Celemony has announced the release of Melodyne editor, the company’s first release featuring DNA (Direct Note Access) technology – technology that lets you access and edit individual notes within polyphonic material.

This means you can now:

• Correct wrong notes in a piano recording;
• change the chords in a guitar accompaniment after the recording is over;
• refashion a sample lick;
• Change a track from major to minor; or
• Change the mode of a recording.

Features:

• Single-track audio editing environment with Melodyne technology.
• Suitable for monophonic, polyphonic and rhythmic/complex audio material.
• Offers with DNA direct access to individual notes within chords.
• Works as a plug-in (VST, AU, RTAS) in compatible DAWs under Mac OS X and Windows.
• Can also be used in stand-alone mode.
• Activation on up to two computers or via iLok.
• User interface and manual in English, German, French, Spanish and Japanese.

Melodyne editor is available for PC and Mac for $349 USD / 349 EUR.

Celemony ’s updated product line:

• Melodyne assistant (equivalent to Melodyne editor but without DNA: $249 USD / 199 EUR).
• Melodyne studio bundle (contains Melodyne studio 3 as well as Melodyne editor: $699 USD / 699 EUR).
• Melodyne essential RTAS (the new version of Melodyne essential, which is only available in the Digidesign bundle).

• Melodyne assistant, which offers the Melodyne technology for the editing of vocals and monophonic instruments in a more affordable format, and
• Version 2 of the bundle edition Melodyne essential, which now runs directly as a plug-in in the Pro Tools environment and brings with it numerous improvements over the previous incarnation.

Melodyne essential 2 is scheduled to appear at the beginning of November. It will be available only as part of Digidesign’s Ignition Pack software bundle and cannot be acquired separately.

Celemony Software Melodyne assistant will bow in November and will cost $249 / €199. More information on Celemony Software Melodyne.

Details below.

Melodyne assistant is the most affordable entry into the world of Melodyne and ideal for the correction and optimization of monophonic and rhythmic audio material. The user can use Melodyne assistant to correct intonation or timing problems by hand, transposing notes, moving them forwards or backwards in time, deleting them, adjusting their amplitude and their formants, as well as copying them to new locations.

Melodyne assistant works as a plug-in directly in compatible hosts, allowing you to use Melodyne’s possibilities in a particularly convenient manner, and the user can conduct all editing in the context of the other tracks of his project. For the swift editing of a sample between times, Melodyne assistant can also be used as a stand-alone application.

Also new is Version 2 of Melodyne essential, which offers the basic Melodyne functions for the editing of monophonic or rhythmic audio material. It is intuitive and simple to operate as well as offering the same sound quality as the new Melodyne editions editor and assistant.

Version 2 now operates directly in Pro Tools as an RTAS plug-in. That makes it still easier to enjoy the rewarding editing possibilities Celemony affords. And not only that: in Melodyne essential 2 you will also find the tried-and-tested Melodyne macros for pitch and time correction.

Celemony product designer Stefan Lindlahr introduces the beta test for Melodyne Editor and DNA (Direct Note Access).

DNA technology is designed to allow the editing of individual chord tones in audio recordings. This will let you do things like change a track from major to minor, edit one instrument out of a mix and, in general, edit notes in polyphonic recorded audio.

Lindlahr shows you how to download and install the beta version of Melodyne editor, how to load audio files and how they are organized on your hard disk.

More information on the Celemony Melodyne Editor beta program is available at the Celemony site.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Part 2: Basic operation of the new features

In this part, Stefan guides you through some of the new features that have been introduced with Melodyne editor, such as navigation and zooming techniques, playback options, monitoring, etc.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Part 3: Advanced operation: Editing and Note Assignment

The beta test for Melodyne editor and DNA (Direct Note Access) has started! In this third part, Stefan edits polyphonic recordings with the groundbreaking DNA technology. This includes Copy & Paste as well as the new Note Assignment mode. And a little bit of theory …

Celemony Software is presenting at the 2009 NAMM Show the Melodyne editor, the first product with Direct Note Access (DNA).

