March, 2005 archive

Cycling ‘74 has announced the release of Mode for Windows. This package of native audio processing plug-ins is now available on Windows XP for host applications supporting the VST and RTAS formats. The package features three instruments and two effects units that integrate functions and performance controls typically found in rack-mount and workstation hardware. An [...]

Big Fish Audio has introduced Greg Adams’ Big Band Brass, a Aiff/Apple Loops/WAV/Acid collection.
Performance Loops producer Stephen Sherrard teams up with legendary trumpeter, composer, and arranger Greg Adams (Rod Stewart, Elton John, Linda Ronstadt, Lyle Lovett) to bring you over 4600 Big Band Brass loops and samples.
This DVD-ROM contains thousands of loops and samples from [...]

Kaysound Imports, who distributes Hercules Technologies in the US market, has announced a $100 price drop of the Hercules 16/12 FW, the first FireWire 24-bit 96kHz 16-In/12-Out audio and MIDI interface for PC and Macintosh.
“The Hercules 16/12 FW gives customers an incredibly powerful computer recording solution that is now available for under $500.” said Mark [...]

Kid Nepro has announced a new set of patches for the the Roland “Super Jupiter” MKS80 - Vol #3 - Patch King Mix.
According to Kid Nepro’s founder and sound programmer: “Just because a synthesizer is no longer available in your local music store does not mean it is no longer useful. Many classic tracks have [...]

SpinAudio has released RoomVerb M2 version 2.2. The new version features new, improved reverb engine and comes bundled with a redesigned set of 250 factory presets.
The updated version features new, improved reverb engine that provides denser, more realistic reverberation and better stereo image spatialization. The update comes bundled with a redesigned set of 250 [...]

Native Instruments has announced details on the library of the upcoming Kontakt 2 software sampler. The factory library will set new standards in terms of sound quality and versatility, weighing in at more than 15 GByte and making extensive use of the new “Kontakt Script Processor” (KSP) for a wide range of advanced performance effects.
A [...]

Voxengo has announced that a free update for Pristine Space is now available for download. Pristine Space is a convolution (impulse reverb) processor in PC VST plug-in format with eight independent convolution channels. Pristine Space can be used in mono, stereo and various surround channel configurations.

Version 1.4 fixes several minor issues that were compromising general [...]

At the recent 2005 NAMM Expo, AXL Music was displaying a unique portable amp, the ThinAmp. It’s only 2″ thick, and weighs just five pounds, yet it packs 10 Watts of power, 18 built-in DSP effects, a three-band EQ, and twin speakers. It’s so unique, that it is helping to create a new class of [...]

ModernBeats has introduced Vintage Machinez 1, the first of a huge collection of remastered classic drum samples for software samplers!
The Vintage Machinez Collection offers users a 21st century design of all old drum machine classics divided into 3 major categories for quick and convenient use. Categories include newly remastered Mono versions, plus unique Stereo and [...]

Digidesign has announced that Ableton Live Lite 4 Digidesign Edition will soon ship with every Digidesign Pro Tools TDM and LE system as part of the Music Production Enhancement Suite. Registered owners of the previous version of Ableton Live Digidesign Edition can download a free update to the new software version for a limited time [...]