Toontrack has released EZdrummer 1.1, which introduces new functionalities as well as providing essential bug fixes for all users and compatibility for the recently announced EZX-s. It is required for the Nashville EZX but is otherwise highly recommended for all users. EZdrummer 1.1 is available for both Intel Mac and PC in VST, AU and… Read More Toontrack Music Releases EZdrummer 1.1.0
Abbey Road Studios and Propellerhead Software have announced that they have partnered to produce the Abbey Road Keyboards ReFill for Propellerhead Software’s Reason. Abbey Road Keyboards delivers a hypersampled collection of seven unique instruments, recorded using the original equipment at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. The Abbey Road Keyboards ReFill consists of Reason 3.0 patches… Read More Propellerhead Software Intros Abbey Road Keyboards ReFill
Homegrown Sounds, best known for producing unique pads/textures through its range of sample CDs, has released Astralis, a VSTi designed for making complex sounds easy to produce. Description: If interplanetary excursions are your thing, you will love Astralis, a synth to loose yourself in. Astralis is packed with soundscaping features, and is an intuitive. hands-on… Read More Astralis Microtonal VSTi Released for PC
Wallander Instruments has introduced the WI Visual Instruments series – collections of virtual instruments that combine advanced behavioral modeling with extensive amounts of sound data extracted from acoustic measurements and recordings of real instruments. The first release is a brass collection – Brass1. Description: Distinguishable for the WIVI instruments are their extreme realism and expressive… Read More Wallander Intros Brass Virtual Instrument
AudioRealism has announced a new virtual drum machine, AudioRealism Drum Machine (ADM), that promises to capture the best of the sounds of drum machines of the early 80’s. Features Three realtime switchable drum machine models Internal 32 step sequencer with global accent per step, four prescale selections per pattern, flam and shuffle, 128 patterns per… Read More AudioRealism Drum Machine Offers Best Of Roland 606, 808, 909
H.G. Fortune has released the upgraded ProtoPlasm 21, which has been completely reworked. New features include Super Modulation Morphing (SMM), key-control on Delay (LKO), LFO modulation matrix and a dedicated Attack Oscillator it enhances it’s main purpose as synthesizer for vivid textures, soundscapes and pads. 384 patches are included. Here’s a video preview that features… Read More Get A Free Pad Synthesizer
Everytime we get a press release from Precisionsound, I’m surprised by the latest instrument that they’ve sampled and made a virtual instrument out of. Instead of another Rhodes or string library, they’re sampling Nigerian Udu and Retro Gadgets. Their latest sample set features Alpine Concert Zither, a very common instrument in Alpine Europe, but rarely… Read More Precisionsound Releases Alpine Concert Zither Sample Library
Soniccouture has released eBow Guitar – the first sampled re-creation of the unique sound of the eBow. The ebow ( Energy bow), is a small, hand-held device that ‘bows’ the strings of a guitar using an electromagnetic field. It produces a unique guitar sound, with a very slow attack and infinite sustain. Two guitars were… Read More Soniccouture Releases eBow Guitar Sample Library
Modartt has released Pianoteq v2.0.1. This update offers multi-core rendering which vastly improves CPU performance on dual-core and hyper threaded Pentium 4. With this update, Modartt also release a Receptor-compatible version. Complete list of changes in 2.0.1: Multi-core rendering Receptor compatibility Fixed parameter automation Stand-alone: output channel selection for ASIO sound cards Stand-alone: fixed wav… Read More Modartt Releases Pianoteq Version 2.0.1
Submersible Music has started shipping version 2.5 of DrumCore drum software. DrumCore 2.5 adds new features to increase DrumCore’s capabilities as a MIDI instrument and make workflow even easier when writing songs with DrumCore. New DrumCore 2.5 MIDI Features: “Pad Swapping” – for easily creating personalized, hybrid drumkits. – DrumCore 2.5 makes it easy for… Read More Submersible Music Ships DrumCore 2.5 with Enhanced MIDI Instrument and Workflow Features
