Description:

Beaterator is a portable studio that guides users through the process of constructing beats and songs with thousands of loops and sounds made by both Timbaland and Rockstar.

You can jam in Live Play mode with genre-specific templates, or jump into Song Crafter to compose original drum beats, melodies, and even record vocals.

Beaterator is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB and will also be available later this fall on the iPhone and iPod touch.

More info is available at the Rockstargames site.

Sony

Update features include event-based editing, the élastique time stretch and pitch shift plug-in, interactive tutorials and a mastering effects bundle.

Details below.

If you’ve used Sony Sound Forge Pro 10, leave a comment with your thoughts!

New Features:

• Event-based editing is ideal for precise audio mastering, assembling project sketches, or laying out tracks for authoring disc-at-once CDs. In Sound Forge 10, users can quickly move, split, slip, and trim events, create fades, apply ASR envelopes and crossfades within in a single data window for more precise audio control.
• Integrated disc-at-once CD burning results in time savings and provides a more efficient workflow when generating Red Book compliant disc-at-once premasters of music suitable for professional replication. Perform full PQ code editing, create live-style CDs, add CD text and metadata, and use high-resolution source audio with precise conversion to Red Book audio.
• The élastique time stretch and pitch shift plug-in provides better sounding audio when processing audio files. Users can also monitor and adjust settings while previewing in real-time, and select from various stretching methods that are tailored to their source audio including Pro, Soloist, and Efficient modes.
• The iZotope 64-bit SRC utilizes a hybrid low pass filter design, resulting in pristine audio with less aliasing converting material from one sampling rate to another. The iZotope MBIT+ dither employs psychoacoustic methods to distribute noise into less audible ranges, resulting in improved audio and smoother fades when converting the bit rates of audio files.
• Musical instrument file processing (.DLS, .SF2, .GIG) – Sound Forge Pro 10 software opens, processes, and saves DLS, GigaStudio/GigaSampler, and SoundFont 2.0 musical instrument files. Users can view bank, instrument, note range, and sample information. Effects and processes can easily be added directly to samples.
• Customizable window layouts are designed to maximize productivity by allowing users to create and save multiple unique interface layout configurations for single and dual monitor systems, and recall a window layout for specific editing tasks such as audio editing, CD layout, and multichannel file editing.
• Mastering Effects Bundle 2 powered by iZotope – The powerful bundle of audio mastering tools included with Sound Forge 10 is valued at over $200 and includes six professional plug-ins to expertly master and enhance audio production: Mastering EQ, Mastering Reverb, Multiband Compressor, Mastering Limiter, Stereo Imager, and Harmonic Exciter.
• Interactive tutorials – Sony Creative Software’s unique interactive tutorials provide walkthrough demonstrations of common features and functionality, including DAO CD burning, vinyl recording and restoration in order to help users spend less time learning and more time editing and mastering audio projects.

Price and Availability

The Sound Forge Pro 10 digital audio production software is now available in English and Japanese. The Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) for Sound Forge Pro 10 software is U.S. $499.

Rockstar games has released this trailer for Beaterator, which will be made available for the PSP and through the PlayStation Network on September 29th, 2009:

Beaterator for PSP system and PlayStation Network puts a world-class mixer at your fingertips – enabling easy, powerful and innovative creation.

Featuring original music and a sound-kit which includes thousands of loops and sounds produced by Rockstar and multi-platinum producer and entertainer Timbaland exclusively for Beaterator.

Beaterator will be arriving on shelves on September 29th, 2009 in North America and on October 2nd, 2009 in Europe.

Nice to see gaming taking on electronic music.

via CrateKings

2009 Summer NAMM Show: This video, via soundonsoundvideo, captures an overview of the Sony PCM-M10 digital audio recorder.

“The PCM-M10 is ideal for budget-conscious professionals who still need high-quality sound capabilities,” said Sony’s Karl Kussmaul.

The PCM-M10 shares several features and design elements with the PCM-D1 and PCM-D50, including the same rugged construction and cool design. The new recorder is 96 kHz/24-bit capable with electret condenser stereo microphones, 4 GB of internal flash memory and a microSD/Memory Stick Micro (M2) Slot.

