MacWorld Update: Apple has announced iLife ’06, a major update to Apple’s suite of home multimedia applications, including iWeb, a simple way to make websites, blogs and podcasts, and GarageBand 3, which now includes podcasting support. iLife ’06 features iPhoto 6 with new printed books, calendars and cards, and Apple’s innovative new Photocasting for sharing… Read More Apple iLife Update Adds Podcasting, Video Podcasting Tools
Native Instruments has released an update to its virtual modular synthesizer, Reaktor 5.1. Reaktor 5.1 takes Native Instruments versatile sound studio a step further: Alongside numerous improvements, this latest version offers a wide range of new and updated instruments and sounds – the total number of synthesizers, samplers and effects included has risen to a… Read More Reaktor Updated to 5.1
Version update 1.1 for Voxengo BMS plug-in has been released. BMS is a bass management system PC VST plug-in for surround sound professionals. BMS is able to extract low-frequency content from non-LFE channels in up to 7.1 surround configurations. The main purpose of BMS is to evaluate low-frequency content present in non-LFE channels during mastering.… Read More Voxengo Updates Bass Management System
2006 NAMM Preview: Waves has announced the latest in its ongoing series of plug-ins: Z-Noise. Z-Noise is not just a more precise version of X-Noise — it’s based on a new algorithm that reconceptualizes the way noise is treated. Z-Noise’s breakthrough features include dynamic noise profiling, innovative transient preservation and increased low frequency resolution. Other… Read More Waves Intros Z-Noise Plug-In
BIAS reports that Peak Pro 5 offers one of the highest quality resampling algorithms in the industry. After testing eleven audio applications and comparing their results, Peak Pro 5’s sample rate conversion proves to be one of the very best on the market. “Sample rate conversion, also known as resampling, is one of the most… Read More Bias Peak 5 Offers Improved Sample Rate Conversion
Waves has announced that its GTR (Guitar Tool Rack) now supports Pro Tools 7 for both Mac and Windows platforms. GTR 1.0 for Windows has been tested and certified for proper operation under Pro Tools 7, while GTR 1.1 for Mac OS X makes GTR Pro Tools 7-compatible on Mac. Pro Tools 7 users can… Read More Waves GTR System Adds Pro Tools Support
Digital Black has released Raven dRT, a VST plugin that is designed to automatically replace drum sounds in an audio track with sampled sounds. The plug-in lets users rescue takes that have a good feel but poor drum sound, or to just change the sound of the drums. Features: Fast, accurate, responsive triggering 8 velocity… Read More Raven dRT Offers Automatic Drum-Sound Replacent
The new version 3 of the audio editing software Melodyne cre8/studio for Windows XP and Mac OS X is shipping. Melodyne3 offers a new algorithm that allows any type of audio material to profit from Melodyne’s unique editing functions and sound quality; in other words, Melodyne is no longer limited to the editing of melodies… Read More Melodyne 3 Shipping; Now Handles Polyphony
LiveSlice has been updated to version 1.3. LiveSlice is a beat slicer / arranger VSTi that offers powerful graphical rearranging of slices, multiple tracks and lots of parameters to apply to each slice, as well as a slice randomization feature. Everything can be controlled by MIDI, fine tuned in the GUI and seamlessly integrated in… Read More LiveSlice Updated
A new version of the free audio editor Audacity has been announced. A beta version is available, but it is not considered stable yet. The software is popular with musicians and podcasters looking for a free, open source audio editing environment. Several features will be especially interesting for podcasters, including FTP uploading, transcription tools and… Read More Audacity 1.3 Update Adds Features for Podcasting
