The 2008 NAMM Show wasn’t a great year for new synth and electronic music gear……but it was a good year. We’ve already mentioned tons of great new gear that we saw at NAMM in the last couple of weeks, but, following in the footsteps of last year’s modular analog synthgasm, here are our picks for… Read More The 2008 Winter NAMM Show Synthgasm
2008 NAMM Show: Spectrasonics previewed their brand new flagship virtual instrument Omnisphere, and kicked off what looks like it will be a massive hype campaign for a synth that’s not due until September. Omnisphere combines a wide variety of hybrid realtime synthesis techniques, an epic library of ‘Psychoacoustic’ sounds, and many innovative features. The new… Read More Spectrasonics Previews Omnisphere Virtual Instrument
Nine Volt Audio has released Beat Bandit, a modular REX-based loop library of electronic drums and rhythms. Beat Bandit grooves are designed to be appropriate for a wide range of musical genres. Every element of each full-mix loop is broken into individual loops so users can mix and match parts to create their own customized… Read More Nine Volt Audio Intros Beat Bandit Hans Scheffler Edition
Nine Volt Audio has kicked off its free online video series with a tutorial titled Creating Soundscapes with Stylus RMX. The tutorial is a 20-minute, step-by-step tutorial showing Stylus RMX users how to create an eight part tonal and melodic soundscape. The tutorial utilizes loops from Nine Volt Audio’s latest release Textural REX. All loops… Read More Nine Volt Audio Intros Online Stylus RMX Tutorial Video
Spectrasonics has announced support for its Stylus RMX – Realtime Groove Module on Apple Computer’s new Intel Macintosh platform. The new version of Stylus RMX supports all Mac OS X Universal Binary VST and Audio Unit hosts, including Logic Pro 7.2, Garageband 3, Ableton Live 5.2, and others. Stylus RMX is a groove-based virtual instrument… Read More Stylus RMX Goes Intel Mac
Spectrasonics has announced the release of version 1.5 of Stylus RMX. The update offers 750 new patches and several new features including an embedded “Help System” with a comprehensive Reference Guide, a Chaos Designer stutter-remix tool called “Buzz,” browsing via genres/categories, a new version of the SAGE Converter with drag and drop batch conversion of… Read More Spectrasonics Updates Stylus RMX Groove Module
Spectrasonics has announced the release of the New Orleans Strut mini drum loop collection to benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The library features 50 live grooves from seven world-class drummers. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the $25 library will go to Habitat for Humanity’s relief effort in rebuilding homes for the victims… Read More New Sample Library to Benefit Hurricane Victims
Spectrasonics has released new Audio Units (AU) updates of their virtual instrument plug-ins Trilogy, Atmosphere and Classic Stylus.The AU updates add compatibility for Apple’s new Macintosh OS X version 10.4, code named Tiger, as well as AU Validation for Apple Logic 7, sample rate and tuning fixes and all known MOTU Digital Performer 4.52 and… Read More Spectrasonics Virtual Instruments Updated for Apple Tiger
Spectrasonics has announced the release of Burning Grooves, a Groove Control activated S.A.G.E. Xpander library for their Stylus RMX virtual groove instrument. The company recently released four other Xpanders based on their award-winning Backbeat, Retro Funk, Liquid Grooves, and Metamorphosis collections. The release of the Burning Grooves Xpander is the first time the popular drum… Read More Spectrasonics Releases Burning Grooves S.A.G.E. Xpander for Stylus RMX
NAMM 2005: Spectrasonics released version 1.2 of Stylus RMX. The new version of the groove software adds over a dozen new features including three brand new effect modules, as well as enhanced compatibility with major host applications. The update is now available as a free download for all registered users from the Spectrasonics website in… Read More Spectrasonics Stylus RMX Update
