virtual instrument included in their KIViR (Keyboard Instruments Virtual Restoration) collection, offered for free to all Pianoteq customers. The cimbalom is regarded as the precursor of the piano.
FabFilter releases Pro-Q 1.02 update
FabFilter has updated the FabFilter Pro-Q equalizer plug-in to version 1.02, containing various bug fixes and small improvements.
Cakewalk announces new SONAR update
Cakewalk today announces a free update for SONAR 8.5 Producer and SONAR 8.5 Studio. Registered SONAR 8.5 Producer, SONAR 8.5 Studio, and V-Studio 700 customers can download the 8.5.2 update for free.
Are you the next superstar DJ?
On 15th December 2009, the leading innovators in dance music, Pioneer, Beatport, DJ Magazine and Let’s Mix, come together to launch ‘Next Generation DJ’, (NGDJ) a talent competition designed to unearth the next superstar DJ and to give them the chance to win a life changing prize. To win, DJs with the X-Factor will have to demonstrate their skills by uploading and promoting a mix on the new mixing and social networking platform, www.letsmix.com as well as prove that they have the entrepreneurial aptitude required to make it big in the world of dance music.
D16 Group Drummachines updated
Recently all Drum Machines, Drumazon, Nepheton and Nithonat from D16 Group were updated to version 1.4.0.
BIAS releases PitchCraft EZ
BIAS today announced that PitchCraft EZ — a powerful alternative to the popular pitch correction and special effects tool popularized by many of today’s leading musical artists — is now shipping. As a plug-in for popular audio host applications on Mac and Windows computing platforms, PitchCraft EZ is both easy to use and highly effective. At a price point well below competing solutions, PitchCraft EZ delivers impressive results easily — without compromising sonic quality.
KongAudio ChineeGuqin released
Kong Audio is very happy to bring you the 13th addition to their Chinee Series line of VSTi plugins: ChineeGuqin. GuQin is probably the most “culturally significant” among classical Chinese instruments, for it has been the symbolic vessal of the ancient intellectuals and nobles’ pursuit of harmony since a thousand years ago.
112dB Redline PreAmp announced
Redline Preamp livens up any “too clean” signal with a customizable combination of even and odd harmonics, saturation, and soft clipping. Redline Preamp is a vintage console channel, a musical grunge machine, and everything in between.
New Sounds and Samples on Sample Saturday
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.
H.G. Fortune releases Alien Space Weaver VSTi Synthesizer
Alien Space Weaver is a very exceptional synth as it is especially made for spacey, deep or dark athmospheric backgrounds, soundscapes and FX sounds. One oscillator contains 75 very special samples i.e. partly fairly long ones being created from images providing very spacey sounds from the start already. Thus play it slowly and let the sounds evolve. This one is a tool too for those who like eerie, weird and really strange sounds to be crafted further via an easy to edit user interface.
AAS releases two new bundles for the holiday season.
Applied Acoustics Systems releases the Synthesis Bundle and the Instrument Bundle for the holiday season. The Synthesis Bundle comprises Tassman 4, Ultra Analog VA-1, and String Studio VS-1 and represents savings of 50% off the separately purchased price.
Akai Professional releases FREE LPD8 Reaktor Module
If you have got an Akai Pro LPD8 and Native instruments’ Reaktor 5, Akai Pro has put together something special just for you. They have compiled some of the best analog drum samples, 120 in all, from their library along with a module for Reaktor that makes triggering them with your LPD8 quick and easy.
Abbey Road and Native Instruments team up
Native Instruments today announced a close partnership with Abbey Road, the iconic British recording studios that have shaped the sound of popular music for over 75 years. Combining Native Instruments‘ industry-leading expertise in music software design with Abbey Road’s unique engineering facilities, the two companies will create advanced software instruments of exceptional sonic quality and musical value, with the first product scheduled for release in early 2010.