Sony has introduced Sound Forge Pro 10, the latest version of its professional digital audio production suite for Windows. Update features include event-based editing, the élastique time stretch and pitch shift plug-in, interactive tutorials and a mastering effects bundle. Details below. If you’ve used Sony Sound Forge Pro 10, leave a comment with your thoughts!
Musikmesse 2009: TASCAM, and Garritan Corporation announced the completion of the sale of technology assets relating to GigaStudio, Gigasampler, GVI, GigaPulse and all Giga products. Gigasampler revolutionized the music industry when it was introduced in 1999 and its importance in the music world cannot be overstated. Giga products enjoy exclusive rights to Endless Wave technology,… Read More Garritan Saves Giga Technology
TASCAM has apparently decided to kill off its GigaStudio sampler. I haven’t seen an official announcement on this yet, but a post at Virtual Instruments Composers Forum quotes TASCAM: “Notice: TEAC America, Inc. will cease further development of GIGASTUDIO and GIGASTUDIO related products as of July 21, 2008. Product sales and technical support will continue… Read More TASCAM Kills Off GigaStudio; Ask Them To Open Source It!
TASCAM has released GigaStudio 4., its Windows sampling workstation. New features include the QuickSound database tool, additions to the QuickEdit interface and user interface improvements. GigaStudio 4 features: Supports 64-bit operating systems like XP64 and Windows Vista 64 (32-bit version also available). Unlimited polyphony. 96kHz/24-bit sample support. 128 MIDI channel playback. embedded GigaPulse convolution reverb.… Read More Tascam GigaStudio 4
BandmateLoops.com has introduced iAcoustica Studio, a new multi-sample Universal Acoustic Drum Library. iAcoustica Studio offers eight unique, realistic drum kits for Reason, Kontakt 2, EXS-24 and GigaStudio. iAcoustica Studio is based on two full acoustic drum and cymbal sets and utilizes a broad range of sticks, mallets, metal brushes and wooden brushes. Also included are… Read More BandmateLoops.com Unveils iAcoustica Studio Multi-Sample Drum Library
Multisampling specialists Wavescape Studio have released the Nord Modular G2 VOL. 01- Club Life sample library, which features sounds for pop, dance, trance, electro, house, hip-hop. All sampler presets have extensive modulations settings in each format: move the modwheel and the library starts to “breathe”. The library is available in three different formats: WAVESCAPE™ MULTIPAK… Read More Wavestudio Intros Club Life Sample Library
LearnGigaStudio.com has released DVD Video versions of Volume I and Volume II of their Online Training Videos from the instructional series “Learn GigaStudio 3”. These broadcast quality DVD videos feature GigaStudio 3 guru David Govett along with Larry Seyer demonstrating configuration and use of GigaStudio 3. The lessons are presented in easy to understand terms… Read More Two New DVDs Help You Learn GigaStudio
Precisionsound has introduced Cembalo, a big Harpsichord sampled in stereo with 2 velocity layers for both the notes and release notes, 241 samples in total, recorded in 24bit and dithered down with Apogee dithering to 16bit. There are also additional Cembalo FX programs included with 67 stereo files of string clusters, ambient noises and hits.… Read More Precisionsound Releases Cembalo for Gigastudio
Prominy has announced new sample library; LPC Electric Distortion & Clean Guitar, for GIGA STUDIO 3.0 / 2.0, capturing the sound of Gibson Les PaulTM Custom. The LPC guitar library includes over 60 Giga-bytes, approx. 150,000 samples Features: 243 .gig files which includes over 7,200 instruments Single note, 5th-dyad chord, 4th-dyad chord, mute(tight, medium, loose),… Read More Prominy Intros Guitar Library for Giga Studio
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
