October, 2007 archive

Puremagnetik has released a second edition to their popular Guitar Rack sound library. Guitar Rack Volume 2 – Acoustic Edition contains an assortment of acoustic guitar chord menus, articulations and loop phrases.
Customized for Ableton Sampler, Kontakt 2 and EXS24, Guitar Rack Volume 2 is immediately playable out of the box. Ableton Live and Kontakt versions [...]

Bili Inc. has introduced the Footime Foot Mouse with programmable pedal, designed for musicians facing problems such as moving hands and eyes between a mouse, keyboard, and MIDI keyboard during composing and arranging.
Features:

Slipper-shaped and efficient cursor controller (moving like “hand” mouse)
Ergonomic 2-level layout of control pedal
All mouse clicks, scroll roller plus double click button
Definable pedal [...]

Angry Red Planet has announced the first version of Temper, a new sequencer designed for creative MIDI composition.
Temper is a modern DAW with expected features like a modular environment, flexible routing system, multiple takes per track and more, but the focus is on providing a clean user interface and a powerful set of MIDI editing [...]

CME has announced the launch of the ASX Advanced Synthesis Expansion for UF and VX series keyboards. It’s a synth on a board that goes into the expansion slot of UF and VX series control keyboards, turning the CME MIDI controller keyboard into a stand-alone synthesizer.
The ASX does not rely on playback of sampled sounds [...]

Steinberg has announced an update to its music production application, Cubase. Cubase 4.1 and Cubase Studio 4.1 offer major new features in a free update for all registered owners. The new features include a redesigned Sample Editor, side chaining for VST3 plug-ins, MusicXML support, compatibility with Sequel project import and support for Windows Vista.
“This update [...]

Camel Audio’s plugins are now available on Muse Research’s Receptor  hardware plugin player.
CamelCrusher—a freeware compressor, distortion and filter multi-effect—comes pre-installed on all Receptors, along with demo versions of our other plugins. Registered users can crossgrade to Receptor versions free of charge.
A specially-licensed version of CamelSpace is now included with the popular MixMeister DJ software. Its [...]

PreSonus has dropped the prices for the PreSonus Inspire 1394 and FaderPort to $149 (estimated street price in the US).

The INSPIRE 1394 is a FireWire Recording System featuring professional quality 24-bit/96k analog to digital conversion rate, four simultaneous inputs, software control panel as well as audio recording and production software.
The microphone and instrument preamplifiers loaded [...]

Beta Monkey Music has released Drum Werks Volume IX, a collection of slow and mid-tempo acoustic rock drum loops. Drum Werks IX offers nearly 600 acoustic drum loops and samples in comprehensive Groove Sets, from moody 60 BPM vibes through power rock stomping at 90 BPM.
The Drum Werks IX Power Rock Collection is designed to [...]

Soniccouture is offering their VA Drums Brush Kit as a free download.
The 150mb Drum kit features mixable direct and ambient microphones, Drum roll emulation via the Roll Control KSP script, multiple velocity layers and articulations. The kit was recorded at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios in Bath, England.
Brush kit is available in Kontakt 2 + [...]

BandmateLoops and new content partner Westgate Studios have unveiled a new line of Woodwind Virtual Instruments.
Westgate Studios Woodwinds are divided into five volumes, featuring an expressive collection of instruments. All five volumes can also be purchased together (Complete version) at a significant discount.
Westgate Studios Woodwinds currently support GigaStudio—with more formats available in the near future.
Each [...]