NAMM 2008 plays host to the worldwide launch of Nocturn, the latest controller from Novation, innovators in music software control. Novations most affordable hardware controller to date, Nocturn promises to unleash the full potential of all your favourite instrument and effect plug-ins.
Following the monumental success of Novations revolutionary Automap Universal, a protocol exclusive to Novation controllers, providing automatic and intelligent control of your music software, NAMM 2008 sees the arrival of the eagerly awaited Automap Universal 2.0.
Steinberg is pleased to announce a new Personal Music Production System: Cubase Essential 4. Tailored to musicians, home studios and anyone on a tight budget, Cubase Essential 4 is a streamlined version of Steinberg’s award-winning Cubase 4.
Sonnox is excited to announce the launch of its first new plug-in since the Company became independent in April 2007. The Oxford SuprEsser joins the existing range of highly regarded audio processing plug-ins in the Sonnox line-up.
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH is proud to announce the release of the Software Development Kit (SDK) for VST3, the latest generation of its VST platform. VST3 offers new capabilities to developers of host applications, audio plug-ins and virtual instruments.
ARTURIA will unveil version 1.0 of Origin Keyboard, the keyboard version of its first Hardware Synthesizer, Origin. This keyboard lets you perform and create your music with a new level of dynamism, control and ergonomics.
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.