Key features of the PCM-M10 recorder include

• a built-in speaker
• cross-memory recording
• digital pitch control
• digital limiter
• low-cut filter
• track mark functions
• a 5-second pre-recording buffer and
• A-B repeat capability.

The PCM-M10 comes supplied with Sound Forge Audio Studio Recorder Edition software.

The PCM-M10 includes a USB high-speed port for simple uploading and downloading of native .WAV or .MP3 format recorded files to and from Windows PC or Macintosh computers. The M10 offers durable metal construction and long battery life using conventional AA alkaline batteries.

The PCM-M10 portable recorder is planned to be available in October, at a
suggested list price of $399.

GearWire takes a look at the new Sony Acid Pro 7.

Here’s what’s new in Acid Pro 7:

• Audio and MIDI mixing console
• Audio, MIDI, and Bus Track Meters
• Input busses
• Real-time rendering
• MIDI track freeze
• Enhanced timestretch and pitch shifting with élastique Pro
• Enhanced Beatmappeing for tracks with tempo changes
• Tempo curves
• Metronome countoff
• Cross-track event drag and drop
• Switches including Normalize, Invert Phase, and Lock
• External control surface channel tracking
• Custom labels for ASIO™ devices and ports
• Enhanced plug-in management
• Optimized plug-in scanning via the Plug-in Manager
• Interactive Tutorials
• FLAC, AAC, AC-3 Studio, and MPEG-2, format support
• Includes over 3,000 loops in multiple genres
• ACID Pro 7 includes software ($500 value) for professional music production and editing, including ACID Pro Effects Rack, powered by iZotope, Garritan Aria for ACID Pro Player, Submersible Music KitCore, and Native Instruments Guitar Combos.

ACID Pro 7 will be available in early November for a MSRP of $399.95 USD.

DSP Music has released version 3.0 of PSPSeq, a free homebrew application for composing music on the Sony PSP handheld game system.

PSPSeq contains both realtime synthesis and sample playback capability, along with multiple FX modules of widely varying types for modifying instruments in countless ways. PSPSeq also has a powerful and unique step sequencer for triggering samples and arranging loops into full songs.

Key features of PSPSeq:

• up to 16 independent audio tracks per song
• a wide variety of synthesizers from traditional virtual analog and FM to Karplus-Strong
  and unique digital oscillators with parameter controls rarely seen in commercial synths
• WAV file playback with looping, pitch shift, and configurable start/end points
• many FX algorithms from digital filters and waveshapers to bitmasks and decimation
• all synthesizer parameters can be set to unique values on a per-step basis
• step sequencer with configurable step length, swing, highly accurate BPM, and tap tempo
• probabilistic sequencing: the decision to retrigger to be based on a 0-100% probability
  rather than a boolean yes/no operation
• song sequencing with 100 different loops per song, 1000 measures per song, and loop
  repeat capability
• load and save of synthesizer presets between songs
• record loops and songs to WAV

Some of the improvements over PSPSeq 2.11 include:

• fixed dc offset in humanize and delay cases
• synthezier presets
• load to step, loop, all loops, save current step, preview preset data,
  multiple preset files per synth comp
• fixed wav save bug
• add exponential decay on freq to all synths
• 7Mbytes of memory for samples
• global configurable sensitivity on apad
• START always exits menu entirely
• fm feedback for BFM and FM synths with configurable routing
• shortcut to synth params from sequencer screen (triangle+L-trig+R-trig)
• per step pan, pan and vol moved to ENV as well as Stepedit Mode
• faster load/save and more compressed SEQs
• configurable stepping through sequencer with apad
• randomize parameters with ranged setting, start/end points for random values
• configurable colors
• namable loops, display next loop jump point
• better DADSR controls
• edit a subset of steps in a loop (latched mode)
• jump by 8 through seq load list (triangle+D-pad up/down)
• enhance clear track to clear from an arbitrary step
• enhance shift track to keep old hits for copy/paste functionality

PSPSeq 3.00 can be downloaded here.

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).

Musikmesse: Sony Oxford Plugins will be sold under the new name of Sonnox, effective April 2007.

In addition to continuing to support and promote the existing range of Oxford Plug-ins: EQ, Dynamics, Limiter, Inflator, Reverb and Transient Modulator, the new company will be concentrating on new innovations to expand the product line.

