December, 2005 archive

The Eowave Persephone is a ribbon-controlled analog instrument that recalls the first electric keyboards from the 1950s. Its ribbon virtual keyboard allows the kinds of glissando a Theremin or les Ondes Martenot would allow.
The Persephone sound, created by a 100 % analog oscillator, is also inspired from these instruments and oscillates from human voices sonorities […]

Big Fish Audio has introduced two new sample libaries, Mahadhi - African Rhythms and Elements: Indian.
Mahadhi - African Rhythms
Description
Mahadhi ya Afrika! In Africa, traditional music is not written down, but handed down from generation to generation. You’ll feel that tradition as you dance to the rhythms of Africa with this collection of live percussion loops. […]

Universumkiosk has introduced Waves of Land, a sound library created by Ton Driessens for musicians, music producers, game designers, multimedia designers and commercial makers.
The library is available as a whole or in Sample Packs.
About the Library:
Waves of Land is divided into rhythmical loops, pads, single sounds and construction sets. Tempos are indicated and range from […]

BIAS reports that Peak Pro 5 offers one of the highest quality resampling algorithms in the industry. After testing eleven audio applications and comparing their results, Peak Pro 5’s sample rate conversion proves to be one of the very best on the market.
“Sample rate conversion, also known as resampling, is one of the most important […]

Waves has announced that its GTR (Guitar Tool Rack) now supports Pro Tools 7 for both Mac and Windows platforms.
GTR 1.0 for Windows has been tested and certified for proper operation under Pro Tools 7, while GTR 1.1 for Mac OS X makes GTR Pro Tools 7-compatible on Mac. Pro Tools 7 users can download […]

Digital Black has released Raven dRT, a VST plugin that is designed to automatically replace drum sounds in an audio track with sampled sounds.
The plug-in lets users rescue takes that have a good feel but poor drum sound, or to just change the sound of the drums.

Features:

Fast, accurate, responsive triggering
8 velocity splits and variable response […]

PSoft has announced an update to its virtual modular synthesizer. VOID Modular System 1.6 features 9 new modules.
New Modules:

[Generator]Wav File Oscillator, Draw Oscillator
[Midi]VSTPlug
[Dynamics]Beat Detector
[Misc]Knob, Slider, BlankPanel Single , BlankPanel Double , BlankPanel Quad

Current VOID registered users can download the latest version free of charge.A free demo is available for download also.
More information is available at […]

MOTU is now shipping Version 1.1 of the Symphonic Instrument universal orchestral plug-in for Mac and PC.
Version 1.1 adds stand-alone operation, 64 parts per plug-in, support for 64 MIDI channels, support for multiple independent outputs and disk streaming. It is shipping now as a free download for all registered Symphonic Instrument users.
Stand-alone operation
The MOTU Symphonic […]

The Southern California Resource for Electro-Acoustic Music (SCREAM) and NewTown Pasadena are presenting a free encore performance of a program of new works for video with electro-acoustic music scores at the Disney Hall at the California Institute of the Arts on January 8th.
The international program will include works by Kristine Burns (USA), Richard Carbonell (Spain), […]

The Kid Nepro AIFF and WAV CD - Kings Collection Vol #1 is now available as a downloadable file.
The Kings collection contains over 500 megs of samples including classic drum machines and basses, vintage synths, orchestral instruments, brass, keyboards, guitars, sound effects and more. All multi sampled and well organized for easy key mapping into […]

Audeon has announced that it is now shipping its UFO soft synth.
UFO software synthesizer is the first product to implement TransModal Synthesis technology. TransModal Synthesis relies on K-Osc, an oscillator model capable of smoothly transitioning between various oscillation modes like harmonic, noisy or chaotic, and Morphilter, a filter allowing continuous transitions between modes (low-pass, high-pass,…). […]

IK Multimedia has announced that SampleTank 2.1 is now shipping. This upgrade includes enhanced application features and an enlarged 2 DVD sound set.
Update Features

SampleTank 2.1 offers a re-mastered and enlarged sound set now on 2 DVDs with an expanded 6.5GB sound library. Offering 2 GB of additional new material, more than 1,700 sounds and a […]

Recordare LLC, an Internet music software and publishing company, has released version 3 of its Dolet plug-in for the Sibelius 4 music notation program.
Dolet 3 for Sibelius writes MusicXML 1.1 files for the highest-fidelity translation available between music notation programs. Dolet 3 also includes a batch translation feature to automate the process of moving music […]

The new version 3 of the audio editing software Melodyne cre8/studio for Windows XP and Mac OS X is shipping.
Melodyne3 offers a new algorithm that allows any type of audio material to profit from Melodyne’s unique editing functions and sound quality; in other words, Melodyne is no longer limited to the editing of melodies but […]

Virsyn has releaseed an update to its Tera virtual synthesizer.
Changes
Multi sampling
Each of the three main oscillators can use now samples instead of the built-in waveforms. The samples are organized in up to 16 key zones and 2 morph zones, making for a total of up to 32 sample files for each oscillator. Due to it’s […]