DNA technology lets you, for the first time, edit individual chord tones in audio recordings.

Melodyne editor offers for single audio tracks all the possibilities that have made Melodyne legendary, and, with DNA, opens up in addition to these unique new possibilities for the correction and refashioning of audio material. Melodyne editor can run as a plug-in or stand-alone and will be available from spring 2009 for 349 US$/€.

This opens up reams of creative possibilities for audio editing. At the most obvious level, imagine automatically changing a audio mix from major to minor. At a more advanced level, DNA makes it possible to reharmonized fully arranged recorded material.

Details:

Melodyne editor is designed for the editing of individual instrumental recordings such as vocals, guitar, saxophone or piano, but good results can also be obtained with more complex material such as string quartets. If two instruments sound the same note at the same time, Melodyne editor offers one note for editing. The user can alter the pitch, position and duration of the note detected, make it louder or quieter, copy or cut it and paste it in some other position, and so on. Adjustments can also be made to the formant register, vibrato and drift of the notes as well as any pitch, volume or formant transitions. Special copying functions also allow the transfer of selected attributes from one note to another.

The new software base offers among other things optimized multi-threading that fully exploits the advantages of modern multicore processors. In addition, it allows many improvements in plug-in operation including freely selectable window size, the monitoring of pitch editing, scrubbing, and ‘Edit Play’ (playback not tied to the host).

“Our first product with DNA was intended to be an update to Melodyne plugin 2. Since, however, we have ended up developing a new product around DNA, with new technology and fully new application possibilities, and one that furthermore can also be used as a stand-alone application, we decided to give it a new name. Melodyne editor sums it up nicely: a Melodyne editing environment for individual tracks,” says Carsten Gehle, Technical Director of Celemony Software GmbH.

When it appears in spring 2009, Melodyne editor will replace Melodyne plugin and be available for 349 US$/€ from the Celemony web shop as well as from music dealers. In addition, Melodyne editor will also be a part of the Melodyne studio bundle. The update options already announced for existing users of Melodyne plugin will still be valid: the switch to Melodyne editor will cost 129 US$/€, and anyone who registered Melodyne plugin after the 12th March 2008 will even receive Melodyne editor free of charge.

From advanced metadata and file support to the new waveform editor, you will save yourself a significant amount of time in editing and processing tasks, and with full support for both Intel and PPC processors, you can be assured that your results are fast, efficient and rock solid!

Sound Grinder Pro was also built as a companion to your DAW workstation with advanced naming, metadata processing, and drag-n-drop importing into Pro Tools or other DAW software.

Here are the details….

Features:

• Droplets: Create droplets for those repetitive tasks. Then simply drag and drop assets and they will be processed with your custom settings
• Movie Preview: Preview the video track of video files, and process the audio while retaining the video track
• Rapid Convert™: Use Rapid Convert to activate the Sound Grinder Pro processing engine from the Finder, even using previously created presets
• Process: Perform advanced file processing on your audio assets and then open them in another application. Change formats, apply normalizing, apply AU and VST plugins. Create presets for quick recall of common settings. Apply advanced naming schemes to the output files
• Share your edit sessions with other collaborators
• Audition audio files with all conversion settings and plugins applied before processing
• Preview video tracks while auditioning audio tracks in movies
• Create custom filenames for export using a wide range of criteria
• Import/export Digidesign specific content in AIFF, WAVE/BWAV, and Sound Designer 2 files
• Import/export Spotlight (Finder) comments and include processing information during export
• View metadata embedded in your assets

Clavia has released the Nord Wave Manager, an application that allows Nord Wave users to create Sample Instruments from any standard audio file and download these to the Nord Wave synthesizer through its USB interface.

