November, 2004 archive

Ultimate Sound Bank and its North American distributor ILIO have announced the release of X-treme FX. The sample-based plug-in is the first virtual instrument solely dedicated to musical soundscapes, sound effects, foleys and atmospheric sounds. The plug-in’s versatile 8 GB sound library allows for fast and easy construction of complex textures. Its powerful UVI engine [...]

Sonoma Wire Works has released a collection of seven new effects available in one convenient VST plug-in called Sonoma 7 VST. Included are effects like auto-wah, multiband compression, modulation, delay, reverb, and parametric EQ.
By combining all seven effects into one plug-in, musicians get convenient access to multi-effect presets, and the ability to instantiate more effects [...]

Kid Nepro is now producing sample libraries for Native Instruments Kontakt Software Sampler. The second release for Kontakt is the Kid Nepro Vintage Synthesizer CD-ROM. All Sounds are also compatible with Native Instruments Intakt, Kompakt and Battery Samplers.
Vintage Synths - New samples in Native Kontakt format from the most popular vintage synths ever made. Classic [...]

ASKVideo Interactive Media are shipping the first in a new series of interactive tutorial DVDs for Cubase SX 3.
Cubase SX 3, the new version of Steinberg’s line of music production systems, takes computer music technology to a new level by adding more than 70 new features including powerful Audio Warp real-time time stretching, an intuitive [...]

Open Labs has introduced their latest keyboard/studio instrument, the NeKo LE. Based on the company’s NeKo OpenSynth platform, the NeKo LE incorporates a full personal computer, powered by the Intel Pentium 4 processor and is targeted at songwriters, music producers, and hobbyists that want to play, record, mix, master, and burn their music in a [...]

Acon Digital Media has released Studio Time, a collection of plug-ins for time scale and pitch modifications that integrate with software supporting DirectX plug-ins. It consists of the following plug-ins:

StudioTime, a time scale modification (time stretching) plug-in
StudioPitch, a pitch modification plug-in that allows pitch shifts with optional tempo and timbre preservation

Both plug-ins are based on [...]

TazMan Audio has released TheExtractor, PC VST plug-in that can extract audio information in real-time and convert it into MIDI messages, as well as allowing you to control up to 4 parameters at the same time from a single audio source.
TheExtractor makes it is possible to control a synthesizer/sampler or effect unit (as long as [...]

The Audio Ease Rocket Science Bundle (flight path simulator, talk box and autowah) has now been released and improved for OSX (Mac G4 or G5). It consists of three audio plug-ins for RTAS, HTDM, MAS, Audio Unit and VST.
Improvements over the previous version include extra automation features, support for surround formats and high sample rates.

Roger [...]

One World Beat is looking for musicians of all styles for its third annual Global Music Festival, uniting musicians and bands to make a difference for people in need.
The year 2005 will be the 20th anniversary of the first major music/help project “Live Aid”, produced by Bob Geldof and his fellow musicians. One World Beat [...]

Alexander Publishing, has released the first of two training programs: Writing For Strings/Living Music Book Level 1.
This new course is based on 30 lessons and includes QuickTime videos, MIDI files, a sample library, recorded audio examples, PDF scores, a thesaurus of Orchestral Devices, a text on Orchestration, and can be supplemented by a mentor program, [...]