December, 2007 archive

Goldbaby has released a new drum sample library, Tape909, that includes 1446 samples taken from a mint 909 recorded into an Ampex 351 1/2″ valve 2 track tape machine.
That’s right. Digital run through analog and then resampled.  Ready for you to add your tape simulation hiss and noise!
Formats: Refill / Battery / Guru / iDrum [...]

Musicrow has introduced Magic Vox, a vst that uses the sonic qualities of guitar harmonics (flageolets) as a basis for the creation of a playable and expressive musical instrument with a distinctive sound.
You can preview the capabilities of Magic Vox below:
Description: 
Twelve of the best sounding guitars were selected for this mission and carefully sampled the [...]

 

 Magic Mallets [0:33m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

AudioWarrior has released Acoustic Grand Pianos & Electric Pianos for Kontakt.
The sample collection is based on the Fender Rhodes 73 Stage MKII, ‘Bright’ Steinway 88-Key Grand Piano, ‘Mellow’ Steinway & Sons 88-Key Grand Piano and the Wurly Electric-Piano/Organ.
Includes:

The Wurly Electric-Piano/Organ with its tube-like vintage vibe
A deep, powerful, ‘bright’ 88-key Acoustic Grand Piano with resonant lows [...]

Electro-Harmonix Mini-Synthesizer Analog Synth was uploaded by: peahix
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Karma-Lab has released KARMA Oasys Software, a dedicated PC/Mac program for the Korg OASYS ($169).
Description: 
KO allows you to go deeper into the world of the KARMA function, in ways that are not possible on the OASYS alone.
The program runs on Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher (compatible with 10.5 Leopard), and on Windows XP, with [...]

Chimera has introduced the bC16, a tiny modular synthesizer.
The bC16 miniature patch synthesizer packs a fully featured analog VCO, LFO, ADSR envelope generator, VCA, VCF, noise source & ring modulator all in a CD sized case CNC machined from 10mm high-grade acrylic plastic.
Sixteen color coded potentiometers control key functions, connections between synthesizer sections is done [...]

genoQs has introduced the Octopus BlackSea, special edition of it’s unique MIDI sequencer. It comes with the latest version of the Octopus software and is sexier than ever.
Here’s a quick intro to the Octopus sequencer:

Features:

Step Length multiplier, to have steps play up to 8 full notes at normal track speed
Increased resolution of the MIDI CC [...]

Robert Abel and Associates’ commercial for Panasonic has some great cheesetastic synth music, along with great 80’s era computer graphics.

Here’s an interesting video that tells the story of how the Jingle Cats came into existence:

Why Jingle Bells on the Arduino theremin?