August, 2004 archive

Doepfer has announced that its R2M Ribbon Controller is now available. R2M is a ribbon controller that generates control signals by moving the finger on the ribbon manual. The output signals are generated as Midi and CV/Gate control voltages simultaneously. Consequently R2M allows to control both Midi and CV/Gate based equipment (e.g. analog synthesizers or [...]

PreSonus Audio Electronics is now shipping the Firepod, a 10 input/10 output 24-bit/96K FireWire recording system. The Firepod comes ready to go with eight PreSonus Class A custom microphone preamplifiers along with free Cubase LE - 48 audio/96 MIDI track recording software. Retail price on the Firepod is $799.95 with an estimated street price in [...]

Blue Sky International is introducing MediaDesk, a new compact 2.1, full-range monitoring solution designed specifically for critical mixing and monitoring on the desktop.
Ideal for computer-driven audio recording and production in a close-field environment (less than one meter), MediaDesk incorporates two Blue Sky ultra-compact amplified satellite speakers, with a complementary powered subwoofer. Blue Sky’s monitoring solutions, [...]

Native Instruments has announced that a User Library for Absynth2 is now online. This library allows registered Absynth2 users to freely exchange their own sound creations on the NI website - similiar to what users of Reaktor and Guitar Rig have been enjoying for some time now.
The Absynth2 User Library offers extensive functionality including a [...]

Mackie recently introduced Spike, a digital recording solution that combines a high-quality USB-based audio/MIDI interface with software for sequencing and mixing. Mackie is marketing Spike with the phrase “Recording music on your computer doesn’t have to be such a pain in the ass.” We tested Spike to see if it lives up to that promise.
Spike [...]

Muse Research has announced that its first product, Receptor, is shipping today, and will be available through music retailers worldwide. Receptor is a dedicated music device designed to run VST plug-ins in both studio and live applications.
Using proprietary Muse software, Receptor can run VST software from the best developers in the world without the complexity [...]

NUSofting has announced microrock, their latest VST software synthesiser for Windows. Inspired by the simplicity of an electric bass or guitar through a series of effects pedals, microrock is a monophonic synthesizer based around a combination of physically modelled oscillators, NUSoftings DynaTone filter, and an effects section which includes distortion, overdrive, wah, chorus, vibrato and [...]

SpinAudio has announced the release of Virtual Mixing Console 1.0, an application that can turn your PC into powerfull digital mixer with VST effects processing and VST Instruments host.
The product is designed to deliver real-time performance with a total Input/Output latency down to 2 ms that equals dedicated hardware solutions.
Virtual Mixing Console offers full-featured mixer [...]

Prosounds has introduced the PS-1 Performance Synthesizer, the result of a collaboration between ProSounds and DASH Signature which has been designed with the advanced sound designer and electronic musician in mind.
The PS-1 is a VST instrument plugin for Windows featuring four high quality oscillators, a mixer, 2 resonant multimode filters (routable in both serial and [...]

Luxonix has released the LFX-1310, a free Windows VST plug-in. The LFX-1310 has 24 different effects and variations, and up to three effects can be arranged in a series.
Effects :

S’Filter 12 / S’Filter 24 / 3-band EQ
Peak Compressor / RMS Compressor
Overdrive / Distortion / Amp Distortion
Crusher / LP Noise / Stereo Image
Chorus / Flanger / [...]