At the 2009 NAMM Show, Vir2 introduced Mojo a horn virtual instrument. Inspired by legendary groups like Tower of Power and the big bands of decades past, MOJO is designed for emulating everything from a sultry sax solo to a screaming full big band. More than a dozen articulations are instantly loaded and intelligently handled… Read More Winter NAMM Update: Mojo Horns
At the 2009 NAMM Show, Eastwest/Quantum Leap introduced Quantum Leap SILK – a virtual (software) instrument that features a collection of historic and unique string and woodwind instruments from China, Persia and India. I was able to check SILK out at NAMM, and it’s an awesome-sounding sound library that’s likely to see a lot of work on… Read More Quantum Leap Silk Virtual Instrument
Who is Ableton? What is Ableton Live? What’s so great about it anyway? Who uses Live? Why? All the answers are here, in this one-minute movie from the people at Ableton.
2009 NAMM Show update: This Ableton video offers an introduction to Max For Live.
This is an overview, via Ableton, of what’s new in Ableton Live 8.
At the 2009 NAMM Show, Arturia introduced Brass 2, featuring virtual recreations of three wind instruments – a trumpet, a saxophone and a trombone. The characteristics of the real instruments have been analysed and modelled by Ircam Paris using mathematical algorithms. Here’s what’s new in Brass version 2.0: New physical modelling of the saxophone Two… Read More Arturia Brass 2.0
http://vimeo.com/2844740 An introduction to MOTU BPM – an MPC style virtual instrument. via Stretta
http://vimeo.com/2850728 This is a demo, via Stretta, of Volta – a virtual instrument that turns your audio interface into a control voltage interface.
2009 Winter NAMM Show: SONiVOX announced the release of Playa – a Hip Hop Virtual Instrument for MAC and PC. Playa’s user interface is designed to bridge the gap between MPC style beat creation and computer based virtual instruments. Features: Over 400 SONiVOX Instruments, including fat synths, basses, drums, leads, orchestral instruments, ethnic instruments, guitars, strings… Read More SONiVOX Playa – A Virtual Instrument For Hip Hop
2009 Winter NAMM Show: Arturia announced minimoog V 2.0. New features include: Sound MAP: Explore hundreds of sounds using Sound MAP. Morph sounds on the MAP by clicking anywhere you like. Add filters to make your search easier, or get back to the traditional list of presets, by sound-designer or by type. Vocal Filter: Did… Read More NAMM: Arturia Updates Its Software Minimoog
