PianoTeq, creators of a piano modeling virtual instrument, has announced a contest: We hereby launch a contest, open for everybody, where there will be 3 winners, each receiving a license of Pianoteq. If you already own a license, you will be offered a free upgrade to a forthcoming product. In the following audio file, you… Read More Guess The Composers & Win PianoTeq
CNet Asia reports that the Korg DS-10, the software synth for the Nintendo DS, should be available in Japan in July: The original MS-10 (price 53,500 yen in 1978; US$300 then) was a monophonic, single oscillator job. DS-10 simulator works as two synthesizers (each of them, dual-oscillator affair), since Nintendo DS has dual-screen, upper and… Read More Korg DS-10 Update
Nice intro video for the Hobnox Audiotool that offers an introduction to creating beats. AudioTool is like Reason for your Web browser.
Ableton has released Orchestral Instruments – four sampled instrument collections representing the four sections of an orchestra. The instrument collections are available individually or as a bundle. The Orchestral Instruments are seamlessly integrated into the Ableton Live environment and use a technology called SmartPriming to manage system resources efficiently, providing big symphonic sound with a… Read More Ableton Live Gets Orchestra Instruments
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[display_podcast] Spectrasonics is doing a great job with their Omnisphere videos. Somebody there “gets” Internet media, podcasting and the idea that your best marketing is just doing something awesome that people will want to talk about. Their latest video intros a new contest and dribbles out some more info about Omnisphere.
SONiVOX MI has released Anatomy, a sample library for Kontakt that features exclusively human body sounds. Anatomy offers over eight-hundred instruments that “twist and transform the human body into one expansive collection of physiological melody and rhythm. Anatomy sonically explores the human condition in ways never dared attempted previously, delivering you a deep, diverse &… Read More Sound Library Features Noises Of The Human Body. No! Not Those Noises!
NUSofting has released Groove Analogizer, an audio controlled drum synthesizer, as freeware. Similar to a vintage electronic drum tone generator (e.g. Simmons) the percussion sound is triggered by an audio input, not by a MIDI message. Groove Analogizer features: 3 oscillators synth (loads as effect plug-in), triggered and shaped by the audio input in many… Read More Cool Free Drum Synth From NUSofting
IK Multimedia is now shipping SampleTron, a virtual instrument workstation featuring a collection of authentic “Tron” and other vintage keyboards instrument samples. According to IK, SampleTron includes the most complete “Tron” anthology ever released in one virtual instrument, with over 2 GB of sounds, 640 presets and 260 multi-samples from 17 rare and vintage Mellotrons,… Read More SampleTron Virtual Mellotron Now Shipping
Rayzoon has released BonzoPak – a John Bonham style drum library for Jamstix virtual drummer VSTi. I’m a little iffy on the whole idea of cloning a dead musician’s sound, but I’m sure there’s a place for this. If you’re interested at all in the idea, check out the Rayzoon demos – like Little Bitta… Read More John Bonham Style Drum Library
