MacWorld Update: Apple has announced iLife ’06, a major update to Apple’s suite of home multimedia applications, including iWeb, a simple way to make websites, blogs and podcasts, and GarageBand 3, which now includes podcasting support. iLife ’06 features iPhoto 6 with new printed books, calendars and cards, and Apple’s innovative new Photocasting for sharing… Read More Apple iLife Update Adds Podcasting, Video Podcasting Tools
Native Instruments has released an update to its virtual modular synthesizer, Reaktor 5.1. Reaktor 5.1 takes Native Instruments versatile sound studio a step further: Alongside numerous improvements, this latest version offers a wide range of new and updated instruments and sounds – the total number of synthesizers, samplers and effects included has risen to a… Read More Reaktor Updated to 5.1
The Vienna Symphonic Library welcomes the New Year with a special concert recording. They’re not playing Johann Strauss at the Wiener Musikverein, but they’re presenting Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition on the virtual stage of the Great Hall of the Wiener Konzerthaus, orchestrated by Maurice Ravel and realized with various sample libraries of the… Read More Free Virtual New Years Concert
Kjaerhus Audio has announced the release of a new software synthesizer called Spectra. Spectra is a synthesizer plug-in which combines multistage additive synthesis with subtractive synthesis in an easy to operate and intuitive product. It provides a wealth of timbral possibilities, ranging from classic synthesizer sounds to re-synthesized instrument sounds and sound morphing. It features… Read More Kjaerhus Audio Launches Spectra, A Multistage Additive and Subtractive Soft-synth
The Musicrow Group has released Crow Gold Pack for Native Instruments Reaktor-5, a collection of 23 Reaktor ensembles. The pack contains a variety of audio tools for the contemporary music producer: vintage synthesizer emulators, exciting futuristic synths, a turntable emulator, an authentic accordion synth, a bass sampler-synth, a plate reverb emulator, vintage effect emulators, filters,… Read More Reaktor Ensemble Collection Released
PSoft has announced an update to its virtual modular synthesizer. VOID Modular System 1.6 features 9 new modules. New Modules: [Generator]Wav File Oscillator, Draw Oscillator [Midi]VSTPlug [Dynamics]Beat Detector [Misc]Knob, Slider, BlankPanel Single , BlankPanel Double , BlankPanel Quad Current VOID registered users can download the latest version free of charge.A free demo is available for… Read More Void Modular Synth System Updated
MOTU is now shipping Version 1.1 of the Symphonic Instrument universal orchestral plug-in for Mac and PC. Version 1.1 adds stand-alone operation, 64 parts per plug-in, support for 64 MIDI channels, support for multiple independent outputs and disk streaming. It is shipping now as a free download for all registered Symphonic Instrument users. Stand-alone operation… Read More MOTU Symphonic Instrument Update
Audeon has announced that it is now shipping its UFO soft synth. UFO software synthesizer is the first product to implement TransModal Synthesis technology. TransModal Synthesis relies on K-Osc, an oscillator model capable of smoothly transitioning between various oscillation modes like harmonic, noisy or chaotic, and Morphilter, a filter allowing continuous transitions between modes (low-pass,… Read More Audeon UFO Has Landed
IK Multimedia has announced that SampleTank 2.1 is now shipping. This upgrade includes enhanced application features and an enlarged 2 DVD sound set. Update Features SampleTank 2.1 offers a re-mastered and enlarged sound set now on 2 DVDs with an expanded 6.5GB sound library. Offering 2 GB of additional new material, more than 1,700 sounds… Read More SampleTank 2.1 Now Shipping
Virsyn has releaseed an update to its Tera virtual synthesizer. Changes Multi sampling Each of the three main oscillators can use now samples instead of the built-in waveforms. The samples are organized in up to 16 key zones and 2 morph zones, making for a total of up to 32 sample files for each oscillator.… Read More Virsyn Updates Tera Virtual Synth