“The Sony Oxford Plugins reputation for quality and performance reflects the pedigree of our products,” says Sonnox Managing Director, Rod Densham. “As an independent company with global recognition, we are dedicated to improving and expanding these tools. We are confident Sonnox can look forward to a future of continued growth, starting with the launch of our Native versions for Audio Units and VST at Musikmesse 2007.”

Sonnox launched a full native range of its Oxford Plug-ins at Musikmesse this week. Compatible with Audio Units, VST and RTAS applications such as Logic, Digital Performer, Cubase, Nuendo and Pro Tools LE, the new range has been widely anticipated by users of native workstations.

“The demand for true native compatibility for Oxford Plug-ins has grown dramatically over the past eighteen months,” Eames reports. “We are delighted to be showing all our native plug-ins on Logic and Cubase at this year’s Musikmesse. The initial interest after launching the first three Audio Units versions in January has been genuinely overwhelming, with many users indicating their preference for the Oxford 6 Pack bundle when all the plug-ins are compatible with their platform.”

Joe Vitale Sr. is a renowned musician whose career has spanned over thirty years of touring, recording, and song writing and production with legendary and Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame artists such as The Eagles, Joe Walsh, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, John Lennon and Keith Richards. Vitale’s son, Joe Vitale Jr., engineered the sounds for this loop library.

The Vitale Sound Series Loop Library is designed for songwriters and producers of rock and pop music who want the best possible performance and recording quality on their tracks.

“The Sony Sound Series collection now boasts the addition of rock drumming legend Joe Vitale at the Premium Collection level,” said Dave Chaimson, vice president of marketing for Sony Media Software. “The Vitale father-and-son team deserves nothing less than a Premium Collection presentation, with 24-bit sound engineered by Joe Vitale Jr., performances by both artists, extensive liner notes, and bonus video content. Now, music producers working on every platform at every tier of the industry can enjoy the Vitale sound on their tracks, and gain instant access to the kinds of rock music foundations that lead to smash hits.”

The Vitale Premium Collection tier includes 862 files comprising more than one gigabyte of material, extensive liner notes and a behind-the-scenes video that explains how the library was produced. The Vitale Premium Collection library is a 2 disc, highly specialized collection that includes sophisticated, royalty-free Premium Projects composed with ACIDized .wav file loops.

Price and Availability

The Vitale Sound Series Loop Library Collection is the only Joe Vitale kit drum library in existence and it is now available for $99.95 (MSRP).

Theme libraries are self-contained music content packages that have been engineered exclusively for use within Cinescore software. Each Theme contains multiple variation presets that can be fine-tuned by adjusting settings like mood, intensity, tempo, and more. The result is an unlimited number of unique, royalty-free compositions that fit perfectly to the length of a video clip.

Pass the Ring includes musical expositions of love, emotion, and celebration, which in large part called for orchestral musical selections. NOTION Music was called on to deliver arrangements as well as final audio files of such classics as Mendelssohn’s Wedding March, Wagner’s Here Comes the Bride, and Pachelbel’s Canon.

“This project was a great creative opportunity for our team of score creators as well as a chance to push the envelope of our NOTION technology,” said David Oertel, Music Content Manager at NOTION Music. “The team was challenged to come up with many variations on standard wedding themes. While the Caribbean version of Here Comes the Bride or the country version of Canon didn’t make the final version, it really showcased the caliber of our content creators as well as the sound quality and flexibility of our NOTION software.”

Oertel’s team was able to deliver finished content utilizing only NOTION software and in-house sound libraries, which contain thousands of samples of the renowned London Symphony Orchestra recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studio. Once the arrangements had been finalized, the virtual orchestra was then mixed inside the software and “performed” with NOTION’s NTEMPO real-time playback feature. This feature allowed the team to “conduct” the software to capture an expressive performance with real-time tempo changes and holds. These performances were then captured as .WAV files for final delivery to Sony.

This new release includes several major development enhancements to the recording and MIDI capabilities of the program, transforming version 6 into a full-featured professional digital audio and MIDI workstation. ACID Pro 6 is expected to be available in March at an MSRP of US $399.95.

ACID Pro 6 not only continues to provide the powerful loop-based music creation tools that it’s been well known for since 1998, but now provides users with a multi-track recording and MIDI sequencing environment that will appeal to creative professionals and audio engineers looking to record, produce and mix in ACID software’s fast, efficient and easy-to-master platform.

