Berrtill is a free distortion unit from Shuriken.de that’s modelled from circuit bent hardware. It offers an interesting collection of controls, including Clip, Drive, Bitcrush, MonsterClip and Moonshine. Berrtill is modelled on a pile of old crap gear, as this video demonstrates: It’s a free download for Windows and as a Universal Binary for Macs.… Read More Free Virtual Instrument Short Circuits Your Music; No Worms Harmed
Rain Recording has introduced the Nimbus AS1, an audio computer designed for the musician on a budget. Starting at just $1299.95 (£749), the base model comes standard with dual-core processing, 667MHz RAM, dual SATA II hard drives and room to grow. The scissor doors and top USB/FireWire ports provide easy access for audio peripherals and… Read More Rain Recording Announces Nimbus Audio Computer
Drums On Demand has introduced as a standalone CD the full single hit samples recorded for all four of their Studio Series volumes. A significant number of the hits are new material not available on the original loop CDs (due to lack of space). Features: 620 hits/samples on 1 CD Variety of different kits (from… Read More Drums On Demand Releases Studio Series Single Hits CD
Arturia have released version 1.2 of their ARP2600V soft synth, a virtual recreation of the Arp 2600. What’s new: Universal Binary support VST 2.4 Cubase 4 ready A new installer, regrouping all previous updates The update is a free download for registered users.
Precisionsound has introduced two new sample libraries featuring bizarro keyboard instruments. The Bergman Klavitron is a rare Swedish valve organ manufactured in the 60s. It has its own sound character mostly because of its percussive settings giving a plucky sound to the solo manual. Precisionsound has sampled 291 24-bit mono Wav files in all settings/combinations… Read More Precisionsound Intos Klavitron, Stylophone Sample Libraries
Pettinhouse has introduced the DirectBass Bass Sample Library for AMP SIMULATOR. Recorded directly to the sound card without any amplifier or EFX at 24Bit 96Khz, when combined with an Bass Amp Simulator, it allows you to create any variety of bass sounds. 3 pick-ups: Bridge, Both and Neck plus Picked Bass for covering the entire… Read More Pettinhouse Announces DirectBass Bass Sample Library
A new web site promises to turn your genetic sequence into a musical sequence.Rie Takahashi and Jeffrey Miller of the University of California at Los Angeles describe the system in the open-access journal Genome Biology. They set up a system is to translate amino acids – the building blocks for human protein sequences – into… Read More Web Site Turns Your Genetic Sequence Into A Musical Sequence
Modern Beats has introduced its first electric bass sample library, Tru Bass 1 – Electric Six. The entire bass library is 425MB in size and contains over 500 unique, bass guitar samples. ‘Tru Bass 1’ comes in 6 auto-loading software sampler formats plus WAV file format. This sample-packed, multi-velocity layered soundset features a rich, smooth,… Read More Modern Beats Announces Tru Bass 1 – Electric Six Bass Sample Library
Tagu Audio Line (TAL) have released Vintager, a free analog-style monophonic VST synthesizer. According to TAL, Vintager features “a good sounding non linear modelled 24dB lowpass filter, three bandlimited oscillators and accurate envelopes are the heart of this synth.” Description: This synth is suitable for all kind of typical analog sounds even percussion sounds. Also… Read More Free Monosynth VST Released
The developers of Ardour have announced the release of version 2.0 of the free digital audio workstation. Ardour turns any computer running Linux or OS X into a tool to record, edit and mix multi-track audio. Version 2.0 is available as an OS X (10.4) universal package and also as source code. Linux distributions will… Read More Free Ardour 2.0 Digital Audio Workstation Released
