2008 Winter NAMM Show: Steinberg Media Technologies has announced a new Personal Music Production System: Cubase Essential 4. Cubase Essential 4 is a streamlined version of Steinberg’s award-winning Cubase 4. Including a powerful yet compact set of audio recording and mixing tools, comprehensive MIDI features and a full set of next-generation VST3 plug-ins including a… Read More NAMM Show: Steinberg Intros Cubase Essential 4
Steinberg has announced the release of the Software Development Kit (SDK) for VST3, the latest generation of its VST platform. VST3 offers new capabilities to developers of host applications, audio plug-ins and virtual instruments. The SDK can be used under free license, and is available for download at the Steinberg website. “VST3 opens up new… Read More NAMM Show: Steinberg Updates Virtual Instrument Standard
SampleRobot 3 will be publicly presented at the 2008 NAMM Show in Anaheim, California, from the 17th to the 20th of January 2008. With SampleRobot 3, musicians can create their own virtual musical instruments as well as sound and loop libraries. SampleRobot 3 includes Cakewalk’s Dimension LE software sampler, which is connected via a clever… Read More NAMM Show: Skylife Releases SampleRobot 3
alienmachine has posted a couple of great-sounding string-synth emulations built in Reaktor. Eminent-V 310 Strings Ensemble v1 download: http://hyperfileshare.com/d/49efa56e Solina-V String Ensemble v1 download: http://hyperfileshare.com/d/3b22a364 via KVR
Access Music will be previewing Atomizer at the Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, California. Atomizer allows you slice and dice audio in realtime using a MIDI keyboard to create stutter effects were made famous by artists including Aphex Twin, Trentemoeller, Squarepusher, BT and many others. In order to create those effects they either had to… Read More Atomizer Synth Lets You Slice & Dice Like BT
Here’s a treat for Virus owners – Sasha’s synth patches – from Access. These are the original Virus patches used on DJ Sasha’s record Involver. While you’re at it, try out remixing his track Wavy Gravy.
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BTC Audio has introduced its maiden product, Valsier., a bass synth VSTi. You can preview Valsier’s capabilities with the groovy-ass audio demo below, or download the free standalone version. (.zip) Valsier is priced at £25.00
Zero-G has introduced a nicely-named new virtual instrument, Phaedra. It’s powered by Native Instruments Kontakt Player2 and features over 4 gigabytes of sounds, 20,000 samples and 800 patches. Description: Unhappy with the lack of raw sonic power in virtual emulations of VSTi analog synths, producer Sam Spacey set out on a three year journey to… Read More Zero-G Releases Phaedra Virtual Sound Module
Modartt has announced a free instrument add-on: an electro-acoustic grand piano CP-80, s/n 1982. The CP-80 was a popular stage piano at the time (1976-1985) with a unique sound and with an authentic grand piano action. It was marketed by Yamaha as a touring friendly and electronically amplified variant of a grand piano. It was… Read More Free CP-80 Electro-Acoustic Grand Piano Instrument Add-On for Pianoteq
