Edirol has announced the PCR-M1, the MIDI-only version of the popular PCR-1 compact USB Keyboard controller. The PCR-M1 is a 25-Key MIDI controller that measures just over one inch thick and weighs less than three pounds. With Edirol’s S.L.I.M. technology, full-sized keys with a shorter travel distance provide a comfortable playable action. The PCR-M1 has… Read More Edirol Introduces New S.L.I.M. MIDI Keyboard Controller
Artificial Ear has announced the release of Los Angeles Film Session: Virtuoso Violin, the first sample CD in their Los Angeles Film Session series, designed exclusively for use in the NN-XT sampler in Reason 2.0 and higher by Propellerhead Software. Los Angeles Film Session: Virtuoso Violin offers Reason users over 1,300 violin samples programmed in… Read More Artificial Ear Releases LA Film Session: Virtuoso Violin Refill for Reason 2
Native Instruments has announced that a demo version of Intakt is now available. Intakt is NI´s advanced loop sampler, based on a state-of-the-art sampling engine and specifically designed for rhythmic loop playback, manipulation, and mayhem. Intakt syncs loops to any tempo, thanks to flexible beat-slicing and advanced real-time time-stretching, and comes with an extensive sampling… Read More Native Instruments Releases Demo Version of Intakt Sampler
Voxengo Elephant version 2.1 is now available. Elephant is a mastering limiter plug-in in PC VST format. Version 2.1 introduces two new limiter modes: AIGC-3 and AIGC-4. These modes deliver clarity of the recently introduced limiter mode EL-2, and the dynamic response of the original AIGC modes, bringing a yet another creative possibility you can… Read More Voxengo Elephant Updated to 2.1
Wizoo, the developer of the Steinberg Hypersonic virtual music workstation, has unveiled a free extension for Hypersonic. The Hypersonic GM-4 expansion is a free upgrade for all Hypersonic users and adds GM (General MIDI) functionality to Hypersonic, including 128 GM compatible patch programs, a GM standard drum kit and an additional 110MB (330MB uncompressed) of… Read More Wizoo Debuts Free Hypersonic Extension
Soundart has introduced the next generation of their flexible DSP studio tool: the Chameleon mkII. The new unit is a desktop device, but can also be rack-mounted. There is a large graphic display, and intuitive controls (all endless encoders with click detent and push switch) that can apply rapid and real-time changes to the internal… Read More Soundart Chameleon Updated to mkII
Sounds of Polynesia, Melanesia and Australia, a sample-based virtual instrument from Zero-G, combines great sounds with a state-of-the-art sample engine to bring the sounds of the South Pacific to your computer. Zero-G calls Sounds of Polynesia a virtual sound module. It’s a massive 1.4 gig library of sounds organized in a very flexible sampling interface.… Read More Sounds of Polynesia Virtual Sound Module
Sound Quest is shipping Midi Quest 9.1 and Midi Quest XL for Macintosh OS X and OS 9. Midi Quest 9.1 and Midi Quest XL for Macintosh both include support for over 600 instruments from more than 60 different manufacturers and feature an large collection of tools to backup, create, edit, organize and tweak the… Read More Sound Quest Shipping Midi Quest and Midi Quest XL 9.1
Yowstar has released a new product, simply titled “G,” based on a combination of ideas from former products Girl and Cosmetic. With an emphasis on instant, interactive control over sound and video playback, G unifies diverse digital sound sources and controls. Separate sources can be treated as one, or as a collection of sounds. Sound… Read More Yowstar Introduces G Audio Manipulation Environment
Charismac Engineering Inc. has introduced the Discribe Alive, a portable mass content duplication and distribution system designed specifically for live performance applications. “The Discribe Alive system is unprecedented in the market place,” states Joel Heppting, director of business development and artist relations for Charismac Engineering. “For the first time, mass duplication and distribution of content… Read More Charismac Engineering Announces the Revolutionary Discribe Alive CD/DVD Duplication and Distribution System.
