July, 2007 archive

SONiVOX has released their new line of DVI Products (downloadable virtual instruments). The DVI series products feature a large selection of affordably priced instruments and collections of instruments.
Description:
Designed for users’ instant gratification and ease of use, SONiVOX DVI’s are made in collaboration with the TASCAM Giga development team, melding SONiVOX’s instrument content with TASCAM’s GVI [...]

Crysonic has announced the release and availability of two new bundles, CryBASS and CryVintage.
CryBASS audio plug-in bundle includes the Wide-Band Spectra C1 Mastering Vintage Compressor together with the unique newB BASS Enhancer and the physics-based Spectra’Phy Look-ahead Brick wall Mastering Limiter.
The CryVintage Bundle offers 2 Vintage inspired effects, CRY ‘Q, which captures and recreates as [...]

Audio Impressions has introduced turnkey DVZ Realtime Strings packages optimized for their DVZ-RT and SPACE technologies.
According to Carl Marinoff, Ai’s Marketing Director, the systems are fully scalable, come pre-installed (no DVDs), automatically map all MIDI configurations on start-up and support multi-channel Surround Sound and sample rates up to 192 kHz out of the box.
Depending [...]

Scanned Synth Pro for Microsoft Windows is now available for purchase from the Humanoid Sound Systems site.
Scanned Synth uses a new form of synthesis inspired by advances in digital music theory. It is designed to create rich complex digital tones and fantastic sound effects, while using simplifed controls and traditional synths techniques such as filters, [...]

 

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 Scanned Synth Goblins Demo [2:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Shuriken has released Shredder, a free VST sampler for Windows & Mac designed to be easy to use and fun to play with. It has 12 slots for samples that are controllable via MIDI notes or automatable parameters as well as the GUI.

Nucleus SoundLab has introduced OB Resurrection, a new sample library created focused on evolving the classic Oberheim sound into the new millenium.
OB Resurrection relies on a large waveform base drawn from various Xpander and Matrix synths. According to Nucleus, every classic sound is represented: Brass, Strings, Bells, raw Saw/Square/FM waveforms, Clavs, EPs, and more. [...]

 

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Korg has released Operating System Version 1.5 for the Pa800.
The new operating system includes new features and enhancements, such as dual MP3 files playback, MP3 recording, Guitar Mode, a Master EQ and direct on-screen manipulation of sliders and knobs and more.

Altered Realities is a new album electroacoustic guitar music by Turkish composer Erdem Helvacioglu. On the CD, Helvacioglu makes very interesting use of electronics, recording all the compositions in real time directly to tape. No overdubs or post-processing was used on the material, so the CD captures ideal live electroacoustic performances.
The music is a collection [...]

Rayzoon has announced that Jamstix 2, “The World’s Most Advanced Virtual Drummer VSTi” according to the company, will be released on 8/20/2007.
Features:

Real-time groove composition using dedicated style and drummer modeling (not static patterns!)
In-depth drummer limb simulation, including triangulation of hand movements, ensures that the grooves are always humanly playable (no ten-armed drummer here)
Advanced feel [...]

Audeon has announced the availability of a Mac OS X version of their flagship software synthesizer UFO (Unique Filters and Oscillators).
UFO is built using Audeon’s TransModal Synthesis technology, which makes sound programming particularly flexible and intuitive:

The sound is defined by various perceptual attributes such as Periodicity, Brightness, Noisiness, Chaos, etc. These sound characteristics are mapped [...]