Highlights:

• Creates mono or stereo samples from an audio file (.wav format)
• Easy to map samples across a keyboard range
• Graphical interface for setting start- and alternate start points in a sample
• Graphical interface for creating loop markers, and loop crossfade options
• Real time monitoring of any adjustments
• Librarian utility for Sample Instruments and Program

The Nord Wave Manager has some powerful functions to assist users to create multi-sampled waveforms, called Sample Instruments. These Sample Instruments can then be used as waveforms on the oscillator 2 on the Nord Wave. The Manager can extract individual samples from a mono or a stereo audio file and map them across a keyboard range; these samples can then be adjusted in e.g. pitch and/or amplitude. The process of setting start and loop markers is very easy to accomplish with the Nord Wave Manager. It has provisions for two loop types, Long Loops and Short/Single Cycle loops. In order to create seamless loops from a variety of sounds, an adjustable crossfade option is available. Setting a start point and an alternate start point in a sample is a one-click function.

Every change that can be applied to a sample or a group of samples in the Nord Wave Manager can be monitored in real time via the computer audio card. Any change in e.g. the positioning of the loop markers or setting for the crossfades is instantly heard during playback. The Nord Wave Manager can also be used offline; Sample Instruments can be edited and/or created using only a computer. The results can then be downloaded to the Nord Wave synthesizer at a later stage.

The Nord Wave Manager also contains a librarian function that can manage the memory content of the Nord Wave — both the Sample Instrument memory and the Program memory.

The Nord Wave Manager is available as a free download at www.clavia.se in the Nord Wave Download area and is compatible with Windows XP, Vista and Mac OSX.

Sion Software has released version 2.0 of their free QuickAudio audio editor for Windows.

QuickAudio lets you edit, play and record digital audio as well as convert between various popular audio formats. It has standard audio editing features, multiple undo, audio spectrum analysis as well as support for up to 24 VST plug-ins.

The software also lets you zoom out to edit your whole waveform at once or zoom in to edit individual samples. You can cut and paste between as many files as you like.

Formats supported include:

• Wave
• MP3
• Ogg Vorbis
• AIFF
• CDR

Editing operations include:

• Cut, Copy and Paste
• Change sample rate, bits per sample and channels
• Insert Space
• Amplify
• Silence
• Fade In
• Fade Out
• Normalize
• Compress
• Reverb
• Filters – Lift/Attenuate Musical Presence, Vocal Presence, Bass, Midrange, Treble
• Remove Noise
• Change Duration (without changing pitch)
• Change Pitch (without changing duration)
• Add up to 24 VST plugins for your own custom editing

Pricing and Availability:
Free download

Sonic Studio began shipments today of the 1.2 release of soundBlade.

The 1.2 release incorporates hundreds of optimizations and stability enhancements, as well as almost two dozen feature additions, including an 8-channel option for surround work.

Running natively on Mac OS X, soundBlade relies on Core Audio for default I/O so hardware lock–in is eliminated. The application combines Sonic Studio’s EFM and 4 point editing capabilities with their SSE real time audio engine and options such as Series 300 DSP I/O processors and the NoNOISE II suite of restoration tools.

soundBlade carries an MSRP of $1495.

Bias has announced that SoundSoap Pro has been updated to version 1.2 and features 100% native compatibility with Apple’s Power PC and Intel-based Macs, while also offering support for Windows XP and Vista.

SoundSoap Pro uses a unique, integrated interface that allows the user to access any tool from within a single plug-in window. Tool navigation tabs are labeled (left to right) “Hum & Rumble,” “Click & Crackle,” “Broadband,” and “Noise Gate” – reflecting the suggested order in which the operations should be performed, to obtain the best possible results. The tabs provide parameter feedback, allowing the user to monitor the primary tool settings globally, regardless of which tool is currently selected.

