Coinciding with the completion of the Symphonic Cube (10 Vienna Instruments, now shipping), the Vienna Symphonic Library announces its North American Vienna Instruments Tour, to take place in July 2006. Chief editing engineer Paul Steinbauer will present the Vienna Instruments in detail, revealing his secrets of orchestral production, performing and creating pieces live, and answering… Read More Vienna Instruments Announces North American Tour
ModernBeats has released the new Urban Percussion loop library for all major music software and hardware samplers. Featuring a plethora of percussive landscapes, the Urban Percussion Loopz library includes a total of 200 percussion ensemble loops. The library promises to save musicians production time, providing the ability to create complete drum productions within minutes by… Read More ModernBeats Releases Urban Percussion Loops
In 2003, Discovery released 8BIT FAMILY, a sample collection of vintage videogame sounds. Discovery has released a 2nd edition, 8BIT FAMILY 2, ($55) is a CD-ROM with over 530 MB of 16-bit, 44.1 kHz recording in Acidized WAV, REX2, KONTAKT, BATTERY, RNS for REASON 3.0.4 formats. The biggest features are “Construction Kits” taking the convenience… Read More 8bit Family II Captures Vintage Videogame Sounds
SoundEngine.com has announced the availability of the follow-up to its SoundEngine Volume #1 sample CDROM in AKAI format: SoundEngine Volume #2: Vintage Analog and Digital Synths. SoundEngine Volume 2 contains over 600 programs containing multi-samples collected from their arsenal of vintage Analog and Digital synthesizers that includes: Peavey DPM series, Peavey Spectrum Bass, Peavey Spectrum… Read More SoundEngine Vintage Analog and Digital Synths
Architecture NI Absynth Waveforms is a collection of over 1,000 meticulously designed wavetables provided in Native Instruments Absynth (GLY) format. Wavetables are single cycle periodic waveforms that form the most fundamental building block of synthesis. They are the sound generators, and can be thought of as the oscillator of a classic analog synth, but they… Read More Galbanum Announces Collection of Waveforms for Native Instruments Absynth
Precisionsound has released Angelic Vocal Pads III for HALion, Kontakt & SoundFont. Angelic Vocal Pads III has been recorded with one female singer in multiple takes and mixed in stereo. The sound has been treated and seamlessly looped to get that airy lush sound that is significant to artists like Enya. The articulations are; “AAA”,… Read More Precisionsound releases Angelic Vocal Pads III for HALion, Kontakt & SoundFont
Big Fish Audio has released two new sound libraries: Hip Hop Exotica Producer Josquin des Pres has used his west coast recording experience and southern French origins to create a unique blend of hip hop and world music. This one-of-a-kind, cross-cultural mix represents a fusion of thumpin’ hip hop beats blended with live-recorded ethnic loops.… Read More Big Fish Audio Releases Two New Sound Libraries
Music software and soundware vendor Virtuasonic has released Synesthesia, an unusual collection of more than 1,000 impulse response files. Synesthesia transforms nearly any standard convolution reverb program into a general-purpose spectral processor. Convolution reverbs are well-established as an easy and powerful way for musicians and sound designers to add realistic emulations of acoustic spaces to… Read More Virtuasonic Intros Synesthesia, Impulse Responses for Experimental Sound Design
MPC Sounds has introduced a new sample library for Akai MPC, Vinyl Scratchez. Description: True to the roots of Hip Hop, MPCsounds’ new Vinyl Scratchezlibrary turns the Akai MPC drum machine into a classic hip hop turntable featuring up to 1,536 authentic vinyl kick & cymbal scratches performed by professional DJ’s. Available in all Akai… Read More New Vinyl Scratchez Sample Library for Akai MPC
Beta Monkey has introduced Pure Country II: Acoustic Drum Loops for Classic and Contemporary Songwriting. Description: A versatile combination of contempory and traditional country grooves in 12 Groove Sets — featuring more than 700 drum loops – main grooves, groove variations, fills, one shot endings, intros and more. Like all of our products, Country &… Read More Beta Monkey Intros Pure Country Drums Library
