2009 Winter NAMM Show: Native Instruments announced GUITAR RIG MOBILE, an all-in-one solution that turns your computer into a guitar recording and performance setup. Description: Combining the GUITAR RIG MOBILE I/O USB 2.0 audio interface with GUITAR RIG 3 LE software, GUITAR RIG MOBILE offers studio-grade sound quality and a wide range of creative features.… Read More Native Instruments Guitar Rig Mobile
At the 2009 Winter NAMM Show, Garritan announced the Garritan World Instrument, which features a comprehensive collection of instruments from around the world: The Garritan World Instrument collection offers a large variety of flutes — Native American flutes, bamboo flues, Irish flutes, Chinese and Japanese flutes, Indian flutes, clay flutes, pan flutes, nose flutes and… Read More NAMM Update: Garritan World Instrument Library
At the 2009 NAMM Show, Garritan announced a new edition of its Garritan Personal Orchestra. The 4th Edition of Garritan Personal Orchestra now contains the Garritan ARIA sample engine and adds new features, new instrument sounds, updated programming and a lower price. Garritan Personal Orchestra 4th Edition includes all the major instruments of the orchestra… Read More NAMM: Garritan Personal Orchestra 4th Edition
At the 2009 NAMM Show, Garritan announced Garritan Orchestral Strings 2, the sequel to its popular Garritan Orchestral Strings. The new string library will be powered by the Garritan ARIA sample engine. The library includes the complete string sections of the orchestra as well as an extended complement of solo strings. The stringed instruments recorded… Read More NAMM: Garritan Orchestral Strings 2
2009 NAMM Show update: FXpansion announced the debut of D-CAM: Synth Squad a collection of virtual vintage synths. D-CAM: Synth Squad is comprised of three modeled synthesizers, Strobe, Cypher and Amber that combine the best features found in classic synths with new modern features. The synths are brought together with Fusor, a semi- modular synth-layering… Read More FXpansion Announces D-CAM: Synth Squad
NAMM Show Update: EASTWEST introduced PLAY 2.0, which adds professional editing capabilities. The editor featured in PLAY 2.0 is the same software that the company uses to program its PLAY-powered virtual instrument collections. “When we originally designed PLAY, it was intended to offer a powerful but easy-to-use interface for users to playback the included sounds,”… Read More NAMM Show: Eastwest PLAY 2.0 Gets Pro Editing Features
2009 NAMM Show: MOTU introduced Volta, a virtual instrument plug-in that lets you play and automate modular synthesizers—or any hardware equipped with control voltage (CV) inputs—from your favorite host audio workstation software. Volta receives conventional virtual instrument input such as MIDI notes, MIDI controller data or even high-resolution audio track ramp automation and responds by… Read More MOTU Volta Lets You Control Analog Synths From Your Computer
At the 2009 Winter NAMM Show, Digidesign introduced two new Pro Tools LE system bundles: 003 Factory Complete and 003 Rack Factory Complete Both bundles combine a Digidesign 003 hardware interface with the new Complete Production Toolkit – the new expansion option for Pro Tools LE systems that combines a variety of plug-ins for both… Read More NAMM Update: Digidesign Intros Two Pro Tools LE System Bundles
2009 Winter NAMM Show: First up, let me state a pet peave: it should be against the law for software makers to advertise their software with awesome 3D models. All the ads for MOTU BPM make it look like it’s an killer piece of hardware, not a virtual instrument. This seems to be a favorite trick… Read More MOTU BPM Software Drum Module
Want to know why there aren’t more interesting music apps being created for the iPhone? It’s because developers have figured out that the easy money is in creating mindless apps like the new Fart Piano (App Store link). According to its developers: Why just listen to toneless farts when you can make music? Fart Piano… Read More The Most Unnecessary iPhone App Ever: Fart Piano
