Ableton introduced Live 9.5 this morning, and one the elements of the update is the new Link feature, which lets you play in time with multiple iOS devices and multiple instances of Ableton Live music software over a wireless network. Developer Oliver Greschke of Elastic Drums was allowed to implement an early alpha version of… Read More Elastic Drums + Ableton Link Sync Engine Previewed
Sonic Faction has released a new Kontakt bundle, Archetype. Achetype is a collection of eight virtual instruments (Beatdown, Sickness, Evilfish, Hatchet, Clone, Pulsator, Whoosh Machine and Rogue-One) which run the gamut of vintage and modern instruments. They asked composer Oscar Flores – who has scored trailers for many films, including The Martian, Terminator: Genisys and Jurassic… Read More Oscar Flores On Scoring With Archetype For NI Kontakt
Sound Effects library-maker Pro Sound Effects has announced the Telephony Collection, a collection (surprise!) of sound effects from a wide range of telecommunication devices used throughout the twentieth century. Recorded on location at the Telstra Museum in Australia by Stephan Schütze of Sound Librarian, this new library contains over 1,500 sound effects (2.6GB) of more… Read More Hello? Hello? Pro Sound Effects Intros Telephony Collection
Audiomodern has just released the third and final part of their Sync series of Instruments. Sync 3 is a loop-based sampler instrument for Native Instruments’ Kontakt (also available in WAV, AIFF & REX formats). Sync 3 focuses on what Audiomodern calls “futuristic sounding” electronic and glitch drum groove construction kits, which blend IDM, Breaks, Organic, Ambient,… Read More Audiomodern Releases Sync 3 – Intelligent Polyrhythms
Cakewalk has announced their ‘Jamaica Plain‘ update for their Sonar Artist, Professional and Platinum versions. This is the ninth in a monthly series of rolling updates, each named for a different town in Massachusetts. The Jamaica Plain update introduces Patch Points and Aux Tracks as additions to Sonar’s Universal Routing Technology. Users can now route… Read More Cakewalk Sonar Updated With Patch Points and AUX Tracks, Upsample on Playback
ZAQ Audio has announced that the Zaquencer – custom firmware for the Behringer BCR2000 that turns it into a multi-channel step sequencer – has been updated. The Zaquencer is a custom firmware for the Behringer BCR2000 that will turn it into a standalone MIDI step sequencer. Developer Christian Stöcklmeier explains that the Zaquencer is not a preset… Read More Zaquencer Multichannel Step Sequencer Updated
Antelope Audio has introduced its new Orion32+ flagship audio interface. The Orion32+ now has Thunderbolt compatibility, zero latency monitoring and “unmatched sonic depth and clarity.”
Today IK Multimedia announced their new dual-channel mobile audio and MIDI interface, iRig Pro Duo. Designed for use with an iPhone/iPad, Mac/PC and Android devices, the fully-featured interface “enables musicians to create music with studio-quality audio and a whole suite of features” in or out of the studio.
Livid Instruments has announced Builder Boxes, a series of Do-It-Yourself kits that include everything needed to build a MIDI controller. Kits include a “Button Box” MIDI controller equipped with sixteen buttons, along with a “Fader Box” controller outfitted with eight sliders.
ROLI, the maker of the Seaboard Grand and Rise expressive MIDI controllers, has announced the acquisition of Blend, a music collaboration platform. This announcement follows on Roli’s acquisition of JUCE, a C++ framework for cross-platform audio development. The hardware innovator is framing these acquisitions of software and social platforms as “extending its areas of expertise”… Read More ROLI Acquires Blend Social Collaboration Platform
