Digital Sound Works has introduced Dramatic Percussion, the first in a series of new virtual instruments. Dramatic Percussion features rarely recorded percussion instruments such as Boo bams, Puili, Octobans, Taos drums, Anklung, a full range of bowed and scraped gongs, Crotales bowed and struck, Vietnamese split bamboo, Concert Toms, Waterphone, and a 50-year-old 55 gallon steel barrell just to name a few. Unusual playing techniques on traditional percussion instruments are also used to create incredible percussion Fx.
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Universal Audio, a manufacturer of high-quality vintage audio hardware and DSP software plug-ins for digital audio workstations, and audio console/modular manufacturer AMS-Neve today jointly announced the new UAD-Nevana X2 for Mac OS X & Windows X64/XP/Vista. The UAD-Nevana X2 includes DUAL PCIe DSP cards and all seven of the UA/Neve Classic Console Plug-ins including the 1073/1073SE EQ, 1081/1081SE EQ, 33609/33609SE Bus Compressor & 88RS Channel Strip in AU, VST & RTAS formats. The UAD-Nevana X2 also includes the standard 14 UA Mix-Essentials plug-ins plus a UAD$200 voucher that can be used against any UAD plug-ins at the my.uaudio.com store. The UAD-Nevana X2 will have an estimated street price of US$1499 and will ship worldwide in August 2007.
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Sonalksis recently released the TBK3 Ãœber Compressor, with that I decided it was time to review the entire line of TBKs, collectively known as Creative Elements. So here goes, reviews of a filter, a destroyer and a chainsaw!
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I almost forgot about reporting about this, the latest cs update is now available for all 7.3.1 systems. You can get it at Digidesigns CS update page Read more →

Holy cow, have a lot of people waited for this plug-in or what? ProTooler was first to break the story that Steve Massey was working on the tape delay, and I’m very grateful to him for telling me about it in the first place, since then it’s been all eager anticipation.

Go get it! I’ll review it A.S.A.P.

Massey plug-ins

Electronic drum kits has been a popular discussion here at ProTooler, now Alesis has begun shipments of its highly anticipated DM5 Pro Kit.

Designed for both professional and aspiring drummers, the DM5 Pro Kit includes an updated DM5 sound module which contains a wealth of pre-programmed sounds and drum kits; ultra-sturdy hardware; and a professional, easily-portable tubular rack set-up (with firm-grip hardware mounts).
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Personally I think it’s a looker… I wonder what the SP-666 will be like. On to the press release…

Roland punches up its popular SP Sampler lineup with the new flagship SP-555 Sampling Workstation. Complete with 16 velocity sensitive pads, 37 Fantom-quality effects, an exciting new LOOP CAPTURE function, beefed up internal sample memory, and total computer integration with USB MIDI/AUDIO connectivity–the new SP-555 is the perfect weapon for artists looking for new ways to get their creativity juices flowing.
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Movie Dialogue is an inspirational set of 665 seperate Wav samples taken from original early Film Dialogue, all licenced for use under the new Creative Commons licence agreement.

The vocal samples have been taken from old movies and public information films and are categorised in folders with names such as “Assignment outer space”, “Keep off the Grass”, “made in the USA”, “Sleep Easy” and “Vampire Bat”. These samples are all 100% Authentic which means that whilst they have all been remastered, de-noised and de-clicked, they still retain artefacts from the original recordings, which we feel gives them a much more authentic sound!
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bx_digital, Brainworx critically acclaimed M/S mastering and recording EQ plug-in, will be available world-wide through the DIGIDESIGN online-store within a few days!

Digidesign will take on international sales and marketing for both, TDM and RTAS versions of the bx_digital. DIGI and BX have signed a world-wide distribution deal only a few days ago.

BX will continue online-sales through the bx_shop (www.brainworx-music.de/shop) as well, and DVD box set versions are available exclusively through our webshop & dealers / distribution net.
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SONiVOX (formerly Sonic Implants) today announced the release of their new line of “DVI Products,” (downloadable virtual instruments). The DVI series products feature a large selection of affordably priced instruments and collections of instruments that are downloadable directly from the SONiVOXmi.com web shop.
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