“Since its launch nearly 10 years ago, ACID software has redefined the way music is produced by allowing users to arrange loop-based segments that matched in tempo and pitch. Our newly enhanced digital music workstation technology introduces the optimal creative platform for music composition, recording and mixing by combining our multitrack audio technologies with comprehensive inline MIDI editing and sequencing,” said Dave Chaimson, vice president of marketing, Sony Media Software.

Chaimson continued: “Starting with a new high-performance multi-threaded audio engine, we’ve reengineered ACID Pro 6 to perform faster and more efficiently not only on dual-core and multiprocessor systems, but also on single-CPU machines providing more efficient track buffering for higher performance at lower latencies. No longer simply a loop-based production tool, this application moves into the category of full-featured DAW’s by combining our highly-decorated ACID music creation technologies, superior 24-bit/192kHz audio support, with new MIDI editing and workflow capabilities that truly change the way in which engineers, producers, and musicians will create, produce and mix audio.” Award-winning composer Russ Landau uses ACID® Pro software and Sony® Sound Series™ loops to create music for “Survivor” and other popular television shows.

“Sony® ACID Pro software is my speed tool for assembling a comprehensive collection of thematic variations in minimum time,” said Landau. “Its new multitrack and MIDI capabilities are a significant enhancement to an already stellar application.”

New Digital Music Workstation Technologies

• Multitrack Audio and MIDI Recording – Simultaneously record multiple tracks of audio and MIDI into the ACID timeline through a variety of methods, including step recording, punch in/out, continuous looping and more.
• Multiple Media Files per Track – Layout multiple media files per track, including one-shots, Beatmapped events, loops and disk-based files with new automatic crossfade capabilities.
• Inline MIDI Editing – MIDI data can be manipulated directly on the ACID timeline, using either a piano roll or a drum grid interface. Edit all note position, velocity, pitch bend, and controller information using an easy, visual approach in the main multitrack interface.
• MIDI Filtering and Processing – ACID Pro 6 software provides processing of MIDI data directly on the timeline, including quantization, swing, editing of velocity values, event duration changes, and more.
• VSTi Parameter Automation – Using automation envelopes, ACID Pro 6 software provides increased mixing flexibility for VST instrument parameters.
• Drum Map Editing – The Drum Map Editor provides an intuitive way to create custom Drum Map templates, to make working in the Drum Grid even easier.
• Project Sections – ACID Pro 6 software now provides for the creation of project sections that lets users more efficiently rearrange time-based segments of audio and MIDI events located across multiple tracks.
• External Control Surface Support – ACID Pro 6 software allows for hands-on mixing using external hardware control surfaces. Control record, transport, envelopes, faders, mutes, solos, pans, and effects automation. ACID Pro 6 software includes native support for the Mackie® Control Universal, however the generic control interface option allows user-customizable mapping of up to five generic control surfaces
• Record Input Monitoring – The new multitrack workflow provides users with the ability to monitor audio signals with real-time track effect DSP during recording sessions.

Additional ACID Pro 6 key features include:

• On-the-fly punch-in recording
• Envelope automation recording
• Track record meters
• MIDI track envelopes for controllers
• MIDI keyframes for patch changes and sysex messages
• MIDI Quantize and Velocity filters
• MIDI file import and export
• Freehand envelope drawing on the timeline
• Gracenote® CD album identification
• Dual/Multi-core processor support
• Film-style panning mode for 5.1 surround projects

ACID Pro 6 core features include:

• Unlimited tracks of audio and MIDI
• Real-time pitch and tempo matching
• VST effect and VSTi support
• Over 20 real-time DirectX effects
• 5.1 surround mixing
• ASIO driver support
• Nestable folder tracks
• Beatmapper™ remixing tool
• Groove Mapping quantization tools
• Chopper™ editing tools
• Media Manager search technology
• ReWire mixer and device support
• Video scoring track (AVI, MOV, WMV)
• Integrated disc-at-once CD burning
• One-click music publishing to ACIDplanet.com

Availability

ACID Pro 6 software will be available worldwide through software stores and online retailers at US $399.95. More information on ACID Pro 6 software and the entire line of Sony Media Software products can be found at http://www.sony.com/mediasoftware.

