Tascam has announced Giga Virtual Instrument 4 (GVI 4) will be available for Intel-based Macs this year. Previously only available for Windows users, GVI is the only plug-in sampler instrument powered by the Giga sampling engine, and shares many of the specs that made GigaStudio the first choice for professionals worldwide, such as unlimited polyphony,… Read More Tascam Intros GVI For Mac
Tascam has announced GigaStudio 4, the latest version of its popular sampling application and library. The new version supports 64-bit operating systems like XP64 and Windows Vista 64, allowing users to access up to 128 gigabytes of RAM for loading massive sample libraries and compositional templates. GigaStudio 4 also hosts VSTi and GVI virtual instruments,… Read More GigaStudio 4 Released
Submersible Music has released TempestaPack I, a collection of double-kicking, metal fury from John Tempesta (Rob Zombie, Testament, Helmet). The content comes pre-configured with metadata for use with the DrumCore/DrumCore LT search engine. This provides quick access to grooves, fills, variations and individual drum sounds. Search content based on feel (straight, shuffle, etc.), time signature… Read More Submersible Music Releases TempestaPack I Sound Pack
Musicrow has released Classic Minitunes, a collection of 200 presets for Arturia Minimoog V. It is the second in a new series of soundbanks for Arturia vintage synthesizer recreations. Here’s their description: Classic Minitunes offers much more then just classic minimoog sounds. Old tricks were combined with the Minimoog V’s new features for the creation… Read More Musicrow Releases Classic Minitunes Soundset For Minimoog V
Garritan has released new versions of their Personal Orchestra and Jazz & Big Band libraries. Garritan Personal Orchestra and Garritan Jazz & Big Band now ship with the new Kontakt Player 2 from Native Instruments. These new versions are also now Apple Intel-Mac/Universal Binary compatible. They continue to run as a stand-alone as well as… Read More Garritan Ships New Versions Of Personal Orchestra & Jazz/Big Band
Samplebase.com has released a new sample player, Satellite Pro. Satellite Pro loads REX, Wave, and Acid files and includes features such as auto-mapping, a sample editor, batch processing, a patch editor with three ADSTR envelopes, an effects module, and more. Details are available at the SampleBase site.
Cakewalk has announced the launch of new academic versions of SONAR 7 Producer and SONAR 7 Studio Editions. Included with the new Academic Editions is SONAR Music Projects, a set of materials aimed at secondary school Music classes up to GCSE. The 10 projects introduce some of SONAR’s features and help students develop a range… Read More Cakewalk Launches Sonar Academic Editions
Precisionsound has released the Moldova Concert Cimbalom for HALion & Kontakt. The concert cimbalom is the biggest instrument in the dulcimer family and commonly used in European gypsy music. The range of the Moldova Concert Cimbalom is: B1 – F#6 – American designation but has been mapped as B0 – F#5 to better support 5… Read More Precisionsound Intros Concert Cimbalom
QuikQuak has released Glass Viper – a synthesizer that offers unique waveform shaping, giving it a deep and natural sense of movement, going beyond analogue simulation into a truly organic sound. Instead of taking a sample or oscillator and applying just filters and FX techniques, Glass Viper bends the actual shape of its waveforms through… Read More QuikQuak Release Glass Viper Virtual Synth
Steinberg has announced an update to its music production application, Cubase. Cubase 4.1 and Cubase Studio 4.1 offer major new features in a free update for all registered owners. The new features include a redesigned Sample Editor, side chaining for VST3 plug-ins, MusicXML support, compatibility with Sequel project import and support for Windows Vista. “This… Read More Steinberg Releases Cubase 4.1
