March, 2005 archive

Zero-G and Xfonic Ltd have announce the release of A.S.L. – ANALOGUE SEQUENCER LOOPS, a 100% pure analogue virtual instrument, representing classic analogue synths and hardware analogue sequencers superbly captured at 24bit sampling resolution.
The mastermind behind the unique and inspiring new library to be found within A.S.L. is Ian Boddy, one of Europe’s leading synthesists [...]

Elemental Audio Systems has announced a name change for its peak limiter and the availability of updates for all of its commercial audio plug-ins. Formerly known as Finalis, Elemental Audio Systems’ limiting plug-in and newest product has been renamed Finis.
The plug-in updates, released for Firium, Eqium, Neodynium, and Finis, address several issues and offer improved [...]

Kreativ Sounds has introduced MALWaves – Exotic Malström Sounds, a new Reason refill.
Dark textures, scary sweeps, analogues, physical models, dream key, vocal choirs or sound effects are just a few types of presets that makes MALWaves Refill an unique and versatile sounds collection suitable for film scores, ambient music, game composers, electro music, trance and [...]

DVForge has announced the April 8th shipping date of its new JamPod plug-in guitar practice amp module for the iPod and iPod mini.
“We have talked with many of the millions of guitar and bass players who own iPods,” said Chuck Leonard, DVForge’s Executive Vice President, “And, a frequent request from these musicians has been to [...]

DVForge has announced the April 8th shipping date of its new JamPlug FM plug-in FM music transmitter for electric guitar or bass guitar.
“With so many musicians in our customer list, it is inevitable that we will sometimes come up with fun little product ideas.” said CJ Sorg, DVForge’s music products manager, “And, the JamPlug FM [...]

iCompositions has partnered with Drums on Demand to give away a package of free loops for GarageBand, Logic, and Soundtrack. The collection, available exclusively for registered users of iCompositions, consists of 90 drum loops, 19 “single hit” sounds for applications such as sound effects, and 9 “loop layers” for building your own drum loops.
The loops [...]

Smart Loops has announced that it is now shipping their Dry Studio Kit and Percussion Kit Multi-format CDs, with ACID, REX2, and Apple Loops formats on the same CD. Both CDs include over 300 grooves and samples, each in all three loop formats.
Both the Dry Studio Kit and Percussion Kit loops CDs were previously available [...]

Edirol is shipping the R-4 4-channel portable digital recorder. The R-4 has been expanded to include support for Broadcast Wave Format file (BWF). The R-4 can now write the required metadata to comply with BWF standard. This allows the R-4 to function as an even more powerful portable 4-channel field recorder with a wider range [...]

K-Sounds has introduced Piano 2 for the Korg Triton. Piano 2 features stereo, velocity-switched samples of a Kawai EX concert grand piano, fully programmed and ready to play. Unlike other Triton-format libraries, Piano 2 also includes a sample-based emulation of sympathetic string resonance.
Sixteen solo piano programs and twenty-three combinations cover a wide variety of applications [...]

Propellerhead Software has announced the availability of Sonic Reality Volume 11 Retro Keys, 19 Vocal Textures and 20 Mello T by download from the Propellerheads’ PropShop.
Sonic Reality already has a history as creators of Samples and Refills for Reason. “The Sonic Refills are a great source for the content hungry user of Reason 3.0″ Kristoffer [...]