Modern Beats has introduced its new RnB Keyz Loops library. The set includes a wide array of professional keyboard hooks and riffs for today’s serious R&B music producer. RnB Keyz Loops offers numerous arpeggios performed in both major and minor scales, and chord progressions ranging from simple to complex (7th, 9th, & 11th chords). RnB… Read More Modern Beats Releases RnB Keyz Loops Keyboard Loop Library
Synesthesia has announced Mandala 2.0, a new version of the high-def virtual drum and synthesizer, co-developed with professional drummer Danny Carey of the progressive rock band Tool. Now a computer peripheral—its USB cable plugs into PC or Mac—the Mandala 2.0 emulates an acoustic drum. According to synesthesia, it’s only drum pad that knows exactly where… Read More Synesthesia Intros Mandala 2.0, A Synthesizer With Drumsticks
Native Instruments today introduced a new, simplified pricing structure for its software instrument products. The new pricing unifies prices across the diverse NI product range, and makes many of its synthesizers and samplers more affordable.Software instruments from Native Instruments will typically be available for a unified suggested retail price of $ 229 / 199 Euro.… Read More Native Instruments Cuts, Simplifies Pricing
Rain Recording has introduced the LiveBook Diablo, a laptop designed for digital audio use. The portable computer is available with a 2.93Ghz Core 2 Extreme desktop processor from Intel, 3 Gigabytes of RAM and a 200 Gigabyte, 16mb buffer hard drive, Other features include a built-in biometric fingerprint scanner; 2 Megapixel webcam with face tracking… Read More Rain Recording Releases Hellishly Powerful MacBook Pro Alternative
Ueberschall has released Analog FX, a new sample collection boasting a massive library of premium and designed analog sounds and loops which contain over 1.7 GB of sound material. The library is designed to be a state-of-the-art collection of FX samples, offering a huge variety of atmospheres, noises, basslines, leads, sweeps, LFO as well as… Read More Ueberschall Intros Analog FX Sound Library
Sounds And Effects has announced Electrified! guitars, a multi-sample electric guitar sound library for Kontakt, HAlion, Reason’s NNXT, and Logic’s EXS24 featuring vintage and modern electric guitars and amps; suitable for most rock and jazz styles. Featured guitars include a 1958 ES-175, a 1967 ES-335, a 1969 Les Paul, a Rickenbacher 12 string, a Telecaster,… Read More Sounds And Effects Releases Electrified! guitars
M-Audio has announced the KeyRig 25 keyboard controller and software bundle, which closely follows the release of the previously announced KeyRig 49 package. Each include a keyboard controller plus M-Audio’s Key Rig software (PC only). The KeyRig 25 controller is designed to fit into a backpack along with a laptop computer to form a powerful… Read More M-Audio Releases KeyRig 25 And KeyRig 49 Controller/Software Bundles
Propellerhead Software has announced that Reason version 4 is now shipping. The new version boasts Thor, a highly sophisticated, superior sounding synthesizer, the ReGroove mixer, a new way to adjust the rhythmic feel of tracks, RPG-8, a versatile arpeggiator, a completely rebuilt sequencer coupled with many other workflow enhancements that give musicians the control and… Read More Propellhead Reason 4 Now Available
AlpineSoft has announced an updated version of VinylStudio, with enhanced audio cleanup tools. VinylStudio is designed to be a complete software solution for digitizing vinyl LP’s and tapes via your PC. It records, splits tracks and burns both audio and MP3 CD’s,. It can also look track listings up over the Internet and copy tracks… Read More AlpineSoft Releases Version 3 Of VinylStudio Digitizing Software
Yellow Tools has released a new free version of their Independence sampler workstation for Mac & Windows. Independence Free 2.0 is based on the new Independence 2.0 version which will also be released sometime this month. Independence Free 2.0 comes with all the features of the Independence Sampler version 2.0 – only the import of… Read More Yellow Tools Intros Free Sampler With 2 GB Sound Library
