NAMM Update: Ultimate Sound Bank announces the availability of its latest UVI Soundcard (Vol. 5) Retro Keyboards, a comprehensive collection of studio-quality samples from the most essential keyboard instruments of the ’60s and ’70s. The new Retro Keyboards collection can be used as an expander for PLUGSOUNDPRO, or as stand alone instruments or plug-ins in… Read More Ultimate Sound Bank Intros Retro Keyboards UVI Soundcard
Synk Audio‘s Musicbed DV is a unique Macintosh application that lets you take royalty-free stock music and customize it to create scores for videos or background music for podcasts and other productions. What makes Musicbed interesting, though, is that it isn’t a standard collection of stock music, but an application that lets you generate music… Read More Synk Musicbed DV Helps Mac Users Score
macProVideo.com has announced the release of Logic 204: Ultrabeat Unleashed, a new tutorial video program by veteran macProVideo.com trainer Steve Horelick. The video discusses a workflow that opens all features of Logic’s Ultrabeat drum synth to their full creative potential. Horelick shows you how to program Ultrabeat, modify drum sounds with synthesis, and use the… Read More macProVideo.com Releases Logic Ultrabeat Tutorial Videos
Puremagnetik has released Eight Bit, a selection of 1980’s SID chip samples. Recorded directly from an original 6581 SID chip (as manufactured in the Commodore 64 home computer), the Eight Bit library includes a unique palette of basses, leads and pads. Puremagnetik has captured the sonic qualities of the SID and reprogrammed them into the… Read More Puremagnetik Intros Eight Bit SID Library For Ableton Live & EXS
Equinox Sounds has released Deep Electro Lounge Production Pack, a collection of melodic and rythmic loops and phrases for creating Electro Lounge music. The pack features 22 full mixed tracks with their separate mix layers containing synth loops, arpeggios, basslines, drums, etc. There are a total of 150 loops and phrases presented in ACID/WAV format.… Read More Equinox Sounds Releases Deep Electro Lounge Production Sample Library
Winter NAMM Show: Digidesign announced Digidesign Structure, the latest RTAS virtual instrument plug-in developed by the Advanced Instrument Research (A.I.R.) group. A professional sampler workstation designed and optimized specifically for Pro Tools, Structure includes a premium comprehensive sample library from EastWest and features support for importing SampleCell, EXS24, and Kontakt 2 sample libraries. “Everybody’s been… Read More Digidesign Launches Structure Sampler Beta Test
One of the most interesting new MIDI controllers introduced at the 2007 NAMM Show was C-Thru Music’s bizarre AXiS-64 MIDI controller. Unique to the AXiS is its key area, invented by Peter Davies, which is based on the Harmonic Table. According to C-Thru Music, the arrangement of notes helps you understand note relationships and create… Read More NAMM: Bizarre New Harmonic Table MIDI controller
2007 Winter NAMM Show: Vienna Symphonic Library introduced three new Collections, including Appassionata Strings, Bösendorfer Imperial, and Vienna Konzerthaus Organ. Appassionata Strings As the name suggests, these string ensembles are quite simply, passionate. Their lush, broad and emotive cinematic sound defies expectations for a virtual instrument. The large ensembles of 20 violins, 14 violas, 12… Read More Vienna Symphonic Library Intros New Sound Libraries
2007 Winter Namm Show: Sonic Reality have introduced the new Ocean Way Drums sample library. The brainchild of acclaimed engineer/producer and studio owner Allen Sides, OWD utilized the world’s most extensive collection of vintage microphones to record drums in Ocean Way’s renowned Studio B, designed by recording legend Bill Putnam. Sides’ partners in the project… Read More Sonic Reality Intro Ocean Way Drums Sample Library
Big Fish Audio has introduced LA Drum Sessions 2, a 3.17GB audio library, featuring 2,239 drum loops and 360 drum hits. Features: Choose between dry, wet, and room loops. Various set-ups and drum kits were used in these recordings. Loops were recorded in 15 different bpm’s 50 70 80 85 90 100 110 115 120… Read More Big Fish LA Drum Sessions 2
