To celebrate the release of Authorized Steinway Virtual Concert Grand, the latest Garritan's sample-based product which is the world's first sampled piano to be authorised and endorsed by Steinway & Sons, Time+Space has three Professional versions of it to giveaway.
To participate you just have to answer a really simple question by e-mail. The closing date for entries is the 31st May so good luck !
TC Electronic today announces immediate availability of the limited PowerCore X8 Sonnox Edition, a PowerCore X8 bundled with the Sonnox Oxford EQ and Sonnox Oxford Dynamics plug-ins.
This exclusive PowerCore Sonnox Edition is available at authorized TC Electronic dealers for a suggested retail price of €1599.
Once again, de la Mancha has a released a new free VST effect plug-in for Windows... I wonder if this guy ever sleeps !
Anyway, sfilter creates a stepped filtered sequence, to create gating, sweeps or rhythmic modulation of filter cut-off. It uses a variable state filter, varying between 2 adjustable cut-off values according to a tempo-sync'd step sequencer. An LFO can also modulate the filter for extra movement.
features :
- tempo-sync step sequencer, with 2 to 32 steps over a sequence length of 2 to 32 beats
- resonant variable filter, LP, HP, BP and notch
- filter cut-off varies between upper and lower cut-off values, in either direction
- tempo sync LFO, with 6 waveforms and settings from 1/16 beat to 96 beats
- random swing for step sequencer
- wet/dry mix control
- midi CC and midi learn
Score FX is a comprehensive solution for professional, musical sound design. This instrument includes 7 GIGs of brand new sonic stimulants. Featuring a progressive structure and layout made for building tracks from supplied "themes" and construction kits offering ease of injection into projects. Thanks to the extended possibilities of Liquid you can shape individual notes within all the included phrases until each loop is tailored to your situations needs. Making Score FX a unique exceptional package for mood stacking sound design around Cues / Animation / Spots / Songs / GameAudio.
Score FX sound collections have been encoded for use with Ueberschall's Liquid Player to give complete flexibility. Liquid is an exclusive Virtual Instrument engine co-developed by Celemony Melodyne Technology that works in all the popular DAWs.
Score FX is available now for Mac OS X and Windows in VST, AU and RTAS formats and costs €149. For more information, please visit their website.
CharterOak Acoustic Devices, manufactures of hand assembled pro audio equipment announces the release of the Small Studio Collection. The collection will be on display at the AES Show in Amsterdam later this month.
The Small Studio Collection is the total microphone solution for small recording studios with a tight budget. Consisting of a critics favorite, the SA538 Large Diaphragm Condenser, the E700 Solid State condenser and a sequentially numbered matched pair of M900s. Start up and well established studios will benefit from this full spectrum selection of microphones and will be able to tackle any recording situation from vocals to orchestra to loud electric guitars.
The collection is delivered in a solid locking flight case with all of the necessary accessories and CharterOak's Lifetime Warranty. The Collection will be available through Authorized CharterOak Dealers beginning in June for $3300.
KResearch has just released a major update of its "modular reverb-echoes based multi-effect plug-in" KR-Space.
New features :
- New high precision sliders and knobs.
- Early/Late balance is now Listener position.
- The new sliders and knobs correct a bug from the previous version where it was difficult to adjust values near the minimum value settings.
- Sliders accept keyboard input by double click.
- Knob value boxes accept keyboard input.
- New skin.
- New input selector with left/right/stereo instead of mono button.
- New LED VU meters.
- New preset name display (VST only).
- New Active Module connection graph.
- New Graphic Link button.
- New Aose Graphic Animation Display with :
. Frequency changes bubble outer color.
. Frequency variation varies colours betwe ...
De la Mancha has just announced the release of versions 2.0 of two free VST plug-ins for Windows : pfilter and gator.
pfilter v2.0 creates a steppy, gated effect, but using filter cut-off instead of volume to give a wider range of possibilities. It uses a variable state filter, triggered between 2 adjustable cut-off values by a tempo-sync'd probability-based step sequencer. An LFO can modulate the filter when triggered and trigger pulse length, attack and release can shape the sound.
Features :
- Tempo-sync step sequencer, with 2 to 32 steps over a sequence length of 2 to 32 beats.
- Can be programmed or random, by setting the probability of each step from 0-100%.
- Seeded randomisation for repeatable loops up to 100 beats long.
- Resonant variable filter, LP, HP, BP and ...
SPC Plugins has just released Morphilter v1.0, a stereo multi-mode filter with LFO-driven crossfading.
Morphilter produces lowpass, notch, highpass and bandpass filter responses. It allows a continuous crossfade from one response to the next. This crossfade may be automated by an LFO. In addition, the cutoff frequencies of the left and right filters may be independently modulated by two further LFOs. All three LFOs may independently be locked to tempo or free-running.
Morphilter is available now for Windows in VST format and costs $10. A demo version is also available.
Guitar Rig 3 XE is a new declination of the Guitar Rig software which offers a selection of five "true-to-life" tube amplifier models and 12 cabinet types, as well as 21 stomp boxes and effect units. All components can be freely combined in the virtual Guitar Rig rack. A library with over 150 instantly playable tones from different musical eras and genres is included, together with several helpful tools including dual tape-decks, metronome, tuner, and a dedicated Live View.
