September, 2007 archive

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 [...]

Native Instruments has announced Guitar Rig 3, an update to its digital guitar studio.
It now offers more amps and effects, new live features, a completely reworked tone library complete with improved preset handling, and a redesigned Rig Kontrol pedal board with optimized control and audio interface functionality. Both a “Kontrol Edition” with foot pedal and [...]

Native Instruments has announced Kontakt 3, the latest version of its popular software sampler. The new version is centered around a next-generation instrument library that, according to NI, “sets new standards both in its musical scope and in its creative value, while also adding a wide range of new functions and refinements in all areas [...]