Leapfrog Audio Updates Rephrase

Leapfrog Audio has released an update to its phrase-editing virtual instrument, Rephrase version 1.2. New features: Pristine sound quality – true sampler like quality reproduction. Stereo audio support – stereo audio can now be imported and ‘Rephrased’. Faster import – audio is imported around 3X faster. Faster load/save – native format loads/saves are about twice… Read More Leapfrog Audio Updates Rephrase

Digidesign Announces New Producer Factory and Producer Factory Pro Plug-in Bundles

Digidesign has announced the Producer Factory and Producer Factory Pro plug-in bundles for Windows XP– and Mac OS X–based Pro Tools and Pro Tools M-Powered systems. The Producer Factory and Producer Factory Pro bundles include a wide range of professional-quality Digidesign and Bomb Factory plug-ins at heavily discounted prices. Designed to expand the creative processing… Read More Digidesign Announces New Producer Factory and Producer Factory Pro Plug-in Bundles

Precisionsound Intros J-Celeste for HALion / Kontakt & SoundFont

Precision Sound has introduced J-Celeste, a 3-octave road cased JenCo Celeste that has been chromatically sampled close-mic’ed in mono. The SampleSet contains 107 24bit (HALion Kontakt) 16bit (SoundFont) wav samples divided into 3 velocity layers. The Celeste is a rather unusual keyboard instrument that has been used in both classical and rock music and can… Read More Precisionsound Intros J-Celeste for HALion / Kontakt & SoundFont

SonicStudio DDP

Sonic Studio has announced the upcoming release of SonicStudio•DDP v2. SonicStudio•DDP is the first follow–on in a series of focused products designed specifically for audio professionals. Version 2 combines DDP open, playback and validation capabilities exclusive to SonicStudio•DDP with additional features requested by hard core practitioners such as Simon Heyworth at Super Audio Mastering in… Read More SonicStudio DDP

Voxengo Pristine Space Light released

Voxengo has introduced Pristine Space Light, a functionally-reduced version of Pristine Space 8-channel convolution processor audio plug-in. The Light version offers basically the same functionality as can be found in Pristine Space except that it supports stereo convolution processing only, meaning you cannot do multi-channel work or use more than 2-channel impulse responses. Pristine Space… Read More Voxengo Pristine Space Light released

Frankfurt Musikmesse: Wizoo Debuts High End Room Emulator

Frankfurt Musikmesse: Wizoo debuted their new WizooVerb series of high-end reverbs. W2 is a true stereo plug reverb. Like the big surround brother W5 (following in June), W2 allows creating room emulations either based on impulse responses or by a proprietary algorithm – and even allows for arbitrary combination of both technologies. In a nutshell:… Read More Frankfurt Musikmesse: Wizoo Debuts High End Room Emulator

Frankfurt Musikmesse: Vienna Symphonic Library Releases OPUS 2

At Musikmesse Frankfurt, the Vienna Symphonic Library team introduced the Multi Impulse Response Mixing and Reverberation Engine. They also introduce a new addition to their popular Horizon Series product line: OPUS 2. OPUS 2 – Orchestra This new Horizon Series library expands the potential of OPUS 1 and the FIRST EDITION with new articulations, such… Read More Frankfurt Musikmesse: Vienna Symphonic Library Releases OPUS 2

Frankfurt Musikmesse: Native Instruments Debuts Guitar Combos

GUITAR COMBOS is a series of three amp emulations that combine studio-grade sound quality with maximum ease of use. All three combos consist of a classic tube amplifier with a speaker box and several integrated effects, giving musicians and producers straightforward access to a wide range of pure and highly musical guitar tones in software.… Read More Frankfurt Musikmesse: Native Instruments Debuts Guitar Combos