Arman Bohn has released a free virtual instrument for Windows, the Glass Armanica VSTi. It’s a virtual recreation of Ben Franklin’s rubbed glass instrument, known as the Glass Harmonica, Armonium, Hydrocrystalophone, or Armonica. The Glass Harmonica makes gorgeous, ethereal sounds. Here’s a sample from Bohn’s Glass Armanica: [display_podcast] The samples were created by filling wine… Read More Gorgeous Virtual Glass Harmonica
Native Instruments has introduced True Strike Tension, a new Kore Soundpack with percussion sounds designed to add mystery and tension to cinematic film scores and similar musical styles. True Strike Tension is built on sample material that has been carefully selected from ProjectSAM’s acclaimed True Strike 2 library. It draws upon various percussion instruments from… Read More Native Instruments Intros Cinematic Percussion SoundPack
Remember the iPhone Ocarina? I thought it was pretty cool, because it brought a range of expressiveness to iPhone instruments. Maybe I was wrong – in this video, goddesslynz plays Music of the Night from Phantom of the Opera on the iPhone Ocarina application…with her nose.
http://vimeo.com/1518816 Audio Impressions has announced Version 2.0 of DVZ Strings, their virtual-instrument strings library that comes with their Divisi technology, which creates real-world, real-time, section balances. Version 2 Features: DVZ Strings now use Audio Impressions’ proprietary software that enables Mac and PC computers to work together and eliminates the need of additional D/A converters by routing the… Read More Audio Impressions Updates DVZ Strings
http://vimeo.com/2054067 Smule has introduced a new app, Ocarina, that turns your iPhone into a virtual Ocarina. I’ve been skeptical about a lot of the iPhone virtual instruments, because many of them don’t offer much in the way of expressive capabilities. Ocarina challenges that skepticism by offering an application that responds to your breath, so you… Read More New App Turns Your iPhone Into A Virtual Ocarina, Lets You Play The Legend Of Zelda Theme
Recently we highlighted the work of sound designer and composer Diego Stocco, who has created a collection of amazing promo videos, like The Burning Piano, that offer audio/visual explorations of his work. If you’re into sound design, you’ll want to check out his new composition, Music From A Stapler, that was created entirely created by sound designing the noise… Read More Music From A Stapler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdaFfbNXej8 MilkyApps’ BeatBox Live (App Store link) is a $2.99 drum pad music application that lets you play your own drum patterns and also play over original urban/pop/rock music. BeatBox Live includes 6 different drum kits and 12 original soundtracks. Kits Include: Beatbox Drums (Vocal Beats) 808 Drums Latin Drums Hip-Hop Drums Indie Drums Euro/Dance… Read More New App Turns Your iPhone Into A BeatBox
Sugar Bytes has introduced Consequence – a chord groovebox, with “a surprising depth of possibilities while being easy to use, due to an intuitive workflow.” Description: Chords are alternated, split up to custom arpeggios and turned into leg-driving basslines, amazing melodies or dreamy sound textures. The internal audio recorder keeps your ideas when they come or records… Read More Sugar Bytes Intros Consequence Chord Groovebox
GearWire’s Bill Holland demos Native Instruments’ Virtual Jarre: Reaktor Equinox.
Noise.io, the iPhone synthesizer, is now available in the Apple App Store. Noise.io is a synthesizer which takes iPhone’s processing capabilities to the maximum – you can create sounds for latter recording and processing in your favorite DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). Features: 3 Major Workmodes (Freenoise Mode, Controlzone Mode, Soundkey Mode) 3 Generators (Brother, Sister… Read More Noise.io iPhone Synthesizer Now Available In App Store
