Native Instruments has announced that demo versions of XPress Keyboards are now available. XPress Keyboards is a new series of software instruments combining the sound of three famous vintage keyboards with maximum ease of use and affordability. It includes the B4 XPress vintage organ, the PRO-53 XPress virtual analog synthesizer and the FM7 XPress digital… Read More XPress Keyboard Demos Now Available
VirSyn has released Cantor 1.5, a completely revised version of their vocal synthesis application. The upgrade makes it much easier to produce intelligible vocal lines. This is achieved with an improved filter model and a new kind of rule-based phoneme sequencer which adapts the phoneme transitions according to the context inside a word. Cantor’s main… Read More Virsyn Updates Cantor Vocal Synthesizer
Spectrasonics has released a series of four new expansion libraries, called S.A.G.E. Xpanders, to enhance the variety of choices for their recently released Stylus RMX virtual groove instrument. The four Groove Control activated Xpanders are based on the company’s Backbeat, Retro Funk, Liquid Grooves, and Metamorphosis collections. A fifth library, Burning Grooves is due to… Read More Spectrasonics Introduces Stylus Xpander Drum Sample Libraries
Native Instruments has announced an updated version of Battery, version 2.1. The new version includes several new features and enhancements, making NI´s drum sampler even more flexible and convenient. New features: Direct-From-Disk streaming* MIDI CC automation In-Kit-Preview Enhanced output configuration facilities New import browser Extended Rex import (loads slices into individual cells) Improved host automation… Read More NI Says Time to Change Your Battery
The Vienna Symphonic Library and its North American distributor ILIO have announced the release of all 13 Horizon Series products in HALion on Kontakt formats. All libraries including Vienna’s Performance Tool can be used on the samplers EXS24 mk II, GigaStudio, HALion, and Kontakt, on both Mac OS and Windows platforms. The Performance Tool for… Read More Vienna Symphonic Library New Products, Competition and Free Downloads
Applied Acoustics Systems has updated Tassman 4 and Lounge Lizard EP-2 to be compatible with the AU validation test of Logic 7. These service updates are free of charge for all Tassman 4 and Lounge Lizard EP-2 users and can be from the Applied Acoustics site: Tassman 4 AU Plug-In Update http://www.applied-acoustics.com/tassman.htm Lounge Lizard EP-2… Read More AAS Updates Tassman and Lounge Lizard
Digidesign has announced that MassivePack 3, recently released for Mac OS X, is now also available for Windows XP-based Pro Tools|HDseries systems. MassivePack 3 is a plug-in bundle that includes some of the most popular Pro Tools plug-ins. MassivePack 3 (Win/Mac) — $1,195 US Available for current and new owners of registered Pro Tools|HD Accel… Read More Digidesign Ships MassivePack 3 and MassivePack Pro 3 Bundles
Native Instruments has announced NI Komplete Care, an all-inclusive update package for the NI Komplete 2 bundle. Komplete Care enables owners of Komplete 2 to stay up-to-date for a full calendar year with fewer costs than before. Komplete Care 2005 contains all Komplete 2-related major product updates that will be released in 2005 – for… Read More Native Rolls Out the Red Carpet with NI Komplete Care
Native Instruments has updated NI Komplete 2. From now on, every purchase of the bundle also includes Battery 2 and Absynth 3 at no extra cost. Battery 2 features a powerful new sampling engine, enhanced sound shaping and modulation capabilities, sophisticated sample control and a revised user interface that retains all of the straightforwardness that… Read More NI Komplete 2 Now Even More Komplete
SonicBytes has announced that its ERA Step-Sequencer has been updated to 1.21, along with price reductions across the SonicBytes line. New: Many presets (mainly drumloops), examples and drummaps GUI improvements and visual feedback Midi Echo on all tracks Tap recording with mouse Midi import (Drumloop and Melody Extractor) Useful commands (Autochain, Unchain, Apply drummap to… Read More SonicBytes Updates Sequencer, Reduces Prices
