December, 2005 archive

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 [...]

Perimeter Sound Arts has released 2 new loop sample CDs: Brain Danse, produced by Jeff Rhodes, and an upgraded reissue of the original Abstract World Fusion, which has been out of print for the last year.
Their sample CDs are available in both Acidized .wav format for Windows, and Apple Loop format for GarageBand, Soundtrack, Logic, [...]

Image-Line has introduced FL Studio 6, an update to the virtual studio that features a combination of core enhancements and new plugins.
Leading the changes is the new, larger, resizable Mixer, with fully flexible inter-track routing and PDC functions. MIDI functionality has been extended to include a wider range of external controllers as well as foot-pedal [...]

Novation has expanded its line of Remote MIDI controllers.
The ReMOTE SL25 was the first controller keyboard that detects the software you are using in your virtual studio and logically ‘automaps’ that software’s controllers to the keyboard’s own front panel knobs and sliders. The SL25 also featured two bright LCDs which can show 16 different parameter [...]

iPod cases are starting to get…well, a little kinky.
Fluffpod has introduced Fluffpod video, a furry iPod case for Apple’s latest iPod, available in white or pink.
Also available for download is a Fluffpod video QuickTime movie, a short film that features a model getting dressed to go out, and then lovingly caressing her Fluffpod.
“People have asked [...]

FabFilter has released FabFilter Twin, a synthesizer plug-in for Windows and Mac OS X. FabFilter Twin features high-quality oscillators, smooth and analog-sounding filters, and unique drag-and-drop modulation slots that make complex sounds easy to design.
FabFilter Twin contains two pure and solid-sounding oscillators with triangle, sawtooth, and square wave forms. Hard sync, pulse width, [...]