Ueberschall has released Liquid Instrument Series Vol. 8 Drums, a new VST that makes it possible to move, pitch, stretch or even delete any single note of the snare, hi-hat, or bass drum loop without affecting the rest of the groove. All loops and single sound loops automatically adjust their tempo to your arrangement. Try… Read More Ueberschall Releases Liquid Drums
Propellerhead has announced it has started beta testing for Reason 4. Reason 4 introduces: Thor, a sophisticated synthesizer; The ReGroove mixer, a new way to adjust the rhythmic feel of tracks; RPG-8, a versatile arpeggiator; A newly rebuilt sequencer; and Workflow enhancements that give musicians the control and power to make great sounding music faster… Read More Propellerhead Reason 4 Sneak Preview
Sonalksis have announced their TBK3 Über Compressor for PC and Mac which is designed to take analog compression to the extreme. Features: Extreme analog-modelled compression algorithm Optional ‘true analog noise’ colouration Four selectable fully adaptive attack/release modes Modifiable side-chain filter character 64bit floating point precision internal processing throughout Efficient processing, with specific optimisations for native… Read More Über Compressor Promises Extreme Analog Compression
Neyrinck has introduced the Mix 51 Surround Panning and Mixing plug-in for Digidesign Pro Tools LE/M-Powered systems. Mix 51 is a set of 5.1 surround panning and mixing RTAS plug-ins that allow you to take advantage of any Pro Tools system with six or more outputs such as Mbox 2 Pro, Digi 002/003, or M-Audio… Read More Neyrinck Intros Mix 51 Surround Panning and Mixing Plug-In for Pro Tools LE/M-Powered Systems
Nexoft’s LoopAZoid is a free tool for playing one-shot samples in your songs. One instance holds up to 48 different samples, which can be freely assigned to up to 96 different MIDI notes – two each, for forward & reverse playback. Each of the 48 sample channels has a pre-defined MIDI note attached; triggering these… Read More Get A Free VST Sampler!
The School of Audio Engineering (SAE) has announced that it will become a corporate sponsor of Ardour, an open source digital audio workstation project. The sponsorship ensures continual development of Ardour as a free, community-based audio recording and production software. Ardour has previously received corporate support from Solid State Logic and Harrison, but has primarily… Read More Ardour Open-Source DAW Project Gets Sponsor
Sonic Studio began shipments today of the 1.2 release of soundBlade. The 1.2 release incorporates hundreds of optimizations and stability enhancements, as well as almost two dozen feature additions, including an 8-channel option for surround work. Running natively on Mac OS X, soundBlade relies on Core Audio for default I/O so hardware lock–in is eliminated.… Read More Sonic Studio Ships soundBlade Version 1.2
Monkey Tools has announced the Universal Binary version of Sound Grinder. In addition to Universal Binary support, running 100% native on both PPC and Intel microprocessors, version 3.0 includes several new features including: “Droplets” for simple drag and drop conversion; support for Quicktime® Components such as Flip4Mac Windows Media component; and enhanced metadata editing.
Blue Cat Audio has released an update of the Blue Cat’s Parametr’EQ series, their new EQ series providing the best of the digital and analog worlds, thanks to non-linear modeling capabilities. This is a maintenance release bringing a few bug fixes and minor enhancements. The upgrade is free for V3.0 customers, and the special introduction… Read More Blue Cat Audio Updates Parametr’EQ Series to Version 3.1
Wave Arts has released Master Restoration Suite, a comprehensive set of restoration plug-ins for cleaning up tape, vinyl, and acoustic recordings. The tools are designed to give extremely high quality results with minimal tweaking, hence they sound great and are easy to use. The MR Suite consists of 5 plug-ins: Master Restoration – all-in-one plug-in… Read More Wave Arts Releases Master Restoration Plug-In Suite
