Swar Systems has introduced Swar Studio 3, a major update to its Mac & Windows DAW for making Indian music Swar Studio 3 features 41 virtual instruments, 17 of which are Indian ones: Accordion, Bansuri, Bass, Bells, Brass Section, Brightness, Cello, Chimta, Choir Aahs, Clean Guitar, Dhol, Dholak, Drums, Duff, Duggis, Dulcimer, Electric Bass, Electric Guitar,… Read More Swar Studio, A DAW For Indian Music, Gets Major Update
Secret Base Design, in conjunction with Confusion Studios (MIDI Designer) and Audeonic Apps (MIDI Bridge/MIDIbus), has announced MidiTV, free software that brings MIDI to the Apple TV streaming set top box. Why would you want MIDI on your television? MidiTV + an Apple TV turn your television into a big-screen platform for music apps. This means that… Read More Secret Base Design Turns Apple TV Into MidiTV
Synth design pioneer Tom Oberheim is 80 today.
Behringer today released this teaser video for a new analog synthesizer.
New Sonic Arts has introduced Freestyle, a VST host for stage and studio. Freestyle is described as ‘a modular sound design and performance environment’. It lets you combine, split, layer and chain VST instruments and FX. ‘Rack View’ is intended for quickly building patches, while ‘Structure View’ provides complete access to the modular architecture, allowing manual ‘wiring’ between… Read More Freestyle Turns Your Computer Into A Live Rig Keyboard Workstation
DJ equipment maker Rane Corporation has announced that the company is being sold to inMusic and that company co-founders Linda Arink and Dennis Bohn plan to retire once the transaction is completed later this summer. inMusic CEO Jack O’Donnell calls Rane a ‘great addition to inMusic’, adding “Rane is a dynamic, esteemed audio brand.”
MolecularBytes has released AtomicTransient, a polyphonic multichannel transient effect plug-in for Mac OS X & Windows. In addition to percussion and drums, AtomicTransient processes polyphonic instruments and mixes as well, and can do ‘note-based’ process processing, without affecting other notes. Here’s the official intro video:
Tascam has announced the iXR USB Audio/MIDI Interface with iOS connectivity. The iXR is a full-featured “Made for iPad” PC/Mac USB audio interface. You can use it with your Mac or PC, but it also connects directly to your iPhone and iPad via the standard iOS Lightning or 30-pin connector.
Wave Alchemy recently announced the release of Spectrum, a virtual synthesizer for Native Instruments’ Kontakt 5. Wave Alchemy developers’ goal with Spectrum was to bring together “the iconic sounds of the most sought-after analog and digital synths in existence,” giving users the flexibility to layer, blend and transform patches, tones and timbres into evolving sounds,… Read More Wave Alchemy Releases Spectrum for Kontakt 5
Waves and psytrance duo Infected Mushroom have announced Pusher, a multiband sonic enhancer and limiter/clipper. According to Waves, Pusher delivers Infected Mushroom’s “secret mixing sauce.” Pusher is designed to be used on individual sounds, on busses/groups, or for mastering: Low – Enhance low frequencies and choose where the processing begins. based on note or frequency. According to Waves, this is… Read More Waves & Infected Mushroom Introduce ‘Pusher’ Multiband Sonic Enhancer