Guitar Rig 3 XE will be available in June 2008 for a suggested retail price of $119 / €99. More information available here.
Guitar Rig Session :
Guitar Rig Session is a new recording solution for guitarists, bass players and songwriters which combines the new Guitar Rig 3 XE software with a specially designed audio interface and additional recording software.
IK Multimedia is proud to announce the official launch of the worldwide "Stomp onto a Revolution" Tour. StompIO, their hardware-software guitar and bass multi FX system, will be featured in open clinics and special events dedicated to "change the way musicians gig live and record in the studio forever"...
Kicking off in May and lasting through Summer 2008, "Stomp onto a Revolution" Tour dates will be held in the United States, Germany, Japan, Italy and the UK, with more to be announced. These special events are free to attend, featuring famous and expert musicians that already use StompIO live on stage and in the studio. Reserve your seat now and catch the StompIO Tour to win music gear prizes and concert tickets.
McDSP has released Emerald Pack 3.0 (HD and Native) to include the new DE555 De-esser, FutzBox Lo-Fi Distortion Effects, and NF575 Noise Filter plug-ins. Emerald Pack 3.0 also includes existing products; Analog Channel, Channel G, Chrome Tone, CompressorBank, FilterBank, MC2000, ML4000, Revolver and Synthesizer One.
On top of that, for the month of May, purchase or upgrade to Emerald Pack HD 3.0 and be eligible to purchase Emerald Pack Native 3.0 for only $995, saving $600 over retail price.
Algorithmix has finally announced the release of K-Stereo Ambience Processor, a VST processor for natural and unobtrusive enhancement, expansion, and equalization of the ambience, space, imaging, depth and width in a recording without adding artificial reverberation or causing unwanted coloration or artifacts.
K-Stereo is based on a patented psychoacoustical process that extracts the ambience inherent in ordinary recordings, and is capable of spreading that uncorrelated ambience around the soundstage, and enlarging the size of that soundstage, both deeper and wider.
In addition, K-Stereo enhances the depth and imaging of the instruments and vocals without adding any artificial reverberation. It does not have a sound of its own; it fills in what's been missing. K-Stereo is also capable ...
Are you interested by a Pianoteq license ? Well, Modartt has just launched a contest, open for everybody, where there will be 3 winners, each receiving a license of Pianoteq. Note that if you already own a license, you will be offered a free upgrade to a forthcoming product !
And what is the contest about ? In an audio file, you will hear a medley of classical piano works by famous composers. Tell them which composers you can hear in this medley. If you manage to recognize all of them, in the correct order, you will participate in the lottery of 3 Pianoteq licenses. The lottery will take place on May 31 which is the last day to participate.
There are a total of 10 excerpts of piano works by 10 composers. Some may be piano transcriptions of orchestral works, some may be easily recognized, others may be a challenge. Credits will be given to the performers when announcing the winners, together with a description of each work.
Digidesign today unveiled theTransfuser Preview, a free three-month prerelease version of Transfuser, a new upcoming RTAS virtual instrument plug-in for Pro Tools from the Digidesign Advanced Instrument Research (A.I.R.) group.
Transfuser is a real-time loop, phrase, and groove creation virtual instrument designed for quickly and easily creating, manipulating, and performing loop- and rhythm-based music on the fly within Pro Tools. It also offers users a quick and easy way to modify existing loop libraries to breathe new life into their creations.
Features :
- Easily develop and tweak grooves on the fly within Pro Tools
- Offers unique tools for working with audio files, including :
- Real-time slicing and tagging of loops
- Automatic conversion of loops into MIDI patterns/drum kits
- Sound replacement in existing loops on the fly
- Musically intelligent randomization of loops for instantly crafting variations on a whim
- Offers a wide range of real-time effects for electronic, hip-hop, and dance music creation
- Includes a variety of loops and phrases, and breathes new life into existing loop libraries
- Supports full drag and drop of Pro Tools regions and audio files from your computer browser
- Powerful live performance-oriented features allow for both creative arranging and performing of grooves
For a limited time through June 25, 2008, Digidesign is offering a free download of the Transfuser Preview to every Pro Tools|HD, Pro Tools LE, and Pro Tools M-Powered user. This free prerelease version of Transfuser is fully functional for three months, and enables all Pro Tools users to discover and experiment with the capabilities of Transfuser. To download the Transfuser Preview please visit the :
Ableton has just released the Orchestral Instruments, four sampled instrument collections representing the four sections of an orchestra.
The instrument collections are available individually or as an attractively priced bundle and bring rich, authentic, symphonic sound to Ableton Live. Strings, Brass, Woodwinds and Percussion have been painstakingly recorded in a number of velocities and articulations, employing the expertise of world-class musicians, engineers and producers. 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 minimum of CPU action.
Produced in partnership with SONiVOX, the instruments include violin, viola, cello, double bass, French horn, trombone, trumpet, tuba, flute, clarinet, bassoon, oboe, English horn, vibraphone, marimba, xylophone, crotales, glockenspiel, tubular bells, cymbals and timpani. Many instruments are provided in solo and ensemble variants and multiple articulations. Each instrument is available in a high-fidelity version for studio production and a lower-fidelity configuration for decreased overhead and instant performance.
The Orchestral Instruments are available now and priced as following :
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