Multi-band NR: Speed, Usability & Performance with a Minimized Chance of Artifacts

Many broadband noise reduction solutions (including BIAS’ entry-level SoundSoap) work by analyzing, or “learning,” a noise profile, which can then be suppressed using a pair of threshold and reduction controls that operate across the entire frequency band. While this can achieve fine results, more challenging noise problems, as well as more discerning ears, demand additional control.

Some products go to the opposite extreme to address these needs, with individual controls for hundreds of frequency bands. But as many audio engineers are aware, this multi-band method can prove to be time-consuming, cumbersome, and confusing – leading in turn to an increased risk of “chirping”, “muffling”, “flanging”, and other annoying artifacts.

SoundSoap Pro’s approach to multi-band noise reduction focuses on speed, usability, and performance. SoundSoap Pro groups 512 bands into 12 discrete threshold and reduction sliders – delivering dramatically enhanced efficiency, ease-of-use, and superb sonic results. The sliders may be easily grouped with a lock button, and 12 vibrant level meters assist in threshold adjustments. When used with SoundSoap Pro’s additional attack, release, and tilt controls, even the toughest broadband noise can be easily and dramatically reduced, while dramatically minimizing the chance of any inadvertent artifacts.

Enhanced Visual & Audio Monitoring Options

SoundSoap Pro’s tool area features a unique, global, real-time spectrogram – providing constant visual monitoring of spectral noise that may be in need of treatment. With its intuitive color codes, the spectrogram allows users to discern problem areas and make relevant tool adjustments, all while listening to – and watching – the results. Furthermore, users can easily hear the noise they are reducing by selecting “Noise Only.” Unlike Bypass – which can be used globally or for each tool, and which bypasses the processing – the Noise Only button allows the user to hear, on a global level, only what is being removed.

These two features allow SoundSoap Pro users to ensure that undesired noise is effectively suppressed – and that desired signals are unaffected by the restoration process.

A Universal Restoration Solution, Supporting All Leading Plug-In Hosts

SoundSoap Pro is designed for every major Audio Units, RTAS and VST plug-in host, including BIAS Peak Pro, Cubase SX/SL, Digital Performer, Live, Logic Audio, Nuendo, Premiere, Pro Tools, Sound Forge, Sonar, Wavelab, and many others.

Pricing & Availability

BIAS SoundSoap Pro 1.2 is available now through the worldwide network of authorized BIAS dealers and distributors at a suggested retail price of $599 US. SoundSoap Pro is also available as part of the Peak Pro XT edition at $1199 SRP. BIAS’ original entry-level SoundSoap 2 remains available at a suggested retail price of $129 US. Registered users of SoundSoap Pro may a free update to version 1.2 from the BIAS web site.

Sound Forge 9 software contains a wide range of new features including multichannel audio support, which allows users to edit, process, and record multichannel audio files. Also new are workflow enhancements such as drag-and-drop editing between channels, and new wet/dry mix and crossfade options for effects. Additionally, Sound Forge 9 software provides new tools for audio analysis including phase scopes, mono compatibility meters, and multichannel-capable spectrum analysis. Other new features include channel and hardware meters, multichannel Windows Media format support, and Dolby Digital AC-3 export.

In addition to supporting Windows XP, Sound Forge 9 and CD Architect 5 software are now compatible with the new Microsoft Windows Vista operating system.

The new Sound Forge 9 audio production suite also includes nearly $700 of additional software; CD Architect, Noise Reduction, and the Mastering Effects Bundle powered by iZotope.

