Vince Clark, of Yazoo (Yaz), Depeche Mode & Erasure fame, is going on tour with Yaz partner Alison Moyet, and sat down with Native Instruments for a short interview that looks at the technology behind the new tour: You are famous as a user and collector of analog synthesizers, but computers made it into your… Read More Vince Clarke Talks Synthesizers, Analog & Virtual
Xoxox has released Friction, a new VST designed to synthesizer friction effects: The friction algorithm is combined with a 2nd order mass-spring and two waveguide resonances for flexible emulative application. Presets include squealing tires, squeaky hinges and axles, ww2 bombs, swingsets, etc. The license is $15 (or $10 for current customers). The demo removes some… Read More New Synth Explores Friction Synthesis
Steinberg has announced price drops for Cubase & Wavelab: We would like to inform you about an adjustment in the pricing structure for Cubase 4 and WaveLab 6. We have decided to lower the prices of both products* as of July 1st, 2008 to €599.00**. The pricing for several upgrades to Cubase 4 has also… Read More Steinberg Drops Prices On Cubase & Wavelab
IK Multimedia and Muse Research have teamed up to offer the Total Workstation Rack, powered by SampleTank and Receptor. The Total Workstation Rack is a combination of Muse Research’s unique Receptor hardware plug-in player with IK’s Total Workstation line of Powered By SampleTank instruments: SampleTank 2.5, Sonik Synth 2, Miroslav Philharmonik, SampleMoog and SampleTron. These… Read More Muse Intros Nice Rack Workstation
Native Instruments today released Urban Arsenal, a collection of production-ready sound material for contemporary hip-hop and similar music styles. Created in collaboration with established urban music producers and sound designers, the latest entry in the Kore Soundpack range provides an assortment of hip-hop grooves, drum kits and instrument sounds for use in Kore 2 and… Read More Native Instruments Releases URBAN ARSENAL Collection
Aaron Rutledge, the guy behind Tweakbench synths, has announced that he’s updated all of his free VST synths and effects: all the plugins have a point release, updating many little things, and keeping things up to date. all of the cycler series, and everything using any granular processes should perform a bit better now, and… Read More Tweakbench Updates Free VST Instruments And Effects
DSK has released another free Windows virtual instrument, DSK Virtuoso. With DSK Virtuoso you can play combinations of 6 instruments, or play a composition up to 6 different parts, through the MIDI channels selectors. Features: 6 Instrument layers Midi channel assignable to each one ADSR, level and Pan control for each layer 40 instruments in… Read More DSK Releases New Free Virtual Instrument; Looking For Donations
Digidesign has announced the immediate availability of its Transfuser virtual instrument for Pro Tools. Transfuser comes with nearly 2 GB of loops and phrases to get users started quickly. By combining a series of modular drum machine/sound generators, dedicated sequencers, loop manipulation tools, and effects with an intuitive drag-and-drop composition/editing interface, users can easily create,… Read More Digidesign Transfuser Now Available
EastWest’s new Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra features the company’s new “Play” sample engine. Play Features: 64-bit* with 32-bit compatibility for PC (*see system specifications). Full memory access with MAC (requires 64-bit MAC). The software is now Mac Intel compatible. An intuitive custom interface. Intelligent performance section including portamento, repetition, legato Features round robin… Read More “Play” Powers Virtual Symphonic Orchestra
Univers Sons has introduced UVI Workstation – a free, advanced, universal software instrument workstation, and UVISoundsource.com – a new sound download website dedicated to the UVI community. In a nutshell, they’re giving away their software workstation for free and hoping that you’ll like it enough to buy Soundpack downloads. UVI Workstation is available now, in… Read More Get Free UVI Workstation Before Anyone Else
