PowerFX has introduced VDM-1, a collection of vintage drum machines for Reason. The VDM-1 ReFill has over 50 Reason Redrum and NN-XT presets containing over 675 samples with Combinator graphics that emulate the original machine’s look. The ReFill also includes “Multi-out” presets for Rewire master hosts like Pro Tools, Cubase and others and includes “All… Read More PowerFX Releases VDM-1 Drum Machine ReFill
Everytime we get a press release from Precisionsound, I’m surprised by the latest instrument that they’ve sampled and made a virtual instrument out of. Instead of another Rhodes or string library, they’re sampling Nigerian Udu and Retro Gadgets. Their latest sample set features Alpine Concert Zither, a very common instrument in Alpine Europe, but rarely… Read More Precisionsound Releases Alpine Concert Zither Sample Library
IK Multimedia and Sonic Reality have announced their latest collaborative effort, Sonik Instruments, a series of virtual instrument plug-ins dedicated to focused collections of rare and top-of-the-line instruments and sounds. The first announced of this series are SampleMoog, SampleTron, and Studiophonik. Each of these Sonik Instruments offers a full synth-sampler engine powered by SampleTank with… Read More SampleMoog, SampleTron, and Studiophonik
Pro-Sounds has released Epiphany for discoDSP’s Vertigo vsti synthesizer. Epiphany, Pro-Sounds’ first collection of sounds for DiscoDSP’s Discovery synthesizer, contains 128 patches in both fxb and fxp format. Designed by Marc Hoppe and Bryan Lee, Epiphany puts their versatile sonic craftsmanship into the hands of Discovery users, and covers a large range of musical styles–… Read More Pro-Sounds Releases Ephiphany Sound Bank for discoDSP’s Vertigo VSTi Synth
FabFilter has released RTAS versions of all its plug-ins: FabFilter Timeless, Twin, Volcano, Simplon, and One. All FabFilter plug-ins now run natively in Pro Tools on Windows and Mac OS X, as well as in any VST or Audio Units host. With this release, all plug-ins feature improved performance and elimination of occasional CPU spikes… Read More FabFilter Releases RTAS Versions of all Plug-Ins
Ableton has announced that Live Lite to Full, the upgrade from all Lite versions to the full version of Live 6, is now available. All users of Live Lite (as bundled with products from M-Audio, Digidesign, Korg, Line 6, E-MU, Focusrite, Novation, Tascam, Allen & Heath, Behringer and TC Electronic) can now purchase an upgrade… Read More Ableton Offering Live Lite to Full Upgrade
Open Labs has announced that it has recently upgraded its line of NeKo and MiKo Keyboard Production Stations with premium sounds and additional software, with no increase in price. The new libraries represent the largest number of preset sounds available for any keyboard production station and includes high quality 24-bit sounds. The Neko and Miko… Read More Open Labs Neko and Miko Production Keyboards Get Updates
Modartt has released Pianoteq v2.0.1. This update offers multi-core rendering which vastly improves CPU performance on dual-core and hyper threaded Pentium 4. With this update, Modartt also release a Receptor-compatible version. Complete list of changes in 2.0.1: Multi-core rendering Receptor compatibility Fixed parameter automation Stand-alone: output channel selection for ASIO sound cards Stand-alone: fixed wav… Read More Modartt Releases Pianoteq Version 2.0.1
Puremagnetik has released BUNDLE-K for Native Instruments Kontakt 2. BUNDLE-K contains over 1GB of downloadable content from 4 of Puremagnetik’s best selling libraries: Eight Bit, Guitar Rack, String Machines & Vintage 80s Classics. BUNDLE-K has been programmed specifically for Kontakt 2. Each of the four included libraries have a custom GUI offering instant hands-on control… Read More Puremagnetik Releases BUNDLE-K Sound Library for Native Instruments’ Kontakt 2
Berrtill is a free distortion unit from Shuriken.de that’s modelled from circuit bent hardware. It offers an interesting collection of controls, including Clip, Drive, Bitcrush, MonsterClip and Moonshine. Berrtill is modelled on a pile of old crap gear, as this video demonstrates: It’s a free download for Windows and as a Universal Binary for Macs.… Read More Free Virtual Instrument Short Circuits Your Music; No Worms Harmed
