Native Instruments has announced that KORE is now available in stores worldwide. KORE is a hardware/software combination developed to increase the efficiency, flexibility and ease of working with software instruments and effects in the studio and onstage. KORE is an integrated system consisting of a host software for VST and Audio Units plug-ins, and a… Read More Native Instruments KORE Now Available
Livelab has released version 1.4 of LiveSlice, a beat slicing app. The update features an improved look and feel, undo, keyboard shortcuts and more. New features: Customizable colors Multi level undo Keyboard shortcuts Cut / copy / paste of events Sync playback to host (drum machine mode) Locate slice feature Now supports 32 bit IEEE… Read More Livelab Updates LiveSlice
Cycling ’74, a San Francisco-based music software company, today released UpMix, a surround processing and mixing software package. UpMix has been developed and tested by a team of surround sound professionals and utilizes proprietary algorithms to convert stereo audio into an immersive 6-channel mix suitable for Film, DVD, HD Broadcast and Music surround formats. The… Read More Cycling Releases Upmix Surround Processing App
Electronisounds has released their first VST effect, Ubergate. Ubergate is a multi-fx plugin comprising of a pattern based gate and two effect chains. Each effect chain features delay, filter with LFO, modulation (chorus/flanger/phaser) and 3-band EQ with Drive. Delay time and filter / pan LFO can be tempo synced or free running. Delay tempo sync… Read More Electronicsounds Releases Ubergate
SoundToys has announced that the SoundToys Native Effects bundle for Mac OS X is now shipping. Available immediately for just $495.00, the bundle brings six of SoundToys’ most popular and powerful plug-ins together into a single package for the first time for Pro Tools LE on the Mac OS X platform. (RTAS for XP and… Read More SoundToys Intros Mac OS X Native Effects
M-Audio has announced support for Apple’s new Intel-based Mac computers. M-Audio has posted official drivers for Fast Track USB, Fast Track Pro, MobilePre USB, JamLab, Transit USB, Audiophile USB, FireWire Solo, FireWire Audiophile, FireWire 410, FireWire 1814, ProjectMix I/O, Ozonic, M-Audio Ozone, Oxygen 8, MIDISPORT 2×2, MIDISPORT 1×1, MIDISPORT 4×4, MIDISPORT 2×4 and MIDISPORT 8×8/s.… Read More M-Audio releases Universal Drivers
The Jack OS X team has announced that version .73 of Jack OS X is Universal Binary, including the AU and VST plugins, to allow for either PowerPC or Intel operation. The latest Jack server has also been updated to version, 0.101.3. The legacy Port Audio driver from the package has also been removed; if… Read More Mactel Update: Intel Macs Get Jacked
Majken has released a free VST, Chimera, that is an experimental synth that uses subtractive synthesis in a new way. White noise is sent through a series of narrow bandpass filters which are controlled by pitch. The filtered noise is used as resonant sinewaves to create pads, atmospheres, organs and percussive sounds. In other words,… Read More Free Synth VST Turns Noise Into Music
Skylife has announced an update for the sampling software SampleRobot. The new WaveRobot software for professional loop editing is fully integrated. SampleRobot version 2 comes with WaveRobot already included. New in Version 2 WaveRobot (fully scalable wave editor for professional loop editing) Improved interface design (coloring, workflow, hide-panels) MIDI capture function (With this function activated… Read More Samplerobot Update Announced
Izotope has announced the acquisition of the iDrum and pHATmatik PRO virtual instruments from creator Art Gillespie. pHATmatik PRO provides unique loop manipulation features for performance and editing, and iDrum combines the fun and simplicity of hardware drum machines with the flexibility of software. “Art has cultivated the ‘musician interface’, providing working musicians with efficient,… Read More iDrum, Phatmatik Pro Now Distributed by Izotope
