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SONiVOX has announced the expansion of their DVI (Downloadable Virtual Instrument) line of products, now offering 46 downloadable virtual instruments.
SONiVOX DVI’s are designed for users’ instant gratification and ease of use. Each SONiVOX DVI product is downloadable and instantly playable as a plug-in or as a standalone instrument, allowing musicians added flexibility and convenience in […]

 

Syntheway has introduced ElectriKeys, a virtual electric piano based on vintage Fender Rhodes MK1, Hohner Clavinet D6, Wurlitzer and Yamaha CP-70 e-pianos. It is available for Windows and Linux based VST/FST hosts - no Mac version is available.
Features

Sound is generated via a hybrid method that combines synthesis and sampling techniques, to create the most […]

 

Scarbee has released Black Bass, a sample library made for N.I. Kontakt 2.2.
Black Bass is produced and recorded by Scarbee director Thomas Hansen Skarbye himself and developed together with Kontakt script wizard Nils Liberg to create a highly playable instrument for musicians, composers, and producers looking for a unique bass sound.
“I wanted to record […]

 

Jayzen Sound Design has introduced Jayzen Acoustic Bass, a sample library, in Soundfont format, that captures that “old time sound” from a large, 1950’s era stand-up acoustic bass. According to Jayzen, it can be used to recreate those Bass sounds heard on Country and Rock albums of the late 1950’s, or for modern Acid Jazz […]

 

Tascam today announced three new drum libraries developed by multiple Grammy award winning musician and recording Engineer Larry Seyer.
The new POWERkits Volumes 1, 2 and 3 libraries from Larry Seyer Digital, focus on providing high quality musical instrument drum sounds with very low computer processing power requirements. POWERkits is the first plug-in library to be […]

 

SONiVOX has released their new line of DVI Products (downloadable virtual instruments). The DVI series products feature a large selection of affordably priced instruments and collections of instruments.
Description:
Designed for users’ instant gratification and ease of use, SONiVOX DVI’s are made in collaboration with the TASCAM Giga development team, melding SONiVOX’s instrument content with TASCAM’s GVI […]

 

Audio Impressions has introduced turnkey DVZ Realtime Strings packages optimized for their DVZ-RT and SPACE technologies.
According to Carl Marinoff, Ai’s Marketing Director, the systems are fully scalable, come pre-installed (no DVDs), automatically map all MIDI configurations on start-up and support multi-channel Surround Sound and sample rates up to 192 kHz out of the box.
Depending […]

 

Rayzoon has announced that Jamstix 2, “The World’s Most Advanced Virtual Drummer VSTi” according to the company, will be released on 8/20/2007.
Features:

Real-time groove composition using dedicated style and drummer modeling (not static patterns!)
In-depth drummer limb simulation, including triangulation of hand movements, ensures that the grooves are always humanly playable (no ten-armed drummer here)
Advanced feel […]

 

Soundfonts.it has released Miles’tone, a new VST physically modeled instrument designed to bring realistic trumpet sounds to your sequencer. Miles’tone is designed to work with a wind controller, but can also be played with a traditional MIDI keyboard thanks to the built-in dedicated envelope generator.
Miles’tone is a simulation of a trumpet, based on a mixed […]

 
icon for podpress  Miles Davis As A Plug-In [1:46m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
 

Ueberschall has released Liquid Instrument Series Vol. 8 Drums, a new VST that makes it possible to move, pitch, stretch or even delete any single note of the snare, hi-hat, or bass drum loop without affecting the rest of the groove. All loops and single sound loops automatically adjust their tempo to your arrangement.
Try radical […]

 

Maizesoft has introduced Maize Sampler, a sample engine that lets you share your samples with musicians around the world.
Features:

Propagation (VSTi export) with pre-defined UI styles
Keyswitching between 12 layers
Disk-streaming
Sample-mapping, velocity layering
16 channels, 4 stereo output, 32 polyphonies
Supports 8, 16, 24 bit sample rate
Built-in simple reverb and EQ
Both VSTi and Standalone modes
Comes with a Soundfont to Maize […]

 

Pipeloops has released a new sample library for Kontakt-2, Cavaillé-Coll Organ of the Église de la Madeleine (Paris), that brings the sounds of a large French romatic cathedral organ to your studio. It comprises a small number of select combinations of stops, ranging from the soft sounds of the 8′-Fonds to the full and glorious […]

 
icon for podpress  Chorale from: Felix Alexandre Guilmant: Sonata for Organ No 5 [1:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
 

Vienna Symphonic Library has released the new Vienna Instruments Collection Special Brass.
Description:
Like the recently released Special Woodwinds, the 21 GB Vienna Instruments Collection Special Brass offers resonant rarities that a first-rate virtual orchestra can’t do without.
To create the perfect counterpart for Vienna’s now famous Epic Horns, the team recorded an ensemble of six trumpet […]

 

ChocolateAudio, which has just about the coolest name ever, has announced Mock Bass, advanced electric bass library with just about the coolest name ever, too.
The Mock Bass is sampled from a luthier’s custom made electric bass made by Jacaranda, and includes the latest sampling technologies, featuring four string, automatic string switching, fret position selection, intelligent […]

 

Toontrack has released EZdrummer 1.1, which introduces new functionalities as well as providing essential bug fixes for all users and compatibility for the recently announced EZX-s. It is required for the Nashville EZX but is otherwise highly recommended for all users. EZdrummer 1.1 is available for both Intel Mac and PC in VST, AU and […]