MOTU introduced Version 2.0 for both of their instrument plug-ins, MachFive and MX4 at the 2005 NAMM show. MachFive Version 2, MOTU’s universal sampler plug-in, includes unlimited parts per instance, a full-screen preset browser, a new modular synthesis architecture, keygroup layering with rule-based switching, larger sample and keygroup editors, a complete built-in mixer, LoopLab groove… Read More MOTU Debuts V2 of MachFive and MX4 at NAMM
Sonic Network Inc., creators of Sonic Implants sound libraries, previewed its complete Symphonic Collection at this year’s Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, CA, marking this as the first time that the company will be displaying the culmination of its nearly three years of sampling labor. Joining the previously released Sonic Implants Symphonic String and Symphonic… Read More NAMM: Sonic Implants Complete Symphonic Series
NAMM Update: E-MU Systems has announced its new Production Tools software bundle that will ship with all of its Cardbus and PCI Digital Audio Systems, offering musicians all of the software they need to create, record, edit, master and burn their music. E-MU’s Production Tools bundle includes: E-MU’s new Proteus X LE with over 1000… Read More E-MU Announces Production Tools Bundle
NAMM 2005: E-MU Systems has announced Mo’Phatt X, Planet Earth X and Virtuoso X – the first three legacy sound module libraries for its Proteus X and Emulator X desktop instruments that offer every last sample of E-MU’s popular Mo’Phatt, Planet Earth and Virtuoso 2000 hardware sound modules. These sound libraries have been programmed to… Read More E-MU Adds Libraries for Proteus X and Emulator X
Native Instruments introduced Kontakt 2, the second generation of their flagship sampler, at the 2005 Winter NAMM show. With a powerful new sampling engine, comprehensive surround integration, the unique Kontakt Script Processor (KSP), integrated convolution effects and unrivalled import capabilities, Kontakt 2 is more advanced than ever. At the heart of Kontakt 2 lies a… Read More Native Introduces Kontakt II Sampler
“What Way Out Ware are doing with the TimewARP 2600 is an important evolutionary step in analog synthesis,” says original ARP founder Alan R. Pearlman. … Read More Way Out Ware Intros Virtual Arp 2600
2005 NAMM Expo Update: Native Instruments has introduced Electronic Instruments 2 XT, the extended version of their Reaktor instrument collection. The new version contains all the unique synthesizers, drum machines and effects from the collection as individual self-contained software instruments. Each of the eight instruments in Electronic Instruments 2 XT can be run both standalone… Read More NAMM: Native Instruments Intros Electronic Instruments 2XT
NAMM 2005: Cakewalk, developer of the leading music and sound software for Windows, today unveiled the Project5 Version 2 performance workstation. The next-generation of the Project5 open studio environment features a streamlined design, optimized for immediacy. Project5 Version 2 has a $429 MSRP U.S. and is scheduled for release in April 2005. Customers that purchase… Read More NAMM: Cakewalk Unveils Project5 Version 2
NAMM 2005: Cakewalk, developer of the leading music and sound software for Windows, today announces the availability of a fully native 64-bit version of SONAR 4 Producer Edition, an audio production environment on the Windows platform. The x64 Technology Preview version of SONAR 4 includes the entire application, along with a collection of additional DirectX… Read More NAMM: Cakewalk Announces First Native 64-bit Host Digital Audio Workstation
NAMM Show Update: Cakewalk, developer of the leading music and sound software for Windows, has acquired rgc:audio, a leading developer of DirectX and VST synthesizer plug-ins for Windows. Joining the Cakewalk product development team is rgc:audio founder and synthesizer expert René Ceballos. Cakewalk has exclusive publishing and distribution rights to all rgc:audio products, including the… Read More NAMM: Cakewalk Acquires rgc:audio