• CD Architect 5 – CD Architect software is a professional mastering and layout tool for burning Red Book audio CDs. With CD Architect software, PQ editing is fast and intuitive. This application is everything users need for precise control over details such as pause times, fades, index markers, and time and track manipulation. Users can master audio by applying over 20 real-time DirectX® effects to events, and perform seamless disc-at-once CD burning
• Noise Reduction 2 – Users can give new life to audio from LPs, cassettes, CDs, MP3s, and more with Noise Reduction 2 software. This collection of audio plug-ins includes Noise Reduction, Audio Restoration, Click and Crackle Removal, and Clipped Peak Restoration. Users can apply these plug-ins to fix common audio problems such as tape hiss, camera hum, clicks, and pops. Additionally, users can easily recondition old tracks and vinyl, problem recordings, and even damaged audio.
• Mastering Effects Bundle powered by iZotope – Sound Forge 9 software includes the new Mastering Effects Bundle, powered by iZotope, makers of world-class audio mastering tools. This powerful bundle includes four professional audio plug-ins: Mastering Reverb, Multiband-Band Compressor, the IRC Limiter loudness maximizer, and the Analog EQ parametric equalizer.

“Sound Forge has long been relied upon by the top production talent in the music industry,” said Mark Ethier, CEO of iZotope, Inc. “By combining our expertise and success in mastering technology with Sony’s award-winning audio processing platform, we feel this release provides the ultimate in precision and quality for audio professionals in modern media production.”

Sound Forge 9 software is now available worldwide through software stores and online retailers for US $399.95 (List Price).

Melodyne essential forms part of the Digidesign Pro Tools Ignition bundle as well as E-mu’s Production Tools software bundle and offers many users a simple introduction to Melodyne’s pitch correction, vocal production and melody editing functions.

The most important improvement offered by essential 1.8 is the new “Percussive2″ algorithm for the editing of percussive material. In terms of sound quality, when applied to drum loops and similar material, the results delivered by this algorithm are considerably better than those of its predecessor.

Among the other new features of Melodyne essential 1.8 are the combined scroll/zoom bars introduced by Melodyne plugin, an alternative grey colour scheme for the user interface, various improvements in the display and handling of percussive material, and a more user-friendly implementation of the copy protection.

“The playback algorithms along with the efficient audio detection form the basis for the unique editing possibilities of Melodyne software, which is used and much prized all over the world in professional productions,” says Peter Neubäcker, the founder of the firm and developer of the Melodyne algorithms. “We are improving and further developing both the detection and the playback algorithms on a permanent basis, and we didn’t want to deprive the users of our free bundled version of Melodyne, Melodyne essential, of the benefit of these improvements.”

The update to Melodyne essential 1.8 is free of charge to all registered users of essential and will be available for download from the end of April onwards from www.celemony.com.

Melodyne essential for Windows XP and Mac OS X forms part of Digidesign’s Ignition bundle as well as E-mu’s Production Tools bundle.

SampleRobot and WaveRobot offer unique functions to sample acoustic and electronic instruments fast and easily – so you can transfer real musical instruments very easily to the digital domain and then play them with any available software sampler.

On the enclosed SampleRobot installation DVD there is over 1080MB of high quality multi-sampled content taken from famous synthesizers in Soundfont2 format. It is possible to recreate those legends with almost every software sampler.

The new SampleRobot package contains a comprehensive printed operation manual.

Versions:

• SampleRobot® Version 2.40: 329 USD (Download version)
• SampleRobot® Version 2.40: 339 USD (Retail version)
• SampleRobot® Essentials Version 2.40: 113 USD (Download version)
• SampleRobot® Essentials Version 2.40: 139 USD (Retail version)
• SampleRobot® Essentials + WaveRobot Version 2.40: 169 USD (Download version)
• WaveRobot: 79 USD (Download version)
• WaveRobot: 99 USD (Retail version)

Sonic Studio has announced a new version of their low cost premastering application, PreMaster CD 2.0, which they call “the go-to application for CD creation on the Mac.”

PreMaster CD 2.0 adds more background processing, more control and more functionality. This new release consolidates all the maintenance changes incorporated into the code base while adding the ability to support options, including Manual DeClick II and DDP File Open for both split and consolidated DDP file sets. A new Master Section, with large, adjustable metering, a master fader with dim, and convenient management of redithering parameters, offers centralized command and control. Other additions include export to BWF and AIFF along with optimized processing of waveform metadata.

PreMaster CD 2.0 is available now starting at US$495.

