September, 2007 archive

Cakewalk has announced the release of SONAR 7 Producer Edition and SONAR 7 Studio Edition.
SONAR 7 Producer Edition introduces an open and customizable environment, high-quality instruments and effects, and flexible mixing and delivery options. These new developments include user customization for MIDI with Smart MIDI Tools, the introduction of the most powerful Step Sequencer […]

PreSonus Audio Electronics has introduced the Monitor Station mixing console.
The Monitor Station is a desktop monitoring and communications system for your recording studio. Based on the award winning Central Station, the Monitor Station is designed to provide everything you need to control your recording environment.
You can listen to your mixes on different speakers; with and […]

B.Serrano has released the free Adonis 8 voice polyphonic VA / AM / FM synthesizer for Windows.
The interface uses multiple “pages” that let you control various types of synth parameters.
VOICE PAGE
Adonis has 2 independent Voices composed as follows:

4 waveforms with tuning, fine pitch and level.
These waveforms can be combined by 57 differents structures using […]

Tyler Freeman, aka odbol, liked drumming on his pants so much that he added MIDI triggers, hooked his a** up to a computer and created Drumpants.
DrumPants are a set of pants that enable the wearer to produce drum sounds by hitting various parts of the pants with his hands. The wearer thusly becomes a […]

DigitalSoundFactory.com has announced re-mastered original Emulator sampler libraries, in addition to the Proteus and other ’synth’ libraries already available for direct download on the site. Working under exclusive license from E-MU Systems and Creative Labs Inc., Digital Sound Factory has converted the factory sample content developed for playback on this legendary sampler product line.
The E-MU […]

KeyToSound Audio Technology has announced the release of public beta versions of its new audio production suite, the Production Pack, for users on the Windows and Mac operating platforms. The operating version is 1.0r2.
The Production Pack is a collection of four studio-quality audio mastering tools for use in Digital Audio Workstations and host programs. The […]

Korg has introduced two new DJ mixers with features from its Kaoss line of effects controllers. The new KM-402 and KM-202 KAOSS Mixers merge the effects and revolutionary interface from the KAOSS PAD, six different types of EQ, and an adjustable crossfader curve.

The four-channel KM-402 combines the KAOSS Pad’s effects and interface with a 24-bit […]

Korg has added an new twist to its line of DJ tools. The Kaossilator (best new product name in a long time) is a new battery-powered pocket-sized instrument that combines the touch interface of the Kaoss Pad with Korg synth sounds.
The Kaossilator is designed to be easy to use, even for untrained musicians, but […]

Electronic music pioneer Herb Deutsch has released a new retrospective CD, From Moog To Mac, that includes historical gems such as Jazz Images, the first piece of music ever composed using a Moog synthesizer and The Abominatron, a tape recording from August, 1964 in which Bob Moog talks and plays as he describes his […]

Moog Music has announced that it will be staying at the Remix Hotel, being held this time in Atlanta. At the event,  September 20-22 at the SAE Institute of Technology, Moog will feature the latest Moog instruments and gear, including the Little Phatty, Minimoog Voyager, the FreqBox and all the other Moogerfoogers.
The Remix Hotel provides […]

PowerFX has introduced a couple of new sample libraries that just may save a few old toys from molestation.
Here are the descriptions:
Burning Circuits - ACID/WAV FORMAT
AudioAndroid, the UK producer/confessed toy molester has tweaked his way into the new circuit bending scene with the digital release of “Burning Circuits” . This download contains over 420 MB […]

TP Works has released Drumhound, a VST instrument for Windows that offers 128 drumkits with 2048 sounds sampled from a huge range of vintage machines.
Features:

16 voices
16 Stereo drumchannels
Extensive filtering options
Over 2.000 drumsounds included
Range of controls on every channel:

Gain [Volume adjust]
Release [Release time]
Tune [Tune the sound one whole note up or down]
Peg Decay
Peg Env [Amount, to […]

Native Instruments has announced new Komplete bundles that combine its software instruments and effects into affordable collections. This includes the fifth revision of the Komplete package, which contains new product versions and is now even more affordable, as well as the new Komplete Synths and Komplete Classics bundles that combine synthesizers and vintage emulations […]

Sonoma Wire Works has reduced the list price of RiffWorks Standard recording software from $169 to $129 (99€, 69£ exc. VAT), a reduction of more than 20%.
With RiffWorks, musicians can record ideas, create songs complete with drums and effects, jam online with musicians from around the world, and broadcast to a the online community.
Doug Wright, […]

Vir2 have announced syntAX, a Kontakt Player 2 based virtual instrument described as ‘part synth, part interactive sonic revolution’.
The core of syntAX is a 2000+ patch synth library covering an immense amount of synth territory, including soaring leads, evolving pads, thick basses, harsh distortions, unusual textures, other-worldly atmospheres, FX, hits, blips, and more.
Then syntAX blazes […]