Featuring an advanced organic EL display (2 inches on the 20GB NW-A3000 version and 1.5 inches on the 6GB NW-A1000 model), the Sony Walkman features two new shuffle functions.

By selecting ‘My Favorite Shuffle’, the device automatically selects the most listened to 100 songs and plays them at random. The ‘Time Machine Shuffle’ function randomly selects a year and plays all of the songs from that particular year that are currently held on the device.

Once switched on, a mobile phone style ‘Home’ menu appears offering nine different options that can be selected via the four-way directional button. These include ‘Music Library’, ‘Play Mode’, ‘Initial Search’, ‘Intelligent Shuffle’, ‘Favorite 100′, ‘Play History’, ‘Settings’, ‘Playlist’ and ‘Now Playing’.

Music can be searched in a variety of ways, via ‘Genre’, ‘Artist’, ‘Album’, ‘Song’, ‘Release Date’, ‘Rating’ and ‘Recently Transferred’, all of which can be scrolled through to enable users to find their music faster and easier. Sony WALKMAN records three years of playback history that can be searched and also features the first ever ‘Initial Search’ on a hard disc device, allowing the user to scroll from A-Z for ultimate ease of use.

The 20GB Sony Walkman is available in two colours, violet and silver; while the 6GB unit comes in the additional colours of pink and blue. All models are packaged with colour-coordinated headphones.

Sony WALKMAN features ATRAC3plus and MP3 playback and ships with the new “CONNECT Player” that offers advanced music library management as well as providing seamless access to the CONNECT™ catalogue of more than one million tracks and albums available for download.

The new series is packed with a wide range of essential sound effects, including muscle cars, fighter jets, home and office ambiance, wild animals, geological and elemental phenomena, heavy machinery, armament, explosions, and a wide selection of vintage comedy effects.

The Sony Pictures Sound Effects Series has a suggested retail price of $499.95.

For more information, visit the Sony site.

The three new categories of loops and samples offer increased depth, flexibility and variety not only for the music creation and production community, but also for producers who need content for film scoring and audio sweetening.

Optimized for use in Sony’s ACID music creation programs, these collections of WAV files can be used in any PC or Macintosh program that supports this format. Applications that recognize the ACID file format metadata will benefit from being able to use this information for time stretching and pitch shifting purposes as well.

The Premium Collection (2-CDs/24-Bit: MSRP $99.95 for each title) will include:

• Jerome Dillon / Keith Hillebrandt: arhythmiA, Volume One
• Jerome Dillon / Keith Hillebrandt: arhythmiA, Volume Two
• Songwriter’s Acoustic Guitar Companion; Expanded Edition
• Sonic Excursions for Acoustic Guitar; Expanded Edition

The Standard Collection (MSRP $59.95 for each title) includes:

• ACID Rock
• ACID Techno Expander Pack
• American Piano
• Aural E: Eclectic Electronica
• Bass Taster
• Bass X
• Bill Laswell: Volume I False Encryptions
• Bill Laswell: Volume II Undocument
• Bill Laswell: Volume III Letter of Law
• Blip: Glitch Electronica
• Bradley Fish: Restrung
• Bradley Fish: Unstrung
• Bunker 8: Extremely Abrasive Synths
• Bunker 8: Nu Groove Pop
• Cinematix Volume 1
• Cinematix Volume 2
• Designer Dance Tools
• Discrete Drums: Volume I
• Discrete Drums: Volume II
• Downtempo Beats
• Drum Tools
• Either/Or Electronica
• Electro Lounge
• Electronic Point-Blank
• Esoterik Beatz
• Essential Sounds III
• Euro Techno
• Futurist Drum ‘n’ Bass
• George Pendergast: alt.rockdrums
• Groove Spectrum R&B Drums
• Headstrong Grooves
• Horncraft for R&B
• Hydroponic Hip-Hop
• ILONA!: Universal Female Vocal Toolkit
• Jade Hill: Rock/Pop Guitars
• Jade Hill: Total Spanish Guitar
• James Johnson: Slow Silhouette
• James Johnson: Spektral Minimalism
• Jazz Trap Kit
• Joe Vitale: Latin Percussion
• Joe Vitale: Organ Donor
• Knutrix Drum ‘n’ Bass
• Ma Ja L : Electronic Imprints and Astrobeats
• Ma Ja L : Ethereal Textures
• Mac Money: Electro Hip-Hop
• Mac Money: R&B 101
• Machine Language
• Machine Language II
• Mellow Jazz/Funk Elements
• Mick Fleetwood: Total Drumming
• Nashville Wire: Pedal Steel Guitar
• New Roots Reggae
• New York Dance
• Nigel Ayers: Myths of Technology
• Numina I: Emotional Peak Sounds for Cinema
• Numina II: More Peak Sounds for Cinema
• On the Jazz Tip
• Orchestral 1: Classical
• Orchestral 2: Modern
• Orchestral 3: Cinematic
• Orchestral 4: Rock & Pop
• Prototechno
• Robert Rich: Ambient Atmospheres & Rhythms
• Rudy Sarzo: Workingman’s Bass
• Siggi Baldursson: Zero-Gravity Beats
• Soul Jazz Experience
• Steve Tibbetts: Friendly Fire
• Stylus Pressure: Urban Grooves on Digital Wax
• Sweet & Low Bass
• Techno Club Grooves
• Tony Brock: Rock Drummer
• TOYZ
• Trance NRG
• Troy Klontz: Rhythm & Twang
• Ugly Remnants: Volume One
• Ugly Remnants: Volume Two
• Underground Soundlab
• Vintage Analog Synths
• Westside Underground

