Steinway & Sons and Garritan have announced a new venture to create a series of Authorized Steinway Piano sample-based software instruments. The Authorized Steinway Piano sample library is a new sample-based software instrument that accurately captures the sound of a Steinway & Sons concert grand piano. This new software instrument will allow the musician to… Read More Garritan Intros New Steinway Software Piano Venture
NAMM 2006 Winter Show: M-Audio has introduced Podcast Factory Deluxe, the latest in the company’s portfolio of podcasting solutions. M-Audio calls Podcast Factory Deluxe “a complete podcasting solution”. Included is an M-Audio MobilePre USB audio interface, two Nova condenser microphones with desktop stands, Ableton Live Lite 4 software to record audio and add a soundtrack… Read More M-Audio Intros Podcast Factory Deluxe
Behringer, a manufacturer of professional audio and musical instrument products, introduced at The NAMM Show 2006 a new line of mixing consoles, the XENYX series, that offers British-style analog sound combined with a digital audio interface. The XENYX line comes with up to 24-input, 4/2-bus mixer with XENYX mic preamps and neo-classic “British” two- or… Read More Behringer Intros XENYX Mixing Consoles
At the 2006 Winter NAMM Show, Edirol introduced the R-09, a streamlined field recorder, featuring 24-bit uncompressed recording and a built-in stereo mic. Edirol describes the R-09 as “a serious, top-quality professional recorder with time-stamp capability.” It can record stereo audio at 24-bit resolution with either 44.1 or 48kHz sample rates. It can record and… Read More Edirol Intros R-09 Portable Recorder
BOSS used the 2006 Winter NAMM Show to introduce the BR-600, a streamlined eight-track studio. The BR-600 provides eight simultaneous playback tracks. Each of the eight tracks also contains eight V-Tracks (virtual tracks), which gives users access to 64 tracks of recorded material. Users can record dozens of takes, and choose their favorites for mixdown.… Read More BOSS Intros Portable Digital Recorder
Open Labs, a creator of dedicated digital audio workstations, says that it’s “Time to eBay all your Cr#p!” At the Winter NAMM Conference in Anaheim, California, the company introduced the Open Labs MiKo, an audio workstation designed for DJs, VJs, music video hobbyists, amateur musicians and podcasters. The Open Labs MiKo is based on the… Read More Open Labs Says – Time to eBay all Your Cr#p!
2006 NAMM Winter Expo: Synful introduced a beta of Synful Orchestra, which now features string sections. Synful Orchestra automatically generates natural phrasing and articulation. It is not a sampler or a sample library, but a new way to create realistic and expressive orchestral music. The virtual instrument provides an expressive alternative to sampled instruments. A… Read More Synful Orchestra Update Adds String Sections
2006 Winter NAMM Show: Cycling ’74, a San Francisco-based music software company, demonstrated UpMix, a surround processing and upmixing software package for VST and RTAS formats on both MacOS and Windows platforms. The flagship plug-in, named UpMix, provides functionality that can speed the repurposing of stereo audio content into a surround environment. By providing a… Read More Cycling ’74 Intros Surround Processing and Up Mixing Technology
2006 Winter NAMM Expo: Cycling ’74 has announced revision software 1.3 for the JazzMutant Lemur Multi-touch control surface. The forthcoming update will be available via download for all current Lemur customers. New software features in version 1.3 allow the Lemur to be reconfigured in powerful ways from a host computer via the OSC (Open Sound… Read More NAMM Expo: JazzMutant Lemur Update
2006 Winter NAMM Expo: Cycling ’74 has announced revision software 1.3 for the JazzMutant Lemur Multi-touch control surface. The forthcoming update will be available via download for all current Lemur customers. New software features in version 1.3 allow the Lemur to be reconfigured in powerful ways from a host computer via the OSC (Open Sound… Read More NAMM Expo: JazzMutant Lemur Update
