K-Sounds has released Organimation, a collection of B3 organ voices and performances for the Yamaha Motif ES series and the new S90 ES. Organimation offers new rotary speaker simulations designed to rival dedicated B3 emulators, complete with real-time control over simulation speed and character. In addition, most sounds feature real-time drawbar control, real-time adjustable chorus,… Read More K-Sounds Intros Organimation
The new orchestral workstation from IK, Miroslav Philharmonik, will be shipping in August. A new site, Philharmonik, is available to provide information and support. Philharmonik is a powerful integrated Orchestral Workstation combining the legendary Miroslav Orchestral and Choir sample collection masterpieces with a dedicated plug-in instrument specifically tailored toward classical sounds and arrangements. Miroslav orchestral… Read More Miroslav Philharmonik Shipping
Developer Eric Loillieux has released Archibald, a virtual drummer which improvises on your patterns. As you’re building your rythm in the step by step sequencer, you determine its margin of interpretation from 0 to 100%. It gives a better sound (which drummer would play two consecutive eighth notes making exactly the same shade and attack… Read More Archibald – Shareware Virtual Drummer
Steinberg has announced that its latest VSTi product, Virtual Bassist, is now shipping worldwide. Based on real performances by studio bass players, Virtual Bassist offers a range of bass phrases, grooves and styles and covers musical styles ranging through rock, pop, reggae, metal and hip hop to name but a few. “Virtual Bassist is probably… Read More Steinberg Ships Virtual Bassist
Precisionsound has released Koestler Rigoletto a free sample-based instrument. The Koestler has been sampled in stereo and contains release samples for even more realism. The SampleSet contains 99 24bit WAV files and 2 programs, “Broken” & “Fixed” for HALion & Kontakt. You can choose between the 24bit version (HALion/Kontakt) and the 16bit Sfz version. The… Read More Precisionsound Releases Free Koestler Rigoletto
Applied Acoustics Systems has announced the release of String Studio synthesizer for Mac OS X and Windows. The String Studio synthesizer swaps the traditional oscillator, filter, and envelope pattern for real-life string instrument components. At the core of String Studio lies a new, cutting edge physical model of strings interacting with picks, bows, hammers, fingers,… Read More AAS String Studio Released
Precisionsound has introduced Cembalo, a big Harpsichord sampled in stereo with 2 velocity layers for both the notes and release notes, 241 samples in total, recorded in 24bit and dithered down with Apogee dithering to 16bit. There are also additional Cembalo FX programs included with 67 stereo files of string clusters, ambient noises and hits.… Read More Precisionsound Releases Cembalo for Gigastudio
Digidesign and IK Multimedia have announced a free update to SampleTank 2 SE from SampleTank SE — a sample playback plug-in that is part of the Music Production Enhancement Suite software and plug-in bundle included with all new Digidesign Pro Tools|HD and Pro Tools LE systems. A SampleTank 2 SE software CD will be packaged… Read More Digidesign and IK Multimedia Offer Free Update to SampleTank 2 SE
Precision Sound has introduced J-Celeste, a 3-octave road cased JenCo Celeste that has been chromatically sampled close-mic’ed in mono. The SampleSet contains 107 24bit (HALion Kontakt) 16bit (SoundFont) wav samples divided into 3 velocity layers. The Celeste is a rather unusual keyboard instrument that has been used in both classical and rock music and can… Read More Precisionsound Intros J-Celeste for HALion / Kontakt & SoundFont
Big Fish Audio is shipping London Solo Strings in 24 Bit Kontakt Player Plug-in. It is also still available in GigaSampler format. London Solo Strings features instruments sampled in 24 bit, played by world class performers with top of the line instruments, including a beautiful violin from 1740. Articulations include: arco, marcato, martele, spiccato, sul… Read More Big Fish Audio Ships London Solo Strings