The Classics Collection (MSRP $29.95 for each title) consists of:

• ACID DJ Expander Pack
• Ambient Grooves
• Ambient Realms
• Bunker 8: Extremely Abrasive Beats
• David Torn: SPLaTTeRCeLL
• DJ Puzzle: Scratch Tactics
• Electrocution
• Electro-World Percussion
• Fluid Dynamics: Computational Drum ‘n’ Bass
• George Pendergast: Essential Percussion
• Joe Vitale: Junkyard Rythms
• Mac Money: Hip-Hop/R&B Vocals
• Metarock Visions
• Methods of Mayhem: Industrial Toolkit
• Paul Black: Blues Guitar
• Psychedelic Guitar
• Rapoon: Sci-Fi Tribal
• Rapoon: Textures & Soundscapes
• Siggi Baldursson: Drumsugar
• Twine: Build
• Twine: Intelligent Dance Music
• Universal Groove Elements
• Vince Andrews: Jazz Solos and Sections
• World Percussion
• World Pop
• Vir Unis: Bug Report
• Vir Unis: Infusion

The Classics Collection titles are only available direct from the Sony Media Software store.

For more information, visit the Sony site.

Sony

Enhancements include two new patent-pending technologies: The Media Manager is a new technology for browsing and tagging media assets that greatly enhances the user’s ability to track, label and store media files including loops, video and stills. Additionally, the unique Groove Mapping and Groove Cloning technologies provide enhanced ways for users to sonically interact with their loops and samples collection.

“Because ACID software is considered to be the top loop-based music creation application, we felt compelled to spend the past several years developing new technologies that once again provide users with innovative workflow enhancements and more important, new innovations for musical expression,” said Dave Chaimson, vice president of marketing for Sony Media Software.

“In addition to our new media management system and powerful groove quantization tools, we’ve added new features that users have been requesting since version 4,” Chaimson continued. “Whether it’s VST plug-in hosting, ReWire device support, nestable folder tracks, or enhanced workflow and project management features, ACID software will continue to provide the most well-rounded solution for creative and musical exploration.”

“Our dealers have been anticipating the launch of this new version of ACID with great enthusiasm, and it comes just in time for the holiday season,” said Paul Foschino, senior manager for pro audio in Sony Electronics’ Broadcast and Production Systems Division. “The combination of ACID 5’s new features, our new ‘Sony Sound Series: Loops & Samples collection and ACIDplanet.com make this much more than just an ACID software launch. It is now one of the most powerful music creation tools available and complemented by the best content and destination site for music creation. We will also be bundling it with Sound Forge Audio Studio, a $69.95 value, in all boxes sold through our retail partners.”

