MacMice has announced that the GarageKey USB-MIDI keyboard for Apple GarageBand users is available for order, with shipping guaranteed in time for Christmas. The GarageKey USB-MIDI keyboard is the only keyboard on the market designed exclusively for use by Apple GarageBand software users who want a small, elegantly styled keyboard. The GarageKey has 37 full-size,… Read More MacMice Introduces GarageBand Keyboard
Sounds Online is offering a free sample-based virtual instrument with 650MB of content. EastWest is giving you the chance to get your own copy of Native Instruments Intakt and Kompakt virtual instruments for Windows and Mac, along with 650MB of content from Zero-G to get you started, all for free. It’s all on their latest… Read More Free Sample VST Instrument from Sounds Online
While the use of synthesizers has become routine in many types of music, they continue to be controversial when used as a replacement for a traditional orchestra. Kiku Enomoto and her six colleagues at the Opera Company of Brooklyn, members of the local musician’ union, refused to play with the OCB last February when it… Read More Brooklyn Musicians Fight Virtual Orchestras
Analogflux is a suite of PC VST audio processing plug-ins designed to deliver sounds of analog days. These processors use convolution processing to match the response of the original analog gear. The suite consists of TapeBus, Delay, Impulse, Insert and Chorus plug-ins. The TapeBus plug-in recreates characteristic elements of the reel-to-reel tape sound. This includes… Read More Voxengo Introduces Analogflux VST Suite
Ultimate Sound Bank and its North American distributor ILIO have announced the release of X-treme FX. The sample-based plug-in is the first virtual instrument solely dedicated to musical soundscapes, sound effects, foleys and atmospheric sounds. The plug-in’s versatile 8 GB sound library allows for fast and easy construction of complex textures. Its powerful UVI engine… Read More Ultimate Sound Bank Releases Sound Design VST
Sonoma Wire Works has released a collection of seven new effects available in one convenient VST plug-in called Sonoma 7 VST. Included are effects like auto-wah, multiband compression, modulation, delay, reverb, and parametric EQ. By combining all seven effects into one plug-in, musicians get convenient access to multi-effect presets, and the ability to instantiate more… Read More Sonoma Wire Works Releases 7 New Effects for VST Hosts
Kid Nepro is now producing sample libraries for Native Instruments Kontakt Software Sampler. The second release for Kontakt is the Kid Nepro Vintage Synthesizer CD-ROM. All Sounds are also compatible with Native Instruments Intakt, Kompakt and Battery Samplers. Vintage Synths – New samples in Native Kontakt format from the most popular vintage synths ever made.… Read More Kid Nepro Releases Vintage Synthesizer Kontakt Sample Library
Open Labs has introduced their latest keyboard/studio instrument, the NeKo LE. Based on the company’s NeKo OpenSynth platform, the NeKo LE incorporates a full personal computer, powered by the Intel Pentium 4 processor and is targeted at songwriters, music producers, and hobbyists that want to play, record, mix, master, and burn their music in a… Read More Open Labs NeKo LE Puts Digital Audio Workstation Into Keyboard
Acon Digital Media has released Studio Time, a collection of plug-ins for time scale and pitch modifications that integrate with software supporting DirectX plug-ins. It consists of the following plug-ins: StudioTime, a time scale modification (time stretching) plug-in StudioPitch, a pitch modification plug-in that allows pitch shifts with optional tempo and timbre preservation Both plug-ins… Read More New DirectX Plug-In Lets Musicians Stretch Time
TazMan Audio has released TheExtractor, PC VST plug-in that can extract audio information in real-time and convert it into MIDI messages, as well as allowing you to control up to 4 parameters at the same time from a single audio source. TheExtractor makes it is possible to control a synthesizer/sampler or effect unit (as long… Read More TazMan Audio Release Audio To MIDI Plug-In
