June, 2005 archive

Voxengo has announced an update to r8brain Pro, a professional sample rate converter for Windows which offers an excellent sample rate conversion quality.
The update features several user interaction improvements. The first one is the ‘Pause’ button you may press to suspend processing, to temporarily release CPU resources, without stopping the whole conversion process. Another minor [...]

ZTT Records has released Andrew Poppy on Zang Tumb Tuum, a 3 CD box set compiling classic recordings, unreleased and rare material commemorating the 20th anniversary of Poppy’s period with the label.
One of the UK’s leading contemporary composers, Poppy arrived at ZTT in 1984 having studied under John Cage and founded the avant-garde collective The [...]

Alexander, the soundtrack to the Oliver Stone biopic, features Vangelis at his best. It’s a rousing score, a satisfying album, and a likely Oscar contender.
With this score, Vangelis delivers vivid orchestrations, lyrical themes, and his unique style of crowd-pleasing bombast. If you’re a Vangelis fan, click on over to Amazon and be done with it [...]

Piano Dreams and Nightscapes, the latest CD from electronic/ambient musician Brannan Lane, is one of the most relaxing and lovely ambient CDs released this year.
The CD explores the ambient territory pioneered by Brian Eno and Harold Budd on releases like Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirrors, and The Pearl. Though Lane visits similar territory, the [...]

OCP has released a collection of glitchy tracks that are available as free mp3 downloads.
You can find all of OCP’s free stuff: http://www4.archive.org/search.php?query=ocp
There are also some very interesting free videos of some of these tracks available, go to: http://pygar.pt.vu

The Masquerade Project has released its latest album, Wounds Of Pain, as a set of free MP3 downloads.
The album is completely free from http://www.masqueradeproject.com. The Masquerade Project does this to give back to the community and do their part to keep music free.
The Masquerade Project is an industrial / Goth / EBM Project that has [...]

Steinberg has announced that its latest VSTi product, Virtual Bassist, is now shipping worldwide. Based on real performances by studio bass players, Virtual Bassist offers a range of bass phrases, grooves and styles and covers musical styles ranging through rock, pop, reggae, metal and hip hop to name but a few.
“Virtual Bassist is probably the [...]

Native Instruments has announced that the fifth generation of Reaktor, the modular sound studio, is now available from authorized dealers worldwide.
Core Technology lays the foundation for this powerful new version of Reaktor and breaks new ground in flexibility and sound quality. Included with REAKTOR 5 are more than 20 new and re-designed instruments: Generate completely [...]

Native Instruments, in cooperation with Beatport, are offering registered users an exclusive offer: Download 8 tracks for free, in 320kbps quality, that showcase the wide range of musical genres available at the Beatport.
You can also download an additional 7 free tracks, all seamlessly blended into a DJ mix by John Acquaviva. The cool feature about [...]

Kid Nepro has added 31 new files to their downloadable database. The new files are a preview of upcoming Kid Nepro patch and sample collections along with an update of their vintage sound samples.
The new files are set up in three categories;

Preview of “Kid Nepro Vol #7 – Wavestation 2005″ for the Korg Wavestation Series [...]