White Noise Audio Software has released Genome MIDI Sequencer 2.0 – a major update to its iPad MIDI sequencer. Genome 2.0 features a number of improvements to all areas. Here’s what they have to say about the update: Genome 2.0 features a number of improvements to all areas. The new song mode makes it easier to… Read More Genome MIDI Sequencer Updated With Built-In Instruments
Output have announced the release of their new, powerful pulse engine, Signal. This software instrument, created for use with Native Instruments’ Kontakt, focuses on generating pulses, combining “the warmth of fat analog and digital synths” with “the beauty of organic instruments.” Working from the premise that “nearly all music is centered on a pulse,” Output,… Read More Output Debuts SIGNAL Pulse-Generating Instrument
Audreio has announced Audreio AU, a new Audio Unit plug-in for streaming audio between iOS and Macs.
Cakewalk announced yesterday the “Cambridge” release for SONAR Artist, Professional, and Platinum. This release, the second major update in the SONAR Membership program, includes added functionality, such as an onscreen virtual MIDI controller for multi-touch or QWERTY triggering, Mix Recall that now remembers all output and Bus routing as well as mix parameters, increased import/export… Read More Cakewalk Releases ‘Cambridge’ Update For SONAR
Secret Base Design has updated Music IO, adding the ability to route audio over USB between iOS and Mac OS X. Features: Music IO lets you send audio from your iOS device to your Mac using USB; Music IO lets you route audio between your iOS device and your Mac over USB; Music IO lets… Read More Music IO Update Lets You Route Audio & MIDI Over USB
Developer Chris Carlson has released Borderlands 2.0 – a major update to the granular synth for iPad. Here’s what’s new in Borderlands 2.0: Audiobus Sender, Filter, and Receiver support AudioShare import and export Real time audio input recording and granulation Gesture recording and looping for cloud parameters and positions Save and load “scenes” – presets… Read More Borderlands 2.0 Adds Audiobus, AudioShare, Real-Time Granular Processing & More
Exponential Audio has released Excalibur, a powerful multi-effects plugin for Mac & Windows. Excalibur combines delay, flange, distortion, pitch shift, resonators, reverb and other effects into a powerful routing and modulation architecture. Here’s an intro video from Exponential Audio founder Michael Carnes on why he wanted to create Excalibur:
Instrument startup Artiphon recently started a Kickstarter project to fund production of their new Instrument 1 MIDI controller. As of today, the project – which had a funding goal of $75,000 – has raised over 1 million dollars.
Apex Audio has released a free plugin, for Mac & Windows, Haa5. Haa5 uses stereo delays to create what is known as the “precedence effect”, also known as the “Haas effect” after Helmut Haas, whose 1949 Ph.D. thesis first described this psycho-acoustic phenomenon.
AudioThing has released Frostbite – a multi-effect plugin, featuring Ring Modulator, Feedback and Freeze effects. The plugin, for Mac & Windows, is aimed at ambience and cinematic music, but can also be used for extreme sonic experiments.
