De La Mancha has introduced bathtub – a Windows VST that they describe as “more than just a simple compressor.” It does multi-band compression, multi-layer parallel compression, series compression, mid/side compression, Left/Right compression, RMS/Peak detection, side-chaining, look-ahead, limiting & maximizing and has comprehensive metering and clip counting. bathtub is really 2 stereo compressors that can… Read More De La Mancha Intros Bathtub Compressor
Puremagnetik has released Kamoni’s Electronic Kits – a 5 kit collection by New York sound designer and electronic drumming wizard Kamoni. From glitchy snares to monstrous sub kicks and dark ominous basses, Kamoni’s Electronic Kits contains a uniquely dynamic and experimental palette of sounds. Format: ALP Size (uncompressed): ~50 MB System Requirements: Ableton Live 7.0.1… Read More Free Electronic Drum Kits For Ableton Live
Voxengo Elephant is a mastering limiter plug-in for professional music production applications. According to Voxengo, the new limiter “brings sound limiting and loudness maximization without any audible “pumping” effects.” Elephant features a variety of limiter modes that can be deeply customized, and a comprehensive set of level metering tools. Elephant limiter can be used for mixing… Read More Voxengo Intros Elephant Mastering Limiter
midiO is an Audio Unit designed to let you control your hardware synths from Garageband. The plugin lets you drive a MIDI based synthesizer with one or more GarageBand tracks. Changes since 1.14: Universal binary Supports generation of midi clock messages Improved timing of generated midi messages. Reduced processor load Improved documentation This new version… Read More midiO Lets You Control Hardware Synths With Garageband
DrawSound (pdf link) is a musical instrument that combines multi-touch input technology with the expressive character of drawing. The instrument is intended to be used in two different art projects, The SINE WAVE QUARTET, and aeo. via Califaudio
Sonic-Core has announced that starting later this month, they will publish The John Bowen Chronicles, with new installments every few weeks, leading up to the release of the SOLARIS synthesizer. John Bowen was involved in the development of many legends in synthesizer history – the Prophet 5, the Prophet VS and the Prophet T-8 by Sequential… Read More Coming Soon: The John Bowen Chronicles
Camel Audio has announced Alchemy, a new software synth that they call “the ultimate sample manipulation synthesizer”. Alchemy features additive, spectral and granular synthesis and resynthesis, sampling, and a capable virtual analog engine with unison and PWM. You can morph or crossfade between sources. You can import your own samples from SFZ, WAV or AIFF… Read More Camel Audio Announce Alchemy Synthesizer
Mackie has introduced a new line of mixers, designed for computer music production, the U.Series Production Mixers. Mackie U.Series provides flexible connections and a simple user interface. in a nutshell, Mackie is introducing a new line of simple mixers for people that don’t need the bells and whistles, but do want great sound. “The keyboardist, DJ… Read More Mackie Intros New Line Of Budget Computer Audio Mixers
IK Multimedia has released sequels to their popular Total Bundle series: “Total Workstation 2” and “Total Studio 2” bundles. Total Workstation 2 bundle offers 5 of IK’s highly acclaimed virtual instrument and workstation plug-ins in one box (SampleTank 2.5 XL, Miroslav Philharmonik, Sonik Synth 2, SampleMoog and SampleTron), offering 14,000 sounds and 28 GB of… Read More IK Announces New Total Bundle 2 Series
Spectrasonics has announced that Omnisphere, its hotly anticipated mega-synth, is now shipping with an MSRP of $499 US and €379 Euro. Omnisphere is cross-platform, compatible with Apple Macintosh OS X 10.4 and higher as a native Universal Binary and also with Microsoft Windows XP/Vista. Audio Units, VST, and RTAS plug-in formats are supported for compatibility… Read More Omnisphere Virtual Synthesizer Released
