Tone2 has released two updated versions of their plugins. First one is the complete VST synthesizer and a flexible multi-effect unit, Filterbank 3. Second update is for the high-end quality stereo filter module BiFilter2.
“Can’t learn the guitar in time for your deadline. Your favorite session player is out of town. Romplers are not quite there. Strum is the just-right solution.” With these words Applied Acoustics introduces us to their new Strum Acoustic GS-1 Guitar Plug-in Synthesizer. Without giving away more details AAS says Strum Acoustic will be out by the end of 2008’s first quarter, when more details will be revealed.
From January 17 to January 20 the NAMM Show is the largest music products trade show in United States. Held every January in Anaheim, California, USA the show brings together all facets of the music products industry to reveal new musical instruments/products and ideas. And every year rumours start to emerge on the internet on what the manufacturers have cooked up for us. What can we expect for the coming year. We tried to gather some totally unfounded and unauthorised ‘rumours’ for you.
The virtual emulation offered in the Prophet V is an exact replica of the original instrument and uses the same subtractive synthesis model. Subtractive synthesis refers to the filtering of sounds in a specific way in order to create harmonically rich waveforms and new timbres. Our reproduction of Subtractive synthesis with TAE guarantees the sound quality of the instrument. Arturia has announced update-version 1.2. which is free to all registered users and can be downloaded at their website.
NEXUS is a next generation rom synthesizer of the highest quality. reFX have released update version 1.3.8. of this VSTi plug-in.
Sugar Bytes announces their new plug-in as a effect sequencer. Effectrix will be featuring 13 effects and a 32step sequencer with 12 sub-patterns. Effectrix is the ideal tool for grooving sound mutations and exciting breakbeat effects.
At the coming NAMM show Use Audio is launching their new Plugiator tabletop synthesizer which utilizes modular proprietary plug-in technology to run various different synthesis models in a convenient compact hardware form factor.
For the first time SampleRobot 3 will be publicly presented at the NAMM Show in Anaheim. After a longer period of development, SampleRobot 3 is now ready for musicians and sound designers that are in need for a creative all-in-one sampling and sample playback solution.
Solid State Logic will introduce their new X-EQ plugin for Duende at the coming NAMM next week. X-EQ is a creative equalising tool combining the best of both the analogue and digital worlds. SSL recreated the most legendary analogue equalisers and added a few experimental characteristics only possible the in digital domain. By using proprietary filter algorithms, they have achieved a huge dynamic range as well as extremely low noise and distortion level, and thus unparalleled sound purity, impossible with any analogue circuitry.
Image Line Software, the developers of Deckadance and FL Studio announce the greatly anticipated Mac OSX release of Deckadance (Universal Binary). Now all customers, Mac and PC, have access to one of the fastest growing DJ mixing software platforms in the market.
McDSP will be demonstrating three new plug-ins at the Winter NAMM show held in Anaheim California, January 2008. The new plug-ins are the DE555 de-esser, the FutzBox signal distorter and noise generator, and the NF575 noise filter.
This new ‘monster’ is a double-precision 11-band stereo and MONO EQ with some totally NEW auto solo listening modes. Joystick control for sweepable Bass- and Presence-Shifter EQs, switchable EQ-bands, internal M/S stereo width and Mono Maker up to 22k.
The E2Deesser version 1.1 brings a variable lookahead delay, which allows getting very smooth responses and unprecedented processing transparency for a de-esser.
The Mac version of Gladiator is now available. It is available as universal binary for Intel Mac and Power PC. Gladiator supports audio unit (AU) and VST 2.4.
The Sound Guy has announced new Mac OS X updates of their audio effects plug-ins, SFX Machine RT, SFX Machine Pro and Backwards Machine.