April, 2007 archive

Prosoniq has announced that version 2 of TimeFactory time and pitch manipulation software is shipping. They ask all customers who have purchased version 1.7 or higher after January 1st, 2007 to claim their free upgrade by submitting a short note with a proof of purchase with their 1.x serial number, or the relevant Prosoniq support [...]

ManiacTools has released MIDI Converter Studio 5.6, a specialized software utility for musicians and sound professionals that converts MIDI files to popular music file formats, such as MP3, WAV, OGG and WMA. The software is very simple and straightforward, and is capable of processing various types of MIDI files - MIDI 0, MIDI 1, [...]

Bjork is calling on fans to make the video for her new song Innocence. A post on Bjork’s official website is calling upon the help of any budding video makers:
Björk has suggested the idea, that the video to Innocence of Volta is to be made by anyone who wants to. She has asked the Madwebcarpenters [...]

Ueberschall has released Trance ID, a new sample collection that offers a huge variety of sequences, lead sounds, basslines, pads, atmospheres and fx, as well as hundreds of drum and percussion samples and loops.
Responsible for the production of Ueberschall Trance ID are Mike Koglin, Marc Steinmeier, Steve Baltes, and Ole Cramer. This team has produced [...]

PowerFX has announced the release of Grand Colour, a new virtual instrument piano library from Colour Sonics. The library has been split up into individual downloads of particular pianos with each download including patches for Kontakt 1, 2.1 and HALion.
The acoustic pianos consist of the Bösendorfer 290, the Steinway D, the Baldwin Vertical and the [...]

Sony Creative Software has announced an upgrade to their Sound Forge professional digital audio editing application to version 9.
Sound Forge 9 software contains a wide range of new features including multichannel audio support, which allows users to edit, process, and record multichannel audio files. Also new are workflow enhancements such as drag-and-drop editing between channels, [...]

The Poteet High School Percussion Ensemble, Director, Mike Myers, do an awesomely faithful adaption of Emerson Lake and Palmer’s Karn Evil 9 - 1st Impression, Part 2, complete with Moog solos and marimba arangements of Keith Emerson riffs.

Diatonis, an LA-based ambient artist, is offering a collection of tracks as free MP3 downloads. Diatonis describes his music as “an eclectic mix of ambient, electronic, and world styles.”
Diatonis is also heavily into surround sound and video. An example is embedded below, and there are many more examples available at his site.
Diatonis’ latest release, perception, [...]

 

 Diatonis - Aurora: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Diatonis Waiting For Eternity: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download