Need some sax in your mix? Linplug may have what you need! Linplug has announced SaxLab, a flexible and easy-to-use saxophone synthesizer that combines samples and synthesizing techniques to create an expressive virtual instrument. It will be available for PC (VST) and Mac OSX (both VST and AU). SaxLabs key features include an easy-to-use interface,… Read More Linplug Saxlab Puts Some Sax in the Mix
Prominy has announced Electric Grand PCP-80, a sound library featuring the sound of a Yamaha Electric Grand Piano CP-80. Giga, HALion, Kontakt, and EXS formats are all included. It is compatible with both PC and Mac. The samples are recorded at 24bit, 96kHz sampling rate and is also applicable at 16 bit, 44kHz. The PCP-80… Read More Prominy Introduces Electric Grand PCP-80
Precisionsound has released Kloo Mandolin, a new sampleset in HALion /Kontakt & SoundFont formats. This unique Mandolin was built by the instrument maker Ulf Kloo in 1997 for the musician Leif Isebring. Kloo Mandolin has an extended range from G2 to D6. The release contains 489 individual 24 bit Mono WAV samples, 12 programs for… Read More Precisionsound Kloo Mandolin
Kirk Hunter, a leading U.S. developer of orchestral sample libraries, has announced the release of his new Concert Strings/Brass/Winds, the first ever orchestral library created for the GigaStudio 2.54 format with musicians recorded in their onstage seated positions with both close and far microphone placement. On completion, Strings/Brass/Winds is projected at 180GB in size, with… Read More New Strings/Brass/Winds Orchestral Library for GigaStudio Announced
Tascam has joined with Vienna Symphonic Library, creators of their critically acclaimed orchestral library, to create Vienna Giga Symphony, an exclusive new collection to be included free with copies of GigaStudio 3 Orchestra. The new library has been produced at 24-bit resolution and recorded in the Vienna Symphonic Library’s custom-built Silent Stage in Vienna .… Read More NAMM Update: Tascam Includes Vienna Giga Symphony in GigaStudio 3 Orchestra
Tascam unveiled a major update to the powerful software-sampling program, GigaStudio 3.0, at the NAMM 2004 Summer Session. The new version, a from-the-ground-up rewrite of the original application, adds dozens of new features for composers, sound designers and music producers. Available in three versions – Orchestra, Ensemble and Solo – it offers up to unlimited… Read More Namm – Tascam Ships Gigastudio 3
Steinberg today announced that the Steinberg Virtual Instrument Collection is now available. The collection includes Special Edition versions of 5 top Steinberg instruments, offering an inexpensive introduciton to the world of virtual instruments at only US $149.99. “This one-stop power package offers professional music-making technologies in a very modest price range, and provides an arsenal… Read More Steinberg Virtual Instruments Collection Released
Zero-G is now shipping Altered States, a Native Instruments-powered virtual instrument. Altered States is a vast and powerful new plug-in VST powered by a custom Native Instruments Audio Engine (VST 2.0, DXi, ASIO, AU, RTAS, Mac & PC). The instrument features an enormous data set (almost 5 Gb, with 3499 instrument patches and thousands of… Read More Zero-G Delivers Altered States
e-Labs has released Obsession, a loop-based virtual instrument filled with RnB & Hip-Hop grooves. Based on e-LABs unique i.v.i. engine, Obsession gives you total tempo independance, creative freedom with separated drum loop parts and realtime playback control, effectively removing all limitations of handling drumloops.
DS Soundware is best known as producers of percussion libraries. Now DS Soundware is expanding its line to include wind instruments as well. Adding to the percussion titles DS Soundware is now offering wind instruments. These titles offer up to 20 velocity layers. The focus of the libraries, as with the percussion libraries, is on… Read More DS Soundware Expands Sample Line
