Scarbee has released Scarbee Imperial Drums (S.I.D.), conceived and produced by Simone Coen and featuring Elio Rivagli on drums, in native Kontakt 1.5.3 + Halion 2 format. In the tradition of other Scarbee products such as J-Slap n’ Fingered, R.S.P’73 and W.E.P., Scarbee Imperial Drums sets several new benchmarks in the arena of drum sampling.… Read More Scarbee Imperial Drums
Soundbytes has announced the EST Sampling-Groovebox VSTi. EST is a mixture of hq-sampler and an advanced 12-row / 16-step-sequencer. The EST-Loop-factory comes as a VSTi-plugin, supports (optionally) multi-out and works well with every VST-Host. EST will be released within the next week. Preorders are welcome for 49 EUR. The heart of EST is a 12*multitimbral… Read More Soundbytes Introduces EST Sampling Groovebox VSTi
DS Soundware is best known as producers of percussion libraries. Now DS Soundware is expanding its line to include wind instruments as well. Adding to the percussion titles DS Soundware is now offering wind instruments. These titles offer up to 20 velocity layers. The focus of the libraries, as with the percussion libraries, is on… Read More DS Soundware Expands Sample Line
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH has announced the availability of its latest product in its Steinberg Media Solutions product range: Cubase System|2. Aimed squarely at newcomers to digital music production, Cubase System|2 is an integrated music production system offering Steinberg’s Cubase SE music software workstation, five virtual instruments and a 2- channel USB Audio/MIDI interface. “This… Read More Steinberg launches Cubase System|2
Native Instruments has announced that XPress Keyboards, an inexpensive line of classic keyboard sounds in plug-in format for Windows and Mac OS X, 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… Read More XPress Keyboards Brings Classic Sounds to Your Computer
PrecisionSound has released a SampleSet for Fender Rhodes fans, the Dusty Electric MK II. For Dusty Electric Mk II, PrecisionSound used a well-tuned and serviced Rhodes® Stage Piano Mark II (Seventy Three) from 1980. All notes were recorded in 24bit without any post treatment. What you get is the pure and true sound and response… Read More PrecisionSound Releases Dusty Electric MK II
Zero-G has released Sounds of Polynesia, a unique virtual instrument that features the sounds of Polynesia and the South Pacific. Sounds of Polynesia is a unique virtual instrument for everyone who would like to discover the rich sounds of the South Pacific and use them in their music. The sample library was produced by Airileke… Read More New Zero-G Release Features Sounds of Polynesia
At the Movement Festival 2004, Cakewalk, a developer of music and sound software for Windows-based PCs, introduced Cakewalk Kinetic, a fast and easy way to create electronic music using PCs. Kinetic provides a simple way of creating hip-hop, dance and electronica beats and grooves. Kinetic combines a simple click-and-groove sequencer interface with some of the… Read More Cakewalk Kinetic – New Groove-Based Electronic Music Software
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH has announced the release of a new update to its Nuendo and Cubase digital audio workstations. The 2.2 versions of Nuendo, Cubase SX and Cubase SL will offer new remote control features, with Cubase SX and Nuendo also receiving three new VST plug-ins. The update for all three programs is now… Read More Steinberg Updates Nuendo and Cubase to 2.2
Angelic Vocal Pads, the latest release from Precisionsound, is designed to put the sound of a choir of angels at your fingertips. Angelic Vocal Pads (AVP) is a new sampleset for Gigasampler, HALion & Kontakt samplers. Precisionsound calls it “The missing link between the workstation synthesizer choirs and real classical choir samples.” These Enya “sound… Read More Angelic Vocal Pads – New Release from Precision Sound
