April, 2007 archive

zplane.development has announced the availability of vielklang, a plug-in for instant audio harmonization. vielklang generates up to four voices from a single-voiced audio input. The progression of each individual voice is controlled by sophisticated harmony progression and voice leading models, resulting in musically meaningful harmonization without any configuration efforts.
With vielklang, users can generate and prototype […]

Submersible Music now has a demo version available of DrumCore. In addition, DrumCore LT, the DrummerPack player, provides access to DrumCore quality grooves with the purchase of DrummerPack libraries.
DrumCore LT is a “lite” version of DrumCore 2, and is positioned as a DrummerPack player - giving musicians, producers and songwriters access to DrummerPack content for […]

Beta Monkey has released Groove Construction Kits II, a collection of acoustic drum and cymbal samples.
Groove Construction Kits II offers 100% pure acoustic multi-velocity drum and cymbal samples for use in all software and hardware samplers. The samples represent some of the most popular drum and cymbals available, including such industry standards as DW, Pearl, […]

Ueberschall has released Groove Shadow Elastik, a set of FX Loops developed to help add uniqueness and body to standard grooves and motifs.
The Elements are derived from incidental sounds which occur in nature, electrical components, musical instruments and phrases, audio manipulation, machines and a variety of other sources.
The Groove Shadow Elastik library comes with:

Over 3.5GB […]

Applied Acoustics Systems has released Journeys for String Studio VS-1, the second title in its Sound Bank Series.
Description:
This 128-preset add-on complements the String Studio factory library, and is sound designer Gregory Simpson’s endeavor on sounds that evoke the essence of other times, places, or cultures.
Indeed, this collection is the perfect ticket for travelling from the […]

Audio-Technica has introduced a couple of stereo shotgun microphones aimed at the high-end broadcast and production environment.
The new BP4027 and BP4029 Stereo Shotgun models are based on models that A-T originally developed for the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Designed for broadcasters, sound recordists and videographers, these phantom-powered models feature independent line-cardioid and figure-of-eight elements configured […]

Nine Volt Audio has kicked off its free online video series with a tutorial titled Creating Soundscapes with Stylus RMX.
The tutorial is a 20-minute, step-by-step tutorial showing Stylus RMX users how to create an eight part tonal and melodic soundscape.
The tutorial utilizes loops from Nine Volt Audio’s latest release Textural REX. All loops used in […]

Submersible Music has started shipping version 2.5 of DrumCore drum software. DrumCore 2.5 adds new features to increase DrumCore’s capabilities as a MIDI instrument and make workflow even easier when writing songs with DrumCore.
New DrumCore 2.5 MIDI Features:

“Pad Swapping” - for easily creating personalized, hybrid drumkits. - DrumCore 2.5 makes it easy for users to […]

Source Audio is now shipping the Hot Hand Wireless Motion-Controlled Guitar Effects System.
Compatible with all Hot Hand systems, the Hot Hand Wireless Adapter can be used as a alternative to the wired sensor and consists of a wireless motion sensor ring unit and a small receiver that plugs directly into the back of the Hot […]

M-Audio has announce that its X-Session Pro MIDI controller now ships with Torq LE software, a streamlined version of the company’s popular Torq software for DJs.
Torq LE software includes many of the same features as the Torq application that is revolutionizing the world of digital DJing. Torq LE lets users mix digital audio files—including MP3, […]

With the release of Tassman 4.1, Applied Acoustics Systems has finished their transition to support Intel-based Mac systems is now over. All of their Professional and Session Series instruments are now available on Mac OS X as Universal Binaries.
The Tassman 4.1 Update includes Intel-based Mac system support, RTAS plug-in on both Mac OS X and […]

From now until July 31, 2007, Korg USA is offering a $100 rebate on 61, 76 or 88-key TR Music Workstation purchased from authorized Korg dealers in the U.S.A.
Promotion details and downloadable rebate coupon can be found at www.korg.com/promo.
The Korg TR Music Workstation offers new samples and sounds, a sequencer, USB computer connectivity, an SD […]

Edirol has introduced the M-10DX 10-channel digital mixer, which features a 24-bit/96kHz processing engine and a backlit LCD so you can see the effects in operation as well a graphical spectrum analysis. The new mixer offers built-in pro-quality FX, including insert effects, reverb/echo and finalize effects, flexible analog and digital I/O, Room Acoustic Control for […]

Audio Damage has updated Dubstation to version 1.2 on both Windows and OSX.
Here are the updates:

Dubstation now works at all sampling rates, up to 192kHz. There was a problem with RAM allocation that made long delay times at higher sampling rates work oddly. This has been fixed, and Dubstation now works (and sounds) exactly the […]

SonicSpecialists has released Urban Fire: Sounds of the Super Producers Volumes 1 & 2. “Urban Fire” is a series of premium drum libraries geared towards today’s Hip-Hop & Pop producers and was developed by the engineers at SonicSpecialists.
Description:
Utilizing high-end hardware and software from companies such as SSL, Universal Audio, Empirical Labs, and Neve, they have […]