Big Fish Audio has announced two new releases in its Origin Series, Funky House Producer and Raw Power. Funky House Producer – House and Dance samples from the clubs of Ibiza, London, Paris and New York. Raw Power – Rock/Alternative loops and sounds. The samples are provided in NNXT, Rex & Wav formats. The collections… Read More Big Fish Audio Announces Two New Sample Collections
April 1st, 2005: Korean manufacture K-Tar has introduced the first ever 100-key USB-based MIDI controller, the K-Tar 100. The keyboard offers computer musicians a full octave of additional range over traditional keyboards. Because of the extended range of today’s soft-synths, many notes are beyond the range of most USB keyboards. Instead of wasting all of… Read More K-Tar Intros First 100-Key USB Controller
iCompositions has partnered with Bandmateloops to give away another package of free loops for GarageBand, Logic, and Soundtrack. The collection, available exclusively for registered users of iCompositions, consists of 121 loops and joins existing free packages available from iCompositions, bringing iCompositions members 417 free Apple Loops. The collection includes loops from instruments such as the… Read More 400 Free Loops for GarageBand from iCompositions
Cycling ’74 has announced the release of Mode for Windows. This package of native audio processing plug-ins is now available on Windows XP for host applications supporting the VST and RTAS formats. The package features three instruments and two effects units that integrate functions and performance controls typically found in rack-mount and workstation hardware. An… Read More Cycling ’74 Ships Mode for Windows
Big Fish Audio has introduced Greg Adams’ Big Band Brass, a Aiff/Apple Loops/WAV/Acid collection. Performance Loops producer Stephen Sherrard teams up with legendary trumpeter, composer, and arranger Greg Adams (Rod Stewart, Elton John, Linda Ronstadt, Lyle Lovett) to bring you over 4600 Big Band Brass loops and samples. This DVD-ROM contains thousands of loops and… Read More Big Fish Audio Intros Greg Adams’ Big Band Brass
Kaysound Imports, who distributes Hercules Technologies in the US market, has announced a $100 price drop of the Hercules 16/12 FW, the first FireWire 24-bit 96kHz 16-In/12-Out audio and MIDI interface for PC and Macintosh. “The Hercules 16/12 FW gives customers an incredibly powerful computer recording solution that is now available for under $500.” said… Read More Hercules Drops Price on 16/12 FireWire Interface
Kid Nepro has announced a new set of patches for the the Roland “Super Jupiter” MKS80 – Vol #3 – Patch King Mix. According to Kid Nepro’s founder and sound programmer: “Just because a synthesizer is no longer available in your local music store does not mean it is no longer useful. Many classic tracks… Read More Kid Nepro Goes Old School With Sounds for Roland Super Jupiter MKS80
Native Instruments has announced details on the library of the upcoming Kontakt 2 software sampler. The factory library will set new standards in terms of sound quality and versatility, weighing in at more than 15 GByte and making extensive use of the new “Kontakt Script Processor” (KSP) for a wide range of advanced performance effects.… Read More Native Instruments Announces Kontakt 2 Library Details
Voxengo has announced that a free update for Pristine Space is now available for download. Pristine Space is a convolution (impulse reverb) processor in PC VST plug-in format with eight independent convolution channels. Pristine Space can be used in mono, stereo and various surround channel configurations. Version 1.4 fixes several minor issues that were compromising… Read More Voxengo Updates Pristine Space
ModernBeats has introduced Vintage Machinez 1, the first of a huge collection of remastered classic drum samples for software samplers! The Vintage Machinez Collection offers users a 21st century design of all old drum machine classics divided into 3 major categories for quick and convenient use. Categories include newly remastered Mono versions, plus unique Stereo… Read More ModernBeats Intros Vintage Machinez 1 for Software Samplers