New features in ACID Pro 5 software include:

• ACID Media Manager System – Patent-pending, new media management technology provides control over project and archived assets, including customizable searches and loop tagging.
• Groove Quantization – Patent-pending technologies incorporate sophisticated Groove Mapping and Groove Cloning features for morphing existing loops and samples into new fresh, new sounds.
• VST Plug-In Hosting – Expanded ability to apply VST plug-ins at the track or project level.
• ReWire Device Support – ACID Pro 5 includes ReWire “synth” support so users can incorporate ACID Pro 5 software as a plug-in or instrument within other applications that support ReWire mixer technology.

Additional ACID Pro 5 software features include:

• Folder tracks for enhanced project-wide production
• Tempo-based DirectX effects
• Disc-at-once CD burning
• MIDI editing enhancements (snap-to-scale MIDI composition)
• Real-time event reverse
• Enhanced time stretching and transient detection
• Metronome for providing a virtual “click-track”
• Customizable keyboard mapping
• Bus-to-bus routing
• Multiple docking windows
• Flash .swf format import
• Enhanced media previewing
• Customizable UI and XP theme support
• Includes more than 1,000 new loops and samples

As a free bonus, Acid Pro includes the Xpress Keyboards VSTi bundle (B4 Xpress, Pro-54 Xpress, FM7 Xpress plug-ins) from Native Instruments software; a $119.00 value.

More information is available at the Sony site.

Sony Vegas 5 software, the latest version of the award-winning non-linear professional video and audio editing application, now offers increased functionality, more specialized features and the most extensive audio upgrade to date. With advanced, real-time scalable production for SD, HD, HDV and other formats across unlimited tracks, Vegas software is the ideal application for professional DV, DVCAM TM and audio editing and encoding, and an overwhelming favorite among digital video and audio professionals who are looking for a single-platform solution for A/V editing and finishing.

“This program rocks,” said writer/director/producer Steve Oedekerk (Bruce Almighty, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, The Nutty Professor, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls). “I’ve been using Sony Vegas software as my personal editing platform for years. With the new professional features, such as control surface automation, 3D planar compositing and network rendering, we’re now experiencing the true convergence of simplicity meeting high-end production power.”

The Vegas+DVD Production Suite is part of a full line of A/V software assets developed by Sony Pictures Digital Networks, a business unit of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Sony Electronics’ Broadcast and Production Systems division manages the U.S. sales and distribution for the software products in the professional A/V, music industry, and government channels.

“Vegas software has evolved into one of the most comprehensive video and audio editing products in the industry and with the addition of the expansive new feature set for both audio and video production, the product’s efficiency is now unrivaled,” said Steve Banfield, senior vice president, technology for Sony Pictures Digital Networks. “Adding in the product’s ability to more efficiently integrate with Sony’s existing hardware and workflow solutions, Vegas 5 software is truly a force to be reckoned with in the professional media production market.”

For the professional end-user, the integration of this feature-rich software with Sony’s pro A/V equipment provides a nearly unlimited array of production options.

“Customers are looking for ways to streamline their workflows,” said Bob Ott, vice president of Sony’s Professional Audio and Video Group. “Their ability to now go to one source and have at their fingertips both software and hardware that takes them from content creation and editing through display accomplishes that goal.”

New features in the Vegas 5 software include 3D track motion and compositing, keyframable Bezier masks, network rendering, transition progress envelopes, subtitle/text export to DVD Architect software, Flash™ .swf import, ACID software loop properties support, keyboard event pitch shifting, 5.1 audio plug-in support at the master bus level, film-style 5.1 surround panning, downmix monitoring, external control surface support, envelope automation recording, customizable UI’s and keyboard mapping, media subclips, realtime A/V event reverse, support for external Sony hardware devices such as the DSR-DU1 and DSR-DR1000 video disk recorders and J-H3 HDCAM player, and more.

New features for the DVD Architect 2 software include programmable end actions, subtitle creation and multiple audio track support, enhanced disk optimization tools, real-time external monitor playback via i.LINK connector/IEEE-1394, Flash™ .swf import, support for 24P DVD encoding, elementary stream import, and much more.

As an added bonus, the Vegas+DVD Production Suite and Vegas 5 software will include a stand-alone version of Boris Graffiti 3.0 LTD for enhanced 2D and 3D titling, along with Red Giant Software’s Magic Bullet Movie Looks ™ plug-in

More information can be found at http://www.sony.com/mediasoftware.