Waves Ltd. has announced a major expansion of its IR Convolution Reverb plug-in series. Added are IR-360, for multi-channel surround sound; IR-1 Version 2, which now lets users capture their own samples; and IR-L, an entry-level light version offering simpler controls. Waves also announced the launch of www.Acoustics.net, a dedicated website offering a newly expanded… Read More Waves Expands Convolution Reverb Line
John Bowen Synth Design/Zarg Music has released the ReD drum, a user-defined variable architecture drum box for the Scope platform. One of the Red Dwarf (RD) line of semi-modular products, the ReD Drum has 8 insert slots and comes with 33 modules, from which the user can then select a sound source material for each… Read More Zarg Introduces ReD Drum Semi-Modular Drum Machine
The Eventide H8000A is an eight-channel processor designed specifically to give operators in live performance environments maximum flexibility with four analog and four digital AES I/O channels. “Our customers who used the H8000 in live settings reveled in its power and performance but needed more analog I/O,” said Ray Maxwell, Eventide vice president of sales… Read More Eventide Introduces Ultra-Harmonizer
Glaresoft iDrum is a programmable drum machine designed exclusively for Mac OS X. iDrum integrates seamlessly with GarageBand, Logic, Digital Performer and other applications that support AudioUnit plug-ins or runs as a stand-alone application. iDrum is skinnable, and includes the ability to change skins on the fly. iDrum is designed to be as simple to… Read More M-Audio Distributing iDrum OS X Drum Machine
AudioWarrior has introduce Acoustic Dreadnought, a Reason Refill designed to let you use a strumming action on a MIDI keyboard to play guitar chords. The programming for Reason’s NN-XT takes care of organizing the individual notes into chords, ready for you to lay out on the keyboard for performance. The brand new half-gig library is… Read More AudioWarrior Announces Strummable Acoustic Dreadnought ReFill
The latest computer interface solution from Tascam brings many of the audio and MIDI interface features of the FW-1884 to a rackmountable format with the new FW-1804. It features four XLR microphone inputs with analog inserts and phantom power for professional condenser mics. An additional four line inputs are provided, plus ADAT and S/PDIF digital… Read More Tascam FW-1804 Rackmount Firewire Interface
Tascam has introduced the FW-1082, an audio and MIDI I/O interface and control surface with moving-faders. The FW-1082 features 10 inputs, including four balanced XLR mic inputs with phantom power. Two MIDI inputs and outputs are also included, plus S/PDIF digital I/O. Eight channel strips each feature a 60mm touch-sensitive moving fader and select/solo/mute buttons,… Read More Tascam Introduces FW-1082 FireWire DAW Controller
Submersible Music has introduced the new Matt Sorum MattPack I DrummerPack, for use with its DrumCore software. MattPack I is targeted at producers, composers, and musicians who need rocking drums with a variety of song elements. MattPack I comes pre-configured with metadata information for use with the DrumCore search engine. This provides quick access to… Read More DrumCore Introduces Drummerpack for DrumCore
Sony Pictures Entertainment has opened its audio archives to offer the Sony Pictures Sound Effects Series. This comprehensive collection includes a five-CD set of sound effects created by several of the industry’s most respected sound designers. The new series is packed with a wide range of essential sound effects, including muscle cars, fighter jets, home… Read More Sony Releases Sound Effects Sample Library
Access Music has announced the Virus Total Integration (TI) Line of synthesizers, creating an advanced stage/standalone instrument, while simultaneously extending the product capabilities with a suite of studio integration features. New synth features include greatly increased polyphony, 2 new oscillator types, a per-patch programmable arpeggiator, 16×2 delay/reverb fx, embedded singles in multi mode, and more.… Read More Access Introduces Virus Total Integration
