Monthly archives: July 2007
Vital Arts has released Plectrum
No, not a guitar pick, but a virtual instrument in VST and RTAS format for PC (with Intel Mac version announced for September). From their website:
TC-Helicon’s VoiceWorksPlus now available worldwide
TC-Helicon is pleased to announce the immediate availability of their professional rackmount voice processor, VoiceWorksPlus (you can read the previous post about it here). The availability of the latest vocal harmony processor from TC-Helicon further satisfies the growing demand for intelligent harmony and vocal processing tools for live performance and professional studio applications. VoiceWorksPlus is [...]
REVIEW: KeyToSound Nexsyn
I was instantly taken by the artwork surrounding KeyToSound in general and specifically Nexsyn, but nice pictures don’t make good sounds. Perhaps Nexsyn can prove that beautiful is better?
Can it be? MachFive 2 is here?
I think this was originally announced in 2005, but now it looks like MOTU finally has upgraded their old sampler. But isn’t MOTUs timing way off since we just got a great sampler in Structure? We’ll have to wait and see.
Time’s short, but here’s what to expect…
My intentions were to post a review and/or part 4 of the Spotlight on EQs this weekend but I really haven’t had the time. I have a lot of work right now with finishing an album and launching a new website as well (I’ll let you know once it’s up). You will of course see [...]
Blue Coconut Echoverb – hardware tape echo
The goal with this unit [...] was to eliminate all the problems associated with early tape echo machines, improving the performance, whilst retaining the unique analog tape echo sound which has never quite been captured with digital hardware or software based plug-ins. A couple of the improvements include extremely low noise circuitry and the ability [...]
Loopmasters announces Artist Series sample collections
Sample CDs have made it easy to produce music within a whole range of genres, but rarely are they actually made by people who are at the cutting edge of hit making and music production. With the brand new Artist Series from Loopmasters, sample collections just got professional.
Hosa Technology introduces Cue 5, all-digital monitoring system
The Cue 5 system features Hosa Technology’s revolutionary Binary Drive, which extends the user’s all-digital signal path to include the onboard speaker amplification—delivering rich, pristine detail to the 5.25-inch LF transducer and 1.5-inch silk-dome tweeters with zero intermodulation distortion and a virtually non-existent noise floor. The Cue 5 system accepts 24-bit/96 kHz signals directly via [...]
SoundToys adds Windows support for Pro Tools
Announcing the new SoundToys 3.01 software version adding Windows XP and Vista support for Pro Tools|HD, LE, and M-Powered systems. For the first time SoundToys Native Effects is available for Pro Tools LE Windows, and now the full SoundToys TDM Effects is also available for Windows users. The new SoundToys version 3.01 with XP and [...]
MPC-Samples.com releases ‘Dirty South Drums’ for Akai MPC samplers
MPC-Samples.com has expanded its library of Hip Hop sample packs with the release of ‘Dirty South Drums’ for the entire Akai MPC range of samplers. This new sample pack contains 384 thumping Dirty South hip hop style drum samples inspired by the beats of Southern artists such as Lil Jon, Outkast, & Ludacris.
