Cockos did not release REAPER 3 until they were ready to market it. Instead, they offered pre-release builds in public to all of their users, and continued to refine and develop as users told them what they liked, what they did not, and best of all, what new features were most important to them.
Ultimate Sound Bank has just released Jazzistic, the first add-on soundcard designed specifically for BPM and MachFive. Jazzistic gives you complete access to BPM-compatible kits, patterns, loops and individual sounds, just like BPM’s included library. You will find authentic sounds and instruments entirely dedicated to the artistry of jazz music: drums, double bass, jazz guitar and electric keyboards.
The brand new bass and drum virtual instrument from Rob Papen Instruments with earth-shaking low end. AudioMIDI.com Mitchell Sigman puts Subbassboom through its paces. Based on the award winning Predator engine, SubBoomBass has been carefully crafted to provide you with the tools to create fresh new bass lines. It includes unique tuned drum percussion samples which are great for Hip Hop and RnB basses but can also be used to add rhythm flavour to your tracks. Also check out the innovative ‘Wave-sequence’ feature which will open up brand new sonic possibilities for your music.
The best-selling small-format digital mixer on the market just got dramatically better with firmware version 1.11 for the StudioLive 16.4.2! The new firmware adds important new features and improvements and is recommended for all StudioLive users.
X-Wheel of Fortune 6 (X-WoF 6) is a highly versatile multipart music system with inbuilt cell step control sequencer for creating tracks of various types of music like Ambient or even soundtracks. Just set up certain basics and let the machine create variations for you as there are several inbuilt algorithms just for this purpose giving this machine its magic touch.
PSP Audioware is pleased to inform that new versions of Lexicon PSP42 and PSP 84 have been released. The update includes x64 VST PC preliminary builds which run natively on 64-bit Windows XP and Vista operating systems.
After releasing the Release Candidate version earlier this week Image Line now releases the official 1.5. version of Deckadance. This new 1.5. version is available for MAC and PC and gains a new audio engine with an amazing high quality of the sound.
Taken from the pro plug-in bx_dynEQ, bx_boom! is one hell of a bass drum plugin. Unlike most other bass-drum plug-ins you can use on final mixes and stereo drum groups or loops. M/S technique at its best!
As one of the earliest and most commonly recognized Chinese instruments, Sheng, a free-reed, mouth-blown instrument, which can be traced back to at least 3,000 years ago, has withstood against time and still is a vital key piece in today’s Chinese music. Sheng has marked the Chinese life deeply. Today Chinese still use an ancient idiom to refer those who live the way of partying all the time as “singing and playing Sheng every night”.
Ohmforce have posted two tutorials in which they want us to learn how to use the OhmBoyz with Skot and the pesky French OhmMen. The OhmBoyz is the delay every musician needs. Watch to learn why. The second tutorial is on the use of Predatohm (with bits of Minimonsta:Melohman and Frohmage) to get the ultimate disTORsion.
Voxengo Elephant update version 3.3 is now available for download. Voxengo Elephant is a mastering limiter plug-in for professional music production applications, available in AudioUnit and VST plug-in formats, for Mac OS X, Windows XP and Windows Vista computers.
Karma-Lab has opened a new support service for Korg M3 owners and KARMA users: the Premium Content Area (PCA). By purchasing an affordable subscription plan, users gain access to new video tutorials being released on a weekly basis.
Deckadance is a DJ mixing application that works either as a standalone program OR as a VSTi inside your favourite host. Deckadance itself can also host any VST compliant softsynth or effect. ImageLine has just released version 1.5. (Release Candidate).
Using a newly extended model, PIANOTEQ can now reproduce the beautiful sound of the vibraphone. Two virtual vibraphones, V-M and V-B, reproduce faithfully the characteristic sound of two well-known vibraphone brands. Thanks to the physical model the range of the vibraphones is extended from 3 to 5 octaves. Each instrument is provided with several variants and by using interface features, such as mallet hardness and tremolo, you can customize them to your own taste.