Keymap makes it easy to create and edit sampled instruments on your computer, and with its tools and functions you can easily convert your samples in great sounding sampled instruments. Import your EXS24 instruments, loop your samples, use Harmonic Resynthesis to reshape sounds and use a variety of pitch detection mapping tools for getting to the result very quickly, without leaving the Keymap environment.

When you are ready to use your instruments in your music, you can export them as industry-standard Logic/Logic Express EXS24 instrument files and samples. Each sample file created by Keymap always contains full mapping details so that it can be imported in any sampler application.

Redmatica has created a series of videos that demonstrate how Keymap works – an example is avalable below.

Main features:

• Load/Save EXS24 format
• Hybrid virtual memory audio engine supports directly WAVE, AIFF, MP3 and AAC
• Multichannel sample support (>2 channels)
• Autolooping
• Autosplit and Automap using pitch detection
• Harmonic resynthesis with control over pitch, formant, time and amp
• Polyphonation
• Dynamic velocity remapping
• Quadrasmooth
• Surround and spatialization mixer supporting 2.0 4.0 and 5.0
• Drag and drop
• Everything is real-time and non-destructive
• Universal binary for Mac OSX 10.4

Price is 195 euro.

Among numerous fixes and improvements, new features include:

• iZotope 64-bit SRC™ for playback and processing
• iZotope MBIT+™ dither
• iZotope SonicFit™ pitch shift/time stretch
• Tempo guessing via the Inspector
• Vertical scroll bar for waveform
• Properties panel for editing metadata

Wave Editor is available immediately for $250 from Audiofile Engineering’s newly launched online store. The new store now offers Competitive Upgrades, Educational licenses, and site licenses. Owners of BIAS Peak, i3 DSP Quattro, SonicStudio DDP or SoundBlade, Apple SoundTrack Pro, Steinberg WaveLab, etc. may purchase Wave Editor for $150 (40% off). Current students and educators may purchase Wave Editor for $100 (60% off). Additional eligibility requirements may be found here.

More information and a demo are available at the Audiofile Engineering site.

Melodyne uno offers the tried-and-tested Melodyne functions for audio editing affording a new type of access to audio data and one with far greater creative possibilities. Melodyne uno is very intuitive in its operation, without complex recognition procedures or arrange levels. Like a sample editor, it permits the direct and uncomplicated editing of the pitch, tempo, phrasing, formants and timing of mono audio files.

What’s more, radical variation of these parameters is possible and in award-winning sound quality. At all times, Melodyne uno reacts in a very musical way. When it corrects the intonation of a vocal performance, for example, all the phrasing — including any vibrato — is retained. It is also capable of recognizing the tonality and mode implicit in a melody as well as transposing in a musical way.

The program is easy to learn and use. There are macros for the two most often used editing functions, Correct Pitch and Quantize Time, which make it possible correct a melody with a single key press. Melodyne uno can handle all commonly encountered audio formats as well as integrating smoothly into all conventional MIDI/Audio sequencers.

“Melodyne uno is a simple and uncomplicated tool for mono audio editing,” says Technical Director Carsten Gehle. “Just drag-and-drop an audio file into the program and you can edit the intonation and timing of the melodic line with a click of the mouse and even refashion it completely. A large number of musicians and producers have been waiting a long time for a melodic tool that simple and intuitive to use. Here it is.”

Melodyne uno for Windows and Mac OS X costs 169 Euro ($US199) and is available from dealers as well as from http://www.celemony.com. Purchasers will be offered a special price if they later wish to upgrade to either of the larger versions of Melodyne, the Studio Edition and Cre8.

Manual DeClick 2.0 provides the highest level of quality and selectivity required by corporate restoration departments and discriminating independents worldwide. Jayson Tomlin, Vice President of Sales, states that Manual DeClick “…wasn’t just the first, it’s still the finest tool available for surgical restoration of impaired material. The fidelity of the tool, when compared with other entries in this space, continues to define ’best in class.‘” “Unlike many of the commodity products out there,” he continues, “Manual DeClick operates on the data in the frequency domain while providing a familiar, time–based user interface for fast, flawless repair.”

