April, 2005 archive

Waves Ltd has announced the release of MaxxBCL, a new processor that combines Waves’ MaxxBass enhancer, Renaissance Compressor, and L2 Ultramaximizer limiter in one hardware unit for the first time. In addition, the new unit’s analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters exceed the performance of the acclaimed converters in the L2 Ultramaximizer hardware unit, a processor [...]

Emoove music, an independent online record company and distributor, is offering bedroom producers access to host their own web page, dedicated marketing, graphic design, and artist management & development.
It offers a non-exclusive deal, where the artist has nothing to do but keep making the music. The emoove Fifty/Fifty deal means the artist gets the benefits [...]

Miglia Technology has announced the immediate availability of a new version of MediaBank HS-R. MediaBank HS-R now sports a high-speed Oxford 912-based FireWire 800 interface to increase the data transfer rates. Furthermore, the power supply unit has been upgraded to cope with the larger and more power-hungry drives appearing on the market.
Eric Ferraz, Product Marketing [...]

Spectral Computers has announced a new line of high-powered Windows-based computer systems — two standard systems plus a custom-build option — each optimized for audio and qualified by leading software manufacturers. Spectral Computers are designed to deliver a level of performance and reliability far beyond that offered by the consumer products so often found in [...]

Crysonic has announced Spectralive, the first VST to utilize the patent pending process spectral vitality. The Spectralive process is a novel and proprietary approach for imparting Vitality and warmth to all your audio material.
Producer JC Parker comments, “I had the privilege of being one of the the beta testers and this is, without question, the [...]

Leapfrog Audio has released an update to its phrase-editing virtual instrument, Rephrase version 1.2.
New features:

Pristine sound quality - true sampler like quality reproduction.
Stereo audio support - stereo audio can now be imported and ‘Rephrased’.
Faster import - audio is imported around 3X faster.
Faster load/save - native format loads/saves are about twice as quick.
Smaller rephrase files - [...]

Digidesign has announced the Producer Factory and Producer Factory Pro plug-in bundles for Windows XP– and Mac OS X–based Pro Tools and Pro Tools M-Powered systems. The Producer Factory and Producer Factory Pro bundles include a wide range of professional-quality Digidesign and Bomb Factory plug-ins at heavily discounted prices.
Designed to expand the creative processing options [...]

Digidesign has introduced SoundFuel SOLID, a high-quality synthesizer plug-in for Pro Tools|HD systems. Developed by SoundFuel in collaboration with Digidesign, SOLID is a plug-in that recreates the warm, analog sounds of ’70s and ’80s synthesizers while also offering modern patches that are perfect for dance or electronica. SOLID is currently supported by Digidesign-approved Mac-based Pro [...]

As polished dance records go, Ashley Jade’s Dreaming sets a high standard. Jade, a UK actress and singer, has found success in Europe and hopes to duplicate it in the world dance market.
The tracks on Dreaming are pop vocal trance numbers that are expertly produced and well written. Standout tracks are Dreaming, Let Me Be [...]

Precision Sound has introduced J-Celeste, a 3-octave road cased JenCo Celeste that has been chromatically sampled close-mic’ed in mono.
The SampleSet contains 107 24bit (HALion Kontakt) 16bit (SoundFont) wav samples divided into 3 velocity layers.
The Celeste is a rather unusual keyboard instrument that has been used in both classical and rock music and can be [...]

Apple has introduced Soundtrack Pro, a new application that gives audio and video professionals a flexible way to create, control and fix audio. Soundtrack Pro features an innovative waveform editor with flexible Action Layers that allow users to instantly re-order, bypass or change any edit, effect or process. Intelligent Find-and-Fix features quickly identify and repair [...]

Digidesign has announced Pro Tools 6.9 software, which brings a new cross-platform feature set to Pro Tools|HD and Pro Tools LE systems, with an emphasis on post production and advanced mixing functionality.
Pro Tools 6.9 software works with Avid Mojo and Digidesign AVoption|V10 video I/O peripherals and the Avid Media Station|PT companion application to give video [...]

Digidesign has introduced D-Command, the newest member of the ICON integrated console family. ICON D-Command incorporates much of the same functionality, industrial design, and custom workflow capabilities that have made the flagship ICON D-Control tactile worksurface one of the fastest selling large-format consoles on the market today. With its compact size and powerful feature set [...]

Big Fish Audio is shipping London Solo Strings in 24 Bit Kontakt Player Plug-in. It is also still available in GigaSampler format.
London Solo Strings features instruments sampled in 24 bit, played by world class performers with top of the line instruments, including a beautiful violin from 1740. Articulations include: arco, marcato, martele, spiccato, sul tasto, [...]

Nine Inch Nails has released a Garageband version of their new single The Hand that Feeds. It is available as a free download from the NIN site.
It’s a massive 72mb collection of Garageband resources, straight from Trent Reznor.
Garageband users can check it out at the NIN site.