Native Instruments has announced that XPress Keyboards, an inexpensive line of classic keyboard sounds in plug-in format for Windows and Mac OS X, are now available. XPress Keyboards is a new series of software instruments combining the sound of three famous vintage keyboards with maximum ease of use and affordability. It includes the B4 XPress… Read More XPress Keyboards Brings Classic Sounds to Your Computer
Voxengo has updated Elephant, a mastering limiter plug-in in PC VST format, to 2.0. The key feature of this brickwall limiter is its transparency. Unlike many limiters, it does not adjust the dynamic structure of the processed audio material, but instead brings sound limiting and loudness maximization without any audible “pumping” effects. With the release… Read More Voxengo Releases Elephant Mastering Limiter 2.0
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH has announced the availability of its Nuendo DTS Encoder plug-in. The plug-in makes the DTS format available to all Nuendo users, and is now shipping as a cross platform version for Mac OSX and Windows 2000/XP. DTS is one of the world’s leading surround formats, with over 22,000 cinemas featuring DTS… Read More Steinberg Nuendo DTS Encoder Now Shipping
Digidesign has announced that the software-only and the boxed versions of six of Bomb Factory™ 4.1 plug-ins are available through the online DigiStore. Customers will now be able to select the purchase option that best suits their needs, and utilize purchased plug-ins within minutes of purchase. All of Bomb Factory’s eleven plug-in products support AudioSuite™,… Read More Digidesign Offers All Bomb Factory Plug-ins Through Online DigiStore
PrecisionSound has released a SampleSet for Fender Rhodes fans, the Dusty Electric MK II. For Dusty Electric Mk II, PrecisionSound used a well-tuned and serviced Rhodes® Stage Piano Mark II (Seventy Three) from 1980. All notes were recorded in 24bit without any post treatment. What you get is the pure and true sound and response… Read More PrecisionSound Releases Dusty Electric MK II
Apple has introduced the AirPort Express, the first wireless base station that can be plugged directly into the wall for wireless Internet connections and USB printing, or thrown into a laptop bag to bring wireless freedom to hotel rooms with broadband connections. Airport Express features analog and digital audio outputs that can be connected to… Read More Apple Airport Express Features Wireless Music Networking
Zero-G has released Sounds of Polynesia, a unique virtual instrument that features the sounds of Polynesia and the South Pacific. Sounds of Polynesia is a unique virtual instrument for everyone who would like to discover the rich sounds of the South Pacific and use them in their music. The sample library was produced by Airileke… Read More New Zero-G Release Features Sounds of Polynesia
Ableton has announced Live 4. Live 4 extends Live’s real-time music-making approach to the complete range of today’s music-production techniques. In Live 4, users will find a complete approach to MIDI sequencing, pattern recording, drag-and-drop sampling, virtual instruments and MIDI hardware support. Ableton has made substantial extensions and enhancements to existing functionality, including such features… Read More Ableton Announces Live 4.0
At the Movement Festival 2004, Cakewalk, a developer of music and sound software for Windows-based PCs, introduced Cakewalk Kinetic, a fast and easy way to create electronic music using PCs. Kinetic provides a simple way of creating hip-hop, dance and electronica beats and grooves. Kinetic combines a simple click-and-groove sequencer interface with some of the… Read More Cakewalk Kinetic – New Groove-Based Electronic Music Software
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH has announced the release of a new update to its Nuendo and Cubase digital audio workstations. The 2.2 versions of Nuendo, Cubase SX and Cubase SL will offer new remote control features, with Cubase SX and Nuendo also receiving three new VST plug-ins. The update for all three programs is now… Read More Steinberg Updates Nuendo and Cubase to 2.2