Leveraging the unique power of Mac OS X, SSE and Sonic Clarity technologies, Manual DeClick forms the foundation of Sonic Studio’s definitive NoNOISE restoration suite, which also includes DeCrackle, a distortion reduction tool, and Broadband DeNoise, which delivers high fidelity noise suppression. As part of the plan to update their entire catalog, Sonic Studio will release this product as the first in a series of revamped components for their benchmark digital audio restoration suite.

“Our customers, the major record labels and Hollywood studios, rely on our restoration tools every day, preferring them to the wide range of imitations out in the marketplace,” said Jon Reichbach, President of Sonic Studio. “When you purchase an album reissue or classic movie on DVD, you’re most likely listening to Manual DeClick at work.”

Manual DeClick is available as an option for version 2.0 of SonicStudio•DDP and will also be available for upcoming software packages. The Manual DeClick 2.0 option is priced at US$495 and is currently available through Sonic Studio and their global reseller network. For more information, contact Sonic Studio sales at 805-987-5808 or visit www.sonicstudio.com on the Web.

Leapfrog Audio

New features:

• Pristine sound quality – true sampler like quality reproduction.
• Stereo audio support – stereo audio can now be imported and ‘Rephrased’.
• Faster import – audio is imported around 3X faster.
• Faster load/save – native format loads/saves are about twice as quick.
• Smaller rephrase files – .RPH files are significantly smaller.

The update is free to all existing Rephrase owners, and for the moment will remain at it’s existing price of $199 / 159EU / 109GBP.

A new Windows demo is available from the Leapfrog Audio site.

The newly released SonicStudio•DDP is a Mac OS 10–native utility specifically designed to read, modify and rewrite PQ metadata embedded in the industry standard Disc Description Protocol (DDP). DDP was developed to ensure data integrity of optical discs during the production process. SonicStudio•DDP allows facilities that rely on DDP process flow to manipulate existing DDPi or DDP image file sets without having to reload or change the source audio material.

In keeping with Sonic Studio’s management vision of creating focused tools to streamline production mechanisms, the company is offering a 30 day, no-cost download of SonicStudio•DDP for replicators and mastering facilities everywhere to experience the application for themselves in a simple convenient manner. “If you use DDPi, then you really need SonicStudio•DDP,” said Sonic Studio president Jon Reichbach. “The bang for the buck is tremendous and, we want to prove it with our trial offer.” “This initiative demonstrates our efforts to focus on critical workflow issues. Ensuring accurate PQ entry no longer requires a full workstation,” adds Jayson Tomlin, director of business development.

A fully functional version of SonicStudio•DDP is available for free download at http://www.sonicstudio.com, along with more information on the application and the full suite of Sonic Studio products for PCM and DSD production.

Leapfrog Audio

Rephrase is a powerful phrase editing virtual instrument. No longer do you have to think of audio tracks as fixed blocks. Using Rephrase your audio tracks become instruments in their own right. Edit them directly as midi in your host application, or even play them live via midi.

Changes in v1.1.1:

• Fixed: compatibility with Windows 98/ME.
• Fixed: compatibility with DirectiXer VST-DX wrapper.
• Improved: various aspects of the installer/uninstaller.

Rephrase Version 1.1 was released on 20th November, and included the following changes:

• Added: MIDI export synch – using this (default) option, host can now playback from anywhere in phrase.
• Added: support for fractional tempos.
• Added: help button – launches the manual.
• Added: extra zoom level.
• Fixed: problem exporting midi to SX1.
• Fixed: some varieties of .WAV files gave an import error.
• Fixed: slice select notes would sometimes cause bad pitch

More information is available at the Leapfrog Audio site.