IK Multimedia is now shipping SampleTron, a virtual instrument workstation featuring a collection of authentic “Tron” and other vintage keyboards instrument samples. According to IK, SampleTron includes the most complete “Tron” anthology ever released in one virtual instrument, with over 2 GB of sounds, 640 presets and 260 multi-samples from 17 rare and vintage Mellotrons,… Read More SampleTron Virtual Mellotron Now Shipping
Remember Eboman’s car crash music? Eboman specialises in the production of audiovisual sample compositions (which he calls Sample madnesS), the development of audiovisual sampling software and hardware and performances as a DVJ or with his SenSorSuit. This is a compilation of clips of an Eboman performance in Utrecht in April 2008: Guillermo uses the video… Read More Eboman Demos SenSorSuit Video Sampling
Max 5 is now available for download. A 30-day demo download is available that combines Max & Jitter. Max is an interactive programming environment for music, audio, and media. Jitter is a set of video, matrix, and 3D graphics objects for Max. Max is a true cross-platform system compatible with both Mac OS X and… Read More Max 5 Now Available
Rayzoon has released BonzoPak – a John Bonham style drum library for Jamstix virtual drummer VSTi. I’m a little iffy on the whole idea of cloning a dead musician’s sound, but I’m sure there’s a place for this. If you’re interested at all in the idea, check out the Rayzoon demos – like Little Bitta… Read More John Bonham Style Drum Library
Puremagnetik has released three new bundles for Ableton Live, Kontakt, Logic and GarageBand: Vintage Collection, contains 7 of Puremagnetik’s old-school synthesizer libraries sourced directly from the classics of the 1970s and 80s: TeeBee – Roland® TB-303 instrument and loops. Circuit:30 – “Circuits” based on Moog® synthesizers and effects. Analog Bass Volume 1 – Assortment of… Read More Puremagnetik Intros Three New Sample Libraries
Ueberschall has released URBANIC Producer Pack, a Hip hop & RnB sample library powered by Elastik. Urbanic Producer Pack features: 1.3 GB Hip Hop and RnB sounds, 2090 loops and samples. 1120+ individual single drum sounds: kick drums, claps, snare, hi hats, percussion, cymbals and shaker samples. BPM information and root key (key signatures) are… Read More Ueberschall releases URBANIC Producer Pack
MPC2000xl has released a free sample library based on the Casio Rapman Rap-1. The Casio Rapman is probably the most bizarre of all Casio toy keyboards from the 80s and 90s. The RAP-1 is the first of the two Rap-themed keyboards from the big ‘C’ and was released in 1991. The samples were taken directly… Read More Free Casio Rap Man Samples
Mario Paint Composer is a remake of the music system from the original Mario Paint for the Super NES. It is a free music application made by unFun Games. It’s available for both Windows and Mac. It’s a pretty limited app – but that’s part of the fun. Here’s the Mario Paint version of Bohemian… Read More Free 8-Bit Music App – Mario Paint Composer
Michael S. Schneider, author of A Beginner’s Guide To Constructing The Universe, has published an interesting analysis of the Amen Break (probably the most important sample ever). In his analysis, the Amen Break may be popular because of the way the Golden Ratio is found it the break’s timing: Having looked at the geometry of… Read More The Golden Ratio In The Amen Break
Cycling 74‘s Darwin Grosse has announced the release date for the latest version of Max, Max 5: I’m pleased to announce a release date for Max 5. This new version will be available as a download on April 22nd, with packaged versions available shortly thereafter. Compatible versions of MSP and Jitter will be released at… Read More Max 5 Release Date April 22nd
