May, 2005 archive

FabFilter has announced the release of FabFilter Volcano, a filter effect plug-in for Windows and Mac OS X.
FabFilter Volcano features many modulation options and above all FabFilter’s unique digital filter technology that results in extremely smooth and analog-sounding filters.

A new version of GlissEQ, a dynamic equalizer with real-time interchannel spectrum overlays, is available for download.
This version features several minor improvements: a small rearrangement of the Import and EQ mode buttons introduced; GlissEQ now features input-output RMS difference counter.

The most useful improvement is that now state of both Mute and Solo switches of the [...]

SpinAudio has released RoomVerb M2 version 2.3. The new version features redesigned reverb engine and comes bundled with a set of 260 factory presets.

Thomson Course Technology has released Pro Tools Overdrive!, an advanced book on Pro Tools. The concept behind Pro Tools Overdrive! is to guide semi-experienced and experienced Pro Tools users to more effective and more successful sessions—whether its to produce, record, compose, mix, edit, or create sound for film.
With coverage on the latest 6.7 version, this [...]

Fuse-In has announce that tickets for the 2005 edition of Detroit’s Electronic Music Festival are now on sale. The three-day event will feature four stages showcasing over 100 electronic music artists.
This year’s festival will feature DJ and live performances by Mos Def, Ken Ishii, Carl Craig, Kevin Saunderson, Green Velvet, Richie Hawtin, Underground Resistance, Alexander [...]

Sonic Studio has announced Manual DeClick 2.0, a Sonic Studio DDP option.
Manual DeClick 2.0 provides the highest level of quality and selectivity required by corporate restoration departments and discriminating independents worldwide. Jayson Tomlin, Vice President of Sales, states that Manual DeClick “…wasn’t just the first, it’s still the finest tool available for surgical restoration of [...]

Ambient electronic music artist Robert Rich has announced the availability of a unique collaboration with photographer David Agasi, Echo of Small Things.
Longtime friends Agasi and Rich inspire each other with image and sound. Ten of Agasi’s haunting sensual photos unite with Rich’s calm reflective soundscapes in this collaboration, “focusing eye and ear on the beauty [...]

ModernBeats has announced a new hip hop brass library for software samplers, entitled “Brass Elementz 1″ covering today’s Urban, Hip Hop, and Crunk musical genres. We still are not sure what Crunk is, but whatever it is, they have it on tap.
Brass Elementz 1 contains 400 brass stabs, chords, and riffs across 26 multi-format sampler [...]

M-Audio has announced iControl, the first dedicated hardware controller specifically designed for Apple’s popular Apple GarageBand music software.
“M-Audio has a vision of empowering anyone interested in making music with the tools to do so easily,” says Tim Ryan, General Manager at M-Audio. “iControl represents M-Audio’s commitment to GarageBand as a creative platform. iControl provides a [...]

Behringer has announced the availability of a new desktop DJ effects machine with 6 simultaneous functions and an intuitive user interface. The Tweakalizer DFX69 features a real-time scratch function for any input signal and a fast and accurate auto-BPM counter.
With its virtually inaudible Pitch Transposer to correct track speed adjustments and an LFO-controlled effects section [...]